Creators, makers, pioneers

More than 12,000 employees, globally active and passionate about innovation — that is the way to achieve both market and technological leadership. We are Körber. Presenting our Group.

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We are Körber

Körber is a leading international technology group that has more than 12,000 employees at over 100 locations worldwide. We are the home for entrepreneurs — we turn entrepreneurial thinking into customers success. Körber AG manages the Group and its four Business Areas: Digital, Pharma, Supply Chain and Technologies.

Insights

The Körber Insights shows the entire spectrum of the Körber world: We give our view of exciting developments and trends, as well as innovations and technologies. We also highlight personalities who drive Körber forward every day with their entrepreneurial spirit and new ideas.

Sustainability

Sustainability

We develop innovative products, solutions and services for a more sustainable tomorrow and introduce the people who make them possible. Find out more in our Sustainability Report 2023.

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Körber pursues ambitious climate targets

In October 2023, we had the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) verify our commitment to achieving net-zero CO₂e emissions throughout the entire value chain by 2040. We would like to introduce you to some of the measures that will help us achieve this ambitious goal.

Group-wide standards for Ecodesign

We were able to advance our Ecodesign initiative decisively in 2023 after creating a group-wide standard for life cycle assessments (LCAs). Find out more about the first LCAs we implemented and the challenges we overcame.

Data and infrastructure protection

We aim to transform information security into a strategic objective and make it a shared concern for all employees. We provide an overview of the corresponding measures and projects in 2023.

Career

Career

Wanted: team players. The know-how, creativity, and dedication of our employees have made us a successful technology company in Germany and worldwide. Now we want to shape the future — with you! We offer exciting positions for experts, young professionals, university students, and high school students.

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"Modern leadership culture has a performance-enhancing effect"

A working climate that promotes innovation, diversity, and the courage to tell uncomfortable truths is more central than ever to a company's success today. In an interview, Gabriele Fanta, Head of Group Human Resources, explains how the new leadership principles at Körber specifically strengthen fruitful collaboration in everyday working life.

What comes after traineeship, Max?

Experience report: After graduating in mechatronics and mechanical engineering, Max Döring became a trainee at Körber. Today, he is Technical Product Manager at our Körber Business Area Pharma.

Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Joint future-proof activities are the foundation of sustainable procurement. Körber, as a globally leading technology group, therefore places great value on the optimal purchasing of materials and services.

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Press release

A successful year for Körber AG

The globally active technology Group Körber looks back on a very successful 2018 financial year. With the consistent implementation of its long-term strategy, the Group emphasizes its desire for market leadership through technological leadership. Adjustments to the portfolio allow Körber to make significant investments in strategically important future technologies and markets in addition to corresponding acquisitions, thus enabling sustainable growth. Together with its partners and customers, the Group will continue to advance innovations in the future so that it can offer its customers the best solutions.

With an incoming orders amounting to €2,657 million (previous year: €2,901 million), sales of €2,546 million (previous year: €2,609 million) and EBITA of €228 million (previous year: €239 million) the reporting year 2018 was one of the most successful in the history of the Körber Group, when considering the sale of the Business Area Machine Tools mid-way through the year. As in the previous year, return on sales was 9 percent.

Körber shapes technological change through innovations

The Körber Group sets forth its strategic development with focus and consistency. “We are implementing our aspirations for market leadership through technological leadership by playing a prominent role in actively shaping industrial and technological change”, emphasized Stephan Seifert, Chairman of the Executive Board of Körber AG. “One of the guiding principles of our founder Kurt A. Körber was: ‘To be the first to do the right thing at the right time’. This fundamental entrepreneurial attitude to be the first to recognize, address, and shape changes and opportunities is more important for us today than ever bevore. With this in mind, we will offer our customers a genuine future-focused competitive advantage in the long term. The year 2018 was shaped by the guiding principle ‘We are innovation.’ Together with our customers, partners, and employees, we have once again propelled an extremely diverse range of ideas and innovations to broad-based market success and success for our customers.”

Among other things, the focus on innovations was reflected in the Group’s expenditure for research and development (R&D). This once again saw a clear increase in 2018 and amounted to €151 million (previous year: €138 million). This corresponds to 5.9 percent of revenue expenditure for R&D (previous year: 5.3 percent).

Group expands ecosystem with acquisitions and investments

Further acquisitions and investments highlight Körber’s ongoing development in the area of cutting-edge technologies (including digital technologies): With the acquisition of the British Centriq Group, Körber is putting stock in the increasing significance of voice control. This, coupled with the existing strong North American voice control business in its Business Area Logistics Systems, means Körber ranks among the leading global providers in this sector. With the acquisition of Connyun as well as the investments in Magazino and the Next Logistics Accelerator, Körber is consistently consolidating its digital technology skills and expanding its ecosystem.

“We always were and continue to be a leader in the development of innovative machines and systems for our customers. In addition, we have been successfully building on our software skills for several years now,” Seifert stressed. “Now we will integrate further new technologies and digital skills in a way that generates value, thus offering our customers a unique, holistic concept. To this end, we are increasing the involvement of external partners and making strategically prudent investments in established companies and start-ups worldwide.”

“Our extremely solid and stable financial situation allows us to grow internationally while also consistently investing in new business models and ideas,” adds Stefan Kirschke, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Körber AG.

In the scope of its strategic focus, in 2018 Körber sold the Business Areas Automation and Machine Tools to investors, who offer the companies further opportunities for development and growth.

Press release June 3, 2019

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