2/6/2020

Generational shift: between Evolution and Revolution

In the course of a generational change, the handover of a life's work, there are usually a number of challenges for the successor: the balance between maintaining the tried and tested and at the same time developing something new. In the interview in the current issue of creativ verpacken, our managing directors Nadine and Max talk about precisely this, as we were also faced with such a generational change. After our founder Knut left the company, Nadine, Max and Lisa took over the management and thus also the responsibility for the reorientation of khdesign.

“Enthusiasm is what drives us and runs through our entire creation process - that was already the case with my father and is also the case with us and our entire team.”

Nadine Hartmann, Geschäftsführerin, khdesign gmbh

Enthusiasm has always been at the heart of this, “it drives us and runs through our entire creation process - that was already the case with my father and is also the case with us and our entire team,” says Nadine in the interview. In the January issue of creativ verpacken, you can read about the other challenges such a generational change entails, where the future responsibility for packaging design lies and what this means for the direction of our agency: https://www.creativverpacken.de

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Looking to the future: Management changes at echd

Since November, there has been a change in the management at echd: Max and Lisa Wenzel have both decided to take a new direction and step down from the management of the agency. We would like to thank them both for seven years of passion, creativity and strategic development that have made echd what it is today.

Our success story will continue - with Nadine Hartmann, who will continue to lead the agency as Managing Director, and Paul Valentiner, who has been part of the management team since July 2024. Together, they have ambitious plans for the future:
➡ Expanding our offering beyond packaging
➡ The expansion of our “Future Media” department

We are particularly proud of what we have achieved together recently, such as the realignment of Dentinox, the modernization of the Chantré brand and our success at the German Design Award.

One thing remains clear to us: change is an opportunity to continue to grow. We look forward to writing the next chapters together with you and our great customers!

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