About KSK
Our roots go back further than 1988. As early as 1974, we laid the foundations for the owner-managed family business that still exists today. What now encompasses 86,500 square metres and two plants began on a small scale and grew into a company that is now one of Germany's leading system suppliers.
History
Management
from 2024
Torsten Fleischer · since 2023
Julian Krückel · since 2024
1974Today
from 2024
Strategic realignment
From automotive supplier to diversified system partner
- New positioning: from industrial coating company to system supplier
- Range of services: coating, assembly work, testing, packaging and logistics
- Diversification into new sectors: mechanical and plant engineering, medical technology, industrial electronics, e-mobility infrastructure and defence
2023 – 2024
Management restructuring
Transition and generational change
- Establishment of a new management structure.
- Torsten Fleischer (2023) and Julian Krückel (2024) take over as managing directors.
- After 25 years in operational management, Egbert Symens retires.
2018 – 2022
Investment and holistic development
Focus on technology, infrastructure and organisation
- Expansion of automation (robots, inspection systems)
- Expansion of coating, pretreatment and mixing systems
- Competence Centre “Technology & Quality”
- Establishment of the KSK academy
- Expansion of the logistics centre (~10,000 m²)
- Introduction of process and quality management software
- Expansion of energy management: energy recovery from industrial exhaust air and integration of electricity and heat generation
- KSK is positioned as a high-performing and technologically advanced automotive supplier
2013 – 2018
Professionalisation and strategic focus
Reorganisation of management and clear market positioning
- Further development of the corporate strategy
- Expansion of technologies and coating processes (including EloCoat®)
- Increasing requirements for quality, project management and processes
- KSK is positioned as a high-performing and technologically advanced automotive supplier
2005 – 2013
Expansion, technology and resilience
Continuous development in a challenging market environment
- Expansion of production and logistics facilities
- Expanding automation and plant engineering
- Overcoming the 2008/2009 financial crisis
- Investments in energy and environmental technology
- Stabilisation and further development despite volatile market conditions
1995 – 2005
Growth and industrialisation
Establishment of an industrial production site
- Expansion of Plant 1 and establishment of Plant 2
- Expansion of production capacity and coating systems
- Investments in new technologies (including cathodic dip coating)
- Continuous expansion of the customer portfolio
- Transformation into an industrial series supplier with growing market presence
1989 – 1994
The beginnings of KSK
From workshop operations to an industrial company
- Development and expansion of Plant 1
- 1994: Development and patenting of the curtain coating process
- Entry into series orders for premium automotive manufacturers
1974 – 1988
The Car Clinic
Expansion of a small workshop
- Early focus on quality, customer orientation and specialisation
- First industrial contracts within KSK Autoklinik in the 1980s
- 1988: Establishment of KSK Industrielackierungen GmbH
- Growth into an industrial company
Partner to industry since 1988
Rely on around 40 years of experience as a system supplier. Reduce your level of vertical integration and entrust KSK with responsibility for your assemblies. We look forward to your project.