Printing ink specialist Siegwerk has made major changes to its management teams in Asia and the Americas, driving future business performance and strengthening the company’s offerings and services for customers in global packaging and printing markets.
Herbert Forker, CEO and former president for Canada, the US and Latin America, has now taken over responsibility for India, China and Southeast Asia from Ralf Hildenbrand, who in return has assumed responsibility for the Americas from Mr Forker.
Over the past decade, Mr Hildenbrand has developed a successful growth strategy for Asia and its subregions and led the region to its current level of performance with dedicated teams serving customers with best-in-class technologies and services, according to Siegwerk.
Given the strategic importance of Asia, Siegwerk described having such maturing regions report directly to the CEO as an ‘obvious move’, while at the same time leveraging Mr Hildenbrand’s experience in organisation and business development for the Americas. By combining Canada, the US and Latin America under one roof as the Americas region, Siegwerk will be better able to facilitate the future learning exchange across the entire region.
Mr Hildenbrand will also continue to drive the global development of flexible packaging in his role as global flexible packaging business unit coordinator, as well as leading the global technology team including sustainability, circular economy, product safety and brand owner collaboration.
Continuing as board members in their current roles at Siegwerk are Dr Oliver Wittmann, CFO, and Dr Jan Breitkopf, EMEA president.
