Jürgen Knocks, chief executive officer of EMV-Profi, was able to greet Ludwig Canal’s Kinder aus Imst as its first member from Austria at this year’s partners’ general meeting in Darmstadt. The company, which was previously linked to Öbau, operates one DIY store of approximately 3 000 m² and one specialist timber store with a sales area of around 2 000 m². Knocks does not rule out the possibility of further Austrian DIY operators joining EMV-Profi.