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With an investment of 200 thousand euros, a ‘Kärcher’ store has been opened in Riga

Professional Cleaning Equipment Dealer »Kärcher“On August 5, Mūkusalas Street 41 opened the second salon store in Riga, where visitors will be able to try out different equipment, informs the company’s representative Maija Sadauska.

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The “Kärcher” center on Mūkusalas Street is the second company store in Latvia. 200,000 euros have been invested in its development and the store area is 260 square meters. Since the opening of the first store in Latvia in 2011, more than 500,000 euros have been invested in the development of the company. In 2020, sales in Latvia reached 5.9 million euros. In general, it is planned to open several new company centers in Latvia and expand the service network in the coming years, Sadauska said.

“These investments are part of our growth plan to double our product turnover over the next five years. Kärcher products are distributed nationwide by large retail chains and official dealers, and our center offers its customers a full range of products with more than 500 types of products.” as well as provides technical advice on cleaning issues in any field, personal advice on the purchase of equipment, product demonstrations and additional guarantees, “says Andrejs Masulis, Chairman of the Board of Kärcher Latvija.

Given the global situation and conditions under the influence of Covid-19, products for disinfection have become in demand and the importance of cleanliness and disinfection has become topical in society. Overall, Kärcher ‘s worldwide turnover has grown by 20% compared to the previous year.
Steam cleaners, which were not so well known before the pandemic caused by Covid-19, have become much more relevant, but have now become in short supply. It should be noted that production capacity has now improved and will be freely available again in the autumn.

The company plans to introduce various new products in its assortment in Latvia in the next five years, which are widely known and used abroad, but so far, for example, municipal cleaning machines have not been sold in Latvia. There are also plans in the near future to develop the use of dry ice cleaning technology, which significantly improves professional work efficiency and is an environmentally friendly way of cleaning.

In addition, the company in Latvia wants to develop the sale of self-service and automatic car wash equipment and update ultra-high pressure professional washers with working pressure of 1000 bar and more, which is an integral helper in areas such as road construction, shipbuilding, concrete plants and other industrial needs. company.

SIA “Kärcher” has been operating in the Latvian market since 2011. The company has about 30 employees. It has two Kärcher representative offices, a service center and an extensive distribution network throughout the country, which includes many retail stores and authorized distributors. The turnover of SIA “Kärcher” in 2020 was 5.8 million euros, but the profit after taxes – almost 170 thousand euros.

Kärcher is a family business founded in Germany in 1935 by the inventor Alfred Kärcher. Today, Kärcher is a world leader in cleaning equipment and solutions and offers a wide range of equipment for all types of cleaning and cleaning for both home and professional use. Kärcher has offices in 73 countries. The company employs more than 13,000 people and owns 24 sales and logistics centers. In 2020, its total worldwide turnover reached 2.7 billion euros.

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