New appointments at Harbour Investment

Michael Feuerstack has joined Harbour Investment as Head of Linerless and Labels and Younghoon Seo joins as Chief Strategy Officer. Michael brings over 20 years of industry experience and joins after a period of consultancy work for the pressure-sensitive label industry. Younghoon has a wealth of experience and knowledge from different industries, including the paper industry in Korea. These are incredibly vital appointments which will help Schades Group and Harbour Investment continue their positive trajectory of growth. 

After taking on the role as head of linerless and labels from February 1^st 2025, Michael is responsible for labels (including linerless) production at Schades Group. His focus will be on the strategic growth of Schades’ market position in the linerless and wider labels sector and ensuring Schades Group remains at the forefront of innovation in the field.  

The extensive experience and forward-thinking brought to the role by Michael from over 20 years working in the label industry will be vital in driving growth and transformation within our group through 2025 and beyond.  

Having assumed the role from January 13^th 2025, Younghoon’s role sees him being responsible for overseeing future merger and acquisition activities for Harbour Investment and Schades Group. The role also demands the formulation and direction of growth strategies, transformation and strengthening the ongoing business of our group.  

Younghoon brings extensive industry knowledge and understanding gained from working within different markets including paper and manufacturing. The experience in these two fields makes his appointment especially crucial for Schades Group and Harbour Investment. His insight will help to drive forward the growth and success of the group as we look to increase our market shares.  

September 2024 saw the successful acquisition of Hamilton Adhesive Labels (now Hamilton-Schades) from administration to support our significant growth strategy and allowed the Schades Group to diversify its product range.  

We followed up this successful acquisition with award-winning success for one of our acquired products, the Hamilton Adhesive Labels for Tesco Finest Smooth Brussels Paté. This product achieved the Flexotech Award in the Labels – Printed on Film Substrates category. 

Following such a successful end to 2024, Schades Group aims to build upon its success by continuing to increase its market share across POS and labels in each of its different regions. 

Schades Group is dedicated to supplying solutions to meet the needs of our customers. With more than a century of manufacturing, distribution and sales experience, we know what we’re talking about. 

For more insight into Schades Group, check out our blog. If you would like more information about Harbour Investment GmbH and its history, visit its website today.  

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