ACHIEVEMENTS, POSITIONS, REWARDS :
- May 5, 2015: The Mayor of Charlotte presents The Global Leader Award on behalf of the Mayor’s International Cabinet Awards committee to Klaus and Concha Becker
- “Senator” at the Junior Chamber International (highest possible rank worldwide), Senator# 60254
- January 17, 2014: Sworn in by the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany Christoph Sander to be the next German Honorary Consul for Western North Carolina.
- April 2007-2011 Member of the Board of the World Affairs Council Charlotte
- April 2005-2011 Member of the Board of the German American Chamber of the Southern United States, Atlanta
- 2004-2011 President of the North Carolina Chapter, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern United States
- 1998 Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year
- 1997 Entrepreneurial Trailblazer Award from the Metrolina Entrepreneurial Council
- 1996 Entrepreneur of the Year in North Carolina (Ernest + Young) and runner-up in the National Awards of Entrepreneur of the Year
- SouthStar Steel was the Fastest Growing Privately Held Company (acc. to KPMG and The Business Journal) in Western North Carolina in 1994, 1995, 1996 (no company ever had the #1 position twice), #2 in 1997 and #10 in 1998 and in 1996 #84 on INC. Magazine’s list of Fastest Growing Companies Nationwide
- 1997/8 Vice-President of the NC World Trade Association (NCWTA), as such Co-Chairman of the yearly NCWTA Conference in Charlotte in 1998 with Colin Powell as key-note speaker
- 1996-1998 President of the Charlotte World Trade Organization (CWTO)
- 1994 – 1997 Member of the Advisory Board of Lincoln Bank, Charlotte
- 1995 – to date: Member of the Advisory Board of the International Dean of International Business Administration Prof. Dr. Uli Froehlich at Pfeiffer University, Charlotte
