Jan Korenc takes over at KBA CEE

- Korenc to takeover on November 1, having previously headed the highly-successful Prague branch serving the Czech Republic and Slovakia

 

- Becker leaving to take up new position in northern Germany

 

Oliver Becker is to hand control of KBA’s Polish sales and service subsidiary to Jan Korenc.

 

Becker has been in charge of Warsaw-based KBA Polska, which became KBA Central Eastern Europe (CEE) in March this year, for more than six years.

 

KBA said Becker has increased its market share in Poland over the past six years to make the company the number one supplier in the high-growth packaging sector.

 

Over the past 12 months four automated large-format Rapidas have been delivered to packaging printers such as Dako in Lubartów, Grafpoz in Posznan and VG Polska in Chelmek. In November a further KBA Rapida 145 launched at Drupa will be shipped to MMP Neupack Polska in Bydgoszcz.

 

Becker is leaving KBA after the handover to pursue other opportunities, starting with a new position at an ink supplier in northern Germany.

 

Korenc (pictured, top) will takeover on November 1, having previously headed the highly-successful Prague branch serving the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

 

As sole managing director of the entire enterprise his sphere of competence will now also include Poland, a core market for KBA.

 

KBA board member and chairman of KBA CEE Ralf Sammeck said Korenc will look to intensify co-operation among KBA CEE’s service engineers and press instructors in Poland and the Czech Republic.

 

As managing director of KBA CEE’s branch in Prague, which was founded 18 months ago, Korenc has built up an efficient service organization for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

 

Along with several small- and half-format Rapida 66 and Rapida 75 presses, a number of larger KBA presses have also come online this year in the region: a long Rapida 106 double-coater press at Pharming in Varnsdorf, a Rapida 105 with coater at P.O.S in Turnov and a four-color Rapida 145 at Typos in Pilsen.

 

While investment in commercial and newspaper web presses has been relatively poor in central eastern Europe, KBA CEE also serves web press customers and distributes the small-format Genius 52UV built by KBA MePrint.

 

It will soon be adding the RotaJET 76 high-output digital press launched at Drupa.

 

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