ACO Group
A Family Enterprise
In 1946, Josef-Severin Ahlmann (1924-2006) founded his new company, ACO, on the site of the Carlshütte, Germany. The youngest son of Julius and Käte Ahlmann, he starts a business producing concrete construction components and windows. The first drainage channels are added in the 1960s and the innovative polymer concrete channel drainage system, ACO Drain®, was launched in the 1970s.
In the early 1980s, Severin Ahlmann gradually transferred the reins to his nephew Hans-Julius Ahlmann, under whose visionary leadership the ACO Group has experienced significant growth, diversification and globalization.
now, the family enterprise ACO moves forward with the next generation: the present and the future of the ACO Group are represented by Mr. Hans-Julius Ahlmann and his son Mr. Iver Ahlmann, who officially joined the management of ACO Ahlmann SE & Co. KG in 2012 as a managing partner. Iver Ahlmann therefore takes on corporate responsibility and bears ACO’s identity as a family enterprise into the future.
ACO facts and figures
The ACO Group is a world market leader in drainage technology. Climate change sets us a challenge to react effectively with innovative solutions to new environmental conditions. With its integrated approach, ACO stands for professional drainage, efficient cleaning, and the controlled discharge or reuse of water. Products include drainage channels and drains, oil and grease separators, backflow stop systems, pumps and pressure-water-tight cellar windows
and light shafts.
ACO has a presence in over 46 countries, with a total of 41 production sites on five continents. With a global workforce of 5400 employees, the company generated sales of Euro 1.14 Billion in 2023.