Körber


The Körber Group is headed by the company Körber AG, which is based in Hamburg. Körber AG is a strategic management holding which oversees the Group with the seven Business Areas: Automation, Logistics Systems, Pharma Systems, Tissue, Tobacco, Corporate Ventures and Körber Digital. The Group comprises technology companies and 140 production, service, and sales entities. With around 11,000 employees around the world the Körber Group generated sales of €2.6 billion.
Until his death in 1992, the company founder, Kurt A. Körber, was the sole owner of the Körber AG. The entrepreneur, who remained childless, had already decided in 1969 that the Körber AG would be left entirely after his death to the Körber Foundation, and that it would annually receive a portion of the profits from the Körber Group as a dividend.

Group Structure

The Group comprises seven Business Areas, each of which being run by a management or holding company: