Paul Wegmann Sr., vice president of international operations for INX International Ink Co., passed away on Oct. 24, 2001 at age 60.
    
Mr. Wegmann was a long-time employee of INX International Ink Co., joining the company through the former Acme Printing Ink Company in 1979 after working in can manufacturing. He began with Acme in Charlotte, NC, then moved to Dallas, TX.  He contributed greatly to the company’s success in the southeast and the entire metal decorating ink market.  For the last 10 years, Mr. Wegmann was vice president of international operations for INX, where he successfully started operations for the company in Manchester, England and Nansha, China.  He built a network of partners and friends around the world.  Mr. Wegmann was loved and respected by everyone at INX and will be missed greatly.
     
“Paul came from the actual can side, having worked for American Can and Kaiser before joining us in 1979,” said Rick Clendenning, INX International president, who headed the company’s metal deco business prior to 1999. “Paul joined Acme when I opened up the Charlotte, NC plant. Paul was a hands-on man, very mechanically oriented; he could basically run the presses. He helped develop business for us in the southeast, then ran our business in Dallas before heading our international operations. He did a hell of a job in Manchester and China. Both sites are doing very well.”
     
“Paul was a very intelligent, hard-working ink maker,” added Ken O’Callaghan, INX International’s senior vice president, metal decorating division. “Paul came from the can making side of the business; he could speak their language and had a great rapport with the printers. He was asked to take over our plant in Dallas, then he developed our international business.”
    
Mr. Wegmann’s close colleagues said that while they greatly valued his abilities, he was also a wonderful friend.
    
“He called it the way he saw it,” Mr. O’Callaghan said. “He was a good colleague and a good friend. He will be missed.”
    
“He was a great friend of mine,” Mr. Clendenning concluded. “I’ll definitely miss him.”
    
Mr. Wegmann is survived by his wife, Susan, sons Paul and Richard, daughters Jennifer Galioto and Cara Dismuke, and five grandchildren.