Simon Cooper to Join Solopress as Managing Director / Solopress Founders Change Roles (FOTO)

Fürth / Southend-on-Sea, UK (ots) -

Senior industry expert Simon Cooper will join Solopress as
managing director in February 2019 as part of the planned transition
of Solopress' founders Aron Priest and Andy Smith to new roles. With
long-term executive roles at Cimpress subsidiaries Tradeprint and
Exaprint, Cooper is one of the most experienced online printing
executives in the UK. Michael Fries, CEO of the Onlineprinters Group
which Solopress is part of, commented on the development: "We are
very happy to have Simon join the Onlineprinters family. With his
experience in printing and e-commerce, his leadership skills and a
strong entrepreneurial background, Simon will be key in developing
and growing Solopress."

Business Development

Two years after the acquisition of Solopress by the Onlineprinters
Group, Solopress has strengthened its market position as a UK market
leader in online printing. The Essex-based company has been
successfully integrated into the Onlineprinters Group. Through
scaling of the production within the group, joint procurement of
consumables and technology as well as investment in software,
equipment and infrastructure, Solopress has improved its competitive
edge. A large number of new customers have been gained through the
expansion of products and services.

Simon Cooper, the new managing director of Solopress, states: "I'm
incredibly excited to be joining Solopress as I've long admired the
brand and their approach to the market. Their e-commerce shop and
24-hour turnaround times have long been the envy of the industry and
I am delighted to now have a chance to join the business and provide
the leadership it'll need as the founders change roles. I'm looking
forward to working with the strong Solopress team and COO Kevin
Seaden to further accelerate Solopress' development."

Management transition

Solopress founder Aron Priest will become an active advisor and
continue to serve Solopress in his new role. Andy Smith will turn to
new entrepreneurial projects. "I would like to express my gratitude
and appreciation to the company founders Andy Smith and Aron Priest.
They have built Solopress and made it one of the market leaders that
it is today. I am happy that Aron will continue to advise Solopress
and share his experience and knowledge," Group CEO Michael Fries
says. Aron Priest comments: "I'm very proud of Solopress' market
position, which is an achievement of the hard work of the Solopress
staff that I would like to thank. Simon has the knowledge and the
ability to increase Solopress' market share and its leading position
in the UK market."

About Onlineprinters Group

The Onlineprinters Group is one of the leading online print shops
in Europe. Employing a staff of more than 1,400, Onlineprinters
produced 3 billion+ printed advertising products last year. More than
1,500 print products including business cards, letterheads, flyers,
catalogues, brochures, large-format advertising systems and more are
sold to 1,000,000 customers in 30 European countries through 18 web
shops. Internationally, the online print provider is known under the
brand name of Onlineprinters; in Germany it operates as
diedruckerei.de. British market leader Solopress and LaserTryk, the
Scandinavian number one, are members of the Onlineprinters Group.

About Solopress

Solopress is one of the UK's largest online printers, offering a
wide range of business related printed products, including business
cards, leaflets, brochures, posters and banners. With the maxim
"Print Delivered Tomorrow" the company ships over 77% of its print
jobs within 24 hours of being ordered. Last year alone, Solopress
produced over 480,000 orders, and hit the 2,000,000th order milestone
in December 2018. Large production facilities combined with an
internally developed workflow and superb customer service (rated
Excellent on Trustpilot with over 18,000 reviews) have seen Solopress
achieve a substantial growth for fourteen consecutive years.

Onlineprinters Group Press Contact:
Onlineprinters GmbH

Patrick Piecha
Head of Public Relations

press@onlineprinters.com
Phone: +49 9161 6209807
Mobile: +49 174 30 77 250

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