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The Dutch fruit and vegetable wholesaler Postuma AGF has newly opened a modern company building together with an entire processing kitchen for vegetables in the beginning of this year. With this, the family business can provide a diversity of high quality fresh produce in-house, which opens many opportunities for the future.
The equipment was delivered by KRONEN and Synergy Systems, the official representative in the Netherlands. Synergy Systems carried out the complete project management, too.
The processing kitchen is mainly used to deliver high-quality sliced vegetables. With the new machines in the kitchen, the range has already been expanded considerably. Hutspot, which is a traditional Dutch stew made of potatoes, carrots and onions, as well as endive, soup vegetables and baby leaf make the basis of the cutting plant.
The wholesaler also provides the customers with more exceptional products, for example a Catalan and a Japanese stir-fry mix. Spiral vegetables from carrot, beetroot, zucchini or pumpkin are going to be added to the portfolio, too. The majority of the production consists of consumer packaging. In addition, there is a smaller volume of bulk.
Postuma AGF, located in IJsselmuiden in the Netherlands, is a family business with more than 100 years of experience in fruit and vegetables. The company offers a wide spectrum of fresh products. The customers are fruit and vegetable specialists such as specialized shops and market traders as well as food service organizations, for example commercial kitchens.
The wholesaler’s goal is to develop long-term relationships with the customers. One main issue for reaching this target is quality. Besides, Postuma AGF wants to offer added-value to customer: helping them to differentiate on the market. This also includes a portfolio, which is continuously adapted to consumer trends and which offers diversity.
“We did not want to make any concessions to the quality of our product. The wish was also to be able to work in a more varied way in the future with more modern cut products and to be able to offer a more extensive range. It was also important that we were guided through the transition process and that has been done satisfactorily to this day".
The new processing kitchen at Postuma consists of a processing line for cutting, washing and drying vegetables as well as of several single machines by KRONEN.
In the vegetable line the produce is cut by belt-cutting machine GS 10-2 in the first step. The conveyor belt leads it to the washing machine GEWA 3800 V ECO automatically. Afterwards, the produce is dried by a K50-ECO spin-dryer.
We do better: KRONEN ideas!
Employees who have ideas and suggestions of any kinds can hand them in. In the next step, they are reviewed and most of them will be approved and implemented by the concerned departments. Thus, with each idea KRONEN is getting better and better!
KRONEN awards a prize to the top 3 departments submitting the most ideas. In the anniversary year 2018 more than 150 ideas were handed in by the KRONEN employees. This time, the three winners are: the construction, sheet-metal construction and stock department.
KRONEN achieved a turnover of 17 million Euro in 2018, which is again a slight increase. This growth is mainly generated by the export of the machines and lines to Europe and overseas. Thus, internationalization is one central aspect of the company's business alignment.
KRONEN also continuously optimizes the production venue in Kehl at the Rhine. Last year KRONEN rebuilt the special assembling area and with that invested in the expansion of the processing line construction.
Beyond, the research and development department is of high relevance to KRONEN having close cooperations with university and research institutions from around the world.
Also, KRONEN now installed a charging station, where employees can refuel their e-cars, and the company's first e-vehicle has been acquired. In addition to the already existing solar plant, this is another step towards sustainable energies.
KRONEN offers a comprehensive product portfolio covering the entire production chain: for preparing, cutting, washing, de-watering, drying, peeling, disinfecting and packaging fruit, vegetable and salad. The KRONEN machinery products are completed by the solutions of its specialized technology partners. Thus, at KRONEN the customer receives all from one source.
GKS Packaging from the Netherlands has been KRONEN's partner for packaging machines since 15 years. The machinery producer built the first packaging machine in 2000. This year the 1000th GKS packaging machine has been ordered at KRONEN.
This is why Ivo Geukes, the owner and CEO of GKS, presented an award to KRONEN, namely Stephan Zillgith at Fruit Logistica 2019.
The UP 350 vertical form-, fill- and sealing machine was sold by SEDA Freund AG, offical KRONEN representative in Switzerland. It was ordered by the salad, vegetable and fruit processing company Guggisberg AGRO AG.
Both partners, KRONEN and GKS, are proud of the joint success and are looking forward to their future cooperation.
KRONEN premiered its new "SMART Machines” at Fruit Logistica 2019 in Berlin from 6 to 8 February 2019. They were shown live and in function and KRONEN visitors experienced how “Industry 4.0” applications can work in Fresh-cut production.
Further world premieres were on show as well: The thermal washing process DECONWA, which is the result of a research project, and the newly developed apple peeling and slicing machine AS 6.
Numerous visitors from more than 50 countries visited the KRONEN stand for experiencing the innovations and proven solutions. The international KRONEN team, represented with about 20 countries at the trade show, was pleased by the big interest of the visitors.
Completed was the offer by the KRONEN partners who were present at the stand, too: GKS Packaging, zti smart machines and Synergy Systems from the Netherlands, and sterilAir® from Switzerland.
At the "Live Cooking" the gourmet chefs Wolfgang Blum and Andreas Eigner created delicious Fresh-cut specialties and fresh smoothies.
And at the KRONEN evening, the gathering of the international KRONEN representatives, Ivo Geukes, CEO of GKS, presented an award for the 1000th GKS packaging machine, which has been sold recently, to Stephan Zillgith.
Industry 4.0 is a topic in all different kind of industries and it is actually reality in many areas already. It is all about networking of machines in production.
Therefore, you need machines which are able to communicate over the internet. By using the internet connection the machines are able to transfer information and they can also receive instructions. They collect data which are stored in a cloud.
KRONEN offers SMART Machines for the Fresh-cut industry as of now.
DECONWA is a completely new washing process offered to the Fresh-cut sector.
The washing system DECONWA disinfects apples for Fresh-cut fruit salads, reducing the food’s spoiling rate and increasing shelf-life as well as consumers’ safety – in a gentle way and without using any additives or chemicals.
It can be integrated into an existing processing line easily and flexibly and it can be transferred to similar products.
By using temperature guided and controlled processes (temperature: around 50 °C) bacterial load is reduced. Due to its insulation the new system is optimized for application in cold rooms.
The system was developed by KRONEN in the context of a research project together with its partners ATB Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy and Mirontell Fein und Frisch AG.
The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy by a decision of the German Bundestag.
We continuously improve and optimize our KRONEN production. Since KRONEN attaches great value to quality. Now, KRONEN has rebuilt the manufacturing area for processing lines.
By renconstructing the area of special assembling optimum conditions have been created for setting up and testing entire processing lines.
There is enough space to bulid up two lines parallely. Due to the new flooring the area can be cleaned quickly and efficiently after the tests are done.
In December the potato, salad and vegetable processing line for the customer Coto, a supermarket chain from Argentina, was set up in the new area. Only if the internal test is completed successfully, the KRONEN lines and machines will be delivered to the customer - just in line with the motto: 100% quality at delivery.
KRONEN premieres the newly developed apple peeling machine AS 6 for peeling, coring, wedging and slicing apples at Fruit Logistica 2019 in Berlin.
The apples only have to be placed on the machine manually and will be automatically loaded then. By this means the potential risk of injury is prevented and the handling is much more efficient.
AS 6 is optimized for capacities of up to 900 apples per hour and thus, it offers an increase of about 50 percent in capacity compared to the well-established apple peeling machine AS 4. Besides, AS 6 was developed with a special focus on ergonomic design.
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We also offer: Daily Smoothie Variations – you can also choose your own special flavors!
This is only a selection from the delicacies from the house of KRONEN, which you can taste at our stand B-05 in hall 3.1 from 6 to 8 February.
Our KRONEN chefs Wolfgang Blum and Andreas Eigner as well as the international KRONEN team are looking forward to your visit!
KRONEN shows several web-enabled machines. These SMART Machines transfer machines' conditions in real-time.
Wherever the production manager, technician or the foreman are located, they can control the production status of the machine or line on their laptop or mobile device at any time.
The collected data helps to make production processes even more efficient. And by implementing predictive maintenance you can prevent possible breakdowns.
The KRONEN washing system DECONWA disinfects apples for Fresh-cut fruit salads, reducing the food’s spoiling rate and increasing shelf-life as well as consumers’ safety – in a gentle way and without using any additives or chemicals.
It can be integrated into an existing processing line easily and flexibly and it can be transferred to similar products.
Be inspired - also by our Live Cooking: Creative Fresh-cut specialties - freshly prepared!
Visit us: Stand B-05, Hall 3.1!
KRONEN wishes you and your colleagues a successful, healthy and Happy New Year 2019!
We would like to thank you for the faithful and pleasant cooperation in the KRONEN anniversary year 2018 and hope you had some placid holidays and a good start into the new year.
We are looking forward to supporting you as a dedicated long-term partner in 2019!
KRONEN offers many ideas and tips about how customers can optimze the use of KRONEN machines in their production. A "How to do" database with numerous entries is recorded by the Customer Service department.
Besides, the KRONEN Sales Team is an important source of ideas for the customers. In the new section of our KRONEN newsletter - "How to do" - Tip of the Month - we will present some of these ideas in 2019! And we will for example report about "Best Practice" cases or our KRONEN idea management.
Well-proven belt cutting machine GS 10-2 is now available as TTS version. Besides the regular GS 10-2 functionalities, it controls the cut size and minimize the waste on product cut in combination with the horizontal outfeed belt.
By a PLC and servo motors the knife can make every cut exactly where we need it to be, following customer's specifications and according to product sizes. The TTS version allows to top and tail the product (cut both ends) as well as the combination of top and tail and cutting in slices or pieces.
Another feature is the newly developed weighing unit. By means of an input field the requested weight is defined. The weighing unit allows a weight based control of filling levels. For example, if you cut in boxes or baskets it is guaranteed that the they will not be overfilled.
More than 240 participants from 45 countries attended the KRONEN Anniversary Event 2018 on 27 + 28 September.
Experience what was on show and what participants say about the event!
About 70 KRONEN representatives had come together for the Sales Meeting 2018 at the two days before the event already.
100 % plan to attend the next event again.
Many thanks for the positive response - we are looking forwad to the next KRONEN Customer Day in 2020!
In 1998 Rudolf Hans Zillgith took over KRONEN and in 1999 Stephan Zillgith joined the company. Since 2003 he has been Associate and Managing Director. Now, younger executives are incorporated in the Management Board of KRONEN. Eric Lefebvre and Johannes Günther are the new Managing Directors and KRONEN Associates.
Graduate industrial engineer Stephan Zillgith will be the spokesman of the Board of Management and remains responsible for the company’s commercial general management. Besides, he focuses on the marketing as well as on the care and development of global contacts, which is a crucial issue for the export-oriented KRONEN company.
