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KHS GmbH

KHS GmbH is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand KHS GmbH rather than just read about it. In short: 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 Klöckner-Werke GmbH, a member of Salzgitter AG.

Key takeaways

KHS GmbH belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
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Connect KHS GmbH to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of KHS GmbH from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

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 Klöckner-Werke GmbH, a member of Salzgitter AG.

History 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 Klöckner-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 Klöckner-Werke 2008: KHS Corpoplast, KHS Plasmax, and KHS Moldtec are integrated into the Salzgitter Klöckner-Werke GmbH 2010: KHS AG becomes KHS GmbH 2011: KHS GmbH becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Salzgitter Klöckner-Werke GmbH

Key figures In 2012, the KHS Group employs a workforce of 4,178 employees worldwide. Annual sales totaled 1008 million euros in 2012. 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 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 product 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, caps and lid feeding, and sealing technologies for bottles and cans. The product 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 (São 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 activity

Turnkey lines 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 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 The management of KHS GmbH:

Kai Acker, Chief Executive Officer / Chief Technical Officer Martin Resch, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer, Information Technology Prof. E.h. Dr.-Ing. Johann Grabenweger, Chief Sales Officer

Supervisory Board The members of the Supervisory Board of KHS GmbH are

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Jörg 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, Büchen Nina Kemmsies, Dortmund Michael Kiekbusch, Hildesheim Ulrike Kletezka, Dortmund Willi Kumm, Fürfeld Artur Schreiber, Dortmund

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with KHS GmbH

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what KHS GmbH claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to KHS GmbH before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about KHS GmbH ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of KHS GmbH

In research: KHS GmbH appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses KHS GmbH in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: KHS GmbH is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Machine manufacturers, Manufacturing companies based in Dortmund, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for KHS GmbH outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does KHS GmbH matter?

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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