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Kennesaw, GA-based Gerold Linzbach as Chief Human Resources Officer
About the Company
Heidelberg has been a major provider and reliable partner to the global printing industry for many years. We offer our customers all the components tailored to their requirements for successful business operations, primarily focusing on efficient and reliable production processes, economically optimal investments and smooth access to all necessary materials. Our business model is based on the three pillars of equipment, service and consumables. We have geared our portfolio towards the growth segments of our industry. We develop and produce core technologies for these ourselves, while complementary components and technologies are provided to our customers via strategic partnerships. Our products, service offerings and consumables, in addition to our partnerships, are tailored to meet specific future-oriented customer needs and are geared towards our customers’ economic success.
About the Person
Dr. Gerold Linzbach is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. Linzbach, at the beginning of 2016, returned to his duties as Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Human Resources Officer of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. Linzbach returns to the company after his recovery to oversee day-to-day business and take up his tasks and duties as normal. Linzbach was named Chief Executive Officer of Heidelberg in December 2012, replacing Bernhard Schreier. He holds a degree in chemistry and a Ph.D in chemical engineering from the University of Dortmund. In 1991, Linzbach was a member of Hoescht AG`s corporate planning team and later took over leading the company`s fibers operations (Trevira GmbH). In 1999, Linzbach played a leading role in founding Aventis and went on to become global CEO and President of the Celanese Acetate Group based in the United States until 2003. From 2003 to 2005, he was responsible for the textile fibers division INVISTA, also in the United States. On March 1, 2005, Linzbach was appointed Chairman and CEO of Symrise AG in Holzminden, Germany. He successfully led it onto the stock market at the end of 2006 and onto the MDAX in March 2007. Dr. Linzbach left the company for personal reasons at the end of June 2009. He was subsequently appointed CEO and Member of the Management Board of D+S Europe and its successor companies in Hamburg.
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