“Based as it is on sustainability and demand, our global thinking and production require an exceptional awareness of progressive and responsible competition. Our customers benefit from my wide-ranging, market-oriented expertise and economic skill.”

 Dr. Ralf-Otto Hänsel, as a member of the packaging dynasty Otto Hänsel (Dresden and Hannover) with its almost 100 year long history, ranks as a veteran and one of the most knowledgeable figures in the field, considering his experience and list of international projects but timeless where curiosity, willpower and ability to innovate are concerned.

• Educated in Engineering and Economics (Munich Universitiy)
• Initial work experience in steel industry
• 10 years‘ successful management of family business – process and packaging technology specializing in confectionery and pharmaceutical/cosmetics (fivefold increase in turnover through repositioning and subsequent internal and external growth alongside above-average returns)
• For 3 years chief of the packaging divison (machines for the dairy industry) of large industrial group
• 1993: Start-up of his own, independent company for engineering and packaging machines
• 2008: Haensel + Partner Ltd.