KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
Company Snapshot
Founded: 1856
Entity Type: Public
Employees: 4,837
Region: Germany
Revenue: $1,825.4 Millions
Revenue Year: 2024
Headquarter: Einbeck, Germany
Key Geographics: Americas, Europe, Rest of World
Corporate Address: Postfach 1463, 37555 Einbeck Grimsehlstr 31, 37574 Einbeck Germany Tel. +49-0-5561-3110 www.kws.com
Company Overview
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA is a plant-breeding company focused on developing and commercializing high-yielding and resilient crop varieties. Its portfolio spans sugar beets, corn, cereals, and vegetables, supported by R&D capabilities in modern breeding technologies and trait platforms, such as CONVISO SMART and CR+. It operates globally and invests in breeding and trait development to improve sustainability, climate resilience, and agricultural productivity.
Financial Highlights (FY 2024)
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Company's Business Segments
- Sugarbeet : This segment comprises sugarbeet seed breeding, production and distribution, as well as the development of diploid hybrid potatoes.
- Corn : This segment covers breeding, production, and distribution of seed for corn and sunflowers, as well as production and distribution of soybeans.
- Cereals : This segment includes the breeding, production, and distribution of seed for rye, wheat, barley and oilseed rape.
- Vegetables : This segment comprises vegetable seed breeding, production, and distribution.
- Corporate : A segment which by and large does not conduct any operational activities. Its relatively low net sales come from the revenue from our own farms in Germany, France, and Poland.
Applications/End User Industries
- Food Industry
- Livestock Industry
- Bioenergy Industry
- Distilling and Alcohol Industry
- Crop production and agriculture