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Food in an industrial ambiance – Klüh Catering gains new customers in the Oberbergischer Kreis district
Word gets around about quality, and this is certainly true in the Oberbergischer Kreis district between Cologne and Olpe, home to many innovative SMEs. Two years ago, August Rüggeberg GmbH in Marienheide, a medium-sized Global Player and Manufacturer of high-quality tools, commissioned Klüh Catering GmbH to implement modern and fresh company catering. Then followed a second order from the Oberbergischer Kreis district. A manufacturer of high-quality components made of stainless steel and world market leader in piping systems for the petrochemical industry, the company Schmidt + Clemens (S+C), located just 15km away in Lindlar, also placed an order with Klüh Catering. More than 600 people work for S+C in Lindlar-Kaiserau; the company site stretches expansively across a narrow valley, in which forging hammers were used once upon a time to forge and mould iron – long before the Ruhr metropolitan area became the embodiment of industrialisation. The company site in Lindlar lives alongside its past – and makes this visible in an interesting way, in the newly opened staff restaurant too. Jan Kümmel, Commercial Director at S+C, had the innovative idea for this. Ingo Stepken, Manager of the Klüh Catering branch in Düsseldorf, said: “In order to break away from the confined space of the previous canteen and at the same time combine the highly traditional ambiance with the most modern gastronomy, S+C suggested developing an out-of-use factory building into a spacious staff restaurant, an exciting concept.” The building is an almost 12-metre-high, former production hall; the height and internal structure provided the idea to set up the future restaurant on 2 levels: one level on the ground floor with a kitchen, Coffee Corner and a dining hall and a second, higher-lying level, the so-called Gallery with room for 40 dinner guests. For special events, visitors and/or company guests can be welcomed and entertained there in a separate area. Very large windows ensure that the red brick building façade has an interesting design. The interior is flooded with light – and offers a full view of the company site and adjacent buildings. The restaurant, which is called “S+C Kantine” in keeping with tradition, was planned by the architect Gabriele Salberg under contract from S+C and is equipped with state-of-the-art kitchen appliances. It provides catering with a great deal of charm and character and integrates pieces of the old equipment – for example, in the form of a crane, which is located above the heads of the guests in the Gallery.
Steffi Lippert, Sales Manager of the Düsseldorf branch, said: “The opening of the S+C canteen was a great success. After just about six weeks, we were able to increase the capacity for dinner guests by 65%. It was a source of great joy for the whole team.” The reason behind the success? Steffi Lippert believes it was the high quality standards: “We cook fresh and healthy food and attach great importance to attractive presentation because we want our guests to come and enjoy themselves and feel comfortable. Contact: osicom // Wolfgang Osinski // Telephone number: 0211 – 15 92 62 60 // [email protected] Contact Klüh Service Management: Ivanka Pataca // Telephone number: 0211-90 68 232 // [email protected]