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Once again, the Vorwerk Group has successfully concluded a challenging business year 2023. The Group's total revenue increased to EUR 3.2 billion. The adjusted annual revenue, taking only continuing operations into account, increased by EUR 135 million (+4.4 percent) compared to the previous year.

The Vorwerk Group is marking its 140th anniversary by sponsoring the further development of the renowned Von der Heydt Museum with a long-term funding project. Over a period of three years, beginning before 2023 is out, Vorwerk will be sponsoring the museum to the tune of 150,000 euros in total. With this gesture, Vorwerk underscores its deep connection with the region and once again reaffirms its ongoing commitment to supporting and participating in cultural projects in and around Wuppertal.

The Thermomix® Sensor permits precise temperature measurement for dough, meat and fish. With this clever accessory, Vorwerk is extending the proven Thermomix® Success Guarantee to include meals cooked and baked in the oven, on the grill or in the pan.

The shell of the new Thermomix® production building is in place – and that is the occasion of the roofing ceremony Vorwerk is celebrating today at the construction site in Donnemain-Saint-Mamès near Châteaudun in France. About a year ago, the company announced the construction project as part of the Choose France Summit. Guests at the event included French Industry Minister Roland Lescure and Philippe Vigier, French Minister for Overseas Affairs and long-time former member of parliament for the Eure-et-Loir constituency.

For the Vorwerk Group, the careful and sustainable use of nature's resources is a priority. As a family-owned company, we take responsibility and have always thought across generations. Now Vorwerk has been nominated for the German Sustainability Award 2024.

Vorwerk and Wuppertal - a connection that has existed since the company was founded 140 years ago. And one that will continue to endure: the company is now building a new office building in Wuppertal.

Vorwerk is 140 years old – and that means 140 years of passion and innovation. The company can look back on a long history of success. Today Vorwerk is the number one direct sales company in Europe and the world-leading direct seller of high-quality household appliances. In 2021, the Group generated sales totaling 3.4 billion euros, a new company record.

In order to be able to meet the increasing Thermomix® demand in the future, the Vorwerk Group will be investing 57 million euros in the construction of an additional Thermomix® production plant in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France, thus creating 74 new jobs locally.

With record sales of 3.4 billion euros, the Vorwerk Group continued its growth course in 2021. After the positive effects from the implementation of Strategy 2025 and the performance of the Vorwerk direct sales system were already reflected in an extraordinarily successful annual result in 2020, the Wuppertal-based family-owned company was able to increase its sales by another 6.4 percent in 2021.

Wuppertal, 15 October 2019 – "As a corporate group, we want to systematically and continuously improve the the social and environmental impact of our actions and thus make a positive contribution to a sustainable development." With these words Reiner Strecker, Managing Partner of the Vorwerk Group, comments the publication of the first sustainability report of the Wuppertal-based family business.

Wuppertal, May 23, 2019 – The Group’s growing success in China, significant investments in digital applications and the new Re-search and Development building and new motor production facili-ty at its production site in Laaken, Wuppertal, were the key focus-es of the Vorwerk Group’s annual press conference.

State-of-the-art technology that respects and reflects traditional tea culture – this is the basic idea behind the latest product developed by Vorwerk: the Temial tea maker. "The idea for the business unit arose during an internal management development program and was further developed as a start-up within the company," the Managing Partners of the Vorwerk Group, Reiner Strecker, Rainer Genes and Frank van Oers announced. The tea maker is the...