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More than 155 years.
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Sugar makes life a little bit sweeter. But at Pfeifer & Langen, sugar is more than just an ingredient: It is our origin, our lifeblood, and our future. We produce it, refine it, and develop it into new forms to better deliver what our customers want. How? Who? And where? Find answers and more company information here.

Two workers in protective clothing are inspecting a pack of Diamant beet sugar at a production facility

Meet the sugar pioneers

Diamant, Kölner Zucker – our products are household names in Europe. High time, then, to discover the people and the company behind them.

This is who we are

Our management team

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Andreas Ridder

Michael Schaupp

Uwe Schöneberg

A business administration graduate and master baker, Uwe Schöneberg is a general partner of Pfeifer & Langen Industrie- und Handels-KG. As a member of the management board of Pfeifer & Langen GmbH & Co. KG, his main responsibilities are agriculture, and consumer protection/nutrition/sustainability.

Martin Vesper

A little bit better every day Our history

For over 150 years, our world has revolved around the natural raw material we extract from our regional sugar beets. Innovations like these keep us moving forward:

Go on a journey through time

1870

Pfeifer & Langen founded in Cologne

Historical photograph of workers at a sugar factory during production

1872

Development of Langen’s process for manufacturing sugar cubes

1926

Registration of the “Kölner Zucker” brand and logo with two striped sugar loaves

Historic advertising poster for Pfeifer & Langen’s Cologne rock sugar

1928

Pfeifer & Langen pioneers production of candy sugar

Vintage advertising poster featuring a large packet of Pfeifer & Langen jam sugar, surrounded by illustrated figures

1965

Pfeifer & Langen makes food history with the invention of gelling sugar

Historical photograph of cows being fed in the barn

1966

Production and patenting of stockfeed from sugar beet pulp

A historical scene showing staff working at a machine during document verification

1969

Expansion of our product range for the food processing industry

Historical photograph of two people inspecting sugar beet in a field

1990

Establishment of our Sugar Beet Agricultural Information Service (LIZ: Landwirtschaftlicher Informationsdienst Zuckerrübe) to advise and support beet farmers