The production of K + -mesons in pA (A = D, C, Cu, Ag, Au) collisions has been investigated at the COoler SYnchrotron COSY-Jülich for beam energies Tp = 1.0 − 2.3 GeV. Double differential inclusive p C cross sections at forward angles ϑ K + < 12 • as well as the target-mass dependence of the K +momentum spectra have been measured with the ANKE spectrometer. Far below the free N N threshold at TNN = 1.58 GeV the spectra reveal a high degree of collectivity in the target nucleus. From the targetmass dependence of the cross sections at higher energies, the repulsive in-medium potential of K + -mesons can be deduced. Using pN cross-section parameterisations from literature and our measured p D data we derive a cross-section ratio of σ(pn → K + X)/σ(pp → K + X) ∼ (3 − 4). PACS. 13.75.-n Hadron-induced low-and intermediate-energy reactions and scattering -25.40.-h Nucleoninduced reactions and scattering