Despite considerable currency fluctuations and steep increases in the cost of raw materials, family-owned Kärcher succeeded once again in growing profitably at an above average rate, creating new jobs and gaining increased market shares all over the world in 2007. The world’s largest cleaning equipment manufacturer registered worldwide sales of more than 1.38 billion euros, its highest ever, and also achieved record unit sales of more than 6.25 million.

We are pleased about the even spread of our success over most all countries and product groups. Innovation was once again the most significant growth factor for the company: In the past year, 139 new products were successfully launched, including 22 garden pumps, which opened up a completely new business segment.

Kärcher once more lived up to its reputation of accepting social responsibility in 2007. Our company focuses on sustainable economic management. We supported charitable, social and cultural events in many countries, were involved in environmental protection initiatives and helped preserve important monuments with our patented cleaning technology.