2012 Hall of Fame: Volker Petersen - Smooth Sailing to Success

On the Move Again

After spearheading the integration of Graftek Press, Petersen was on the move again, returning to Hamburg, Germany, as the managing director of the Gruner + Jahr printing division, with leadership responsibility for all printing operations, including Brown Printing. He provided oversight in 2005 when Gruner + Jahr merged its rotogravure printing operations with Axel Springer and Bertelsmann Arvato to form Prinovis. Two years later, Petersen was able to settle into his current role.