Heidelberg makes strategic appointments

- Oliver joins from EFI, while Hasenzahl continues career-long affiliation with Heidelberg

 

- Heidelberg shows commitment to package printing and digital

 

Printing machinery manufacturer Heidelberg has appointed Stefan Hasenzahl and Jason Oliver to lead two of its key business areas.

 

Oliver (pictured, top) has been appointed to the position of head of digital printing, where he has responsibility for the company’s Linoprint systems for the commercial and packaging printing sectors. He is taking over from Dr Christian Compera, who left the company at the end of 2012 at his own request.

 

Oliver joins Heidelberg from EFI, where he was last responsible for global sales of the Jetrion digital inkjet printing system. In his new role, he will be responsible for the successful expansion of Heidelberg’s digital business.

 

Hasenzahl’s (pictured, right) new position puts him in charge of the very large format and post-press packaging business unit, which pools all the company's activities associated with the large format Speedmaster XL 145 and XL 162 presses, and post-press systems for the package printing sector.

 

He was previously responsible for establishing Heidelberg’s Chinese manufacturing site in Qingpu near Shanghai, which he ran until summer 2012. Before taking up his new role, Hasenzahl managed an internal strategy project at Heidelberg headquarters. He has been working at Heidelberg since graduating in engineering in 1988.

 

Stephan Plenz, the member of the management board responsible for Heidelberg Equipment, said: ‘We have gained two executives with international experience for areas that are of great strategic importance to Heidelberg.

 

‘The appointment of these two executives underlines the commitment Heidelberg has made to the large format and packaging printing/digital printing business areas. It also carries forward our program of expansion in these areas.’

 

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