Dietmar Waizenegger to lead LEIBINGER security printing unit

16 October 2026: LEIBINGER, based in Tuttlingen, Germany, named Dietmar Waizenegger to head its Security Printing Solutions business in an announcement dated 13 October 2026. The LEIBINGER security printing unit has operated under that name since 1 October 2026, following a restructuring aimed at supporting international customers and developing its numbering-machines business.

The change concerns an established operation within the family-owned manufacturer. Its numbering systems serve a different application from the company’s wider coding and marking equipment, including the IQJET industrial inkjet printer.

What changes in LEIBINGER security printing?

Security Printing Solutions, abbreviated to SPS, brings together the company’s expertise in high-security printing. LEIBINGER says the revised structure will give the business a stronger focus on international customers and support the continued development of this specialist operation.

Waizenegger will take responsibility for its strategic and operational development. His remit covers international customer support and product-portfolio management, alongside the delivery of demanding customer projects.

According to LEIBINGER, he has many years of experience in the international security-printing market and previously worked for the company in this business area. The manufacturer points to his technical knowledge and sales and management experience as qualifications for the role.

Numbering systems built for repeated use

LEIBINGER’s official numbering-machines catalogue traces the range back to 1948. It describes systems built around precisely manufactured components, including springs, pawls, axles, number wheels and drive mechanisms. The company says it designs and manufactures these assemblies for many millions of imprints.

In its restructuring announcement, LEIBINGER reports that it has brought around 4.5 million numbering machines to market worldwide over its history. That is a cumulative figure, not an annual sales total. It also says printers use its equipment to give several million banknotes their individual serial numbers each day; both figures are company-reported.

The engineering emphasis remains on the interaction between small mechanical parts. LEIBINGER identifies the accuracy of the number wheels and switching mechanisms, together with durability, as central features of its numbering technology.

Applications extend beyond banknotes

The existing catalogue includes LENservo 12, an electronically controlled numbering system with 12 number and letter wheels. LENservoP uses up to 12 servo-driven wheels for hot-foil printing in passport presses, while the company’s numbering cylinders serve smaller security documents such as tax labels, tickets and coupons.

The catalogue also lists LEIBINGER LZ, an electronic monitoring system, and mechanical rotary numbering machines for rotary presses and collators. The portfolio therefore covers monitoring as well as the numbering equipment itself.

These examples show the applications covered by the current range; they are not new product launches announced with the restructuring.

Banknotes sit within a broader field that also includes identity documents and tax stamps, as discussed in the publication’s security printing market analysis. LEIBINGER’s announcement centres on leadership and organisation within that field. It does not specify new investment, additional production capacity or a timetable for future product introductions.