Knauber group of companies

Carl Knauber management company with limited liability
legal form	GmbH
founding	1901
Seat	Bonn , Germany
management	Ines Knauber-Daubenbüchel, managing partner
Number of employees	655
sales	EUR 443.9 million
Branch	Energy trading
Website	www.knauber.de
	As of December 31, 2018

The Carl Knauber management company with limited liability is the parent company of the Knauber Group , a medium-sized company based in Bonn . The family company , founded in 1901, is now in the fourth generation and primarily deals with energy trading.

Corporate structure

Knauber corporate headquarters Bonn 2018

Carl Knauber Holding GmbH & Co.KG exists under Carl Knauber Verwaltungs-GmbH as the parent company and the highest level of consolidation , again including the operational subsidiaries:

Knauber Mineralöl GmbH & Co. KG sells heating oil , fuels as well as automotive and industrial lubricants for private and commercial customers. In addition, Knauber Mineralöl runs filling stations and washing facilities in the Cologne / Bonn region .
Knauber Gas GmbH & Co. KG sells tank gas , bottled gas , LPG and technical gases and is commercially available from propane , butane and wood pellets business.
Knauber Erdgas GmbH trades in natural gas and electricity for private and commercial customers. Started as part of Carl Knauber Holding GmbH , Knauber Erdgas has been an independent GmbH within the Knauber Group since 2013.
Knauber Contracting GmbH offers energy efficiency solutions for large customers, including heating, cooling and lighting concepts as well as taking over the plant management.

history

1901 the company Gebrüder Knauber is founded and the sons expand their parents' trade from 1880.

1880 founded Anna and Michael Knauber a grocery store in Bonn-Endenich and sold there housewares, feed and fuels. In 1901 the sons Karl and Josef took over the family business and founded the company "Gebrüder Knauber". In 1923 Knauber opened the first gas station in the Rhineland under the name "Westtank". In 1951, under Carl Ernst Knauber, the third generation of the family entered the liquefied gas business. The energy supply was expanded to include heating oil in 1954 . In 1960, the expansion of the fuel trade and the expansion of the filling station network followed. In 1968 Knauber opened the first hobby market in Bonn. In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, the branch network of Knauber leisure markets in the Cologne / Bonn region developed from this . From 1990 the distribution of liquefied gas was established in East Germany (until 1997) and later also in Croatia (until 2004) and in Poland (until 2010). In 1990, Ines Knauber-Daubenbüchel became the fourth generation to join the company and in 2000 took over the management of the company as managing partner. In 2001 the holding company Carl Knauber Holding GmbH & Co. KG was founded and Knauber Mineralöl, Knauber Gas and Knauber Freizeit were gradually established as independent subsidiaries of the holding company . In 2005 Knauber Contracting was founded , and in 2009 the Estella KochLust branch in Cologne was opened . This was followed by the expansion of the energy division with the offer of natural gas for private and commercial customers. Knauber Freizeit and Estella KochLust have been running online shops since 2013 . In 2013 Estella KochLust opened a second branch in Münster . In 2015 Knauber expanded the product portfolio to include electricity from 100 percent hydropower. The two branches of Estella KochLust in Cologne and Münster as well as the online shop ceased operations in July 2016.

At the end of March 2020, the management of Knauber KG announced the handover of its stores to the Swiss Bauhaus AG on July 1, 2020. Knauber KG intends to concentrate on trading and services in the energy sector in the future.

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2018 , bundesanzeiger.de, accessed on July 11, 2020.
↑ Lisa Inhoffen, Delphine Sachsenröder: Bauhaus takes over Bonner Freizeitmärkte: Aus for Knauber after 50 years of tradition. Retrieved March 30, 2020 .
↑ Bauhaus takes over Knauber Freizeitmärkte. Press release Bauhaus takes over Knauber Freizeitmärkte, accessed on June 12, 2020 .

[banz-1] Consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2018 , bundesanzeiger.de, accessed on July 11, 2020.

[2] Lisa Inhoffen, Delphine Sachsenröder: Bauhaus takes over Bonner Freizeitmärkte: Aus for Knauber after 50 years of tradition. Retrieved March 30, 2020 .

[3] Bauhaus takes over Knauber Freizeitmärkte. Press release Bauhaus takes over Knauber Freizeitmärkte, accessed on June 12, 2020 .