Our company history: Boutique consulting at eye level
3con Management Consultants was founded in Bonn in 2002. Initially, a particular focus lay on the chemical industry – today however, an interdisciplinary team of experienced consultants develops sustainable solutions for companies from the entire process industry and beyond.
Our company name goes back to the essential ingredients of successful transformation processes, which 3con understands as a guiding principle. Therefore, this trinity has been decisive for our work since the founding days: “connection” for bringing together key players, “conception” for the development of holistic solution concepts and “conversion” for our focus on sustainable and effective implementation.
After a successful establishment phase, in which 3con increasingly defined its role as a problem solver for complex contexts, this approach was reinterpreted in 2008: “connection” as overview, “conception” as insight and “conversion” as foresight, because new perspectives only open up for those who look at things from different angles. This is how we identify problems before they are even visible.
While the founding team of 3con initially worked in sublet offices, in 2010 we were finally able to move into our current company villa in Bad Godesberg. The historic building quickly turned into an inspiring workplace for the growing team.
As 3con brings together colleagues in different life stages and with diverse professional backgrounds, it has always been a major concern of ours to enable an honest work-life balance – even in a demanding working environment. Flexible working models are one of numerous measures for which we were awarded the berufundfamilie audit certificate – a seal of excellence for companies championing life-phase-conscious HR policies – in 2014. Since then, we have continuously evolved and successfully completed our fourth recertification in 2023.
At the beginning of 2021, AllocNow was founded as an independent 3con spin-off. The cleantech company offers a “Product Sustainability Platform” that enables companies to automatically calculate the environmental impact of their products, communicate it clearly and reduce it in a targeted manner. The software is now used by numerous well-known chemical companies, which impressively underlines its innovative strength and relevance.
In the field of management consulting, key topics and challenges are constantly changing. In this volatile environment, our company DNA passes the test of time: we have been supporting management in mastering complex transformation processes for more than 20 years – currently with a pronounced focus on operational excellence, sustainability and digitalization.
For our work, we have been recognized as a Hidden Champion by the renowed industry study of Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Management und Beratung (WGMB) in 2023/24 – both for our focus on the process industry and for our implementation strength. To us, this is an honor and an encouragement at the same time. After all, we owe this title to our satisfied customers, who rated our performance higher than the one of McKinsey, BCG and Bain.