GERMANY – In the financial year 2018, Häcker Küchen achieved sales growth of 9% to 602 million euros (2017: 553 million euros). With this strong result, the positive development of recent years has continued.

The growth in the German market was also particularly positive with 11% to 368 million euros (2017: 332 million euros). The export business also developed positively with growth of 7%. The export share, at 39%, is now 234 million euros.

The growth is also evident in other numbers. With more than 2.3 million cabinets produced, the increase was 9% over the previous year. In 2018 Häcker Küchen also saw an increase in its workforce. At the end of FY2018 the company had 1,738 employees against the 1,551 of 2017.

To continue this development, Häcker kitchens is developing future-oriented projects. The construction progress for the additional production plant in Ostercappeln / Venne is proceeding on schedule and will expand the possibilities of Häcker kitchens from 2020.

Häcker Küchen is one of the largest global kitchen furniture manufacturers with sales in 67 countries with more than 3,800 trading partners in qualified kitchen trade and furniture stores with specialist departments. An owner-managed family business, Häcker Küchen has existed since 1898 and has been producing modern fitted kitchens at the Rödinghausen location in East Westphalia, the center of the German kitchen furniture industry, since 1965.

Häcker produces two product lines for the different market segments: the classic and classicART for the entry-level segment and the systemat and systematART for the middle and upper class price segment. A wide range of own Blaupunkt built-in appliances, for which Häcker Küchen holds exclusive rights, rounds off the offer.