Meals know-how producer KRONEN GmbH reported income of €21.0 million within the 2024 enterprise yr, reflecting a 6% enhance in comparison with the earlier yr. Regardless of broader financial challenges, the corporate continues its development trajectory, supported by worldwide gross sales in roughly 120 international locations and a presence in round 80 markets.
Headquartered in Kehl-Goldscheuer and Achern, Germany, KRONEN focuses on offering equipment and processing traces for the meals sector, together with the fresh-cut, ready-made meal, catering, bakery, vegan, and pet meals industries. The corporate attributes its resilience partly to the rising demand within the comfort meals sector.
KRONEN additionally emphasizes vocational coaching, with greater than 25 years of in-house apprenticeship packages in business and technical professions. A number of positions stay open for the upcoming consumption in September 2026.
In 2024, the corporate marked the retirement of Administration Board member Robert Lankhart after 28 years of service. A number of different long-serving staff have been acknowledged, together with employees with tenures of 10 to 35 years. Managing Director Stephan Zillgith, who joined the corporate in 1999 and has been in his present position since 2010, was additionally acknowledged for 25 years of service.
Final yr, KRONEN was granted a patent for a robotic answer that pits and peels avocados. Developed in cooperation with the German Institute of Meals Expertise (DIL), the system is designed to automate processing of the delicate fruit. The primary implementation of this know-how happened at Lazy Meals, a Dutch producer of guacamole and avocado spreads, which examined the system beneath actual manufacturing situations.
Along with the avocado processing system, KRONEN launched new merchandise such because the Tona V slicing machine, able to slicing, segmenting, or slicing as much as 3,600 items of fruits or greens per hour.
KRONEN’s processing options have been additionally featured in a section on ProSieben’s science TV present Galileo, which highlighted their use in a brand new manufacturing line at Alzarro Dönerworld GmbH. The corporate’s machines, together with a GS 10-2 belt cutter, a GEWA 3800V ECO washer, and a KS-7 PLUS spin-dryer, have been used to course of greens for a brand new take-and-bake döner kebab product.
The corporate continues to develop internationally. In 2024, a sensible salad processing line was put in at a facility in Northern Germany, the place machines talk by a central management unit to course of delicate leaves extra effectively. In america, a brand new line able to dealing with as much as 6,000 broccoli and cauliflower items per hour was delivered. In Israel, a system for processing cabbage, lettuce, carrots, and beets was put in, designed to fulfill kosher manufacturing requirements and course of as much as 4,000 kg of cabbage per hour.
KRONEN was named a “Hidden Champion” within the Black Forest Energy Area by the enterprise community Nectanet, based mostly on a examine by the Fachhochschule Dortmund College of Utilized Sciences and Arts.
Internally, the corporate continues investing in digitalization, together with enhanced digital instruments and PC entry for all manufacturing employees, launched in 2024.
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For extra info:
Kira Krollpfeiffer
Kronen
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www.kronen.eu
Christina Maier-Streif
Tel: +49 7854 9646 161
E-mail: [email protected]