As before, Robert Lankhart completes the Management in his function as authorized officer. As controller and Head of HR he is taking care of the essential company analysis.
As a family business it is self-evident for KRONEN, that the new Managing Directors and Associates are two long-term KRONEN employees, who have made a name for themselves in the sector.
Each of the four Managing Directors is responsible for a specific realm in the company. By concentrating the competence and experience of the four members of the Board the company is optimally positioned for the future and all the diverse subjects. Thus, the successful development of KRONEN is assured for the long-term.
Johannes Günther started his career with KRONEN in 2009. After his graduation as an engineer in food technology at University of Hohenheim, he worked with renowned companies from the food sector.
Since 2008 he has been the head of the sales department and since 2010 also authorized officer of KRONEN. Over the years he has become a demanded expert in the food industry in Germany and worldwide. In his function as a Managing Director he keeps responsibility for the national and international sales of KRONEN.
Eric Lefebvre has been working with KRONEN since 2009. After graduating as an industrial engineer at University ESCOM in Paris, he worked with PSA, the largest French automotive manufacturer, in the area of development and industrialization.
At KRONEN he has been Technical Director and since 2010 also authorized officer. He has been responsible for product development, for improving working processes and for safety and hygiene. He is perfectly connected within the international sector and especially with institutions for research and development. As a Managing Director he will keep his previous area of responsibility.
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The comprehensive offer was very well anticipated shown by a record participation of more than 240 participants from 45 countries. And they were very satisfied with the program, too.
Many news and many proven solutions you could find at the in-house exhibition. At about 3.200 sqm of space e.g. newly launched drying systems K650 and BDS 3000/800 and the latest version of the salad spin-dryer: KS 100 PLUS were presented. Besides, expert speeches, insights into the production and new findings on the topic of "Hygiene + Technology" were on display.
The SMART version of belt cutting machine GS 10-2 was on show. Also, a SMART version of a washing machine, which hygienizes products by a new thermic process, was introduced to the audience.
The machines are connected to the internet and can transfer the machines’ states in real time to an internet portal. Whereever the user, technician or forman is located, he can monitor the production status at any time on her/his mobile device and collect data for creating even more efficient production processes and for avoiding downtimes thanks to predictional maintenance in future. The SMART maschines can be individually adapted to the needs of the respective user.
The peeling machine PL 40K does the washing and peeling process in one step. Thanks to the aluminium oxide abrasive potatoes, carrots, beetroots and other root vegetables can be peeled gently and their skin is removed in an utra-thin way.
Up to 600 kg potatoes per hour can be processed with PL 40K.
The large inner diametre allows gentle peeling and low pressure on the product.
Peeling basket and peeling disc can be exchanged in less than 3 minutes. There are no dirt traps in the area. All this allows an easy and safe cleaning.
This is what KRONEN stands for and what customers from around the world trust on. Best quality, customer satisfaction and innovation - these are values the KRONEN team works for with a strong commitment every day.
In 1978 KRONEN was founded as a merchandising company for hotel- and restaurant equipment and accessories. Today, KRONEN employs 100 people and our products are delivered to more than 100 countries around the world.
Close partnership and cooperation with our customers is an important factor for the family company KRONEN.
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KRONEN celebrates its 40th company anniversary and therefore invites customers and partners to join the KRONEN Anniversary Event on 27 + 28 September 2018.
The machinery highlights and latest solutions of KRONEN will be on display. But the participants can also expect a special supporting program.
KRONEN introduces the new Flow Dewatering System FDS 5000, which products can be dried in a very gently with.
FDS 5000 is optimized for removing excessive surface moisture from products such as fruit (cut or whole), hard vegetables (cut or whole), cut lettuce and baby leaf etc. while keeping the product in perfect condition.
With the possible adjustments the machine can be optimised on capacity, product quality and residual moisture. Between 1000 and 3000 kg - depending on the product - can be treated per hour.
There are different sizes of FDS systems available to suit the customers‘ specific needs.
KRONEN has further developed its UVC disinfection lock adapting it to the needs of the users.
The KRONEN UVC Lock has been developed in close cooperation with sterilAir® from Weinfelden in Switzerland. Therefore, the UVC Lock is equipped with the latest UVC technology and is optimized in regards to hygiene, usability and easy maintenance.
By means of Ultraviolet-C radiation technology the surface of vegetable and fruit products as well as of packaging materials and tools passed through the lock is disinfected efficiently and without using heat or additives.
The UVC disinfection technology is based on the production of UV radiation with a wavelength from 280 to 100 nanometers. Light of this wavelength is germicidal, since it destroys the germs’ DNA.
By implementing so-called low pressure tubes or more powerful hybrid tubes the UVC light is created in the completely sealed casing of the disinfection lock.
Depending on the number and type of tubes and depending on the speed, which the lock is passed through with, the KRONEN UVC Lock can kill up to 99,9999 % per cent of the germs (based on Listeria monocytogenes germs).
Short contact times within the UVC Lock allow deployment with heat-sensitive products, too.
The K-series is the most widely used model beyond the KRONEN vegetable and salad spin-dryers and is in action hundredfold around the world. Now, it has been redesigned.
One of the first models of the new KS-100 PLUS was delivered to Veggie Markt in Vienna, Austria, in May. The Fresh-cut producer processes salads and vegetables for catering and gastronomy companies and deals with organic products only.
KS 100 PLUS is construed for drying and spinning of Fresh-cut salads, vegetables, herbs, fruit and more. Individual adjustment options for spin speed and spin duration on 99 freely programmable memory locations ensures maximum comfort and optimal adaptation to the product processed.
A mode with spinning in both directions during the program is also available. The counter-rotating centrifuge cycle changes the direction of rotation automatically after half a spin period. The product is additionally loosened up and dried more efficiently. This results in high drying and product quality.
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Washing vegetables with potable water leads to a reduction of microorganisms from tenfold to hundredfold only. Since, depending on the kind of product, it must be assumed that the number of germs is up to 10 to the power of 7 KbE/gFM at the beginning, the washing result has to be evaluated as critical considering these high germ numbers at the beginning. Adding chemicals is one way to meet this problem, but this is sometimes rejected.
The project KRONEN is working on together with its partners ATB Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, aquagroup AG und Havita Berlin Frischgemüse GmbH is answering this fact.
For that reason, the partners want to make use of the fact that bacteria are killed within seconds, when the redox potential is higher than 650 or 700 mV. Using the ingredients of the potable water only, a redox potential is realized in the process water which is high enough to decontaminate it. Besides, the water can be returned to the washing cycle without any risk of cross-contamination.
Reducing potable water consumption and thus decreasing costs, which is due to an optimized water use during the washing process by deploying cycle management.
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In 2018, KRONEN celebrates its 40th company anniversary and therefore would like to thank customers and partners for the collaboration and partnership.
We cordially invite you to join our KRONEN Anniversary Customer Day on Friday, 28 September!
Experience the newest solutions of KRONEN and our system partners as well as the various proven machines for processing salads, vegetables and fruit – live and in function – at our venue in Kehl at the Rhine on about 3.200 sqm of production and exhibition space!
Besides we offer interesting short speeches on future-oriented topics in our new KRONEN Forum, and much more.
Join us for the KRONEN Anniversary Event at Reithalle Offenburg on 27 September.
The entire KRONEN team is looking forward to welcoming you in the Black Forest region!
The event is currently fully booked, however if you are interested in participating, please turn to info@kronen.eu.
The lecture with the subject "Hygiene + Technology: Thermic Processes" is held by Eric Lefebvre, Technical Director at KRONEN on 7 June at the European Convenience Forum in Hamburg.
The production of ready-to-eat, packaged fresh products has increased in the last couple of years. A trend which has come up more recently is the production of packaged, fresh fruit salad. One important main element in fruit salads is apples. They are washed and cubed – while remaining unpeeled. Thus, removing the adherent micro-organisms from the skin accurately is a basic requirement.
This aspect is addressed by a project named DEKONWA, which KRONEN GmbH is working on together with its partner, the ATB Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy. Goal of the project is to not just wash apples, but to also hygienize them in a gentle way and without using any additives or chemicals. The partners want to develop an innovative plant and process in order to do so.
By using temperature guided and controlled processes microbial pathogens which are spoiling food and pathogenic germs are reduced both by a maximum. Thus, the rate of spoiled food is decreased and the consumers’ safety is increased. Due to the insulation of the new system it is optimized for the Fresh-cut industry, since it can be implemented in cold rooms without any disadvantages.
Gronsakshallen was founded in Sorunda in 1985. Back then the general manager Gunnar Netz went from door to door and offered his products – potatoes and eggs – to the city’s restaurants.
Today, Gronsakshallen is one of the biggest fruit and vegetable wholesaler and fresh-cut producer in Sweden distributing numerous products nationwide: fresh fruit, berries, vegetable and salad, but also fresh-cut products as well as frozen fruit, flowers, herbs and eggs are part of the product line.
This year, Gronsakshallen invested in a new salad and vegetable processing line of KRONEN to expand its own production. The producer already has several stand-alone KRONEN machines in use, like vegetable and cutting machine KSM 100 or salad spin-dryer K50.
However, the goal of the new acquisition is to automatize production and save resources. Since one important challenge is: Staff is not just cost-intensive in Sweden, but it is especially hard to find. Due to the automatized line having all machines interlinked, the staff deployment is reduced from seven to five people. On the same time efficiency and thus productivity has been increased.
Gronsakshallen processes mainly different salads, such as iceberg and mixed salad, but also white cabbage, carrots and other vegetable with the line. Depending on products, between 1000 and 3000 kg are processed per day on seven days per week. This is already an obvious increase of output, even though capacity of the line has not yet been exhausted.
The processing line also adds benefit when it comes to resource management. It has not only minimum space requirements for covering as little of the production space as possible. It also guarantees an efficient us of water.
The cube, strip and slice cutting machine KUJ V with serial number 1000 goes to Russia, to the renowned supermarket chain Azbuka Vkusa. It is the third machine of this type which is set-up at their own plant in Moscow. The reason is that the company wants to expand its production. Besides the KUJ V, it has two processing lines and several other stand-alone machines of KRONEN in use.
The company covers several retail locations in Moscow and St. Petersburg and is well-known for its high-quality product offer. It produces Fresh-cut vegetable at the own plant, mainly carrots, potatoes and beetroot.
However, the company also processes the freshly cut products further fabricating delicacies such as “carrots Korean-style” which is very popular in Russia. This is a salad made of carrot strips, oil, vinegar and herbs, tasting sweet-sour and spicy.
