One Big Family
KNF is a world-leading technology company employing more than 850 staff members across 24 locations and 5 production facilities. Yet the most important reason for KNF’s success is the fact that it is one big family. Behind every innovative product is a team of committed employees, and each location is part of an international network of people working together in pursuit of the same objectives.
Although the KNF family is far too large to fit around one table, its traditions and values have grown alongside the company over the past 75 years and have really taken root. It all begins with the first employees who believe in Erich Becker’s idea back in the early 1960s and work with him to lay the foundations for what the company has since become. And it is in this spirit that trainees and students learn from long-standing staff members and develop their own new ideas.
The KNF family may have grown, but some things never change. As a family-run company, KNF has always placed immense value on independence, trust and personal responsibility. This is reflected in day-to-day operations and the company’s ongoing success. KNF is proud of its low staff turnover rate, its many long-established business relationships and the seamless cooperation between its individual departments and locations as well as the different age groups represented. The resulting experience, which continues to grow and develop, is arguably the most valuable and best-guarded secret to KNF’s success.
This is because, as a technology leader, KNF relies on the ability to keep developing reliable products of the highest quality. Without skilled, dedicated staff and a comfortable working environment, this power of innovation would never be unleashed. This is why maintaining a positive, friendly atmosphere at the company has always been of utmost importance, even back in Erich Becker’s day. Martin Becker, who represents the second generation to manage the company, continues to preserve these values.
The KNF family has already survived many difficult periods and overcome numerous challenges together over the past 75 years. The company will remain independent and looks forward to celebrating even greater success as one large international family.
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