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What the Knaus Weinsberg Group have been doing the last couple of months

Knaus-Weinsberg-Tabbert thought it would be useful to share some information regarding what we have been doing and what we plan for the 2021 season.

In lockdown terms they didn’t stop production. Although their two German factories did not produce full vehicles during the month of April their two Hungarian plants continued. Obviously within the new health and safety regimes. 

The two German sites were used as drive through testing stations and their upholstery shops turned to face mask production. 

Only at the two German factories were production staff furloughed for a five week period. Administration, Aftersales, Purchasing, Design and Commercial teams kept regular hours with 50% in the office and 50% working from home on a rotating basis. All the Company’s Area Managers worked from home. 

In the Countries where they have self employed Sales Agents (UK and Italy) both stayed available to retailers and colleagues at the factory.

Knaus have issued every retailer worldwide with free of charge, face masks, desk and counter sneeze screens and hand sanitiser dispensers.

When the two German factories returned to work early in May they took a deliberate decision that any retail orders outstanding would continue to be manufactured as 2020 models to ensure the customer got exactly the model, specification and colours that their retailer had contracted to supply them. Any unsold retailer orders would be produced as early 2021 models to ensure that none of our retailers were burdened with unsold end of season stock.

Naturally the plants look and work in a new socially distanced format but ALL employees have retained their jobs and get greeted at work each morning by a thermal camera to read their temperatures.

Knaus Weinsberg have committed to attend all the Autumn consumer exhibitions wherever the local markets permit these to take place – currently both Dusseldorf and Paris have confirmed they will take place. Owing to the UK’s regulations there is no information coming from NCC Events regarding the NEC.

For the 2021 season the Knaus Group are celebrating 60 years of Caravan manufacturing.

 

More information about the
Knaus Motorhome range is HERE,
the Knaus Caravan Range HERE,
the Weinsberg Motorhome Range HERE,
the Weinsberg Caravan Range HERE,
and T@B HERE