In place of Azbuka Vkusa the official KRONEN sales representative Intermik takes delivery of the 1000th piece of KUJ series from KRONEN in Moscow. With this more than 100 cube, strip and slice cutting machines have been delivered to Russia by today. There is no other country in which as many KUJ machines are installed as here.
One in ten of this type of machine KRONEN ships to Russia. By that it is also the best seller and most used KRONEN machine in the country.
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The horticultural and Fresh-cut industry needs to react to the growing demands for food safety, competitiveness and its environmental impact. Washing with fresh water is the main post-harvest process carried out by this industry to eliminate dirt and reduce the microbial load of fruit and vegetables.
KRONEN and the Spanish company CITROSOL are collaborating with the Spanish technological centre CNTA in the prototyping of a new industrial washing process. The ambitious goal of the so-called aqUAFRESH project is destined to be a watershed in the operation of the Fresh-cut industry: cutting, washing and packaging of ready-to-eat fruit and vegetables. The aim of which is to reformulate the current working system of the industry reducing both water and energy use during washing and disinfection, mitigating the environmental impact, and improving the food safety for the end consumer.
The new washing system is supposed to provide the Fresh-cut industry with an alternative to traditional chlorine-based disinfection systems whilst continuing to guarantee food safety.
The aqUAFRESH project follows a holistic approach studying the integration of all the essential parameters in the process chain, such as the effectiveness of the wash, the microorganisms load, the use of chemical agents, the water use and its reuse with the consequent reduction in water consumption, the monitoring of the disinfection process plus the preservation of the quality of freshly cut produce.
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With this year's Anuga FoodTec in Cologne from 20 to 23 March the second important international trade show took place, after Fruit Logistica in February..
At Anuga FoodTec KRONEN met the international industry and showed its competences once more. Live machinery presentations, a lecture on a highly innovative topic and not to forget: our "Live Cooking". All this made the participation a real success!
You can read more about the trade fair information and the presentation 'New process for the safety of packaged fresh products' here.
We have summarized all important news from the last weeks for you. The world premiere Convenience Avocado Line, the intergrated UVC water disinfection of GEWA 3800B PLUS, or the new de-watering system FDS 5000 - these are just some of the current top themes at KRONEN.
For all up-to-date highlights at a glance see our new flyer.
K650 was presented at Fruit Logistica and Anuga FoodTec 2018 for the first time. Is is an ideal system for the industrial application for drying a wide variety of lettuce and vegetable products as well as sliced fruit in a continuous treatment process.
Depending on consistency, shape and size of the product and the desired degree of drying, spinning times and speeds can be adjusted via a touch screen. This enables an effective, gentle and short drying cycle.
Some parameters are automated, e.g. the speed of the buffer and outfeed conveyors. Thus, the program is clearly organized and easy to operate.
With an optional volume control the product feed quantity can be optimized.
The capacity spans 400-2800 kg/h, depending on the product.
The top-seller of KRONEN spin-dryers for vegetables and salads, field-tested and in action hundredfold world-wide. Now, KS-100 PLUS has a new look: Besides a new design especially the further technological development is on focus.
The robust construction, safety and function are based on the requirements of the centrifuge DIN EN 12547 standard and the salad spin-drying DIN EN 13621 standard.
KS-100 PLUS is also particularly easy to clean. There are no dirt traps in the spin area.
Maximum comfort and an optimum adaptation to the product to be processed.
Alternatively, you can obtain the model KS-7 PLUS. KS-7 PLUS is equipped with seven settings of individually adjustable spin speeds and freely adjustable spin times.
The KRONEN representatives located in more than 80 countries around the world, including Germany, are closely connected to the industry and they are in continuous exchange with their customers. On their request they often organize company tours and thus realize an exchange between producers from different countries.
In Feburary 2018, VerdeAgua – a producer of Fresh-cut salads from Uruguay – visited légumes Rapp GmbH in Esslingen, close to Stuttgart in Germany. VerdeAgua plans to renew its machinery park and wants to invest in KRONEN equipment. In this respect, the visit was a perfect opportunity to experience the use of the machinery directly on-site at the plant of a real Fresh-cut specialist.
Since the family company légumes Rapp is a long-term customer of KRONEN and deploys the belt cutting machines GS 10-2 and GS 20, diverse washing machines – among other GEWA 3800 PLUS with UVC water disinfection – as well as spin-dryers in its production.
In 1995, the former vegetable and wine growing business developed into légumes Rapp GmbH, specializing on processing of salads and vegetable and offering ready-to-eat products for system catering. légumes Rapp is certified with the label „International Food Standard – Higher Niveau“. The company produces large amounts and a wide range of high-quality Fresh-cut products, for example for the commercial kitchen of Mercedes Benz.
VerdeAgua is a producing and processing company of Salanova® and other leaf salads. Salanova® is a special type of salad: It is trade-marked and may only be cultivated when you hold the respective license. Remarkable about this salad is the fact that its leafs are very soft and delicate – and not only in an early stage of growing, but they remain it even later.
The producer applies hydroponics agriculture and he washes, spins and packages the salads for its customers. Thus, the company delivers high-class salads and Salanova® specialties to Tiende Inglesa, the gourmet supermarket chain in Uruguay, for example.
With high interest in the equipment, the new building and the entire process VerdeAgua visited the plant of légumes Rapp. As different as both countries and producers are – on the one hand the Salanova® producer from Uruguay, on the other hand the Swabian processing specialist – as worthwhile the know-how transfer has been for both sides.
…this is only a selection from the delicacies from the house of KRONEN, which you can taste this year at our stand F-8 in hall 10.1.
For all dishes a vegetarian or vegan alternative can be offered.
Be inspired! And celebrate with us: We cordially invite you to touch glasses with us on the occasion of 40 years of KRONEN. You may also expect a little anniversary present at the stand.
Which new machinery and solutions – live and in function – can be experienced at the stand? See our invitation for all information.
The international KRONEN team is looking forward to your visit!
In 2018 KRONEN celebrates 40th anniversary - celebrate with us!
We cordially invite you: The newest KRONEN solutions will be presented at this in-house trade show and customer days exclusively. Beyond, lectures on future-oriented topics will complete the machinery presentations: Robotics, Biofilm, Internet of Things and Hydroponics – these are some key words, which will be covered.
Again in 2018 we are preparing special culinary highlights and accompanying events: Among others we are looking forward to welcoming you at the Gala Dinner in Offenburg's Reithalle on 27 September. After the champagne reception with live music you can expect a "magical" entertainment program, the KRONEN award ceremony and afterwards "DJ Crazy Pee" attracts all dancers to the dance floor.
Save the date already today! Further details you will receive with our invitation in summer.
We are looking forward to your visit at KRONEN in Kehl on the Rhine!
Photo: The entertainment program is another highlight next to the professional program: At the Customer Days 2016 KRONEN invited to the Oktoberfest at the Renchtalhuette.
KRONEN will be present at Anuga FoodTec 2018 in Cologne from 20 to 23 March. Visit us at our stand F-8 in hall 10.1!
Furthermore, KRONEN informs about the development of a new, thermal process to increase the microbiological safety of packaged fresh-cut products – without using additives – in a lecture on 22 March from 14:00 to 16:00.
More about the new process you can read here.
This exhibit has an extra focus on the issue of decontamination without any additives: By the means of the new, integrated UVC water disinfection the wash water is permanently disinfected and returned to the water cycle as germ-reduced process water. For this purpose, the market-proven UV components of company sterilAir® are in use.
The UVC reactor serves in particular the prevention of crosscontamination, ensures higher process reliability and allows a reduction in the amount of water used.
KRONEN GmbH expands its portfolio and presents an effective, user-friendly system for the industrial application for drying a wide variety of lettuce and vegetable products as well as sliced fruit in a continuous treatment process.
Depending on consistency, shape and size of the product and the desired degree of drying, spinning times and speeds can be adjusted via a touch screen. This enables an effective, gentle and short drying cycle.
The production of ready-to-eat, packaged fresh products such as cut fresh-cut salads has increased in the last couple of years. A trend which has come up more recently is the production of packaged, fresh fruit salad. Consumers of these products are private households supllied by retail as well as large customers such as cafeterias, hospitals and restaurants. But also schools offer apple wedges during school breaks for example.
However, the processed fruit have a shorter shelf-life than fruit which are not cut, since they are much more sensitive to microbial attacks. And the crucial quality criterion for fresh-cut products from the view of consumer safety is the microbial harmlessness.
As an example: One important main element in fruit salads is apples. They are washed and cubed – while remaining unpeeled. Thus, removing the adherent micro-organisms from the skin accurately is a basic requirement.
This aspect is addressed by a project named DEKONWA, which KRONEN GmbH is working on together with its partner, the ATB Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy. Goal of the project is to not just wash apples, but to also hygienize them in a gentle way and without using any additives or chemicals.
The partners want to develop an innovative plant and process in order to do so. By using temperature guided and controlled processes microbial pathogens which are spoiling food and pathogenic germs harming humans are reduced both by a maximum.
Thus, the rate of spoiled food is decreased and the consumers’ safety is increased. Due to the insulation of the new system it is optimated for the Fresh-cut industry, since it can be implemented in cold rooms without any disadvantages.
Fresh fruits which were treated with hot water in the laboratory, showed a high impact against most of the relevant germs. A water temperature of 50 to 55 °C seems to be the optimum conition for longer exposure times. Shorter exposure times at a temperature of 55 to 60 °C were successful, too.
At this point the main impact of the treatment with hot water is supposed to be due to the microbial reaction induced by the heat shock. Since the thermal procedure works without any chemical additives, it can be used for organic fruit salads.
The system is supposed to be integrated into a existing processing line easily and flexibly. Eventually, it is planned to transfer the process to other products, such as fresh-cut salads, too.
The participation of KRONEN at this year's Fruit Logistica in Berlin from 7 to 9 February was again a real success.
KRONEN presented new machinery and solutions - live and in function and was again crowd puller attracting producers of Fresh-cut and convenience food from Germany and around the world.
Many visitors from Germany came to the stand, but also from other Western European countries - such as France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy - as well as from Eastern Europe and South America. Also Middle East and Africa was very well represented.
Completed was the offer by the KRONEN partners who were present at the stand, too: GKS Packaging, zti smart machines and Synergy Systems from the Netherlands, and sterilAir® from Switzerland.
Read more about the Fruit Logistica trade show highlights of KRONEN.
The 40th company anniversary celebrated by KRONEN in 2018 was also displayed on the stand. On this occasion visitors could let themselves inspire by special culinary delights: At the "Live Cooking" the gourmet chefs Wolfgang Blum and Andreas Eigner created delicious dishes made of vegetable spaghetti and colorful vegetable rice.
