Dr Matthias Niemeyer, CEO of KHS GmbH, said: “In presenting the ‘Fit4Future’ initiative the new management team is consistently implementing the course already charted in the direction of operational excellence, buoyed by a shared sense of a fresh start.
“Top priority has been placed here on intensifying customer proximity and sharpening our competitive edge. The intention is to improve across the board. Our aim is to achieve leadership in technology and service, combined with profitable growth. The great trust vested by Salzgitter AG, our parent company, gives us sound backing for the ongoing development of our company and our products.”
The KHS Group is one of the world’s three full-line providers of holistic system solutions in the beverages, food and non-food industries and a competent supplier of custom made machinery for a wide variety of applications.
To reinforce its already strong market position, KHS has set its sights on the growth markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China. KHS will put its international production network to the best possible use and has introduced measures to ensure regional market coverage with a harmonised international product portfolio.
The company is focusing increasingly on innovation. Innosept ABF 611 and 711, aseptic linear filling machinery, the compact Innokeg Till CombiKeg line, the new Hygienic Design Innofill glass filler and the fully closed shrink packs are some of the most important product innovations to be launched in the market by KHS in 2011.
In order to operate faster and more efficiently, KHS will also be working more closely together in geographical terms. Having combined production facilities in recent years, KHS will now be relocating its kegging technology, taken over from Kriftel in 1999, to Bad Kreuznach in Germany, its second largest site.
Along with its optimal infrastructure, the new location will also enable the company to respond better to demand peaks. The international kegging business line will have room for future growth.
The path taken towards sustainable competitiveness also entails personnel-related measures. This is part of the extensive 11-component Fit4Future programme. There will be a reduction of 300 jobs, mainly in overheads. This measure will be implemented in an as acceptable and balanced a manner possible in full accord with the parent company Salzgitter AG.
Source: Salzgitter AG
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