Oak Ridge, NJ:
Cruse Digital Equipment is pleased to announce the appointment of Kurt
Ernst as Managing Director, effective October 30, 2000. Mr. Ernst is a 17-year veteran of the photo
and imaging industry, and has held sales and marketing positions with leading
companies such as Agfa, ILFORD and Durst Dice America. He comes to Cruse Digital Equipment from
Durst Dice America, where he was employed as Director of Marketing.
“This represents an opportunity for me to build a business
from the ground up”, says Ernst. “Cruse
scanners are a best-in-class product that have lacked a strong presence in the
US Market. They are the perfect input
tool for labs outputting to inkjet, Durst Lambda, Cymbolic Sciences LightJet or
ZBE Chromira printers, and have a wide range of potential applications. I am eager to work with our distributors and
customers alike in the upcoming months”.
Ernst joins Cruse Digital Equipment just as the first Cruse
SynchronTM Light models are being delivered. The patented Synchron Light technology
allows for unprecedented scan quality, using lower light intensity than ever
before. Compared to earlier Cruse
scanners, Synchron Light models subject original images to 10x lower light
exposure, which is critical when handling fragile or sensitive originals.
Cruse Digital Equipment is the US based arm of Cruse
GmbH. Known for the legendary Cruse
Camera, Cruse GmbH has focused research and development efforts on creating a
line of premium-quality large format scanners.
The resulting Cruse scanners can handle originals as small as a 35mm
slide, and as large as 4’x6’ (with a larger, 5’ x 8’ model under
development). Cruse scanners are in
place at such locations as the Beethoven Museum in Bonn, Germany; Lucent
Technologies in Orlando, FL; NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX; and
industry-leading photo and repro customers such as Rieger Communications and
Bay State Reprographics.
For additional information on the Cruse scanner product line,
please call Cruse Digital Equipment at (973) 208-7289, or e-mail kurt.ernst@crusedigital.com.