Head of KBA Development Georg Schneider Retires

WÜRZBURG , Germany—Georg Schneider, head of the development department at KBA’s main web press factory in Würzburg and one of the most innovative members of Germany’s press manufacturing industry, will retire on 30 April shortly after his 67th birthday and almost 53 years after joining the company.

More than 700 patents have been awarded to date on over 150 of Georg Schneider’s inventions. Presses of all kinds, from small-format digital offset to KBA’s unique Cortina waterless newspaper press, bear his signature, although with the modesty of an inspired engineer he tends to shun the spotlight.