Bernhard Schreier

The chief executive officer of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, known in the U.S. as Heidelberg Printing Machines, said the end of the print industry slump is coming soon.

Company CEO Bernhard Schreier sees an end to the years of decline for Germany's printing-press manufacturers, according to an interview with Welt am Sonntag.

Makers of printing presses will be able to defend market share from digital-print competitors, Schreier told Die Welt. Digital-print makers now have about 10 percent of the market by print volume, and this shouldn't rise to more than 20 percent, Schreier told the German newspaper. 

The chairman of the management board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Bernhard Schreier, is the new drupa 2012 president and chairman of the Exhibitors’ Advisory Board. He replaces Martin Weickenmeier, managing director sales, marketing and service of Körber PaperLink GmbH. Due to the strategic reorientation of the Körber Group’s Paper Division, Weickenmeier is no longer able to manage the responsibilities as drupa president and has, therefore, resigned from his position. Weickenmeier has been head of the drupa executive committee since the last staging of the trade fair in 2008.

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