Group Organization

Bobst Group’s principle is to be as close as possible to its customers and their specific needs. While serving the market by industry (folding carton, corrugated board, flexible materials) the Group began in 2009 a transformation program to better take advantage of the many synergies between the various Group entities. Recognizing the importance of the specific characters of the three industries served, three business areas, each with its own management, have been created. They include marketing and sales, product development, technical customer support and services. In addition to this, Corporate functions such as Group Finance, Group Business Development and Group Supply, Production and Logistics are centrally managed. Certain functions have the duty to provide support to the organization and ensure coherence within the Group. They include: Human Resources, Legal, Information Technology, Technology Management and Communication. Controlling and risk management complete these “transverse” functions.

New organization in 2010

Past experience, combined with the strong current economic crisis, has demonstrated that the structure with three business areas did not facilitate the achievement of internal synergies. Thus, based on key success factors, the Board of Directors and management of Bobst Group decided to launch a transformation of the Group allowing the establishment of a new organization in 2010.

Bobst Group Customers Folding Carton Industry Corrugated Board Industry Flexible Materials Industry

Corporate and Support functions Business Unit Sheet-fed Business Unit Web-fed Business Unit Services Supply, Production and Logistics

The organization is managed based on the following principles: the simplification of processes and management will be applied; the speed of adaptation to changing markets and business environments being of utmost importance, the accountability and the decision-making are placed closer to the markets; the quality of the personnel and management is recognized as one of the main assets of the Group. For this reason, the organization is designed to provide a challenging and dynamic environment in order to attract and retain the most competent people; the structure chosen takes into account that the Group will more and more focus its internal activities on specific value adding functions and that all of the back office will be organized in regional operational centers. This organizational structure allows the Group, in a changing environment, to rapidly anticipate market needs and transform them into equipment and service innovations. At the same time, it offers very close local presence, by industry, to customers worldwide, thereby strengthening exchanges in the culture of each country.