Press release - KGH acquires Austrian customs expert

KGH Customs Services expands in the German speaking markets by acquiring the Austrian customs company Hann+Hofstetter.

The owner of Hannl+Hofstetter, Mr Karl Hannl, who is a well known person in the European customs community, will continue his works within KGH. The company, who has its activities in Austria and Hungary employ 15 staff, offer customs services including customs clearance and customs consulting to the Austrian market. After the acquisition KGH will employ over 400 staff.

– With the acquisition of Hannl+Hofstetter we will further strengthen our offering in the German speaking markets, says Vidar Gundersen, CEO of KGH. We are particularly pleased that Mr Karl Hannl will remain in the company with his wide range of customs expertise and experience. 

– We are very excited about joining KGH, says Karl Hannl, Managing Director at Hannl+Hofstetter. With KGH customs service offering and their focus on establishing a strong presence in Germany our customers, Europe’s importers and exporters will have a great partner in a time where there are many important changes in the customs legislation. 

KGH opens up a new office in Hamburg and are looking at further acquisition opportunities

KGH Customs Services expansion also includes the opening of a new office in Hamburg in addition to its current office in Kiel. The office in Hamburg will be the new head office for the German market.

To the Hamburg office KGH has recruited local German customs expertise and the recruitment for additional qualified competence continues. The target is to employ around 50 staff in Germany within the next 12-18 months to manage our customers’ needs within customs clearance, customs consulting and related IT-services.

For the last 40 years KGH has served several thousand German customers in the ports of Belgium and the Netherlands as well as on the boarders between Sweden and Norway. With the acquisition in Austria and the opening of the office in Hamburg the service level to our Austrian, German and our international customers will be further enhanced.

KGH will also launch a range of new services during the next few months that will provide our customers better control, improved knowledge and opportunity to lower their costs. Apart from the organic growth, the search for additional acquisition candidates in Germany, Austria and Switzerland continues.

KGH Customs Services is Europe’s´ largest and fastest growing neutral customs company with more than 400 employees in 8 countries. Our 29 operational offices are located at the key boarder crossings and in several locations we operate our customer support 24/7 every day of the year. 
With more than 45 years experience and focus on customs matters we provide customs solutions within the business areas of Customs Consulting, Customs Clearence, Customs HelpDesk and i-Solutions.

KGH has more then 12,000 customers from all type of industries across Europe. The company turnover 2009 was 36 million Euro. KGH Customs Services is owned by its management and by the investment fund Procuritas (PCI III)

Kontakt:
Vidar Gundersen, Ceo KGH, Tel +46 70 3462900, vidar.gundersen@kghcustoms.com

Karl Hannl, Ceo Hannl + Hofstetter, Tel. +43 650 77 130 30, karl.hannl@kghcustoms.com