From 27 to 28 September KRONEN cordially invites the industry to celebrate the anniversary at the KRONEN venue in Kehl: The newest KRONEN solutions will be exclusively presented at this in-house trade show and customers days, which will be accompanied by an attractive programm of lectures on future-oriented topics and a special gala evening.
With the unique, partly automated avocado processing line up to 1.200 fruit – which equivalents to about 300 kg – can be peeled and cored per hour. The capacity can even be quadrupled if needed: to up to 4.800 pieces per hour.
The line is designed in a way that the sensitive fruit are processed very gently to guarantee a visually attractive product equivalent to manual treatment.
The innovative Convenience Avocado Line was created in close cooperation with a KRONEN customer and convenience food producer from Western Europe. The company produces sliced avocados on a large scale.
It needed a solution which could support the staff. Since the producer had to fight with a loss of production due to illness – which resulted from the uniform movement of the hand when coring the fruit and lead to health-problems at the wrist in a short length of time.
This was completely remedied with the new processing line. But also productivity has massively increased, namely by 25 percent at the place of installation. And the yield from the fruit pulp rises, depending on the consistence of the fruit, by up to 11 percent. Thus, other production sites of the company can be relieved and supplied by this production output. Furthermore, two workers have become available and are deployed for other production steps now. Respectively, ten persons are currently working at the line.
The entire processing line, including the KRONEN cutting machine GS 10-2 which has also been integrated in the line, amortizes within 120 workings days. A result highly exceeding the expectations of the convenience producer.
Avocado fruit are gaining ground currently. The “butter fruit” is supposed to be healthy, nutritious and versatile. Fat content is about 23 percent, however these are highly demanded unsaturated fatty acids.
Consumers who eat health-consciously are delighted by avocados. The fruit especially convinces vegetarians and vegans due to the proportion of essential amino acids.
And also because of the subtle taste and creamy texture it is a trend product for “fast casual” food and is used as salad topping, as ingredient in wraps or sandwiches and last but not least in Sushi rolls.
Details on the KRONEN Convenience Avocado Line you can find here.
Read more about our trade show highlights.
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…this is only a selection from the delicacies from the house of KRONEN, which you can taste this year at our stand A-04 in hall 3 at Fruit Logistica.
At our Live Cooking products are prepared “from the field to the table” – a special culinary delight on each day of the show. For all dishes a vegetarian or vegan alternative can be offered.
Be inspired by the delicious dishes of the gourmet chefs Wolfgang Blum and Andreas Eigner!
Celebrate with us! We cordially invite you to touch glasses with us on the occasion of 40 years of KRONEN. You may also expect a little anniversary present at the stand.
Which new machinery and solutions – live and in function – can be experienced at the stand? See our invitation for all information.
The international KRONEN team is looking forward to your visit!
In 2018 we celebrate our 40th company anniversary. Celebrate with us! We cordially invite you to touch glasses with us on the occasion of 40 years of KRONEN. You may also expect a little anniversary present at the stand. And you can enjoy special culinary delights on each day of the show: At the Live Cooking products are prepared “from the field to the table” - be inspired by the delicious dishes of the gourmet chefs Wolfgang Blum and Andreas Eigner.
Visit us at the KRONEN stand A-04 in hall 3.1 - the international KRONEN team is looking forward to meeting you!
Completed by the offer of our partners ZTI smart machines and GKS Packaging we display innovative technology for the processing and packaging of vegetable, salad, fruit and more.
The KRONEN GmbH closes the business year successfully by expecting a growth in revenues of about 9 percent, by increasing the staff to 100 employees and by recording even several innovations and highlights.
To name just some of them: the first GEWA washing machine with self-cleaning water filter in January, our international seminar ‘Fresh Vegetable Processing’ in Bogota/Columbia and the introduction of the GEWA XL washing machine, both in July, the first KRONEN networking meeting in Bremerhaven/Germany in August as well as the fresh re-design of one of our bestsellers: the belt cutting machine GS 10-2 in October.
And not to forget: The successful launch of the vegetable spiral cutting machine Spirello 150 – with it KRONEN had once more perceived the need of the market and had been the first developing a solution which can process many different kinds and sizes of products. Thus, no surprise Spirello 150 finds big demand and has become a real success product: KRONEN will deliver the serial number 220 Spirello by the end of the year!
Looking back we can indeed be full of positive anticipation when it comes to the year of 2018, which will be a special one for KRONEN GmbH. We will celebrate 40 years of KRONEN and 20 years of Zillgith/KRONEN – in 1978 KRONEN GmbH was founded and in 1998 KRONEN was taken over by Rudolf Hans Zillgith as the Managing Director.
Today, 20 respectively 40 years later, KRONEN is a globally operating supplier of machines and systems for the catering, specialty foods, fresh-cut and food industry with representatives in more than 60 countries. KRONEN products are delivered in over 100 countries.
We put high efforts in guaranteeing best quality, but also in delivering individual solutions adapted to the demands of the customer in an optimum way. We consider ourselves a partner for our customers and offer consulting and planning in close cooperation with our suppliers and research institutions from Germany and around the world.
In 2018 and beyond it remains the target of KRONEN to move on with innovations for our customers’ purposes and benefit. By this, we want to extend our position as a worldwide leading producer and supplier of machines and complete processing lines.
In our newsletter we will keep you up-to-date on our highlights in 2018. Also, visit our KRONEN stand, e.g. at Fruit Logistica from February 7–9, 2018 – you will receive our invitation in the beginning of the new year!
Besides, it would be our grand pleasure to welcome you as a guest at the KRONEN Anniversary Customer Days from the evening of September 27 to September 28. Save the date already!
In 2018 we take the opportunity to say ‘thank you’ for the partnership and collaboration with you, which made 40 years of KRONEN happen. Join us and celebrate with us!
The cooking and eating habits have been changing over the past years. Healthy nutrition has come to the fore more and more. This includes the consumption of fruit and vegetables. Furthermore the convenience sector gains importance.
One new trend, which came to the centre of attention at the PMA Fresh Summit in New Orleans, USA, from October 20-21, is the so-called vegetable rice, namely Broccoli and Cauliflower stems or also carrots cut in smallest pieces and resembling rice.
Such vegetable rice can be processed with the KRONEN cube, strip and slice cutting machine KUJ V in a very easy and quick way. Hence, you can cut small, oblong vegetable cubes using various alignments such as a format of 3 x 3 x 5 mm.
Once more KRONEN fulfils the need of the convenience and fresh-cut industry by making the optimum production of another promising fresh vegetable product possible.
In the short video you can see how it works.
The KRONEN high performance cube, strip and slice cutting machine KUJ V cuts vegetables, fruit, fish slices from 2 to 12 mm, strips from 2 to 20 mm and cubes of 3 mm up to 20 mm in exact and perfect cutting quality – in a single operation.
Here you can find: all benefits and technical information about KUJ V. We are looking forward to consult you and to answer your inquiry!
Even several important trade fairs for the salad, fruit and vegetable processing industry took place in various countries around the world in the last few months.
KRONEN GmbH has a network of representatives in more than 60 countries and delivers its products to more than 100 countries around the world. Thus, the company is of course present at the international trade shows and displays a machinery program with live demonstrations at the stand – which is specifically targeted to the respective market and the visitors of each show.
With great interest, numerous visitors took advantage of the information and presentations of our KRONEN machines. We are very pleased about the good response and the opportunity to make new contacts, but also to intensify existing customer relationships!
After participating in the German pavilion at Guldfood in February for many years, this year for the first time KRONEN GmbH exhibited at the GULFOOD MANUFACTURING show in November being part of the stand of the KRONEN partner for the region KAYDEE Solutions.
Visitors from 40 countries – among them many from Saudi Arabia – were interested in our exhibits. To them we could present our SPIRELLO 150, the new vegetable spiral cutting machine, as well as a portfolio of machines which are already well renown and much used also in this region: the belt cutting machine GS 10-2, the spin dryer for vegetables and salads K50-7S, the potatoes peeling machine PL40K as well as the manual grid cutter HGW and the apple peeler AS4.
The international KRONEN team is looking forward to meeting you!
The Sales organisation that brings in the orders. Supported by Design, Production and Logistics that prepare and execute the orders. Quality Assurance as the guarantor for compliance with our high standards, and not least Shipping that ensures safe transport. Together with other departments, such as Electrical, IT, Purchasing, Marketing and others, all ensure a smooth workflow so that our customers receive their machines on time and in the proven KRONEN quality. Our customers can rely on good and dependible support over many years; this is guaranteed by our Customer Service organisation in Germany, and by our partners in more than 90 countries around the world.
This calendar is an expression of our love of detail and our many years of experience. Experience 12 portraits, brilliantly captured with the camera by Jörg Wilhelm and perfectly designed and staged by Ulrich Siefert.
The KRONEN Anniversary Calendar 2018 (48 x 36 cm) can be purchased from now on for a price of EUR 19.50 net, plus shipping costs.
The very first KRONEN network meeting was held in cooperation with Wolfgang Blum Consulting in Bremerhaven on 10 - 11 August 2017.
With the focus on networking the decision-makers from HORECA (hotel and catering industry) with the convenience industry, a very attractive program was put together and offered.
VITAL salads and more ..., Transgourmet Deutschland GmbH & Co. OHG, Restaurant "Nordsee" in the Columbus Center Bremerhaven, Heinrich Abelmann GmbH.
Also the culinary services enriched this meeting to a special extent.
All 14 participants agreed that such a network event was overdue. The mixture of manufactory and industry was excellently received by the competent participants from the different divisions.
Our KRONEN representation SYNERGY SYSTEMS B.V. for The Netherlands and BE-Flanders (since May 1, 2017) organized for the first time CUSTOMER DAYS on 7 and 8 September 2017.
SYNERGY SYSTEMS presents LIVE numerous machines from the entire range of machines and offers the opportunity to meet and exchange on a professional and personal level.
For further information please click here.
SYNERGY SYSTEMS B.V.
We are looking forward to your participation!
Since March 2017, people from our region have been voting for the campaign "Einigkeit.Recht.Freiheit." (Unity.Justice.Freedom), initiated by the Trade Association of Industrial Enterprises in Baden (wvib). The supporters want to inspire achievements that are no longer self-evident today: freedom of democracy, social market economy and a united Europe.
KRONEN employees also supported the wvib campaign "Einigkeit.Recht.Freiheit." and gathered for the photo session.
The seminar on “Fresh Vegetables Processing in Latin America" was held this year on 13 July 2017 for the second time by KRONEN in collaboration with the Colombian KRONEN agency JUAN NEUSTADTEL SAS at the Corferias Center in the capital Bogota.
