Karstedt Assoc. Becomes Karstedt Partners, LLC

Published: March 30, 2011

EDEN, NY | Karstedt Partners, LLC, a global leader in business-to-business consulting and market research solutions for consumer product and packaging industries, has renamed and restructured their corporation, formerly known as Karstedt Assoc., to Karstedt Partners, LLC. Industry veteran, Jeff Wettersten was appointed president and joins founder and newly appointed CEO, Kevin Karstedt, as principal analysts and research consultants.

Since 1996, Karstedt Assoc. has provided practical insight, research, and consulting services to a range of companies seeking to adopt and integrate digital technologies into their packaging supply chains. Current and past clients include industry manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard, Scitex, Sun Chemical, Epson, Fujifilm, X-Rite, Xeikon, Kodak, Inca, and Durst. They also have provided intelligence on best workflow practices to high-profile corporate clients including: CitiCorp, Avencia, Schering-Plough, Gulf States Paper, Muller Martini, and Ball Corp. to name a few.

The new organization and team will support Karstedt Partners’ vision as they prepare to roll-out a series of new services, including commercialization assessment reports, one-to-one consulting, multi-client research and data studies, along with a new website and industry blog. Over the next several months, Karstedt Partners plans to deliver a wide range of resources to companies seeking to adopt digital workflows in design and prepress, digital proofing, remote approval of art, virtual proofing, computer-to-plate for offset/flexography, and digital printing.