Around one hundred guests attended the official farewell ceremony at Moritzburg Palace, among them longstanding customers, suppliers, colleagues and staff.

In a speech during the ceremony, Reinhart Siewert deputy chairman of KBA, underscored the major contribution Junker had made towards reorganising press production in Radebeul following German reunification and the company’s acquisition by Koenig & Bauer.

Siewert also paid tribute to Radebeul-borne Junker’s success as executive vice-president of production for all KBA’s German plants from 2004 to 2008 and his intensive honorary commitments promoting research, art and culture.

Since 2002 Junker has been chairman of the society promoting the annual Moritzburg chamber music festival. He has also organised over 50 exhibitions of local artists’ work in the company showroom, which is visited by customers from all over the world.

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