KWS Group

kws* is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. more than 4,800 employees in 70 countries generated net sales of € 1,036.8 million in fiscal 2015/2016. for around160 years kws has operated as an independent company with a tradition of family ownership. its main areas of work lie in the breeding of varieties and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugarbeet, cereals, oil-seed rape and sunflower. kws uses state-of-the-art plant breeding methods and technologies to continuously improve variety yields and resistances to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. to that end, the company invested € 182,4 million last fiscal year in research and development, 17.6 percent of its net sales. further information: http://www.kws.com *all information without the inclusion of kws’ 50/50 joint ventures