More than 80 visitors from all over Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile participated in this meeting to find out about new technologies and tendencies in the Freshcut market.
GS 10-2 Belt cutting machine, KUJ V Dice, strip & slice cutting machine, AMS 220 Pineapple melon peeler, UP 350 Packaging machine and the K50-100S Spin dryer.
For a first-hand information exchange, many of the international seminar participants used the offer the following day and visited producers with KRONEN processing lines on site.
The event was rounded off by a dinner together with a show.
Up to 600 kilograms of potatoes per hour are produced by the new KRONEN potato processing line, which recently has been put into operation at the LENTA supermarket chain in St. Petersburg.
LENTA is one of the largest retail chains in Russia and the country's second largest hypermarket chain. LENTA operates 195 hypermarkets in 78 cities across Russia and 53 supermarkets in the Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and the Central region.
FFor launching their new product portfolio of cleaned, ready-cut and vacuum-packed vegetables such as carrots, beetroot - as well as potatoes in different shapes and various packing sizes – LENTA was looking for the best option of a cost-effective and automatic manufacturing process. With this in mind LENTA approached KRONEN in conjunction with the Russian KRONEN representative INDUSTRIAL NUTRITION to help optimize the pre-preparation of this kind of products. By designing and installing this processing line KRONEN & INDUSTRIAL NUTRITION have made it possible for LENTA to achieve optimum product quality, minimum waste and maximum flexibility.
Moreover, both cutting machines offer the big advantage of being mobile and they are, therefore, extremely flexible and can be used at different locations along the line.
Actually, this potato production line has been integrated into a KRONEN washing line which already has been delivered to LENTA last year. The washing line consists of a GEWA 3800 V ECO washing machine and 2 spin dryers K50-7 ECO in combination with a useful and practical basket carousel.
If you also have special requirements and want to go new ways in the food industry, please contact us. We are happy to advise you and look forward to your REQUEST.
The participation in our KRONEN raffle was outstanding and, once again, confirms the popularity of our KRONEN products. We would like to thank all participants!
It was therefore a great pleasure for us to determine the winners of the 10 MAIN PRIZES " grid cutter S195 with individual tools".
Our sincere congratulations to the winners who all have been informed in the meantime. Thank you for the pictures of the KRONEN Grid cutter S195 abd have fun with the prize.
During the vocational training in Hannover at the Niedersächsischen regional authorities for consumer protection and food safety the subject “freshcut fruits & vegetables – technology, microbiology, monitoring” was presented.
The technology of processing freshcut fuits and vegetables was presented by our Technical Manager Eric Lefebvre as a machine demonstration on the KRONEN belt cutting machine GS 10-2.
Furthermore there were experience reports from a manufacturing company (FRIKONI Food GmbH & Co. KG, consultant Mrs. Stramke) and from the retail sector, for example: EDEKA Minden-Hannover foundation Mr. Marggraf.
Another focus of the vocational training was the microbiological risks from such products, presented by the University Hohenheim, and the possibility of the improvement of the microbiological quality. The company KRONEN provided the university with various machines for research purposes, for instance the water jet cutting machine. We are happy about the good feedback by the food supervisors.
The "Bürgerstiftung Kehl" (civic foundation) receives the promotion price "Active Citizenship 2017", which has been awarded since 1998 to non-profit organizations. In this way, the initiative of the Bürgerstiftung in cooperation with the local companies is honored for the qualification of young refugees.
KRONEN also supports this project as a sponsor for one-year entry qualifications of the young people.These measures are used to examine the refugees with practical traineeships, language courses and will prepare them for the actual training and the working world in Germany.
Since 15 May 2017, KRONEN has been able to provide an internship to a young refugee in the KRONEN production area.
Watch the interesting short film with an interview by Stephan Zillgith, Managing Director of KRONEN (German language only).
A lot of experience and sophisticated technology for an optimal washing result, as well as the individual modification options of the machines – with these facts we have once again convinced a Freshcut company, which is a leader in the English market as a manufacturer and supplier of convenience products. With the GEWA 3800V PLUS washing machine delivered to England in April 2017, salads and vegetables are thoroughly and gently washed in a continuous flume washing process without mechanical submergence.
In close cooperation with the customer, KRONEN engineers have developed solutions tailored to the customer’s needs, which not only improve productivity but also ensure a constant quality of the processed products under the highest hygienic standards.
By means of the central control system all functions of the washing machine and the feeding belt can be flexibly controlled via touchscreen. 30 freely programmable memory locations can be allocated with individual compositions which can be called up at any time.
If you also have special requirements and want to go new ways in the food industry, please contact us.
We are happy to advise you and look forward to your REQUEST.
Synergy Systems B.V.
Due to the many years of experience with KRONEN, HITEC and MIW products, Managing Director Menno JONGSMA and his sales, project management and service staff will form a strong team to support customers.
SYNERGY SYSTEMS B.V. represents the cooperative alliance of KRONEN GmbH (D-Kehl), HITEC Foodsystems B.V. (NL-Zwolle) and MARCO Integrated Weighing B.V. (NL-Oisterwijk) and is responsible for the distribution of machines, systems and projects. The collective expertise and experience of the three partner companies guarantee a high synergy advantage as well as an optimal consulting competence.
With a 24-hour / 7-day customer service, experienced Dutch professionals are available around the clock in Holland and Belgium. This way, we guarantee a comprehensive service and ensure the best possible availability and profitability of our customers' production facilities. We wish our new partner success and all the best.
The new HGWslicing insert is ideal for cutting vegetables, mushrooms and seedless fruit in slices of 5,2 - 6,2 - 8,2 mm, and more. Several slicing options are possible, e.g. „top & tail“. You can find all advantages in our attached flyer or on our homepage.
We will be delighted to advise you! Our sales team is looking forward to your phone call +49 (0)7854 9646-0 or Email.
Our MULTICORER conquers the Middle East.
Cutting technology that inspires A world leading fresh cut company has bought one of our highlight machines - a 4-lane MULTICORER - for its new plant in Dubai. After commissioning and an intensive test phase, the next order for two further machines in Saudi Arabia followed.
The MULTICORER runs on high-speed and in two-shift operation. Eight hours a day, Iceberg salads are decored, cut, washed, dried and packaged, followed by white cabbage. Mainly the processed salads and vegetables are produced for fast food chains and different airlines.
The use of the KRONEN machines considerably increases the efficiency of the processing line. This is also reflected in a significant reduction of the waste rate.
The company KRONEN is proud that the MULTICORER inspires and advances our customers' business. You are also interested in our MULTICORER and want to be advised? Then contact us. We appreciate your inquiry!
You can find more information about the MULTICORER here or simply have a look at our new video. Enjoy !
Fruit and vegetables in top form! FRUIT LOGISTICA showed once again: the market loves fresh ideas!
We will raffle 10 grid cutter S195 including 2 cutting inserts from KRONEN* among all participants. For inspiring fruit and vegetable creations.
Turn tomatoes, apples, potatoes, lemons, etc. into wedges, sticks and figurines in no time at all. In addition we raffle 10 Lurch Razortech DUO-graters.
Simply fill out the form below! Good luck!
* Closing date for entries is 20 April 2017. The winners will be notified by us. Recourse to the courts is not permitted. No cash disbursement is possible.
Fruit Logistica 2017 – KRONEN is Trendsetter number 1!
From February 8 to 10, 2017, the FRUIT LOGISTICA 2017 was once again the meeting place for the international fruit trade for three days. Kronen was also represented at the trade fair as an expert for the salad, vegetable and fruit processing industries.
Many visitors were enthusiastic about the exhibited machine highlights. Especially the innovative novelties - and the associated possibilities - were always the starting point for many informative talks and discussions. Especially the live demos of the Kronen novelties - the SPIRELLO 150 vegetable slicer and the high-performance washing machine GEWA XL - proved to be a crowd puller.
"This gives us the certainty that we have taken the right course with our product developments. The preparation and eating habits of many people have changed considerably in recent years. Healthy nutrition is coming more and more into focus. This also includes the consumption of fresh vegetables. KRONEN responded to the increased demand with the development of innovative machines, "explains Stephan Zillgith, Managing Director of Kronen.
For example, the SPIRELLO 150 produces healthy vegetable spaghetti. For many years already, Kronen has been on the market with a smaller machine version, the S021 spiral cutting machine. With the SPIRELLO 150, Kronen has now achieved a technological breakthrough, which allows a capacity increase with a constant quality. The SPIRELLO 150 can be used not only to cut long shaped products (cucumbers, carrots, radishes, butternut squash), but also round products, e.g. Kohlrabi or beetroot can be cut into decorative and healthy vegetable spirals.
With the new GEWA XL, Kronen presented a powerful washing machine for high capacities with low energy and water consumption. This machine allows optimal washing results for large quantities of salads and vegetables. The machine is best suited to reduce cross-contamination and it contributes to increased food safety.
Federal Minister of Agriculture, Christian Schmidt, was also impressed by the Kronen booth appearance. He was explained the highly innovative novelties by Stephan Zillgith and Eric Lefebvre, Technical Director at Kronen. Already on 27 January 2017 an important meeting took place at the International GRÜNE WOCHE in Berlin. The reason for this was the transfer of the application for the project 'SiMoHyP: Development of an innovative process for increasing the microbiological safety of packaged fresh cut salads by monitoring and sanitizing the process water".
This project is supported by the BMEL innovation program over a 24-month duration. The project aims to develop an innovative washing technique and a method for the decontamination of the process water, which is used when washing freshcut salads, in order to preserve microbiologically safe ready-to-eat salads while at the same time conserving resources (water consumption, energy).
"In teamwork with our customers and partners, many creative ideas generated benefits, not only do we develop machines but also share our know-how with our customers," says Eric Lefebvre. The Kronen booth presented itself in a new and attractive design and was again a successful result of synergy between Kronen and the cooperation partners ZTI-Mechatronics and GKS Packaging.
At this year's Fruit Logistica gourmet chefs Wolfgang Blum and Andreas Eigner spoiled the Kronen stand visitors with exquisite menus - freshly prepared according to their recipes, which were already published in the Kronen annual calendar 2017. The tasty recipes and videos are published monthly in the Kronen newsletter and on the homepage. Thanks to the innovative Kronen technology according to the latest standard, the preparation of these dishes has become a cooking experience with true delights.
WE THANK ALL VISITORS FOR THEIR INTEREST AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEE YOU IN BERLIN IN 2018!
The official handover of the GEWA salad washing line to the company Adam Theis GmbH took place on 25 October 2016. Two GEWA washing machines (GEWA 3800B PLUS in cascade function) are integrated in this special salad processing line with the serial numbers 999 and 1000. A great occasion to congratulate the CEO Mr. Werner Theis face to face.
