Facts and figures
KWS ranks among the world‘s leading plant breeding companies
- Independent breeding company
- Leader in sales of sugar beet seed in Europe and world wide
- Headquarters of the company: located at Einbeck, Germany
- Main turnover of the KWS group is obtained from the sugar beet crop, followed by maize (including oil and field crops) and cereals
- Staff: more than 2,300 people work for the KWS group, of which 700 are working in research and breeding
- Represented in more than 65 countries of the world with subsidiaries and affiliated companies
- World-wide net of research and breeding stations