LFP - Large-Format-Printing

Mutoh Europe Announces Leadership Transition – Frank Schenk to become Managing Director

Monday 03. June 2024 - Mutoh Europe nv, EMEA headquarters for wide-format printer manufacturer Mutoh Industries Co. Ltd, Japan, today announced that Frank Schenk will become Managing Director of Mutoh Europe nv & Mutoh Deutschland GmbH on July 1st.

In this new role, Frank Schenk will be overseeing all sales, pre-sales, logistics, marketing, product & application support as well as after-sales support activities for Mutoh throughout the EMEA business area.
Frank Schenk, who has been General Manager Sales for Mutoh since July 2021, will be taking over the role of Managing Director from Mitsuo Takatsu, who has been leading the company since 2020. During his tenure, Mitsuo Takatsu has been focusing on strengthening the company’s existing sales and marketing framework and to prepare Mutoh for sustainable growth in the EMEA area. Since the summer of 2021, Takatsu has been working closely with Frank Schenk to implement further enhancements and drive the change process forward. Following successful transfer of his current responsibilities to Frank Schenk, Mitsuo Takatsu will be returning to Japan end of September 2024.
In his new role as Managing Director, Frank Schenk will continue to be supported by Mr. A. Ogawa, Managing Director, Chairman of Mutoh Europe and by Stephan Heintjens, who was recently promoted to General Manager Applications, Marketing, Service & QA and who has been with Mutoh for more than 30 years.
In his current role as GM Sales EMEA, Schenk will be succeeded early June by Mr. Daniel Morassut, who can look back on many years of sales experience in the professional print industry at OKI and SEIKO.
Commenting on his promotion to Managing Director, Frank Schenk said, “I am eager to continue the successful path set by Mitsuo Takatsu together with our newly formed management team and with the continued support of our experienced and dedicated Mutoh teams in Belgium and Germany. I am confident in the future business development of Mutoh in the EMEA region.”
Starting May 28th, Mutoh Europe will exhibit at Drupa in Düsseldorf, the world’s largest Print & Media exhibition, to present Mutoh’s current and near future digital printer portfolio for sign & display, dye sublimation, direct-to-object and direct-to-substrate proofing.