New management team at OPTIMA consumer

Rainer Feuchter will be withdrawing from the operations business by the end of the year.

Pw 309452 Christoph Held Geschnftsfahrer Optima Consumer1

Christoph Held is the new Managing Director at the packaging machine builder OPTIMA consumer GmbH (Schwaebisch Hall). The 46-year old qualified engineer (BA)—machine building/design—is assuming Rainer Feuchter’s role. Feuchter will be withdrawing from the operations business by the end of the year. Feuchter will still be consulting for the company and contributing his experience to different projects. Christoph Held has many years of experience at well-known machine packaging companies. Pioneering work was developed and designed under his management. Ralf Hübner (Sales Director Worldwide) and Michael Weber (Customer Service Director) complete the Management team. The company is well prepared for the future.

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