Abbas Abolfathian
CEO/Founder
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www.gha-em.com
Tel: 949-***-****
LOs Angels CA 90017
Executive Summary:
CEO Gha-em Garmsar Graphic Arts Co. Ltd.
General Manager of Gha-em Graphic Arts Chemical Factory
Board member of Iran Printing Industry
Exporter Union (Secretary)
Board member of Iran Self Sufficient Printing accessories Organization
General Manager of Gha-em trading Co.
Researcher of Printing Chemical
Consultant of Printing & Packaging
Professional Experience:
CEO of Gha-em Garmsar Graphic Arts Co. Ltd. (in Iran) 2002-present
The first and largest manufacturer of pre-press and press room chemical for Offset
printing.
Business forms printer and offset printing accessory dealer.
Member of the board (as secretary) of Iran Printing Industry Exporter Union. 2005-
Present
Could introduce Iranian printing industry to the international market and export Iranian
machinery, Printed jobs, chemicals, Parts and accessories as well as mechanical
engineering.
Established Gha-em Printing House since 1999 - Present
A Business Forms printer and a laboratory to test all the Gha-em chemical for quality
control.
Dealer of Printing Machinery Pre-press and Flexography "Multi press" (Italian)
1990 - Present
Member of the board of Iran Self Sufficient Printing Organization. 1980 - 2000
Research for the machinery, parts and accessory needed for printers and the ones had the
possibility to be manufactured in Iran.
Established the first Iranian Graphic Arts Chemical factory 1981
My first Company was established in Iran "Bazargani Gha-em" (Gha-em Trading Co.) in 1979
as a consultant of printing & packaging industry, sales of printing accessory and
machinery.
Started research about the chemical for pre-press and press room of Offset printing and
succeeded to find their recipes one by one with hard work.
Career Experience
CEO, Founder, President, General Manager, Member of the Board of Union, Researcher,
Consultant with production, Sales and Marketing experience, Estimating and Accounting,
for more than 30 years.
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Education and Training:
Diploma in Printing Administration from Watford college of Technology (England)
1972 -1974
Bachelor of Science in Printing (Machine and Surfaces) from Watford college of Technology
(Now called West Herts College) England 1975 - 1978
Training experience:
Iran security printing company "Chapkhaneh Dolaty Iran", sections of Letter press
printing, Offset printing, graphic reproduction of film and plate, Gravure printing of
Stamps, book binding, and print finishing. Summer 1975
Polychrome Limited, Watford - England
Kodak training center, Hemel Hempstead - England
Polychrome GmbH, Osterode - Germany
Roland Machinery, Offenbach - Germany
Heidelberg Machinery, Heidelberg - Germany
Ulano graphic, Zurich - Switzerland
Chromotoche, Tri-metal offset plate production of National Geografico de Agostini,
Novara – Italy 1976 and 1977
Projects:
Bi-metal Offset Plate from Aluminum and Copper, approved by British Federation of Master
Printers. 1977 and 1978
The History of Printing in Iran - 1974
Awards:
Mercadotecnia Interamericana Sept. 2002
World Wide Marketing Organization Aug. 2004
Actualidad Oct. 2007 and March 2008
Trade Leaders Club Nov. 2005 and Feb. 2008