Krones Group
Krones – One-stop shop for producers of liquid consumer goods
Top-quality beverages and liquid foods are made of valuable raw materials like water, plant-based proteins and oats, fresh milk or hops, malt and yeast. But before they leave the factory, they go through a host of different processing steps – and the Krones Group has a suitable technical solution for each of these, starting with production itself, then state-of-the-art filling and packaging lines right through to plastics recycling, intralogistics and digitalisation.
It’s not only millions of beverage bottles and cans that are handled on Krones lines every day, the company’s solutions are also used in the food and stimulants industries, plus the chemical, cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors.
The company is headquartered in Neutraubling, Germany, and employs around 20,000 people worldwide. Consolidated sales in 2024 totalled 5.293 billion euros. Around 90 per cent of Krones’ products are sold abroad. Its roughly 2,750-strong international service team make sure customers get fast and targeted support – no matter when and where it is needed. The Krones Group includes not only Krones AG (listed on the stock exchange), but also far more than 100 subsidiaries and production, sales and service companies worldwide.
An omni-capable corporate matrix – the Krones subsidiaries
The group’s portfolio is rounded off by numerous products and services from Krones’ subsidiaries which perfectly complement Krones AG’s own solutions:
Process technology
Ampco Pumps Company (Valves and pumps)
Evoguard (Valves and pumps)
HST (Homogenizers)
Milkron (Process technology for the milk-processing industry)
Steinecker (Process technology for breweries)
Krones Processing India Private Limited (Process-technology specialists for Asia)
Krones Izumi (Process technology for the South-East Asian market)
Javlyn Process Systems (Process technology)
Perfinox (Process technology for the beverage and liquid-food industries)
Krones Process Group North America (Process technology for the beverage and liquid-food industries)
Filling and packaging technology
Gernep (Labellers for the low output range)
Kosme (Machines and lines for the low and medium output range)
Konplan (Engineering)
Netstal (Injection molding technology)
R+D Custom Automation (Filling and packaging technology)
Intralogistics
System Logistics (Intralogistics, order-picking systems)
Plastics recycling
Krones Recycling (Solutions for plastics recycling)
Lifecycle Service
ecomac (Pre-owned machines)
KIC Krones (Expendables)
Krones Service Europe (Service support)
MHT MOLD & HOTRUNNER TECHNOLOGY (Injection moulds and hot runner solutions for PET, PP, PE and PLA)
Digital Services
Syskron (Digitalization, Cloud solutions)
Process and Data Automation (Integration of industrial control systems)
Family-owned company turns into technology group
Since being founded in 1951, the family-owned company has always boldly embraced change and has evolved into a global technology group that offers tailormade solutions for every production step: from individual machines and turnkey lines right through to the planning and erection of entire factories. Krones’ range of capabilities also includes consultancy and digital services that help optimise customers’ production operations. The company invariably adopts an integrated approach based on an all-embracing concept that covers everything from product development and project implementation right through to provision of the requisite service support once the customer’s line or plant is up and running.
Consistently high expenditure on research and development has played a crucial role in driving Krones’ success story. More than 7,030 full and utility patents bear eloquent witness to the company’s innovative potential. With “Solutions beyond tomorrow”, Krones is proactively pursuing the goal of supporting its customers’ commercial success, helping them on their way into a sustainable future as a dependable partner. Because, for Krones, entrepreneurial success and responsible action are two sides of the same coin.
