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Klaus Knuffmann ? Specialist for business succession in your area

Looking for a successor? The sure way to business succession in Krefeld

Experiences & Reviews of KERN - Company Succession. More successful.

In this video you will learn why your business succession is so close to my heart

On Klaus-Christian Knuffmann's expert tip for Company sale and Company succession

KERN's help, advice & support is worth its weight in gold

As an entrepreneur with over 40 years of professional experience, you certainly know a lot about a lot of things, but in no way about "succession". :-). I can only highly recommend Nils Koerber and Ingo Claus. Emotionally, humanly and professionally, succession is one of the most difficult tasks that an entrepreneur has to solve. The help, advice & support is worth its weight in gold and has really helped us in all aspects of this very complex topic. And it all worked out.

Klaus Bronder - vom Hove , Entrepreneur from Ennigerloh - Owner of a premium furniture store

Organisation of a successful succession for a craft business

We were very satisfied with Mr Claus from the KERN company. In particular, his commitment helped us a lot in organising a successful succession for a craft business. We are happy to recommend Mr Claus to others.

Herbert Seus , Entrepreneur from Wilhelmshaven

We have Ingo Claus from KERN to thank for the unexpectedly successful sale of our company

Mr. Ingo Claus had accompanied us in the difficult task of finding a suitable successor for our expert office. We owe the unexpectedly successful sale of our company to him. Mr Claus has a fine sense for tricky negotiating situations, skilfully and calmly he finds the right ideas for solutions that are acceptable to both contracting parties. Mr Claus accompanied the project with a wealth of experience, knowledge of human nature and negotiating skills. We are happy to recommend him.

Katharina Leisner ? Specialist planner from Harsewinkel , Owner of an engineering and planning office

Using many examples, he described the complex process of finding a successor in a very practical way

I got to know Ingo Claus from KERN as a speaker at a highly recommended workshop on the topic of selling a company. Using many examples, he described the complex process of finding a successor in a very practical way.

T.M. ? Company salesman from Osnabrück

Very much appreciated his ability to get to grips with the ins and outs of family businesses

I got to know Mr Claus in 2010 as part of an expansion project for an owner-managed company. During this time, I came to appreciate his goal-oriented approach and his ability to get to grips with the specifics of family businesses. I am happy to recommend him.

Petra Rausch ? Entrepreneur from Lohmar , Advises family businesses on internationalisation projects

From the very first moment, KERN understood how to create a very trusting basis for the project.

From the very first moment, Mr. Ingo Claus understood how to create a very trusting basis for the start of the project - to form a basis for discussion among the shareholders within the framework of a workshop, so that a very efficient further development of the ideas could take place within the company. We would like to thank you for this very pleasant and trusting cooperation and will gladly recommend your group of companies to others.

I.K. - Entrepreneur from Flensburg , Co-partner of a sewer cleaning company

Maintained a constant dialogue between myself as the seller and the potential acquirers

What I particularly liked about KERN and Mr Ingo Claus was the very professional and trusting way in which he dealt with me as a company seller and the interested parties. Mr Claus always acted in a solution-oriented manner and was in constant dialogue between me as the seller and the potential buyers. Even though in the end the sale was not concluded, which was due to external circumstances, I was very satisfied with the work done by Kern and Mr Claus and would recommend Kern and him at any time and without reservation.

M.B. ? Project developer from Buxtehude , Owner of a property development company

Ingo Claus from KERN represented me and my interests optimally

When unexpected complications arose during negotiations for the takeover of a practice, I turned to KERN and Mr. Ingo Claus. From the very beginning, I felt professionally accompanied by Mr Claus and that I and my interests were optimally represented. Thanks to Mr. Claus' negotiating skills, his objective, clear, goal-oriented communication, his efforts to find a good solution for both parties to the contract and his outstanding ability to calmly mediate and maintain an overview, a solution satisfactory to both sides (!) was quickly found for the takeover of the practice. Many thanks!

A.P. ? Specialist from Bramsche , Owner of a specialist medical practice

... Very satisfied and would recommend Kern at any time and without reservation.

What I particularly liked about KERN and Mr Ingo Claus was the very professional and trusting way in which he dealt with me as a company seller and the interested parties. Mr Claus always acted in a solution-oriented manner and was in constant dialogue between me as the seller and the potential buyers. Even though the sale was not completed in the end, which was due to external circumstances, I was very satisfied with the work done by KERN and Mr Claus and would recommend KERN and him at any time and without reservation.

M.B., entrepreneur from Lower Saxony , Owner of a property development company

Klaus-Christian Knuffmann's expertise for your company sale

Born in 1961, trained and studied as a banker and business economist. Authorised consultant and lecturer of the SME OFFENSIVE for business succession. Consultant for business succession in family businesses. Certified business mediator.

Various stays abroad as well as internships in renowned management and tax consultancies, production and trading companies. Management responsibility in premium retail.

In 1991, he familiarised himself with the family business (approx. 400 employees at 5 locations) and took it over as managing partner.

Since the successful sale of the group of companies, active nationwide as a partner of KERN. Member of the Supervisory Board of ARCUS Capital AG for many years. Chairman of the advisory board of KERN-System GmbH as well as other advisory board mandates in medium-sized companies. 

Mr Knuffmann's other languages are English and French.

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KERN Business Succession Krefeld
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Klaus-Christian Knuffmann
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47805 Krefeld
Phone +49 2151 9378378
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