Stefan Schülling, member of the executive board at Epple Druckfarben AG and re-sponsible for the Sales, Logistics and Product Line management divisions, will leave both the board of Epple Druckfarben AG, and the company, at his own request at the end of February 2023, in order to follow a new career path. Dr. Carl Epple, Spokesperson of the Executive Board, will assume responsibility for the Sales divi-sion with immediate effect.

“The supervisory board regrets Stefan Schülling’s decision to leave the company. We are losing a committed and very forward-looking board member with proven industry expertise”, says Michael Berz, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Epple Druckfarben AG.

Dr. Carl Epple will assume responsibility for the Sales division in collaboration with the Head of Sales Wilfred Bauder. To ensure a smooth transition, Stefan Schülling will sup-port several projects in an advisory capacity on a transitional period. The Spokesperson of the Executive Board, Dr. Carl Epple, thanks Stefan Schülling for his hands-on, forma-tive work over more than a decade at Epple Druckfarben AG: “Stefan Schülling advanced the internationalisation of Epple and successfully steered its Sales side through the chal-lenging phases of the last years in the face of the the pandemic and a changing market.”

Stefan Schülling looks back: “I would like to thank Epple Druckfarben AG for the trust placed in me and the personal and professional development opportunities offered to me. I believe that Epple Druckfarben AG is well positioned for the future with its innova-tive product portfolio and its global sales structure, and I am proud to have been able to contribute my skills in a creative way.”

The business economist Stefan Schülling has worked for Epple Druckfarben AG since 2011 and, as Head of Corporate Development, decisively advanced the corporate strat-egy and the internationalization of the company, among other things. In March 2020, Stefan Schülling was appointed to the Executive Board of Epple Druckfarben AG. With his departure, the Management Board of Epple Druckfarben AG will now consist of a strong management duo. In addition to the Spokesperson of the Executive Board, Dr. Carl Epple, who is responsible for Sales, Production, and Innovation and Technology, Andreas Köpnick will be in charge of Finance and IT, Purchasing, Human Resources, and Logistics.