CHICAGO – Siegfried Koepp, CEO of BST Servo Technik has announced that Mr. Henry Rissier has been named President of BST PRO MARK, its Elmhurst, Illinois based division which is a leading supplier of process control systems for commercial printing and converting applications.
Mr. Rissier comes to BST PRO MARK from Diversified Industries, Intertape Polymer Group (IPG), a manufacturer of pressure sensitive tapes, films and woven plastic products for home and industry. At IPG, Mr. Rissier was responsible for a $151 million division comprised of six business units.
Said Mr. Koepp, " Henry brings to BST PRO MARK an excellent blend of accomplishment, management expertise and leadership abilities. He has a very strong record of generating growth via new product development and market expansion, and we feel he is just the person to lead BST PRO MARK into the future."
Mr. Rissier has extensive printing and converting industry experience, having held positions of Senior Vice President at Anchor Continental and Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Auto Sleeve (a division of Illinois Tool Works). He also spent 18 years in Sales Management with Continental Can Company.
BST PRO MARK is a leading manufacturer of visual and 100% inspection systems, web guiding systems, closed-loop register control and offset ink metering systems. The company is a division of BST GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of EMG Electro-Mechanik and member of Elexis AG, a German conglomerate traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange which specializes in process control systems.