KHS Group’s new assembly shop at the plant in Hamburg is now completed
Profile: Thomas Karell, 54, has been the managing director of KHS Corpoplast GmbH since the fall of 2011. Before joining KHS Corpoplast GmbH, he acted in a managing capacity for various leading industrial companies for many years. He has been working in mechanical engineering for the beverage industry for 20 years. In this interview he talks about the goals of the expansion at the KHS Corpoplast GmbH and KHS Plasmax GmbH site, the added value for customers, and the future of the PET market.
Background: KHS Group’s new assembly shop at the plant in Hamburg is now completed. An additional capacity of 2,500 square meters is now available to the KHS Corpoplast GmbH and KHS Plasmax GmbH companies based there. The manufacturer of filling and packaging systems has thus responded to the growing number of orders and is optimizing its production processes and delivery times by expanding its facilities.
Mr. Karell, after the groundbreaking in October 2015, the new assembly shop is now ready for operation. Tell us about everything that has happened there.
“Sixty percent growth in the last five years – and the market for PET bottles continues to grow”