Claus Bolza-Schünemann

Deputy President
Executive Vice President Engineering and Manufacturing Web Presses

"KBA is an internationally acknowledged mover and shaker among vendors of newspaper presses. A good example of our engineers´ innovative genius is the Cortina, a compact four-high tower press for waterless offset, whose ecology and cost-efficiency point the way for newspaper production in the 21st century. Our triple-width 6/2 Commander newspaper press has redefined the performance parameters in the global print market."

Claus Bolza-Schünemann was born on June 11, 1956 in Würzburg and is married with four children. After qualifying as a radio and television technician he took a degree in electrical and digital technology at Darmstadt University in 1984.

Curriculum vitae

1985

Project engineer designing hardware and software for pressroom equipment at Brown Boveri & Cie. (BBC, later Asea Brown Boveri, or ABB) in Baden, Switzerland

1986

Head of BBC´s multi-unit press line project management for various European newspaper publishers

1989

Head of the electrical planning and engineering division for web, sheetfed and security presses at Koenig & Bauer

1992

Deputy executive vice president engineering and development

1994

Full member of the board in charge of engineering and project management

2003

Deputy president of Koenig & Bauer, with remit expanded from engineering and project management to include human resources management

Other offices

Member of the Ifra Newspaper Production Committee

Member of the board, Forschungsgesellschaft Druckmaschinen (Printing Press Research Institute)

Member of the KBA North America supervisory board