1977

Son Helmut Klotz takes the company reins over in 1977. He is a Klotz through and through: he adapts to the changing times, he introduces modern technologies, expands and grows the company with cold storage cells with an inbuilt CO2 stockage function. He decides to cooperate with the, at the time, biggest Italian fruit and vegetable trader: Cadsky SpA from Bolzano. The latter dissolves some years later. Klotz therefore decides to step back from the traditional apple production and to refocus his company’s efforts on something new. From that moment on, Hans Klotz stands for direct delivery of retail food products, encompassing the full range of Italian fruit and vegetables, in Europe.