Knaus Tabbert adds to its leadership team

Knaus Tabbert is taking on some key industry figures to help it see through the stabilisation programme the firm introduced last year, which it says is already producing results.

The German make of caravans, which produces Knaus, Weinsberg and T@B caravans, has already appointed Matjaž Grm, former chief sales offices at Adria Mobil, as a consultant.

From the start of May, Jochen Hein, who spent eight years with Hymer as technical director, will join the company as its new chief operating officer.

The stabilisation programme was introduced last autumn by new CEO Wim de Pundert, who joined Knaus after an investigation that had led to two former board members being dismissed.

Knaus Tabbert says it has already enjoyed a successful CMT show in January, and as a result, reduced its overall vehicle stock – in its factories and on dealer forecourts – by 2000 units since October last year.

For the 2026 season, it says it will be cutting its range to eliminate products that do not have sufficient demand, and concentrating on simplifying its chassis portfolio. It has already terminated contracts with suppliers whose products or services it says did not achieve sufficient added value for customers.

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PeterBaber

Peter Baber is Reviews Editor of both Practical Motorhome and Practical Caravan. He has been reviewing motorhomes for the best part of a decade now. His first caravan reviews date back to the early 1990s when he first worked on Practical Caravan, before he embarked on a 20-year career in business journalism which saw him edit a wide variety of magazines, and launch a few too, including one that won an award. Although he enjoyed that, he always knew he wanted to come back. Peter reports on all the new models that make it to dealer forecourts each season, giving his judgement online and in magazine reviews. He has twice been shortlisted for a Caravan Writers Guild award. When he is not working, apart from going on motorhome trips himself (mostly local to where he lives in West Yorkshire, but also last year right across France) he likes trying to write novels, cooking, throwing the odd pot, and has just taken up tennis.