In the supervisory board meeting of KHS, the key milestones and measures for the development of the international manufacturer of filling and packaging machinery through to 2014 were presented and approved.

KHS is a wholly owned company of the Salzgitter Group.

Dr Ing Matthias Niemeyer CEO of KHS GmbH stated that "In presenting the Fit4Future initiative the new management team is consistently implementing the course already charted in the direction of operational excellence, buoyed by a shared sense of a fresh start. Top priority has been placed here on intensifying customer proximity and sharpening our competitive edge. The intention is to improve across the board. Our aim is to achieve leadership in technology and service, combined with profitable growth. The great trust vested by Salzgitter AG, our parent company, gives us sound backing for the ongoing development of our company and our products."

The KHS Group is one of the world's three full line providers of holistic system solutions in the beverages, food and non food industries and a competent supplier of custom made machinery for a wide variety of applications, especially for smaller companies. The cornerstone of this achievement was laid through the business combination of Holstein & Kappert and Seitz Enzinger Noll AG in 1993 and acquisitions made in recent years.