Former KBA President Dr. Hans-Bernhard Bolza-Schünemann Dies
This last appointment followed his legal adoption in 1959 by Dr. Hans Bolza, the great-grandson of company founder Friedrich Koenig, following the premature death of Dr Bolza’s sons. Bernhard Schünemann thus became Hans-Bernhard Bolza-Schünemann.
Visionary entrepreneur
In 1971, Dr. Bolza-Schünemann was appointed president of KBA, and was to remain in office for 24 years, until 1995. With the persistence he typically demonstrated in pursuit of his goals this farsighted entrepreneur, tireless inventor and inspired engineer positioned the company among the topmost players in the international printing press industry. In the process he initiated some spectacular innovations in press technology and diverse acquisitions of other press manufacturers (Albert-Frankenthal in west Germany, Maschinenfabrik Mödling in Austria, Planeta Druckmaschinenwerke in east Germany) whose roots could also be traced back to the cradle of press engineering in Würzburg.