KHS

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KHS GmbH
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Dortmund, Germany
Number of employees	4,871 (2015)
Website	www.khs.com
Footnotes / references KHS-Operating Figures

The KHS Group is a global manufacturer and supplier of filling and packaging systems for the beverage, food and non-food industries. The KHS Group includes the following companies, among others: KHS GmbH, KHS Corpoplast GmbH, KHS Plasmax GmbH and NMP Systems GmbH.

KHS GmbH manufactures modern filling and packaging systems at its headquarters in Dortmund, Germany, and in Kleve, Bad Kreuznach and Worms. The KHS Group's PET expertise is pooled at KHS Corpoplast and KHS Plasmax in Hamburg, Germany, where light PET packaging and innovative coating systems are developed and produced. NMP Systems GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KHS GmbH based in Düsseldorf in Germany, designs and markets new, resource-saving packaging systems for PET bottles.

The group has an international production and service network. In 2015 KHS was awarded the Top 100 seal of approval for exceptional innovative power and outstanding innovative success among German SMEs. In 2015 the KHS Group and its 4,871 employees achieved a turnover of around €1.172 billion within the Salzgitter consolidation. The companies in the KHS Group are 100% subsidiaries of the MDAX-listed Salzgitter AG corporation.

Products / Technology

KHS's product portfolio includes flexible complete systems, individual machines, IT systems and sustainable packaging systems. KHS offers solutions for individual requirements, from planning to filling and packaging in glass, PET, cans, kegs or pouches.

Systems

• Turnkey lines
• Blocked machines
• ClearLine
• Processing systems
• System planning
• Intralogistics
• IT Systems
• ECO PET Line
• Electrical engineering

Single machines

• Process technology
• PET processing
• Aseptic filling
• Filling
• Cleaning
• Keg systems
• Inspection
• Labeling
• Thermal container treatment
• Packing systems
• Pouching
• Conveying
• Palletizing

History

• 1868 - Formation of Holstein & Kappert (H&K), Dortmund, Germany
• 1879 - Formation of L.A. Enzinger, Worms, Germany
• 1887 - Setting up of the Seitz plants, Bad Kreuznach, Germany
• 1897 - Formation of Enzinger Union Werke AG, Mannheim, Germany
• 1960 - Formation of Holstein & Kappert Inc. Waukesha, USA, as the first international branch of H&K
• 1962/64 - H&K acquires 72 % of a Brazilian mechanical engineering company, the later “KHS Indústria de Máquinas Ltda” in São Paulo
• 1977 - Klöckner-Werke AG (KW) in Duisburg, Germany, initially acquires 51% of H&K. The stake is increased to 100% in subsequent years.
• 1982 - Merger of Seitz Werke GmbH in Bad Kreuznach, Noll Maschinenfabrik GmbH in Minden and Enzinger Union Werke AG in Mannheim into Seitz Enzinger Noll Maschinenbau AG (SEN) with headquarters in Bad Kreuznach.
• 1982 - Klöckner-Werke takes a 24% stake in SEN and increases this stake to more than 90% by 1988/89.
• 1993 - Merger of the companies H&K and SEN to form KHS Maschinen- und Anlagenbau AG in Dortmund, Germany
• 1997 - Acquisition of the Grässle company in Karlsruhe, Germany
• 1997 - Joint venture with an Indian mechanical engineering company to form KHS Machinery Pvt. Ltd.
• 1999 - Acquisition of the Anker company in Hamburg, Germany
• 2000 - Acquisition of the GEA Till company in Kriftel, Germany
• 2003 - Acquisition of Kisters Maschinenbau GmbH in Kleve, Germany, a subsidiary of Klöckner-Werke
• 2003 - Acquisition of KHS Metec GmbH in Niederzissen, Germany
• 2006 - KHS acquires 70 % of a Chinese company, GLM2 in Shantou, whose core competencies are in filling technology for the beer industry. The joint venture operates under the name KHS China GLM2 Co. Ltd.
• 2007 - Salzgitter AG acquires a majority stake in Klöckner-Werke
• 2008 - Klöckner-Werke AG acquires the group of companies SIG Corpoplast, SIG Plasmax, both in Hamburg, Germany, SIG Asbofill in Neuss, Germany, and SIG Moldtec in Essen, Germany.
• 2010 - Conversion of KHS AG (Stock Corporation) into a GmbH (Limited Liability Corporation)
• 2011 - KHS becomes a 100% sub-subsidiary of Salzgitter AG
• 2012 - Ending of GLM2 joint venture

References

PETplanet Insider Articles

Issue 07 / 2017: Gentle and quiet
Issue 06 / 2017: Lighter preform, lighter bottle
Issue 04 / 2017: Flexible and compact: KHS presents new InnoDry Block
Issue 04 / 2017: Sell and forget keg
Issue 12 / 2016: Cooperation between KHS and the Liquiform Group
Issue 12 / 2016: Same bottle, but lighter
Issue 11 / 2016: From filling to packaging: produce flexibility and sustainably
Issue 11 / 2016: To kill two birds with one stone
Issue 11 / 2016: Preform dusting boosts product safety at Gerolsteiner
Issue 10 / 2016: The future of PET processing
Issue 10 / 2016: Labelled as required
Issue 09 / 2016: Greater economy from lower weight
Issue 07 / 2016: Hygienic bottling thanks to hotfill technology
Issue 06 / 2016: Replacing of paper labels by Direct Print technology
Issue 05 / 2016: A hot crate
Issue 05 / 2016: The idel compressor
Issue 04 / 2016: Packaging / Palletising: "Less is more" packaging - plus an innovative sticky dot!
Issue 03 / 2016: Future-oriented packaging systems
Issue 03 / 2016: Better checking
Issue 11 / 2015: Products: Bronco Wine introduces 750ml PET bottles
Issue 11 / 2015: Trade show preview: KHS presents holistic systems for the beer and CSD sectors
Issue 11 / 2015: Bottling / Filling: Total PET expertise - 40 years of KHS Corpoplast
Issue 10 / 2015: KHS sustainability report: employees and technological progress save on resources
Issue 07 / 2015: Five times AirbackPlus for Japanese Asashi Group
Issue 05 / 2015: KHS presents very light PET bottles for milk and mixed beverages
Issue 05 / 2015: Saving energy, step by step
Issue 01 / 2015: On the road to crystal-clear success
Issue 11 / 2014: Filling, consulting, kegs and decorating
Issue 08 / 2014: A gentle touch
Issue 08 / 2014: KHS receives ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certification
Issue 06 / 2014: Palletiser with low-level pack feed
Issue 05 / 2014: Seven-up with Brandenburger Urstromquelle
Issue 05 / 2014: Wetting the US appetite for water
Issue 04 / 2014: Low capacity shrink packing
Issue 04 / 2014: Faster liquid and viscous food packaging
Issue 03 / 2014: Bottle-blowing on-site

External links

KHS Website
KHS Corpoplast Website
KHS Plasmax Website
Salzgitter AG Website