The team

Experienced und innovative

The Linoprint team combines in-depth knowledge of the packaging industry with technology expertise and many years of experience of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen in research and development.

The Linoprint system was developed on the principles of modularity and variability. It is a powerful, digital printing system characterized by supreme adaptability. We are 100% behind the Linoprint principle and use it in all areas: from technology through sales to on-site service – cooperative, committed and reliable.

Are you looking to optimize your production, storage and logistics systems and streamline processes – in other words, boost the efficiency of your packaging line? Linoprint offers that critical edge in flexibility. Why not contact us? Working closely and in consultation with you, together we’ll find the optimum technical solution.

Daniel Dreyer

Head of Linoprint

Daniel Dreyer joined Heidelberg in 1998 and has held a number of positions both inside and outside Germany. Starting out as an in-house consultant at corporate headquarters, he moved to Durham in the U.S. state of New Hampshire in 2001, where he assumed responsibility for project planning and management activities for rotary press development. In 2004, Dreyer switched to the Postpress division, where he was in charge of service operations. From 2007, he worked as an assistant to the Management Board Member for Markets and then to the CEO. Dreyer joined Linoprint on September 1, 2010. Having studied in both London and Reutlingen, he holds a B.A. (Hons.) in European Business Administration and a degree in business studies.


Karl-Heinz Walther
Senior Vice President Sales at Linoprint

Karl-Heinz Walther joined Heidelberg in 2005 and founded Linoprint in 2007 as an innovation project involving the company's sites in Kiel and Heidelberg. He is also responsible for security printing at Heidelberg. Karl-Heinz Walther has more than 30 years' professional experience in the packaging industry, in particular at Metronic AG. Here, he was initially in charge of both the research and development department and sales. Subsequently he became a member of the Management Board with responsibility for sales and marketing.

Hans-Jürgen Ratjen

Vice President Research and Development

Hans-Jürgen Ratjen has been in charge of the Heidelberg research and development section for imaging systems and the company's Kiel site since 2006. This section's remit includes computer-to-plate applications and inkjet systems. Prior to this, Ratjen spent nine years managing a number of computer-to-plate projects. In 1991, he assumed a management role in the research and development department for scanner systems at Linotype-Hell AG, which was taken over by Heidelberg in 1996. Ratjen graduated in electrical engineering at Hanover University.