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When companies work together, this can bring great benefits for customers. This has now been demonstrated by a collaboration between two sister companies: Kaiserkraft and Ratioform now offer customers packaging solutions from a single source and are pooling their expertise. Kaiserkraft is also expanding its portfolio of business equipment to include packaging solutions.
Office chair, sack truck, pallet truck or storage container, whether for start-ups, public authorities, medium-sized companies or large corporations: the portfolio of the Stuttgart-based company Kaiserkraft, which includes around 100,000 products, offers the complete range of business equipment for the office, transport, warehouse and workshop sectors.
But Kaiserkraft wants to offer its customers even more and is currently in the middle of a Transformation into a holistic solution provider. Takkt AG, the parent company of Kaiserkraft, adjusted its organisational structure at the beginning of 2022. All subsidiaries were divided into three operational and customer-orientated divisions. Companies within the Industrial & Packaging division (I&P for short), to which Kaiserkraft also belongs, have networked more closely and utilise synergies. As part of the adaptation of this organisational structure of the parent company, cooperation between the companies and the teams is being promoted even more. For example, Kaiserkraft has been working very closely with packaging specialist Ratioform since last year.
Advantages through co-operation
„This collaboration enables us to realise greater sales potential. Customers of both companies can now obtain both business equipment products and packaging solutions from a single source. For us as a business outfitter, this portfolio expansion is a logical step, because packaging as a consumer good is part and parcel of goods of all kinds.“
Sonja Mechling, President of the I&P Division and Managing Director of Kaiserkraft
This is why Over 12,000 products from the packaging sector to the company's portfolio. Kaiserkraft is also an e-procurement specialist, ensures transparency in the entire procurement process and can provide customised packaging solutions tailored to the customer's needs or samples of the various packaging items. An assembly and project service, 3D planning, special models as well as inspection and maintenance are all part of the service.
Ratioform is Germany's market leader in the transport packaging trade. The two sister companies have already worked successfully on joint customer projects in the past. The two companies complement each other in terms of solution-orientated advice, service and sustainability perfect and customers also benefit from this: Goods handling is simpler, one contact person takes care of all matters and the customer gets the best of both worlds at the same time.
Sustainability is in demand
Kaiserkraft has been working on a sustainable strategy with its score programme since 2011. The company was recognised for its sustainable activities in 2022 was awarded the EcoVadis gold medal. The sister company Ratioform has developed its own evaluation system together with the umbrella organisation Haniel: the Enkelfähig Score. This is designed to make sustainability transparent, comparable and measurable at product level.
Based on the criteria of recyclability, climate protection, environmental compatibility, innovation and economic efficiency a score is determined for each product. The scale ranges from 1.0 to 5.9 as the best possible rating. For a product to be categorised as grandchildren-friendly, it must have a score of at least 3.0. The term Enkelfähig stands for a future worth living in a sustainable, socially just and economically future-orientated world for future generations.
For some time now, the company has been experiencing increased demand for ecological products, but also for a sustainable overall corporate strategy. Kaiserkraft is working intensively on how its products and its customers' processes can be made more sustainable. Almost the entire portfolio has now been assessed according to the Enkelfähig score and thus fulfils the customer's desire for greater sustainability. The company expects, that 40 per cent of sales will be covered by Enkelfähig products in 2025. The evaluation is not a completed process, but an ongoing project in which products and suppliers are continuously scrutinised.
Developments in the packaging industry
In addition to punctuality and integrity, sustainability and the impact on the environment are becoming increasingly important for deliveries. Especially in the The trend towards reusable packaging and packaging made from recycled materials can be seen in e-commerce. are being recorded. Sustainable alternatives to conventional plastic play a particularly important role here. Together with Kaiserkraft, Ratioform not only offers materials made from recycled plastic and paper, but also also alternatives from sugar cane and maize to.
Another trend is right-sizing in the area of shipping packaging. The aim here is to save on unnecessary packaging material. Modern packaging machines are able to do this, cardboard webs to the product to be packaged during the packaging process. Environmentally friendly production increases customer satisfaction and can become a decisive competitive advantage in online retail. Unnecessary filling material in excessively large cardboard packaging, on the other hand, makes a bad impression on the customer and also has a negative impact on the environment and the retailer's finances. Flexible packaging materials benefit from this trend. Consequently the filling material must be just as flexible and customisable. Machine solutions for filling materials offer a high degree of customisation and enable savings in transport and storage costs.
Kaiserkraft has set itself the goal of helping companies to make their individual working environments more sustainable, efficient, safe and ergonomic and to continuously improve them. „The packaging industry is in the midst of a transformation. We are pleased to offer our To bundle expertise in this area together with Ratioform and thus offer our customers an extended range of services from a single source,“ summarises Sonja Mechling.
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