KTG Agrar SE
KTG fully relies on sustainable farming
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KTG fully relies on sustainable farming – Positive signals from LEH: 'From the field to the plate' meets consumers' demand for sustainable food of identifiable origin – KTG to focus on organic farming and regional products in the long term Hamburg, 21 January 2013. Over the past two years, KTG Agrar AG, one of the leading agricultural companies in Europe, has focused on extending its value chain to the consumer and refining its products. Besides fresh produce such as potatoes, onions, carrots and organic milk, the company has so far offered conventional and organic frozen food. In the context of a strategic expansion of the organic segment, the KTG Group will now add grain products such as flour, muesli and oat flakes to its product range. KTG will concentrate all its marketing activities in BZ Foods SE, which will form an independent business unit. For this purpose, Bio-Zentrale Naturprodukte GmbH, a leading distributor of organic food, will be placed under the umbrella of BZ Foods SE. 'With BZ Foods SE, we are setting another milestone, as we continue to extend our sales of sustainably produced regional products from the field to the plate,' says Dr. Hubertus Fleßner, CEO of BZ Foods SE. The KTG Group has been the pioneer of large-scale organic farming and currently manages about 15,000 hectares. Going forward, the company will continue to fully rely on sustainable farming. 'No other agricultural company in Western Europe produces more organic agricultural products from a single source than KTG. For two decades, we have attached top priority to growing diverse crops such as organic grain, organic rapeseed, organic lupines and organic beans and to maintaining lush organic meadows,' says Ulf Hammerich, KTG Agrar AG's Board member in charge of the farming segment. The combined expertise of KTG, an experienced producer of organic food, and Bio-Zentrale, a competent long-standing partner to the retail sector, will greatly expand the availability and sales of organic foods, especially of German origin. 'In KTG we have found an excellent long-term partner, together with whom we will pave the way for a healthy diet based on high-quality products from controlled cultivation across all stages of the value chain,' says Stefan Lipgens, Managing Director of Bio-Zentrale Naturprodukte GmbH. 'The additional sales revenues of about 50 million euros generated by Bio-Zentrale will clearly strengthen our market position and allow us to continue our dynamic activities in the market,' says Dr. Hubertus Fleßner.
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Language: | English | |
Company: | KTG Agrar AG | |
Ferdinandstr. 12 | ||
20095 Hamburg | ||
Germany | ||
Phone: | +49 (0)40-303 76-47 | |
Fax: | +49 (0)40-303 76-799 | |
E-mail: | presse@ktg-agrar.de | |
Internet: | www.ktg-agrar.de | |
ISIN: | DE000A0DN1J4 | |
WKN: | A0DN1J | |
Indices: | HASPAX | |
Listed: | Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München (m:access), Stuttgart; Open Market (Entry Standard) in Frankfurt | |
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