Dr. Jürgen Rautert is leaving Heidelberg and its 4-person Management Board, as the press manufacturer prepares to split – beginning April 1, 2010 – into three new divisions: Heidelberg Equipment, Services and Financial Services.
Rautert joined Heidelberg in 1990 shortly after finishing a doctorate in mechanical engineering. He ultimately became responsible for overseeing sales within the company’s Management Board, a responsibility that now falls on the shoulders of CEO Bernhard Schreier. Rautert was appointed to Heidelberg’s Management Board in 2004 and was initially responsible for products, engineering and manufacturing before taking over sales in July 2008.
Under the new structure, Marcel Kiessling (on January 1, 2010) will be responsible for the new Heidelberg Services division, while existing board member Stephan Plenz takes charge of Heidelberg Equipment and CFO Dirk Kaliebe looks after Heidelberg Financial Services. (Schreier, again, is to look after the international sales network.)
Kiessling (48) has been with Heidelberg for 20 years, as he ascended to lead sales in Germany and then, in 2004, took over the North and South American sales regions as President of Heidelberg Americas Inc, which oversees the company’s Canadian operations. In 2001, Kiessling was appointed Chairman of the Management Board at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Vertrieb Deutschland GmbH.
Heidelberg states its new corporate structure allows the company to “significantly expand” the new Heidelberg Services division. “We will expand our service portfolio and, in addition to our current range of services and Heidelberg spare parts, we will also strengthen our services in the areas of Saphira consumables, Prinect software and integration, and consultancy for print media companies,” said Schreier.
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