Company

Company

QUALITY FOR LIFE: The AL-KO brand promise is synonymous with the unique product and service quality offered by our corporate group. Comfort, safety and joy are the crucial elements for achieving customer satisfaction worldwide.

Company

AL-KO is your expert partner

Our product and service portfolio across all business divisions is synonymous with German engineering excellence and the highest quality standards.
AL-KO Großkötz

Our company

AL-KO GROUP was originally founded in 1931, by Alois Kober, as a small metalworking shop in Großkötz near Günzburg in Swabia, Bavaria. Today the company is a global player among German SMEs, with its Gardentech and Automotive business divisions.

Peter Kaltenstadler, CEO

Executive Board

AL-KO, a modern company with a rich heritage, has been combining efficient management with sustainable solidity for generations. Our goal is to strengthen the existing business fields by focusing the company on new, pioneering technologies. Our company’s Executive Board leads by example in this respect. Responsible cooperation and a shared will to succeed form the basis for innovative technical solutions and the highest level of quality, keeping us a step ahead of the competition.

Our organization

Our organization

AL-KO GROUP is part of the PRIMEPULSE association.
PRIMEPULSE is a technology-oriented investment holding company. It actively supports the growth ambitions of its group companies, which include internal businesses such as KATEK and STEMMER IMAGING. Klaus Weinmann, Raymond Kober and Stefan Kober, founders of MDAX-listed company CANCOM SE, are behind PRIMEPULSE.

Find out more more about PRIMEPULSE at www.primepulse.de

90 years of a strong brand

90 years of a strong brand

For more than 90 years the AL-KO brand has been known worldwide for German brand quality. And with good reason – for all these years this tradition-rich SME has pursued quality, a spirit of innovation and technical functionality, paired with contemporary design, comfort and reliability.

Our philosophy

We set extremely high standards for ourselves and our products. That’s why our customers can trust in the quality of what we offer.
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Vision

We strive for more – our goal is to improve quality of life for our customers and employees worldwide. Improvement necessitates constant advancement.

Mission

Our guiding principle of QUALITY FOR LIFE represents the unique product and service quality offered by AL-KO. Comfort, joy and security are the crucial elements for achieving customer satisfaction.

Brand

Behind the AL-KO brand is a global company that has dedicated itself to an emotional message: QUALITY FOR LIFE!

Business divisions

Gardentech
Gardentech

A green space to retreat into nature. Our products create more joy in your garden.

Automotive
Automotive

Comfort on the road. With our components we make an important contribution to a safe driving experience.

Our corporate group is represented at 25 sites in more than 18 countries worldwide. The AL-KO GROUP headquarters are in Großkötz, Germany.

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History
History

The AL-KO GROUP of today was originally founded by Alois Kober in 1931, as a small smithy in Großkötz near Günzburg.

Sustainability
Sustainability

For us, Corporate Social Responsibility means our products and services should contribute to securing better quality of life for all of our colleagues, partners and employees.