Industry veteran Werner Heid was named chief executive of Irvine-based Printronix Inc.
He has served in senior executive roles at Hewlett Packard, Logitech and Proxima and replaces Randy Eisenbach, who’s retiring from the top post and board after a six-year stint.
Heid, managing director of technology at Newport Beach private equity firm Five Crowns Capital, is a former chief executive of San Diego-based Iomega Corp., which was acquired by EMC in 2008 for about $213 million. He will also take Eisenbach’s position on the board.
Printronix makes industrial printers and printing supplies for manufacturers and retailers was the 11th largest computer products company here last year, with 145 local employees.
It moved to the Irvine Spectrum in 2012 after selling its nearly 186,000-square-foot headquarters to Newport Beach-based Irvine Company for an undisclosed sum.
