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

Körber achieves record sales and creates the basis for further growth with a new leadership structure

The international technology group Körber achieved new record values in 2023 with an order intake of 3.2 billion euros and sales of 2.9 billion euros and is now focusing even more on innovations and sustainable global growth for the future. In this context, the Supervisory Board of Körber AG decided on a new leadership structure that makes the Group even more agile, innovation- and growth-oriented. Arungalai Anbarasu and Dr. Helena Garriga were newly appointed to the Group Executive Board.

After a very successful financial year 2023 with an order intake of 3.2 billion euros (+12.6 percent compared to the previous year) and sales of 2.9 billion euros (+14.5 percent) – both record values – Körber is now creating the prerequisites for further worldwide innovation-driven growth. In the new leadership structure adopted by the Supervisory Board on 25 April 2024, the Group Executive Board will also manage the currently four Business Areas operationally in the future.

As part of the Supervisory Board meeting on 25 April, Arungalai Anbarasu and Dr. Helena Garriga were appointed as new members of the Körber AG Executive Board with effect from 01 September 2024. Arungalai Anbarasu will lead the Business Area Technologies, Helena Garriga will take over the leadership of the Business Area Supply Chain. Business Area Pharma will be fully managed by Group Executive Board member Erich Hoch (currently Group CTO/COO). The operational management of the Business Area Digital was already taken over by Group CDO and Executive Board member Dr. Christian Schlögel at the beginning of April following the departure of Daniel Szabo, who left the Group at his own request.

Arungalai Anbarasu comes from Baker Hughes, where she was most recently responsible for the global business of Waygate Technologies as Chief Technology and Strategy Officer. At the same time, she founded InspectionWorks, a successful digital SaaS business serving for aerospace, automotive, electronics, battery manufacturers, and more. Prior to that, she successfully managed and developed various business units, functions and innovation projects at General Electric worldwide. Arungalai Anbarasu holds a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and has twice been honored as one of the Top 100 Women in Technology worldwide – in 2021 and 2023.

Dr. Helena Garriga is currently responsible for the worldwide Power & Industry Components business at Hitachi Energy (formerly a joint venture with ABB) as Group Vice President. Previously, she held a wide range of leadership positions at ABB. In this context, Dr. Helena Garriga has already successfully developed several companies with a focus on innovation and growth. She began her professional career at the management consultancy ZS Associates in the USA. Helena Garriga studied engineering and holds a PhD in Operations Research from ETH Zurich, a Master in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University, New York, Ecole Centrale Paris, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona.

“I am very pleased that we could attract two outstanding leaders to Körber in Mrs. Anbarasu and Dr. Garriga. With their international experience and broad technological expertise, both will together with the full Group Executive Board contribute significantly to the further development of Körber in the coming years,” says Richard Bauer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

In light of the upcoming changes, Group CSO Rami Jokela decided to pursue his professional future outside of Körber and will leave the Group Executive Board on 31 August 2024. The acting Business Area CEOs Jörn Gossé (Pharma), Dirk Hejnal (Supply Chain), and Jürgen Spykman (Technologies) will leave the Group as part of long-term planned transition and retirement processes also in the best mutual understanding. Until their individual departure, they will actively accompany the implementation of the new leadership structure to ensure a smooth transition.

"On behalf of the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board, we would like to express our sincere thanks to Rami Jokela and the acting CEOs of our Business Areas for their extraordinary commitment to Körber, their contributions to the successful transformation of the Group, and to the strong growth of our business," emphasize Supervisory Board Chairman Richard Bauer, and Stephan Seifert, Chairman of the Group Executive Board.

Ready for further growth: From transform to perform

"Over the past ten years, we jointly have successfully achieved enormous progress and transformation success at Körber. We developed from an internationally successful mechanical engineering company to a globally leading technology group. Today, we are positioned in a market- and future-oriented way. In the coming years, we want to utilize our opportunities and potential worldwide even better, with the aim to fulfill our ambition of being ‘customers’ and people’s first choice’ in the future," says Group CEO Stephan Seifert.

"Together with my colleagues on the Executive Board, I am delighted that Arungalai Anbarasu and Dr. Helena Garriga, two internationally very experienced leaders, are joining us. Thanks to their comprehensive and broad expertise, their innovative competence and international experience, both will play a key role in shaping our global market positioning and our profitable growth and will give us new impetus."

Press Release 02 Mai 2024

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