History

The Cologne industrialists Emil Pfeifer, Eugen Langen and Valentin Pfeifer founded Pfeifer and Langen in 1870. The Rhineland area swiftly developed into a centre of the modern sugar beet economy. Today, Pfeifer & Langen is among the most important sugar producers in Germany and offers a large variety of high-quality products under the brand names Kölner Zucker and Diamant Zucker.

Just as the cathedral with its towers represents a landmark for the city of Cologne, the two sugar loaves in the company logo stand for the quality and excellence of Kölner Zucker and Diamant Zucker's product range.

In the last 30 years, Pfeifer & Langen has built on its market position through the acquisition of sugar companies in the Rhineland and by adopting new production methods. In 1991, following the reunification of Germany, the company acquired shares in East German sugar companies through its subsidiary Diamant-Zucker KG. In 1993, one of the most modern sugar factories in Europe began operations in Könnern/Saxony-Anhalt. In the West, Pfeifer & Langen owns four sugar factories – the Appeldorn, Elsdorf, Euskirchen and Lage locations. Beyond that stakes in sugar factories in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia, Italia and Ukrania were acquired.

Pfeifer & Langen is an efficient family enterprise with 2028 employees and a turnover of 989,3 million Euro in 2008.