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10. September 2024

Kärcher cleans monument of the Balinese people

As part of its cultural sponsorship, Kärcher has cleaned the southern main portal with the flanking enclosure wall of the Bajra Sandhi Monument in Bali free of charge. The monument, which attracts visitors from all over the world, was covered in algae, mosses, fungi and lichens due to the humid tropical climate.

13. May 2024

Kärcher presents new sustainability report

Kärcher has published its sustainability report for the 2023 financial year, which contains information on implemented measures and the achievement of the strategy objectives by 2025. Hartmut Jenner, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Management of Alfred Kärcher SE & Co.

25. March 2024

Kärcher cleans the Citadel of Besançon

With its extensive fortifications, the Citadel of Besançon is one of the finest masterpieces of the famous architect Vauban. Built between 1668 and 1683, it boasts an eventful history as a fortress, prison, storage area and currently place of interest with a zoo and several museums.

4. March 2024

Kärcher focuses on recycled materials and an integrated product design

The family-owned company Kärcher continuously strives to make its packaging more sustainable. In doing so, the company focuses on a dual strategy: It reduces the volume of packaging overall and at the same time increases the recycling capability of the packaging required.

22. February 2024

Cleaning in the heart of Paris

As part of its cultural sponsorship, the family-owned company Kärcher has cleaned the Escalier Lemonnier stairs and walls in the Tuileries Garden of the Louvre in Paris. The staircase is located in a central position in the Tuileries and is used by millions of tourists every year on their way between the Place de la Concorde and the Louvre.

12. February 2024

Kärcher remains on course

Kärcher achieved a turnover of 3.294 billion euros in 2023 and thus grew by 4.2 per cent compared to the previous year – excluding currency effects by as much as 8.2 per cent. The family-owned company with its headquarters in Winnenden (Germany) now generates 86 per cent of its turnover abroad and has continued to invest in the development of new markets and proximity to its local customers in the past year with the establishment of new companies in Uzbekistan and Vietnam, among others.

27. September 2023

Kärcher employees all over the world cleaned up polluted rivers, lakes and beaches

Plastic bottles, cigarette butts, cans – rubbish carelessly discarded after use pollutes parks, streets, rivers and forests. With the "Kärcher Clean-up Days" the family-run company Kärcher wants to do something about it: This year between 15 and 17 September over 500 employees in 20 countries cleared rubbish from rivers, lakes and beaches.

25. July 2023

Kärcher launches international employer brand campaign

With the new campaign "We are the Kärchers. Wanna WOW with us?" Kärcher positions itself as an attractive company and modern employer brand.

16. June 2023

Kärcher cleans fountains in front of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

They are 180 years old and modelled on the wonderful creations to be found on St. Peter's Square in Rome: We are talking about the fountains on the plazas Geschwister-Scholl-Platz and Professor-Huber-Platz in front of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

14. June 2023

Kärcher presents new sustainability report

Kärcher published its 2022 Sustainability Report, which provides information about implemented measures and the sustainability strategy until 2025. Compared with the starting year in 2020, the company reduced its CO2 emissions by 11,150 tonnes in the 2022 reporting year.

13. June 2023

Kärcher cleans the forecourt of Helsinki Cathedral

It is over 170 years old and the most famous landmark of the Finnish capital: Helsinki Cathedral. Its forecourt and stairs are a popular meeting place for young and old in spring and summer. To coincide with the start of the warm season, the cleaning company Kärcher is now giving the forecourt and the surrounding stairs of the cathedral a thorough cleaning free of charge as part of its cultural sponsorship.

6. June 2023

Cleaning of the "Glaskathedrale" in Amberg

The last building designed by the famous Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius is located on the outskirts of Amberg. The so-called "Glaskathedrale" ("glass cathedral") due to the shape of its roof has been used as a glass production facility since its construction until today.

6. June 2023

A work of art of a special kind

A very special work of art is being created on a dam wall in the Luxembourg town of Vianden. In a cooperation with the family-owned company Kärcher, which is supporting the project free of charge as part of its cultural sponsorship, the Luxembourg energy company SEO (Société Electrique de l'Our) and the ViArt Vianden art association, the artist Klaus Dauven is creating a so-called reverse graffiti on the over 100-metre-wide and 30-metre-high surface of the dam wall at the Lohmühle.

21. February 2023

Stable development despite market downturn

In spite of a rather difficult business environment, Kärcher again slightly increased its turnover in 2022.

28. October 2022

Free cleaning by Kärcher

It is a monument to the memory of the 65 inhabitants of St. Vincent who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars: the Kingstown Cenotaph.