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Awards

Power 50 2022: No. 33 Carleen Gray, GroupeSTAHL North America

Welcome to the 2022 Power 50 list, which ranks the most influential people in the industry.

Carleen Gray

#33 Carleen Gray

GroupeSTAHL North America – CEO

2021 Rank: #37 

Industry Experience: 24 years

Previous Appearances on Power 50: 4

Heat printing’s continued growth – and GroupeSTAHL’s dominance in that space – helps push Gray up four spots in this year’s rankings. Gray’s background in marketing has been instrumental in raising the profile of heat printing in the decorating world and beyond. And new technologies – like UltraColor MAX direct-to-film transfers from Stahls’ – are making it easy for distributors to dip their toes into decorating. Gray has also ushered in new leadership at GroupeSTAHL– hiring a new chief financial officer in September – to help the company extend the reach of the brand and explore emerging opportunities.