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About Konig & Meyer  

History

K&M was founded in 1949 in Wertheim am Main, Germany by Karl Konig and Erich Meyer.  It is now a world-wide presence in the music industry with over 250 employees. The company is currently headed by Martin König and Brigitta Meyer, the second generation.  Day-to-day management and operations are handled by Gabriela König and Martin König Jr. – the third generation at the company.

König & Meyer celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1999 and has embarked on its second half century with significant upgrades and improvements.

 



K&M employees conduct handwork in the 1950's

K&M Today

K&M manufactures almost all its products in its own highly automated German facilities, where the company currently has multiple factories including its own plating facility and modern galvanizing and powder coating plants. All K&M products are designed in-house by their employees

                                                 Martin König, his daughter Gabriela and Heiko Wolz

Manufacturing and Quality

König & Meyer strives to manufacture high-quality and durable products in an environmentally friendly fashion so that all musicians worldwide may enjoy the pleasures of making music.

We are a creative, socially responsible and ecologically conscious company that treats its employees, customers and suppliers fairly.

Customer Service

We strive to provide our customers with the finest possible products, services and solutions at attractive prices in order to cultivate a long-term partnership. We orient ourselves towards our customers’ requests, design our corporate processes to be effective and efficient and continually improve quality.

Market leadership

We want to secure the growth of our company by serving markets in which we are already represented with useful and innovative products and designs. In addition, we want to advance into new areas and markets that build on our technologies and expertise and which take the interests of our customers into account. The high valuation of the K&M brand is to be preserved and developed further.

Profit

We aim to generate sufficient profits to finance the further growth of our company and to compile the resources we need to meet our other corporate goals. A prerequisite for the company’s success is perpetually state-of-the-art technical equipment and the effective qualification of our employees.

Employee satisfaction

We would like our employees to find satisfaction and fulfillment in their work. We offer our employees performance-based employment opportunities, and together create a safe and creative work environment in which diversity as well as the individuality of every single employee is valued.

Health and safety

Working conditions and production procedures must guarantee the health and safety of our employees and third parties. Industrial safety is integrated into all corporate processes. Accident and injury prevention and the improvement of health protection on the job are actively advanced jointly with the employees.

Environment

Responsible conduct with the resources of our planet is the basis for successful and sustainable business activity as well as the preservation of an environment worth living in. Environmental aspects are already considered in the planning stage of new products, activities and procedures. Environmental impact is minimized or avoided by the ongoing improvement of processes and procedures. All levels of the company are bound to environmental protection. We cooperate with the responsible authorities and keep the public informed of our environmental activities. We are committed to the adherence to all relevant environmental regulations as well as to the inspection of our environmental management system through regular environmental audits of our operations.

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