The pinnacle of the Berlin-based producer of high-tech laboratory devices KNAUER was honored by the affiliation “Die Familienunternehmer” (The household entrepreneurs) at a festive night occasion at Soho Home Berlin on October 8.
The Berlin regional chapter of the affiliation, which sees itself as representing the pursuits of over 180 thousand household companies in Germany, has honored an impressive entrepreneurial character within the capital with this award yearly for over a decade. The award ceremony was held beneath the motto “Innovation and sustainability in household companies: Taking duty for the long run”.
Sebastian Pleschinger, Berlin regional chairman of “Die Familienunternehmer”, praised Alexandra Knauer’s achievements on the award ceremony, as did the laudator Heike Hanspach from “Berlin Accomplice”.
Alexandra Knauer has managed in a distinctive manner not solely to efficiently place the medium-sized firm based by her dad and mom Roswitha and Dr. Herbert Knauer in 1962 in a aggressive market, but additionally to actively dwell social duty and sustainability in on a regular basis enterprise life. The award-winning entrepreneur additionally ensures a working atmosphere that promotes artistic collaboration. She additionally enjoys sharing her expertise with different entrepreneurs.
Progressive technical options and adaptability allow KNAUER’s company success. The brand new programs developed by KNAUER through the corona pandemic for the manufacturing of lipid nanoparticles for mRNA vaccines have been notably highlighted. Till then, solely programs for small laboratory scale existed. The KNAUER crew succeeded in scaling up for pharmaceutical manufacturing in a really brief time utilizing their high-pressure pump know-how. With this improvement, KNAUER was capable of open a very new enterprise space with nice potential for the long run along with its earlier fundamental subject of exercise of liquid chromatography.
The award for Household Entrepreneur of the Yr means lots to me. I additionally see it as recognition of the achievements of all the KNAUER crew and of Carsten Losch, with whom I run the corporate. The give attention to innovation and sustainability is absolutely according to our philosophy of progress and duty for a greater future.”
Alexandra Knauer, Proprietor, KNAUER
KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH develops and manufactures high-tech laboratory devices, e.g. HPLC programs, that can be utilized to carry out analyses or to purify worthwhile substances comparable to lively pharmaceutical components. The gross sales community spans over 70 international locations. Alexandra Knauer, who owns the corporate since 2000, attaches nice significance to company duty each in the direction of the 200 staff and in the direction of the atmosphere and society.