Hafner-Pneumatik is the manufacturer of a complete range of high-quality pneumatic control valves made in Europe.Our products are not only used in the general automation or the machine-building industries, but also in applications throughout the car, truck and process industries. Our customers enjoy the use of our valves because of their outstanding reliability offered at an extraordinary price/value ratio.Our product line consists of solenoid valves, air pilot, manually and mechanically actuated valves, completed by pneumatic control systems. Our wide range of standard products covering sizes from M 5 to G 3/4″ is designed as a modular system, giving us the ability to develop and manufacture customer specific solutions in smaller numbers.As a highly flexible company, we rapidly assimilate technical innovations which allows us to react quickly to the demands of an ever changing market. Hafner-Pneumatik stands for over 25 years of knowledge and venture in the development of pneumatics. Manufacturing excellence, flexibility and customer responsiveness are the dominating elements of our corporate strategy.

Memjet technology based industrial printer and plotter development, training, technical support, marketing, sales support, customer support, website development, online customer communication interface development, product development.

Serve as EMEA Director of Operations providing management oversight and leadership.Manufacturing and quality related process development, documentation and implementation.Product management functions required to design, build and support printers within target quality and cost measures.Project management and reporting including development timelines.Customer, sales and technical support.

Product manager for SpeedStar printer seriesSupply chain, quality, customer service and support, printer development and media profiling management.

Led and developed food packaging project team (6 people), developed standardized key performance indicator measuresaligned with company targets, backed up with standardized personal development plan.Developed front-end product innovation pipeline (150+MM USD) and external project development.Developed internal and external prototyping capability.

Directed new product design and development, focusing on high value projects (>10+MM USD), bridged EU developmentand China manufacturing teams.Expanded internal and external core production capabilities for new market segments – printing and medical.

Managed 20 people in 4 different units (engineering, cost center, sampling and lab), set up 100% measurable KPI systemaligned to company deliverables. Managed product deployment (100+) to mass production as well as product transferswithin Asia sites.Created international costing center, developed related procedures, trainings and toolkits for both engineering and salesteams for Europe, India and China.

Supervised 5 R&D engineers and related project activities. Managed new product design and project, providedinternational support for complex products (20+). Led new application research, converting process development andoptimization, machine capability studies and technology capabilities translated to sales ‘language’.

Designed and developed manufacturing hardware (over 50 new machine units). Developed engineering and qualityprocesses, responsible for all project engineering activities. Built up engineering team of 4 people.Responsible for new product launches (70+) and project transfers between international manufacturing sites (Finland,Hungary, China).