Enrique Celedón V.

GKD - Gebr. Kufferath AG was founded in Düren, Germany, in 1925. The company is still under the ownership of the founding family to this day. It is run by brothers Ingo and Dr. Stephan Kufferath in the third generation, Lara Kufferath in the fourth generation, and Markus Kosel. For more than 95 years, the technical weaver has been a technological leader due to its continuous development of products, solutions and services on the basis of high-performance, application-specific mesh designs. As a global company, GKD operates in a wide range of sectors and applications. Our four independent business divisions include: • Industrial Mesh: Technical weave and filter solutions • Process Belts: Belts made of mesh and spirals • Metal Fabrics: Architectural façades, interior design and safety systems • MEDIAMESH®: Transparent media façades The industry mix ranges from the automobile and aerospace industry, medical and environmental technology, raw materials and mining, chemical, pharmaceutical, foodstuffs and textile industries and the wood and paper processing industries, as well as applications in architecture and design. GKD Group is an internationally leading technology and services company with more than 700 employees worldwide. In addition to the headquarters in Düren, GKD has five other production sites in the USA, Chile, South Africa, India and China with branches in France and Spain and representatives all over the globe. Customer proximity and service orientation drive our worldwide development.