As of September, Christoph Held (46) is the new Managing Director at the packaging machine builder Optima consumer GmbH, based in Schwaebisch Hall. The Qualified Engineer is assuming Rainer Feuchter’s role. Feuchter will be withdrawing from the operations business by the end of the year; he will still be consulting for the company and contributing his experience to different projects.

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.