In 1875, the familiy-owned company Adam Theis GmbH started the marketing of fresh vegetables at the Palatinate. Today, it is a partner of the catering industry in southern Germany with the whole range of fresh fruit, vegetables, salads, exotics, mushrooms and herbs. Local wholesalers, as well as large-scale consumers, canteens, hotels and restaurants are supplied with 40 trucks. 260 employees work 7 days a week in the service of freshness.
Many similarities: Excellent cooperation and common growth connect both companies.
Mr. Theis proudly talked about the long-term cooperation with the company KRONEN. His freshcut production is based on the needs of the gastronomy. The offer covers a wide range of cutting sizes and cutting shapes. Individual mixing recipes are also realized. Adam Theis GmbH produce just-in-time and without preservatives. The production area for ready-to-cook products will be expanded by 650 m² by the end of this year.
Reliability and quality of the high end KRONEN machines have convinced the company Adam Theis GmbH from the beginning. Therefore, they made an early start in processing fruit, vegetables and salad with KRONEN machines, and they now continue production with the large salad processing line. Since safety and on-time service are shared values, both managing directors look forward to an ongoing enhancement.
With this innovative KRONEN GEWA 3800B PLUS washing line, freshcut salads, herbs and vegetables are washed thoroughly and carefully.
We wish the company Adam Theis much enjoyment and success with the thousandth KRONEN GEWA washing machine.
Kronen places particular attention on ensuring quality and sustainability of its machines and projects manufactured in Kehl - based on a commitment to a healty environment.
Since the beginning of 2013 we converted to climate-neutral energy sources - "Green electricity from hydropower".
We, therefore, take an active part in climate protection and conservation of natural resources.
Via a built-in UVC reactor, the wash water is permanently disinfected and returned as UVC-treated process water.
For this purpose, the market-proven UV components of company sterilAir® (CH-Weinfelden) are in use, which meet the high demands of the food industry.
For a market-leading customer in Germany, the trading company M.S.G. Frucht GmbH in Maintal, 2 washing machines GEWA 3800V ECO are manufactured in a cascade setup (pre- and main washing) with a new UVC water disinfection system.
Since 2009, M.S.G. belongs to the Compass Group Germany providing their businesses nationwide as a central fruit and vegetable supplier with exclusive fresh products from the region.
With this innovative Kronen GEWA washing line, salads and herbs, vegetables and fresh-cut products are washed thoroughly and carefully in a continuous flow process (without mechanical immersion). In addition, the washing machine is equipped with an insect & fines removal system (motorized drum).
Also, chilled fresh water is added through the shower pipes above the vibration deck via an on-site cooling connection. This chilled water will be returned to the water cycle of the GEWA, thus ensuring a continuous refresh of existing water in the GEWA wash tank.
The use of the UVC reactor serves in particular the prevention of cross-contamination, ensures higher process reliability and allows a reduction in the amount of water used.
By default built-in pumps in the washing machine, the process water is pumped completely through the UVC reactor. The overall performance is 60 m³/h circulation for a water volume of about 750 liters. This is equivalent to a 80fold theoretical passage of all wash water per hour, or 80 UVC treatments per hour.
The UVC reactor is connected to the washing machine by a fixed piping, ensuring the return of disinfected water in the wash tank.
The intensity of UVC reactor is perfectly matched with the capacity of the pumps and the water cycle thus works continuously.
The UVC reactor consists of 6 ET tubes, which are operated economically via 3 ballasts with an exemplary low energy consumption. These ET modules are equipped with a counter of ignition, the tubes are designed for 12000 ignitions or 12000 operating hours.
For cleaning and exchange, the UVC tubes are easily removable, this guarantees a high maintainability.
Basically each GEWA machine can be equipped or retrofitted with an UVC reactor. Upon request, the UVC reactor can be provided for test purposes.
Fruit Logistica in Berlin (3-5 February 2016) is one of the most important meeting places for salad, vegetable and fruit processors. A wide audience used the annual event to gain a comprehensive overview of the market and to learn about the latest trends.
On this year's Kronen booth visitors experienced a large and varied offer of the Kronen machine program. Especially the live demonstrations of the many new developments with customer-oriented applications and solutions encountered keen interest and led to a very positive feedback.
The attractive Kronen exhibition area was also a successful result of synergy between Kronen and its cooperating partners JFPT Foodlife, ZTI Mechatronics and GKS packaging.
The culinary specialities – freshly prepared by the gourmet chefs Wolfgang Blum and Andreas Eigner – proved to be another crowd-puller. Some of the delicious recipes have been published in the previous annual Kronen calendars.
… has been developed for surface disinfection of packaging materials such as boxes, crates, tools, etc. in close cooperation with the Swiss company sterilAir® (CH-Weinfelden).
Use with food depends on the legislation in the country of the user.
The UVC-Lock is equipped with the latest UVC technology (hybrid tubes of sterilAir®) and thus combines the high demand for sturdiness, flexibility and easy maintenance.
An adequate microbiological sterility of packaging materials and storage containers is one of the most important prerequisites for the durability and hygiene of foodstuffs especially in the salad, vegetable and fruit processing industry.
The UVC treatment with sterilAir® components disinfects safely and reliably: without heat, undesirable additives, residues and within a very short time.
The DNA of germs is destroyed by the UVC treatment, i.e. contact and smear infections can be prevented effectively.
Drying of containers (such as after spray disinfection) is no longer necessary.
The UVC-Lock is best suited for application in between two separate rooms, e.g. low and high care areas..
All materials in the size range of 50 x 50 x 20 mm up to 550 x 300 mm can gently be moved through the UVC-Lock. Thanks to the efficient arrangement of the UVC tubes, an almost complete radiation area is guaranteed.
The fully enclosed UVC-Lock housing with cover is made of stainless steel and guarantees the safe use of UVC radiation.
The intuitive color touch screen has a user-friendly interface.
Long UV emitter replacement intervals and exemplary low energy consumption underline the economic efficiency of the system. Due to their very low emitter temperature, sterilAir® UV components are ideally suited for the treatment of heat-sensitive products.
This pedestal includes a single head weigher for the ergonomic weighing and filling in conjunction with a GKS packaging machine CP 350 or UP 350. Different products such as vegetables, fruit, salads, baked goods, raw vegetables, sweets (also non-food products) can be weighed, filled and packaged in representative bags.
The stainless steel pedestal is adapted to the height of the packaging machine and is equipped with safety borders and railings. The mixing table with the integrated single head weigher is arranged in ergonomic height and easily accessible by stairs. The large weighing container with a 16 liter volume is perfectly suited to the weighing of all leaf salads, i.e. Lollo Bionda up to 1 kg.
The packaging machine CP 350 or UP 350 thus can easily and functionally be filled and operated from the above.
… peels the mango and removes the „cheeks“ in one cycle. Once the fruit has been positioned the machine takes the mango by the stone and it passes through the peeling and destoning stations.
The mango is a very tender fruit and so demands special care in processing. Conventional peeling methods fail to provide the desired result, as the fruit is often damaged. Due to the unique processing method, the Mango Peeler-de-Cheeker holds the fruit not on the outside, by the fruit, but by the stone.
During the subsequent peeling process the mango is peeled along the fruit. The result of this peeling method offers an “appearance to hand-peeled”, clean and smooth surface of the fruit. After peeling, the mango is de-cheeked, i.e. divided into two halves. This unique processing method increases the shelf-life of the product.
WE THANK ALL VISITORS FOR THEIR INTEREST AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEE YOU IN BERLIN IN 2017!
Hot of the press: we proudly present our new KRONEN brochure!
This clearly structured booklet contains all the information you need to know about us, our machines and solutions. Also, important references can be found there.
We wish you much fun when browsing and reading!
Anuga Food in Cologne: We were there!
Trade visitors from all over the world experienced our machines in operation, obtained comprehensive information about our complete assortment and benefited from the expert advice of our exhibition team.
Something we are particularly pleased about: The very good response and the big interest especially at the Anuga Food (as one of the most important trade fairs for the food industry) were gratifying. We presented a wide range of our machines, enabling visitors to understand how to optimize such production line processes: from trimming and sorting, cutting, washing, dewatering and drying up to packing the products - everything from a single source.
Interested visitors and customers took the opportunity to get first-hand comprehensive & competent information about the Kronen processing technology with cost-saving automation possibilities.
We would like to thank the numerious visitors for their high level of interest and the constructive conversations.
From 1 September 2015, our US subsidiary KRONEN Corp. in Cohoes/NY has moved to new premises in Wisconsin. After the founding in 2011 a successful development has built up in the KRONEN Corp. under the leadership of William (Bill) Creitz. Actually, Bill has left the company to enjoy his retirement. For this reason the restructuring of the company along with the move was necessary.
We thank Bill at this point for his many years of successful service for the Company.
When selecting a suitable successor the prime focus was on the ongoing development of customer relations with expanded service offerings.
For this reason, we have transferred the new management of the US subsidiary to Russell (Russ) Quandt. He is supported by Geoffrey (Geoff) Norton (inside sales manager) and Terry Heintz (service engineer). We are pleased that Geoff with his years of experience from the partnership with William (Bill) Creitz stands for continuity and we could win him for this important task and further cooperation, associated with the move to Madison.
Russ maintains a high level of food processing and packaging expertise due to his extensive experience with manufacturing operations. For over 26 years, Russ has successfully marketed equipment and systems tailored to a wide variety of food applications.
We are pleased to be well positioned with Russ Quandt and his team of skilled professionals to support our U.S. customers.
KRONEN Corp.
International Seminar on Fresh Vegetables Processing took place for the first time in Latin America on 9 July 2015.
Organized and produced by KRONEN and the very valuable help of KRONEN distributor JUAN NEUSTADTEL SAS in Colombia, this full day activity Seminar took place on July 9 at the Corferias Center in the capital city of Bogotá.
55 visitors from all around the country and the whole of Latin America came to this meeting to learn about new technologies and tendencies in the fresh cut market.
The participants benefited at Paul Woodward's lecture especially from his decades of experience in the English and Spanish market.
In this topic, Mariano Pereyra could incorporate much of his experience from a long process of change at one of the largest processors in Chile.
Juan Lindmayer gave valuable insight and assistance to the development of successful processing.
After these interesting lectures, seminar participants visited the booth of JUAN NEUSTADTEL at trade fair EXPO AGROALIMENTARIA. There they experienced LIVE presentations of various KRONEN machines: GS 10-2 Belt cutting machine, KUJ V Dice, strip & slice cutting machine, KSM 100 Vegetable cutting machine, K50-100 S Spin dryer.
On the following day, many of the international participants took the opportunity for an exchange of first-hand information and visited local producers working with KRONEN processing lines.
