Neumann Kaffee Gruppe
is the world’s leading green coffee service group
Company Structure
Who we are and what we do
For 30 years now, Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) is the world’s leading green coffee service group. With 49 companies in 27 countries we are active in the sectors Farming, Export, Import, Specialties and Services. NKG has more than 2,000 highly skilled employees offering a range of products and services along the green coffee value chain. Neumann Gruppe GmbH (NG), the Holding company located in Hamburg, coordinates the activities of the group and manages the overall developments strategically. The group is privately owned and run. David M. Neumann is the founder-family’s third generation Managing Partner and overseeing the group jointly with his Management Team.
Our Business Segments
Farming: From seed to bean
On our own three farms in Brazil, Mexico and Uganda we’re cultivating coffee using the latest agricultural know-how and sustainability technics. And to neighboring farms and other interested parties in more than ten countries we offer a wide range of farm-management services. Are our farms needed as a source supply for NKG-companies? Well, hardly: the combined output is about 120,000 bags annually – a solid output from the farms’ point of view but a fraction of the group’s total volume of 16 million bags. So, Farming – as the other sectors of our activities – is a strategic field and business line.
Export: A modest description
Why modest? Because our 17 exporters in just as many countries do so much more:
- Local buying of coffee as cherry, parchment or “oro” with or without financing
- Local transport and logistics from farm via mill to port
- Milling, blending and preparation of export-grades
- Price-hedging and safeguarding against other risks
- International sales and shipping
Import: The other side of the coin
Based in consuming countries in Europe, Asia and North America our importers attend the world’s commercial roaster clientele. They are the industry’s one-stop-shop for purchases, pricing-suggestions and structure, blends, logistics, current availabilities and projections, customs formalities and much more.
Specialties: Quality one bag at a time
Why the distinction from “Import”? Well, simply because these are two different markets with two different buyers: This sector’s clientele is made up largely of small yet very dedicated companies, mostly owner-managed and looking for top-quality-coffees only. And, while these clients are mostly buying significantly smaller volumes, there are many more of them than there are large-scale roasters.
Services: added value rounding the package
A highly sophisticated silo-storage, blending and steaming facility, globally renown coffee research and intelligence, hardware-consultants for mill-operations, global insurance and logistics coordination: those are the pillars of our rounded portfolio of activities! And all – naturally – coordinated, supported and coached by Neumann Gruppe GmbH, the group’s Hamburg based Holding company.
Our network of companies gives us direct access to the entire world’s coffee production.
Our Vision and Mission
We want to be the best green coffee service group in the world.
We are geared towards long-term profitability and increasing value.
We connect interests of producers and roasters.
We make an important contribution to a sustainable coffee economy.
We claim market leadership in all topics surrounding quality.
We put people first.
We think it is vital to create fair and transparent commercial partnerships.
We are the foremost green coffee service professionals and want to be the first choice business partner for clients and suppliers.
We regard sustainability as a core business competence.
We constantly aim to be the first mover in all our markets.
More than 3,000 commercial clients in almost all consumer markets are served by the group’s import and trade companies.
Our values
The following principles and qualities are of particular significance to our work:
Worldwide, 195 employees are dedicated to sustainability and help to create shared value.
Corporate Responsibility
Sustainability is a core business competence
Neumann Kaffee Gruppe is firmly committed to a growing and sustainable coffee industry. The consideration of social, environmental and economic needs is an integral part of our business model and contributes to the long-term success of our business.
Driving sustainability from a group perspective
To promote sustainability as a core competence of NKG, we bundle the manifold sustainability initiatives of our subsidiaries in a group sustainability strategy. The holding acts as strategic driver for the operating companies and summarizes the various sustainability approaches in one strategic framework. Our subsidiaries derive their country-specific goals from our group strategy, and – in turn – they enrich the group with their local expertise and network.
