Otto Krahn Group: 7,500 tons of CO₂ saved through use of electricity from renewable energies

Hamburg (Germany), April 25, 2023. Otto Krahn Group saves around 7,500 tons of CO₂ compared to the year 2021 in Germany by switching to electricity from renewable energies at all its German sites. This includes the production sites of KRAHN Ceramics, MOCOM and WIPAG, the headquarters in Hamburg, and the sales offices of ALBIS and KRAHN Chemie.

"Sustainable development is important to our group. By taking the step to obtain our electricity supply in Germany exclusively from renewable energies, we are making a significant contribution to climate protection," says Philip O. Krahn, CEO of the Otto Krahn Group.

Two years earlier than planned, the Group is completing the switch to electricity from renewable energies in Germany. This transition is part of the Otto Krahn Group sustainability strategy, which is based on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The following sites purchase electricity from renewable energies:

• Otto Krahn Group Hamburg
• ALBIS Berlin
• ALBIS Düsseldorf
• ALBIS Nürnberg
• ALBIS Stuttgart
• KRAHN Ceramics Dinslaken
• KRAHN Ceramics Hamburg
• KRAHN Chemie Bottrop
• KRAHN Chemie Hamburg
• MOCOM Hamburg
• MOCOM Obernburg
• MOCOM Zülpich
• WIPAG Gardelegen
• WIPAG Hamburg
• WIPAG Neuburg an der Donau

About the Otto Krahn Group

Otto Krahn Group GmbH is the holding company of the globally active Otto Krahn Group. It defines strategic guidelines and at the same time takes on the role of a professional service provider to support Group companies with the development of successful and sustainable growth strategies. Overall, the family-owned Otto Krahn Group, which includes plastics distributor ALBIS, plastics compounder MOCOM, the distributor and processor of ceramic and metal powders KRAHN Ceramics, the KRAHN Chemie Group, and the recycling specialist WIPAG, is represented in more than 30 countries. In the 2021 financial year, the Otto Krahn Group employed a total of around 1,700 people and its global turnover was €1.5 billion.

For more information please visit www.ottokrahn.group/en.