Former KBA President Dr. Hans-Bernhard Bolza-Schünemann Dies
Internationally esteemed representative
Dr. Bolza-Schünemann was also active for many years in an honorary capacity, on the management boards of the Fachgemeinschaft Druck- und Papiertechnik (Association of German Manufacturers of Printing and Paper Equipment and Supplies) and the FGD (German Printing Machines Research Association), and on the advisory board for print technology at the Deutsche Museum in Munich. In 1995 he was elected president of Drupa, the world’s definitive trade fair for the graphic arts industry. He was succeeded in this honorary office by his son Albrecht for the 2000, 2004 and 2008 fairs. Dr Bolza-Schünemann also energetically promoted the interests of regional businesses as a member of the Würzburg-Schweinfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce executive committee from 1968 to 1990. From 1983 to 1987 he was the Chamber’s chief executive, an honorary office now held by his son Claus, who is also deputy president of Koenig & Bauer. The assumption of social duties is a family tradition.