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KTG Agrar SE: High international demand for food made in Germany

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KTG Agrar SE: High international demand for food made in Germany

28.10.2014 / 08:43

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KTG Agrar SE: High international demand for food made in Germany

- Internationalisation an opportunity also for medium-sized food producers
- Interest from China, South America, France and other countries
- Much larger quantities of potato and vegetable products delivered in
Germany

Hamburg, 28 October 2014. "Made in Germany" enjoys great international
popularity not only in the industrial sector. Food produced in Germany is
also in high demand. This is the conclusion drawn by KTG Agrar SE (ISIN:
DE000A0DN1J4) after the Sial food exhibition in Paris, the premier event of
the food industry. Between 19 and 23 October, more than 6,000 exhibitors
and some 150,000 visitors from all over the world converged on the French
capital. "Internationalisation is a genuine growth opportunity also for
medium-sized German food producers and a possibility to diversify their
distribution channels," said Siegfried Hofreiter, CEO of KTG Agrar SE.
"Consumers all across the globe attach more and more importance to quality
and control. The German food sector has the highest standards, giving us an
important competitive advantage which we will exploit even more in future."

At the Sial exhibition, the KTG Group for the first time presented its
"from field to plate" strategy and its integrated brands to an
international audience. Says Siegfried Hofreiter: "Takeovers and
investments have helped us build up a unique business model over the past
years. Today, we supply produce from a single source with a unique origin
and producer concept. We are very pleased that this strategy receives great
recognition also on an international scale."

KTG Foods comprises Frenzel Tiefkühlkost, Bio-Zentrale Naturprodukte,
Ölmühle Naturöl Anklam as well as the "Die Landwirte" brand and the fresh
produce facility in Linthe.
KTG presented a selection from their range, which comprises over 400
conventional and organic products from frozen vegetables to soy oil at the
exhibition. "We received a lot of positive feedback for our brand
portfolio, whose products are available in nearly all package types," said
Reinhard Meißner, CEO of KTG Foods SE. "We are very confident that the
talks held will result in deals being closed in the coming weeks." KTG
welcomed numerous Chinese delegations, importers and trade agencies from
the country's different provinces and conurbations. They were particularly