verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message khs gmbh industry machine manufacturing and engineering founded 1993 headquarters dortmund germany key people prof. dr. ing . matthias niemeyer ceo prof. dr. ing . heinz j rg fuhrmann chairman of the supervisory board products pet bottle design blow molding technology and barrier coating filling inspection labeling packing systems and palletizing revenue 1 077 million euros 2014 number of employees 4 673 2014 website www.khs.com khs gmbh is a supplier of filling and packaging systems based in dortmund germany . the company offers filling lines for glass and pet bottles kegs and cans for the beverage food and non food industries and is a wholly owned subsidiary of salzgitter kl ckner werke gmbh a member of salzgitter ag . contents 1 history 2 key figures 3 sites 4 areas of expertise 4.1 turnkey lines 4.2 processing systems 5 management 6 supervisory board 7 external links 8 references history edit khs gmbh was established in 1993 from a merger involving holstein & kappert ag of dortmund founded in 1868 and seitz werke gmbh founded in 1887 which later became sen ag bad kreuznach . timeline 1868 holstein & kappert h & k is founded in dortmund germany 1887 seitz werke later sen is founded in bad kreuznach germany 1977 1982 h & k 100 % and sen 90 % acquired by kl ckner werke ag duisburg germany 1993 h & k and sen merge to form khs maschinen und anlagenbau ag dortmund germany 2007 salzgitter ag acquires the majority share in kl ckner werke 2008 khs corpoplast khs plasmax and khs moldtec are integrated into the salzgitter kl ckner werke gmbh 2010 khs ag becomes khs gmbh 2011 khs gmbh becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of salzgitter kl ckner werke gmbh key figures edit in 2012 the khs group employs a workforce of 4 178 employees worldwide . annual sales totaled 1008 million euros in 2012 . 1 sales figures in recent years 2008 986 million euros 2009 727 million euros 2010 918 million euros 2011 917 million euros 2012 980 million euros sales figures for 2012 by region 37.7 % europe 28.1 % americas 20.1 % cis asia pacific 14.0 % middle east africa sites edit headquarters of khs gmbh is dortmund germany which is also the site of one of the company s five german production facilities . other german production sites are located in bad kreuznach hamburg kleve and worms . the competence centers for washing and pasteurizing technology and labeling and inspection technology are based in dortmund . the bad kreuznach plant specializes in the following areas of beverage filling engineering including aseptic technology filtration beverage blending technology high gravity brewing systems flash pasteurizing and deaerating systems and rinsing filling and sealing technologies for bottles and cans . the competence center for kegging technology is also located here . at its site in kleve khs manufactures packaging equipment with the focus on the latest in final packaging . the activities of khs plant in worms are centered on packing and unpacking systems and palletizing equipment . khs corpoplast and khs plasmax in hamburg are focused on stretch blow molding and barrier technologies and the development of new types of plastic bottle . khs gmbh s production facilities outside germany are situated in brazil s o paulo the united states waukesha wi ; sarasota fl mexico zinacantepec india ahmedabad and china suzhou . the company also has branches in 83 countries around the globe . khs gmbh s internal sales organization sales offices and subsidiaries handle sales for all products manufactured at each of the production sites . areas of expertise edit turnkey lines edit the turnkey lines manufactured by khs gmbh offer systems for every branch of industry every type of container and every process in the production of beverages . the container types offered include glass and pet bottles cans and kegs . each khs line comprises the individual machines required to carry out all beverage production processes ranging from pet bottle production filling labeling packing and palletizing up to and including inspection and complete sanitizing . processing systems edit another core area of khs gmbh involves processing systems for simplifying and designing complex beverage production processes more efficiently . the various processes pertain to sanitizing systems beverage blending systems and the design and configuration of production lines . management edit the management of khs gmbh prof. dr. ing . matthias niemeyer chief executive officer chief technical officer anke fischer chief financial officer chief human resources officer information technology prof. e.h. dr. ing . johann grabenweger chief sales officer marc hartmann chief operations officer for production purchasing and project management and supply chain coordination supervisory board edit the members of the supervisory board of khs gmbh are prof. dr. ing . heinz j rg fuhrmann salzgitter chairman erich bach frankfurt main vice chairman konrad ackermann dortmund burkhard becker hattingen karl ehlerding hamburg roland flach kronberg im taunus heinz groschke b chen nina kemmsies dortmund michael kiekbusch hildesheim ulrike kletezka dortmund willi kumm f rfeld artur schreiber dortmund external links edit www.khs.com official website of khs gmbh www.khscorpoplast.com official website of khs corpoplast www.khsplasmax.com official website of khs plasmax www.salzgitter ag.com official website of salzgitter ag www.cbechina.cn official website of corpoplast beverage equipment references edit khs operating figures http www.khs.com en company portrait operating figures.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title khs gmbh & oldid 667037170 categories machine manufacturerscompanies based in dortmundmanufacturing companies of germanyhidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2013all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 15 june 2015 at 12 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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