KHS GmbH, Dortmund – an international manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for the beverage, food, and non-food industries – was established in 1993 from a merger of Holstein & Kappert AG of Dortmund, founded in 1868, and Seitz-Werke GmbH, which was founded in 1887 and later became SEN AG, Bad Kreuznach. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Salzgitter Klöckner-Werke GmbH, which is owned by the Salzgitter Group.
KHS Corpoplast, KHS Plasmax, and KHS Moldtec have been integrated into Salzgitter Klöckner-Werke GmbH since August 2008. This means that as a wholly owned subsidiary of Salzgitter Klöckner-Werke GmbH, KHS GmbH is now also fully active in the field of PET systems together with these companies.