Facts

KHS GmbH, Dortmund – an international manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for the beverage, food, and non-food industries – was established in 1993 from a merger of Holstein & Kappert AG of Dortmund, founded in 1868, and Seitz-Werke GmbH, which was founded in 1887 and later became SEN AG, Bad Kreuznach. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Salzgitter Klöckner-Werke GmbH, which is owned by the Salzgitter Group.

KHS Corpoplast, KHS Plasmax, and KHS Moldtec have been integrated into Salzgitter Klöckner-Werke GmbH since August 2008.  This means that as a wholly owned subsidiary of Salzgitter Klöckner-Werke GmbH, KHS GmbH is now also fully active in the field of PET systems together with these companies. At the same time, KHS Asbofill merged into KHS GmbH. The PET technology of the newly affiliated companies stands for Bottles & Shapes™ design and engineering, Blomax for stretch blow molders, Plasmax for barrier coatings, and Asbofill, which provides flexible, linear aseptic filling concepts for sensitive products.

In addition to several plants in Germany, KHS GmbH maintains production facilities abroad in the U.S.A., Mexico, Brazil, India, and China. The competence centers for cleaning and pasteurizing technology as well as labeling and inspection technology are based in Dortmund. Bad Kreuznach is the site of a beverage filling technology competence center, including aseptic technology, which combines the following engineering areas:  Filtration, beverage-blending technology, high gravity brewing systems, flash pasteurizing and deaerating systems, as well as rinsing, filling, and capping/seaming 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 final packaging. The activities of KHS’ plant in Worms are centered on palletizing equipment as well as packing and unpacking solutions. In Hamburg, KHS Corpoplast and KHS Plasmax focus on stretch blow molder and barrier coating technologies, as well as the development of new plastic bottles.

The KHS Group, managed centrally from Dortmund, and its 5,500 employees worldwide today realize sales totaling almost one billion euros.

KHS is considered a technological leader in filling and packaging technology throughout the beverage industry. KHS’ market position as innovator is demonstrated by recent developments including innovative modular packaging solutions, universal filling systems, high-performance labeling technology, cutting-edge communication and diagnostic technologies, and much more.