KBA has named the restructuring expert whose task it will be to implement the management board’s Fit@All programme.

The German press maker’s supervisory board named 53-year-old Andreas Plesske as the management board member responsible for restructuring operations (CRO).

His six-month term begins in May, with an option to extend this by a further six months, relieving the chief executive of tasks arising from the Fit@All realignment programme approved last December.

A qualified lawyer and economist Dr Plesske has extensive experience in management and restructuring as chief executive and chief reorganization officer at various German and international companies, including some “similar to KBA” and active in machinery and plant engineering.

The programme’s priorities are the restructuring of the core business by sustainable capacity adjustments, optimisation and concentration of the depth of added value at the different sites as well as the focus on print-related business fields with potential for growth.