Dr. Stefan König is now president of Bosch Packaging Technology. König holds a PhD in data mining and has been a member of the executive management since 2011. He oversees the technology (comprised of engineering, manufacturing, and quality), the confectionery & food, and liquid Food business units, and assembly systems and special machinery. König succeeds Friedbert Klefenz, who will retire from Bosch Packaging Technology on June 30, 2017. Klefenz will provide consulting to Bosch until his retirement.
Upon joining the Bosch Group in 1998, Klefenz assumed leadership of the pharma liquid product group at Bosch Packaging Technology. He has been president of Bosch Packaging Technology since April 2002.
“Friedbert Klefenz has played a key role for years in advancing Bosch Packaging Technology as a leading provider of packaging and process technology. He has also helped make the division more international. We want to thank Klefenz for his years of commitment to the company. We also wish König great success in continuing his predecessor’s great work,” says Dr. Werner Struth, a member of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH.
