Friday, September 11, 2009

Sept. 11, 2009 -- KBA names North American president

KBA North America today named Mark Hischar president and CEO, effective Oct. 1.
Prior to joining KBA North America, Hischar was the president, CEO, and board member of W+D Machinery Co., an Overland Park, Kan., wholly-owned subsidiary of a German manufacturer of envelope manufacturing machines. He also served as president and CEO of Royse Manufacturing Co. and held an executive post at Matthews International Corp., a prepress and printing plate vendor.
"I am honored to begin my new post at KBA North America at a time when the company is poised to enter a new growth phase," Hischar said in a statement. "I look forward to leading the company ahead as a top-performing customer-oriented manufacturer in both sheetfed and webfed presses."
Hischar succeeds Holger Garbrecht.