6INTERVIEW AK I m very proud that our family has succeeded in getting the company this far We partners are good friends and we definitely enjoy working together Of course tolerance is an important part of it And it s important that every generation has someone with a calm moderating temperament KK We share the goal of passing on the com pany group to the next generation in a healthy state None of us in the family is interested in maximising short term profits We all want sustainable growth Speaking of sustainable growth You ve chosen the following slogan to guide your activities Growing With the challenges How we ensure reliability of supply and increase sustainability Isn t that a rather tall order considering the crises currently befalling the world The Kunert Group has been a family run business for almost 130 years now In that time it has developed from a small producer of boxes into a group of companies whose activities span the globe We here at LOOK spoke with Andreas and Kilian Kunert about family businesses current challenges and the potential for future growth When it comes to succession plans many family run businesses fail due to disputes within the family What s the secret to your success in managing the company without running into conflicts FAR SIGHTED GROWTH WHY IT S RIGHT TO BE REALISTICALLY OPTIMISTIC Andreas Kunert is a Managing Partner at Kunert Wellpappe in Biebesheim Germany

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