I.P.S. Innovative Packaging Solutions AG has announced that it is expanding its management team. As of 1 February 2012, Marcel M.P. Probst (52) will take up the new post of Chief Operating Officer (COO) of IPS. Mr. Probst will primarily deal with the continued optimisation of all production processes within the group. Marcel M.P. Probst has acquired extensive experience in the fields of leadership, consulting, organisation and change management in a number of industrial concerns and packaging companies throughout Europe and America.