On 8 June 2015, a group of visitors from Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan on behalf of the giz (Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit) was guest at Kronen.
Economic cooperation aimed between small and medium-sized enterprises from Germany and Central Asia was the important topic of this Germany trip of the young entrepreneurs mainly from the agricultural sector.
Managing Director Stefan Zillgith presented the company Kronen, as well as special topics like E.g. "marketing concept of Kronen" and "New trends in vegetable processing and innovation management" in his short speech.
After that the guests gained an initial insight into the company on a tour of the plant, also some machines for the processing possibilities for salad, fruit and vegetables were presented live.
Dr. Sabine Kübler finalized her doctoral dissertation on the subject "Assessment of Innovative, Industrially Applicable Processing and Sanitizing Methods for the Production of Fresh-Cut Lettuce and Chicory" with support of KRONEN gaining her doctorate at the University of Hohenheim.
The doctoral dissertation of Dr. Sabine Kübler is published by Shaker Verlag, Aachen. If you are interested in this book please feel free to contact us.
Company GHISETTI based in northern Italian Badia Polesine has recently purchased a new processing line handling potatoes up to 800 kg per hour.
Ghisetti is a long-established and large fruit & vegetable trading company. Quality, freshness and service: These are the cornerstones of the Ghisetti brand for 130 years. Their product portfolio includes cleaned, ready-cut and vacuum-packed vegetables such as carrots, beetroot, corncobs - as well as potatoes in different shapes and various packing sizes.
In the course of increased demands, Ghisetti decided to produce and process products on its own and on site. The company wants to be faster and closer in the market for pre-cooked, vacuum-packed products. In addition, Ghisetti will expand its product range with various other kinds of vegetables. Therefore, a new facility has been built to make room for the new KRONEN high capacity processing line.
This production line has been projected in close cooperation with enterprises FORMIT and EKKO for destoning, peeling, washing potatoes and other vegetables. Then, after these processing steps the products are transferred to the suitable cutting machine - depending on whether dices or slices are required.
This processing line is part of a complete KRONEN vegetable production line consisting of GEWA washing machines, cutting machines and suitable conveyor belts.
Roller sorting table and return conveyor belt in the knife area of the peeler, for potatoes to be re-peeled. Thereby, automated processes take less time and need less manpower for sorting and end cleaning.
a GS 10-2 Belt cutting machine, for clean and perfect slices..
If the potatoes (or other vegetables) do not have to be cut they can be placed directly onto a conveyer belt. Moreover, both cutting machines offer the big advantage of being mobile and they are, therefore, extremely flexible and can be used at different locations along the line.
Robot station for tomato processing, consisting of 5 interlinked main components: roller inspection table, cutting machine PGW, image processing system, robot and grip system. Tomatoes are inspected and separated at the roller inspection table and transported to the robot station. Thereon, the tomatoes are detected and selected by the image recognition system which precisely calculates the coordinates of the gripper mounted on the robot. The tomatoes will be gripped by the robot one by one and placed orientated onto the cutting machine PGW where will be cut into perfect and equal slices.
GEWA XL washing machine offering optimal washing results for larger quantities of vegetable, salad and fruit. This machine is an outcome of the RESFOOD project (www.resfood.eu/web/) which was showcased at the ANUGA FoodTec 2015 for the first time.
The broad-based and competent portfolio of KRONEN is evidenced by the new business sector “KRONEN SYSTEMS” with an objective of pooling the high level of competence of a group of experts in developing complex solutions for automation and rationalization of food processing technologies. Findings and experiences of this group will be processed in a targeted manner and constantly crosschecked and tuned to the research results of the leading European institutes and renowned research organizations for the food processing technology. KRONEN customers shall be integrated more and more in the implementation of joint research projects in order to benefit as direct application users from the new technologies. This group is open for food technology experts in all areas of industry, research and development.
Also this year we are looking back to a very successful Fruit Logistica. Demand for our Kronen machines for the salad, vegetable, fruit processing industry is growing constantly, and we are proud of that! This is mainly due to investments in development of new products as well as pursuing a consistent company strategy.
GDM 35 grape destemmer for automatic destemming of grapes, without damaging the grapes.
CP 350 packaging machine for packing of all types of free-flow and pasty food and non-food products.
The visitors expressed a keen interest in the integrated solutions we offer and attested excellent technical expertise and professionalism.
As a special highlight, the Kronen stand visitors enjoyed culinary delights freshly prepared by the gourmet chefs Wolfgang Blum and Andreas Eigner. The recipes of these delicacies have already been published in our Kronen annual calendar 2015.
Due to the innovative Kronen up-to-date technique the food preparation has become a delicious experience for eyes and palate!
We would like to thank all our visitors for the interesting dialogues at the fair and look forward to implement new challenges in cooperation with our customers!
Almost at the same time two important trade fairs Agroprodmash and Golden Autumn were held in Moscow (6.-10. / 8.-11. Okt.2014).
At both exhibition places we presented ourselves with our own attractive booths.
„We offered an overview of our KRONEN product portfolio to the very interested vistors. We are happy about the positive response and the opportunity of establishing new contacts but also cultivating and developing existing customer relations, " says Stephan Zillgith, Managing Director.
Many thanks to all visitors at our KRONEN customer day!
On the occasion of the KRONEN Customer Day on September 26, 2014 and the International Representatives' Conference (September 24 + 25, 2014), Stephan Zillgith, Managing Director, and his KRONEN team welcomed more than 170 visitors from over 30 countries.
The extremely high level of response from the national and international customer and interest groups shows that KRONEN is right with the concept of LIVE demonstrations of its diverse processing options for salad, vegetables and fruit. The guests were particularly interested in the machine highlights and innovative solutions for the fresh cut area.
"We support our users with machines and technologies that are precisely tailored to their tasks, and we also involve partner companies who are leaders in their field, thus offering our customers optimum solutions," explains Johannes Günther, Sales Director at KRONEN. Also represented were competent cooperation partners of KRONEN GmbH, e.g. with products from the field of packaging technology.
Not only the sunny autumn weather but also the relaxed evening program rounded off the successful event. We are delighted with the extremely positive response from our customers and thank all our guests for the successful day!
New KRONEN-Website goes ONLINE!
KRONEN presents its newly modified and clearly structured website with its extensive offers and expanded features!
The new website operates with a "responsive web design" that fit multiple screen sizes of mobile devices. This means, in particular, the flexible and optimal adaption to e.g. smart phones, tablet PC, and other.
All important facts and information about our products are available for download, such as technical data, videos, brochures, etc.
The practical product finder tool allows you to get the right combination of machines and devices for almost every application. And those who want to can register easily for the KRONEN newsletter.
Company UST GmbH, Berghaupten-Germany, was entrusted with the professional implementation of the new, even more attractive KRONEN website.
The picture shows Stephan Zillgith, Managing Director of Kronen (on the right side) and Ingo Ullrich, Managing Director of UST (on the left side) releasing the new KRONEN website - at the push of a button.
Bell pepper processing on a large scale!
KRONEN engineers developed an automated bell pepper processing line according to specific customer’s requirements, consisting of two (2) GEWA 5050V PLUS Bell Pepper washing machines with integrated transport systems.
Up to 7 tons/h raw product can be processed (= approx. 5 - 5,5 tons good product). The processing line will become operational already in June 2014.
These machines have been specially designed for WASHING & SORTING sliced bell pepper (completely cut with core and kernels). One of the key features is an automatic separation method allowing different kinds of bell pepper (diced or sliced) to be processed.
We herewith invite all our customers and interested parties to the CUSTOMER DAY on 14 June 2014 at the premises of our cooperation partner GKS Packaging b.v. at Son, Netherlands.
GKS will introduce their new machine platform and show you several important recent developments which will give our customers the benefit in the years to come!
No better way to do this while enjoying good food, drinks, music and an exhilarating high speed car rally. During the evening the time trials of the final race of the national rally championship is held on Ekkersrijt, the industrial park where GKS is situated.
Even better, the circuit passes GKS company and we guarantee the best view from the VIP deck !
Please inform us of your attendance before the 1st of June. You can do this and even ask for further information (agenda, etc.) by sending an email to info@kronen.eu.
Sensitive handling of vulnerable products...
Strawberries belong undoubtedly to one of those fruit which need to be treated & washed extremely gently.
Actually, our Kronen engineers met these challenges by developing creative features at a GEWA 5000 washing machine for a Portuguese customer. This frozen fruit & vegetables producer is one of the most important European actors in the frozen vegetable sector. Acting quick and efficiently are basic guidelines and, therefore, they have invested in an automated machine park.
The KRONEN GEWA 5000 washing machine is an important component of this automation process: Up to 2 tons of fresh strawberries - and other products such as tomatoes - are washed per hour.
The machine is specially designed for gentle, continuous washing followed by a combined suction/blowing unit on the belt outfeed.
First, the height-adjustable DRYING/BLOWING UNIT (1) is drying the upperside of the strawberries (and other products), from a vertical position.
The SUCTION UNIT (2) removes all the water that is caught in the mesh belt and also reduces the water content from the lower surface of the strawberries coming from the washer. This feature enables a significant reduction of water diversion to subsequent processing steps.
An additional BLOWING UNIT (3) installed below the belt removes residual small-parts.
By means of this gentle washing & drying procedure the strawberries - and any other products - are ideally prepared for further processing (in this case: shock freezing).
Further highlights of this machine are the KRONEN Water-Management-System (WMS = centrally controlled filling and emptying of the washing machines) with 3 sand trap funnels as well as a lateral fines removal drum.
Also this year, the great importance of Fruit Logistica 2014 (5 - 7 February, Berlin) has been fully confirmed for Kronen. A large number of interested visitors took the opportunity to get first-hand comprehensive and competent information about the machines which have been demonstrated live.
Together with the cooperation partners GKS Packaging, JFPT foodlife und ZTI Mechatronics many conversations were conducted with domestic and international customers and interested parties. This shared network offers a lot of synergy gains and cost savings opportunities.
As a special highlight Kronen presented its multipurpose slicing machine GS10-2. This belt cutter not only appears in a new look but also impresses with its high-performace technology and substantial functions. For more information, click at following link.
In the second year on the row, visitors had been spoiled by culinary delights - freshly prepared by the gourmet chefs Wolfgang Blum and Andreas Eigner.
Both chefs created exquisite meals with seasonal ingredients which already had been published in our own Kronen annual calendars 2013 and 2014. A great variety of these recipes had been presented live.
Due to the innovative Kronen up-to-date technique the food preparation became a delicious cooking experience!
We look forward to seeing you again in Berlin next year!
