STABLER GETS TOP JOB DURST AND KOENIG & BAUER APPOINT ROBERT STABLER TO LEAD NEW JOINT VENTURE COMPANY FOR DIGITAL PACKAGING PRINTING SYSTEMS

摘要

Durst and Koenig & Bauer have appointed Robert Stabler as Managing Director of the new joint venture,effective 1st August Koenig & Bauer Durst GmbH was officially established early in May,following the clearance of antitrust regulations from the relevant authorities.Stabler,who grew up in the UK,has global experience in technology companies servicing the graphic arts and document management industries.Before joining Koenig & Bauer Durst,he was Senior Vice-President with Xerox's Continuous Feed Business,based in Rochester,NY,USA.Previous executive roles also included HP and Agfa.Business operations are now under way for joint development and marketing of single-pass digital printing systems for the folding carton and corrugated industry.Koenig & Bauer Durst will have its registered office in Wurzburg,Bavaria,Germany and cooperate closely with both parent companies’global network.Initially,the joint venture portfolio will comprise the Koenig & Bauer CorruJET 170 and the Durst SPC 130-including all associated services and the ink business as well as the development of the VariJET 106.