KWS facts, figures and certification at a glance
Figures
- Founded: 1856 in Klein Wanzleben
- Headquarters: Einbeck, Lower Saxony
- Turnover: approx. € 1,820 million ( 2022/2023 )
- EBIT: approx. € 223 million ( 2022/2023 )
- Employees: approx. 5,319 , including approx. 1,897 in research and development
- Research & development: approximately € 314 million ( 2022/2023 )
- Breeding and sales operations in more than 85 countries
- Around 88 subsidiaries and associated companies
Core markets
- Germany
- Europe
- North and South America
- China
Seeds for
- sugarbeets, fodder beets
- Maize
- Cereals: wheat, rye, barley, oats, triticale
- Oilseeds and protein plants: rapeseed, sunflower, soybeans, grain peas
- Sorghum, sugar millet
- Catch crops
Organisation
KWS SAAT SE & Co KGaA is the parent company of the KWS Group. It is a strategic leader and, among other things, manages the propagation and distribution of sugarbeet and maize seed. It finances basic research and the breeding of the variety spectrum of the KWS Group and annually provides its subsidiaries with new varieties for propagation and distribution.