Heidelberg-Gallus has announced that Frank Schaum is now heading the company's label division (Gallus) in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He assumed the post in the beginning of March 2020, where he succeeds Christof Naier, who left the company at his own request.

Schaum studied mechanical engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern and received his doctorate at the Technical University in Darmstadt in Germany. He started his professional career at Heidelberg in 1992 as a product developer. His professional career has been characterized by different management functions within the Heidelberg Group. Between 2014 and 2018, he was responsible for the post-press division, among other responsibilities. These included all of the company's activities relating to sheet punching, folding box gluing, inspection systems for folding boxes, as well as folding and cutting are bundled in one organization.

Most recently, he worked for the Heidelberg Group in corporate development before taking over Gallus.

“It is my goal to evolve the brand Gallus with its products and services in the growing market of label business. In doing so, we consistently will continue to pursue our way of digitization and we will provide our customers with sustainable support in the development of their individual business models,' explains Schaum. “We stand by our customers during the current crisis, and we will do everything possible thus they can continue operating successfully in their markets.”