01.07.2011 | Company party 2011 - 85 years KUHN GmbH Equipment ... ... This anniversary took over the management of the company KUHN as an opportunity to invite all employees and their partners on Friday to a company party in the festival hall Höpfingen.
KUHN company upgraded machines and equipment for water supply and sewage treatment and electrical engineering from manufactures machines for mechanical wastewater treatment, which are now sold worldwide. Another mainstay is in building engineering, for example, Heating and photovoltaic systems installed and performs the appropriate customer service.
As a prelude to managing director Michael Kuhn welcomed addition to the current and former employees and their partners, the former managing director Günther Kuhn, the family members of senior management, the district administrator of the Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Dr. Achim Brötel, as well as a representative of the community Höpfingen Mayor Scheuermann. In a review, he took stock of the last 85 years. The company, which was ridiculed in previous years ("Who needs treatment plants?") has developed into a modern enterprise in the areas of drinking water and wastewater, which is even internationally. During this time, it increased from a one-man operation to a medium sized company with 120 employees offered what some of the premises, as well as multiple conversion and new construction of office building with the result. Michael Kuhn pointed out the small exhibition of photographs and documents, which was built in the foyer and reproduced an excerpt from the company's history.
Following managing director Juergen Kuhn took on the current situation of KUHN company position and pulled out a critical assessment of the past 2 years since the last office party. The order situation would have been constant despite the economic crisis very well. Almost every employee had to work overtime and thus afford many knelt in the interest of the company in his work. Not only the company as a whole has come to its capacity limit, but many individual workers. For the huge commitment of staff, Jürgen Kuhn thanked explicitly. Despite these great efforts, the operating result was however not been satisfactory. Drinking water is always required and waste water must be cleaned more -, one reason for this is that although KUHN operates in a sector would be where there was always work, but this has now been recognized by many new competitors, the competition accordingly would be large and therefore the prices have stagnated at a very low price levels. Also had customers in Germany, for the most part local authorities, which indeed are known to have some money in city coffers and more turn than twice before they spend it, with the result that for an almost exclusively to the cheapest bidder (not the most economically advantageous or even best) gets a job, on the other hand it sought in the small print even with fewer and fewer paying more and more power and performance of bureaucracy. Even the undoubtedly excellent reputation and the good image of the company in the market continue to help as often, on the contrary they redound to the detriment sometimes directly, since "by such a reputable company even a particularly good performance can be expected" - but at the same pay . Moreover, despite everything would use the staff and internal errors have been made, so that total was not the declared company target to be achieved. After these critical words underlined Jürgen Kuhn, KUHN company stands well, despite the worse last year, and be given all the prerequisites for a successful future. In addition to the existing well-equipped business facilities and the order situation is still very pleasing, so that it is not at all afraid in combination with some necessary organizational changes and restructuring measures, and especially with the highly motivated and excellent employees for the company and certainly were soon encouraging numbers could be written. Mention in this context are also the constantly high sales figures of Kuhn machines abroad, especially care what the two partners in the USA and Australia would.
The diractorate is proud to perform well again this year because many honors longtime affiliation to. Finally, this could be a low employee turnover and include a large staff identification with KUHN company.
It was honored the following 30 employees of Michael Kuhn, Jürgen Kuhn, Ehrenfried Scheuermann and Dr. Achim Brötel: For 10 years of membership in the company Rene Haun, Rene Hauk, Thomas Schell, Ralf Kinbacher, Erwin Immerz, Horst Kuhn, Stefan Mackert and Josef König. For 15 years Martin Sans, Mathias Speth, Michael Volk, Peter Geier, she also received the bronze medal at the Chamber of Trade For 20 years Hans Kübler, Karola Neuberger, Anke Knoerzer, Martin Biringer, Thorsten Weidner, Jürgen Kuhn and Michael Kuhn For 25 years Doris Burger and Erich Böhrer, she also received the Silver Medal of the Chamber of Trade In the past 30 years and company loyalty may Richard Hefner and Claudia Großkinsky and look at 35 years of Karl Hauk, Elmar Kaiser and Reinhard Hauk.
Honors for special anniversaries, namely for 40 years membership in the company and thus the award by the Chamber of Trade with the Gold Medal and a gift of community Höpfingen, were Bernhard Edelmann and Gerhard Hilpert answer (already retired). For 45 years was honored in the meantime also the resting phase of partial retirement exploiting dividend Willi Mueller.
A very special ceremony, also connected with the Chamber of Gold Medal and a gift of community Höpfingen, Norbert Kuhn was recorded for itself: 50 years of individual earnings! Norbert Kuhn joined on 01.04.1961 as a electrician apprentice in the company. Great service he has rendered in addition to his work as a construction manager for all upcoming construction projects within the company premises, especially around the area of building technology, under his leadership, this area experienced a boom that continues still. He was also a partner for many years, planners and service manager for the white goods and kitchen. In the last years was started under his direction with the installation of photovoltaic systems. As an attorney and partner, he is deeply connected to the company, even though he is now in partial retirement.
On behalf of all honorees, Norbert Kuhn thanked the direction for the awards and related gifts. He stressed the good cooperation between any company's management and staff and always collegial interaction. He compared the sum of the years of all companies honored with the 775 years of existence of the community this year - there were not many years difference and it shows how many years of experience put into the company.
After the official adoption of two people joined the district administrator Dr. Achim Brötel congratulations to the anniversaries of work and found words of praise about the company KUHN, which is the largest employer in Höpfingen. In recent years, all the honorees were co-written a piece of history. The two current managing directors have kept the company in its 20-year tenure on a good course and constantly evolving. This corporate responsibility is not always easy to wear.
After the ceremony and then changed to relaxed part of the evening. Besides a delicious buffet prepared by Cafe Schmitt, the guests could also enjoy music and dance. Both the dance of the Prince and junior guard the “FG Höpfemer distiller” in memory of Michael Jackson and the transvestite show by the artist Diva Maria (alias Andreas Münch) contributed to the successful evening was not until the early morning hours to an end.
