Herwig is Managing Director at the Austrian-based, applied research company DELSCI and since 2020 responsible for strategic business and product development activities for sustainable packaging. DELSCI is designing next-generation fibre-based packaging solutions for delfort, a global speciality paper manufacturing. With a team of over 20 scientists and engineers, DELSC’Is mission is to reinvent paper for true sustainable packaging applications. Herwig also campaigns for agile processes, open collaborations and a design thinking mind-set in the paper and packaging industry.
Before working at DELSCI, Herwig was co-founder of an industrial engineering and manufacturing company and managed it from 2016 – 2019. From 2008 – 2016 he was Head of Business Development and Business Unit Director for a global player in the textile and automotive industry and from 2001 – 2008 he was responsible for Sales and Business Development in the Asia/Pacific region for a global semiconductor equipment manufacturer.
Herwig holds a master’s degree in technical physics from the University in Graz/Austria and an MBA from the University of Krems/Austria. Herwig is a certified Agile Project Manager and Design Thinking Expert.