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KÜSTER Automotive Control Systems GmbH is "Hessen-Champion 2005"
Wiesbaden, November 8th, 2005 – Roland Koch, Prime Minister of the German Federal State Hesse, and Dieter Weidemann, President of the Federation of Hessian Employers Associations (VhU) presented the "Hessen-Champions 2005" on the 14. Meeting of Hessian Employers.
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The winner´s award was presented to Mr. Klaus Küster and Mr. Dieter Küster for KÜSTER Automotive Control Systems GmbH by Vhu-President Dieter Weidemann during the ceremony with 1,000 invited guests. The President of the Federation of Hessian Employers Associations (Vhu) announced that KÜSTER Automotive (Control Systems) is this year´s "Hessen-Champion" due to the company´s international top position in their product segment. "With an electronic parking brake of KÜSTER hill starts no longer have to be feared", explained Dieter Weidemann. "The driver can activate the modern parking brake by a push of a button. To start driving you apply the accelerator pedal – the brakes automatically release." With this product Küster had captured the market and convinced the jury according to Mr. Weidemann. |
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He continued that thanks to innovational strength in development and production the family-owned medium-sized company had stood up to major international corporations and had established 300 new jobs in Hesse during the last five years. "KÜSTER Automotive (Control Systems) has advertised the qualities of Hesse as an attractive business location far beyond the German borders", Mr. Weidemann stated.
The aim of the "Hessen-Champion" competition is to honour companies for outstanding achievement. This competition looks for Hessian companies which have a leading position in their business field, with a product or with services on the European or international market or which have established more than the average number of new jobs or apprenticeship training positions in Hesse. The prizes are awarded in the categories international market leader, job motor and training.
The second prize was presented to the Schunk-Group in Heuchelheim, that also received the special prize "training". b+m surface systems GmbH, located in Eiterfeld, ranked third. The "job motor" award is shared by Fraport AG, Frankfurt, and the DaimlerChrysler plant in Kassel.
For the fifth time the initiators – the Hessian Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Federation of Hessian Employers Associations (Vhu) – have appreciated special corporate achievement with the "Hessen-Champion" award. The competition is part of the location campaign "Hesse. Here is the future". This campaign is a joint effort of the government of the federal state Hesse and the Hessian economy to promote the business location Hesse and to expand its outstanding position as one of the strongest economic regions in Europe.
KÜSTER Automotive Control Systems GmbH is an operating subsidiary of KÜSTER Holding GmbH. The KÜSTER-Group with headquarters in Ehringshausen near Wetzlar is a family-owned medium-sized company with a successful business tradition of more than 75 years. For 2005 the group expects total sales of about 340 million Euro, mainly as automotive supplier, with about 2,400 employees worldwide.