Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG, situated in Heilbronn, serves as the parent company of the SWS Group and has approximately 1,000 employees across all its locations in the salt, waste disposal, logistics, and tourism sectors. The Heilbronn rock salt mine, the largest in Western Europe, has been extracting salt from layers up to 50 meters thick for over 125 years. The company also operates the Berchtesgaden salt mine, which has been using the 'wet mining process' to extract rock salt since 1517. Additionally, the raw material is utilized in the Bad Friedrichshall salt works for its own evaporated salt production.
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