ZG Raiffeisen

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ZG Raiffeisen

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legal form eG
founding 1911
Seat Karlsruhe , Germany
management Ewald Glaser (CEO), Lukas Roßhart (Commercial Director)
Number of employees 1,938 (2017)
sales 1,075.7 million (2017)
Branch Agricultural trade, building materials, energy, agricultural technology, home and garden
Website ZG Raiffeisen

The ZG Raiffeisen eG in Karlsruhe is the agricultural Raiffeisen cooperative founded for bathing and in 1911 as a self-help organization of the Baden farmers in Freiburg.

history

A building of the Baden Agricultural Central Cooperative in Tauberbischofsheim
An agricultural branch of ZG Raiffaisen in Werbach-Wenkheim

The ZG Raiffeisen is the successor organization of the Badische Landwirtschaftlichen Zentralgenossenschaft eGmbH (BLZ). It was founded as a cooperative self-help organization of farmers in Baden. The BLZ was created in 1929 through the merger of the purchasing and sales cooperative of the Badischer Bauernverein Freiburg and the Baden Agricultural Cooperative Karlsruhe as a cooperative . The actual founding date, however, is January 1, 1911. On this day, the first central cooperative started its work on Baden soil, the central purchasing and sales cooperative of the Badischer Bauern-Verein eGmbH . In 1975 the BLZ was initially renamed Raiffeisen-Zentralgenossenschaft eG by a member resolution , and in 2004 it was given its current name ZG Raiffeisen eG .

The original supply of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, animal feed and harvest marketing, especially grain collection, to the predominantly small-scale agriculture in Baden , was expanded from 1950 to include the technical department with agricultural machinery sales. Later on, energy, building materials and traditional retail services were added in the Raiffeisen stores, some of which account for their own account.

Even after the founding of the state of Baden-Württemberg , the sales area of ​​ZG Raiffeisen remained limited to the state of Baden. Within Germany, ZG Raiffeisen has the smallest sales area of ​​the six main agricultural cooperatives . In the 1990s, business relationships were expanded to France, Switzerland and Austria through corresponding partnerships.

In 2009, ZG Raiffeisen achieved a turnover of 914 million euros with 1653 employees (2008 1083 million). Through holding companies such as Raiffeisen Baucenter GmbH and other smaller holdings in the areas of agriculture, energy, market and technology, the ZG Raiffeisen Group was able to break the EUR 1 billion mark for the first time in the same year. The Karlsruhe-based cooperative sees itself as a service partner for agriculture, municipalities, gardeners and landscapers as well as forestry companies. It is active in the following business areas: Plant production, marketing, pet food, technology, building materials, energy and ZG Raiffeisen markets. It is entered in the cooperative register (No. 100020) and a member of the German Raiffeisen Association, in which ZG Raiffeisen CEO Ewald Glaser also holds management positions.

As of January 1, 2012, the previous energy and technology divisions were spun off as independent GmbHs. Both will remain 100 percent subsidiaries of ZG Raiffeisen eG. The new GmbHs should be able to react more efficiently and flexibly to market developments.

On January 13, 2020, it became known that the Federal Cartel Office had imposed a fine of millions on ZG Raiffeisen. The authority regards it as proven that the goods cooperative was involved in illegal price fixing between seven pesticide wholesalers across Germany from 1998 to March 2015. Accordingly, the price lists for pesticides were coordinated with each other in spring and autumn. After the revision procedure had been completed, it was announced on April 15, 2020 that ZG Raiffeisen had reached an agreement with the Federal Cartel Office on a fine of € 4.9 million.

See also

Web links

Commons : ZG Raiffeisen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gary Rölle becomes the new CFO of the ZG Raiffeisen Group. (pdf; 166 kB) In: Press release. ZG Raiffeisen, 23 August 2013, accessed on 23 August 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b ZG Raiffeisen website: The company at a glance, accessed on August 21, 2014 2013
  3. ↑ Anniversary edition of the ZG Raiffeisen Bridge 1911–2011
  4. ↑ Info on the 2007 financial year
  5. ↑ ZG Raiffeisen branches
  6. ^ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Committees of the German Raiffeisen Association@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.raiffeisen.de
  7. ↑ raiffeisen.de, organization. Retrieved August 25, 2014 .
  8. ^ Raiffeisen Karlsruhe reaches an agreement with the Federal Cartel Office

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