After studying wood sciences at the University of Hamburg, Dr. Hans-Ludwig Schubert, born in 1956, began his industrial career with Kraftanlagen Heidelberg as director of the ASAM pilot plant in Baienfurt. Up to 1998, he worked for changing owners of ASAM technology on development and implementation of new processes for pulp production and bleaching. The main focuses of his work were odorless pulp processes, chlorine-free bleaching systems and largely closed process cycles.

In 1999, Dr. Schubert joined Voith Sulzer in Ravensburg, Germany. He first worked in Sales – as of 2000 responsible for the area of central Europe. Starting in 2003, Dr. Schubert took over the responsibility for order processing and project management for stock preparation systems.

Voith Paper is a corporate division of the Voith Group and is one of the leading partners in the paper industry. Through constant innovations, Voith Paper is optimizing the paper manufacturing process. Over a third of the paper produced worldwide is made on Voith Paper machines.

Voith is setting the standard in the paper, energy, mobility, and service markets. Established on January 1, 1867, Voith currently has 37,000 employees, € 4 billion in sales, and over 270 locations worldwide and is one of the largest family-owned businesses in Europe.

Voith is an official partner in the “Germany – Land of Ideas” initiative.