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    About KWS
    Seeding the future – since 1856
2024 / 2025

KWS in figures at a glance


founded in

1856

in Klein Wanzleben

Subsidiaries and associated companies

71
worldwide


Employees

5,102


SALES

1,676

in € million

EBITDA

351

in € million

Seeding the future – since 1856

KWS sows the future. Our high-yield seeds and extensive knowledge make us a trusted partner of farmers - and we have been for generations. In this way, we contribute to solutions for the nutrition of a steadily growing world population. We are constantly improving genetic potential through excellent research and breeding programs.

With our high-performance seeds for corn, sugarbeet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape, sunflowers, catch crops and many more, we offer a wide range of products that meet the most diverse requirements in temperate and tropical climates and enable balanced crop rotation. We tailor our seeds to the needs and requirements of our customers to deliver the very best quality, and we are a strong partner throughout the value chain.

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About us: Facts and figures

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Management

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Campaigns

Zwei Kollegen sitzen in einem hellen Raum am Fenster und arbeiten gemeinsam an einem Laptop. Sie diskutieren und schauen auf den Bildschirm.

Strategy

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Mission & Values

About us

KWS sows the future. Our high-yielding seed and extensive knowledge make us a trusted partner of farmers - and have been for generations. In this way, we contribute to solutions for feeding a steadily growing world population.

Art at KWS

As a family-owned company, KWS stands for tradition, a down-to-earth approach and for successful plant breeding, but also for growth and open-mindedness. It is therefore particularly important to us to encourage diversity, individuality and creativity. Coming from this point of view, art and culture as a special offer for employees and society become a key element of our commitment.

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KWS in more than 70 countries worldwide

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA is the parent company of the KWS Group. It is a strategic leader and manages the propagation and distribution of sugarbeet and corn seed, along with other crops. It finances basic research and the breeding of the variety portfolio of the KWS Group, and annually provides its subsidiaries with new varieties for propagation and distribution.

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