The "grape destemmer" is the first machine that removes the berries from the grape, from the individual stems cleanly, carefully and automatically. Grape bunches are placed at the top of the machine. Then the mechanics triggers the individual berries gently by a rotating movement, without causing damage to the fruit, and places them gently on the conveyor again, where the finished product can be visually controlled by the staff.
The output is three to five times higher per person than with purely manual processing. Depending on the variety and quality of the grapes, up to 240 kg per hour can be processed.
The grape destemmer is nominated for the "FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award 2014".
NEW: KSM 100 KRONEN salad & vegetable cutting machine!
- Small opening for long products such as cucumbers, courgettes, carrots, radishes, etc.
Nicht nur Gemüse oder Salat sondern auch Käse (z.B. Edamer) können Sie mit der KSM 100 Universalschneidemaschine schneiden bzw. raffeln (feinste Streifen).
Presentations of Multivac, Bizerba and KRONEN, which complement one another with their range of products offering sophisticated customer solutions from “top to toe”.
Presentation and demonstration of the vertical form, fill & seal machine CP 300 (convincing by its versatility and compact design) and other KRONEN machines by Johannes Günther, Sales Director of KRONEN.
Presentation and discussion about the latest findings regarding the processing of freshcut products by Juan Lindmayer, KRONEN Area Sales Manager Latin America.
Visit to a new processing company providing 40 t of product to hotels & restaurants as well as catering, guided by Cristian Ibacache (Product Manager KRONEN, Multivac Chile).
At the end, there was a lively exchange of information and opinion, accompanied by culinary creations of Giancarlo Mazzarelli, wellknown head chef of the restaurant Puerto Fuy (Santiago de Chile).
ANUGA 2013: The new KRONEN dipping bath KDB 120 !
The new KDB 120 dipping bath has been developed for final treatment of peeled or cut fruits or vegetables. It is the dipping bath with the smallest fill quantity on the market !
By application of e.g. Nature Seal®, other liquids or water soluable powders a prolongation of shelf life and, consequently, increase of product quality will be achieved.
Only the Best is good enough ...
… true to this motto, „LGV Frischgemüse Wien“ supplies fresh vegetables and salads to its customer throughout Austria. Starting June 2013, the company will offer freshcut salads which will be produced in a newly built production facility near Vienna.
„We have made the decision to invest in a professional salad processing line from Kronen. Characteristics like innovative machine technology, solution-focused know-how and the excellent quality really convinced us." says LGV-Director Mag. Gerald König.
Various, efficient accessories such as trimming table, basket carrousel, infeed and outfeed conveyor belts are optimally integrated and, therefore, a fully continuous operation is ensured.
Professional salad processing line for washing (with GEWA 3800B PLUS) lamb's lettuce, the pre-washed product will be flushed gently into the Vortex system for final treatment stage. The longer, controlled contact times during the washing process allow reduction of germs and increasing shelf life and quality of the processed lettuce.
A standardized KRONEN central control system is now available offering an optimal cost-to-benefit ratio.
These process visualisation components allow to promptly locate maintenance messages or error messages.
In case of product queuing, the system automatically stops upstream machines and avoids the waste of valuable raw material.
Beginning of this year, a fully operational cutting machine GS 10 - 20 years old - has been thoroughly inspected, maintained and repaired by our customer service center.
This machine provided 20 years of reliable service, thus proving the high quality and longevity of our KRONEN machines. The general overhaul carried out by the KRONEN service team turns what is old into something "like new" - well prepared for the challenges of the next years and decades!
Hot off the press KRONEN presents its own annual calendar 2013.
KRONEN is a world-famous manufacturer of high-quality machines for processing of lettuce, vegetables and fruit. It is only natural then that we present a calendar containing delicious recipes made primarily from vegetarian products, with ideas for the year.
Wolfgang Blum and Andreas Eigner have created exquisite meals with seasonal ingredients that are certain to delight your taste buds.
Jörg Wilhelm’s photography makes for a perfect presentation of the results. The depiction of fresh products once again demonstrates the fresh spirit, enthusiasm and creativity of our engineers in developing solutions for the requirements of our customers – which we have proven day after day for the past 30 years.
Starting in January 2013 we will publish the creative recipes in our monthly newsletter.
Link: Please register here!
Successful Customer Day at KRONEN in Kehl, Germany!
Over 150 participants from more than 30 countries around the world came together at the International Kronen Representative Conference on 26 and 27 September followed by an open house for our customers the next day.
Stephan Zillgith, Managing Director and his team presented both new and well proven machines to our sales representative and to our customers who are international experts in salad, vegetable & fruit processing.
Zillgith stated “That this year’s representative conference and customer’s day was an overwhelming success with more customers and sales representatives attending than ever before. Comments from our customers and sales representatives said they were extremely impressed with our techniques, innovation, capability and diversity.” This extremely positive feedback of all participants confirmed that Kronen is on the right track with the annual Kronen Customer Days.
At Kronen’s showroom and manufacturing facility the focus was on live demonstrations preparing, peeling, cutting, washing, drying and packaging of many different food products. Showing how Kronen equipment benefits the customer’s needs gave them the opportunity to learn how to improve the quality of their products and to increase the efficiency of their production line leading to greater success for them.
The new GS 20 Belt Cutting machine showing many improvements to the GS line of Belt Cutting machines.
The GS 10 TTS, an offshoot of the GS 10, for topping, tailing and slicing to maximize yields and reduce fines of many fruits and vegetables.
The TT 450 Top and Tail machine, developed with a large processor’s input, to greatly improve yields and reduce manpower on leafy products such as Romaine and Frisee.
The long successful KUJ dicing and strip cutting machine redeveloped with new and improved features and benefits.
The Vortex system featuring gentle handling of products for the reduction germs using a long dwell time treatment system.
WMS Waste Management Solutions.
The Tenrit TMS C for accurate peeling of long products, i.e. carrots, cucumbers, asparagus.
The FoodLife SDS 5000 designed to effectively dry leafy products without the use of spinners.
The FP 20 Mango Peeling machine which peels as if done by hand. Other models are available to peel citrus and kiwis.
Presentations and lectures from Kronen’s cooperation partners complemented the program.
The network building between all those attending was concluded with a special evening event at a local holiday event.
In keeping with tradition, after all customer and sales representatives left, all Kronen employees and their families were shown Kronen’s appreciation for the great of intensive preparation after this three day event. More than 180 visitors enjoyed the popular Kronen family day watching the live demonstrations, touring the plant and having fun with many children’s programs.
The Vortex line has been developed for the final treatment of vegetables (including leaf salads and root products) and fruit (e.g. apples, grapes).
The line features a tubular system with infeed and discharge openings. The pre-cleaned products (fruit or vegetables) are transported into a hopper. Rotating nozzles located at the side gently and reliably flush the products into the system. The product is conveyed with water through the entire length of the tube and finally discharged. The products are moved on to a transport or vibration belt via a water slide. For germ reduction purposes and for enhancing the quality and shelf life of the products, chlorine dioxide or antioxidants can be added to the flushing water. The required contact time can be adjusted and controlled via the flow rate.
As all KRONEN-machines and lines, the Vortex-line is constructed in a very solid way and, therefore, particularly suitable for operation under very difficult conditions.
With a major order from a renowned European salad processing company, KRONEN can celebrate another success for its international growth strategy. Actually, the 4 Vortex washing lines have been delivered to the major customer mid July 2011.
NEW: Automatic KRONEN Weighing Belt System!
Mainly Iceberg, Frisee, radicchio and other leafy lettuces with capacities of 1300 - 1400 kg per hour are processed adding a mixture of 5 - 45 % (depending on produce). Dosing sliced cabbage but also other products such as carrot sticks, shall be provided automatically always in the same mixture ratio. The advantages are obvious: Automatic operation and, thereby savings in personnel, continuous weighing process without belt stop on mainproduct, storage of production data (statistics), etc.
“The master belt (weighing belt at main line) is weighing the main product and providing the mixture quantity to the second weighing belt. Via touch panel recipes can be selected, stored and managed. Daily output quantities, batch quantities, backwards counter and plain text error messages are also displayed. Stand-alone-operation and cleaning mode has been considered as well. The weighing belts with buffer belt will be controlled by a separate switch box. The filling level of the buffer belt will be monitored by an optic sensor and the operating status.
We have pleasure in inviting all customers and interested processors to our premises in Kehl.
We are sure that we can demonstrate many interesting KRONEN novelties coming along with presentations of some of our system partners (dosing technology, packaging machines,Nature Seal® - shelf -life extension technolgy, hygiene and cleaning, etc.
the next generation vertical form, fill and seal machine - with intuitive graphical user interface, automatic marker and print adjustment, etc.
and many more !
With this major order from a renowned European salad processing company, KRONEN can celebrate another success for its international growth strategy. Actually, the 4 Vortex washing lines have been delivered to the major customer mid July 2011.
The new Vortex-lines from KRONEN have been developed for final treatment stage for vegetables (like e.g. various leaf salads, root products, etc.) but also fruits like apples and grapes achieving germ reduction and prolongation of shelf life and, consequently, increase of quality of products.
The principle of the washing line is simple: it operates by means of a tubular system (inside diameter 150 mm) with infeed and outfeed opening. The precleaned produce (vegetable, fruit) will be poured into a funnel. The produce will be flushed gently and reliably into the system by lateral rotation nozzles. Thereafter the produce flowing through the total tube length will be conveyed to the outlet. The produce than will be delivered to an outfeed belt or vibration belt by means of a water slide. Flexible contact and dwell time of the produce is adjustable from 1 to 3 minutes.
The modular and space-saving tubular system can easily be integrated into existing salad processing lines, various installation layouts for customer specific conditions are possible. For mechanical cleaning the pipelines can be disassembled easily and quickly by means of screw connections.
As all KRONEN-machines and lines, the Vortex-line is constructed in a very solid way and, therefore, particularly suitable for operation under very difficult conditions.
Gold-GS 10: Winnings information...
The presentation of the 2011th GS10 "golden" belt cutting machine proved to be a special highlight. This machine - a multipurpose cutting machine for salads, vegetables and fruits has now been raffled among the participants.
We congratulate Mr. Kunze to his first prize!
We would like to thank all participants who took part in our exclusive price draw.
FRUIT LOGISTICA: join the big GS 10 price draw!
Just in time of the Fruit Logistica 2011 in Berlin KRONEN GmbH will have a big event to celebrate: the 2011th „Belt cutting machine GS 10“ – worldwide top selling belt cutting machine of its class – will be presented as GOLD model. In order to celebrate this success with their customers Kronen will raffle this machine.
The most successful, long performing „GS 10” its the ultimate all-purpose belt cutting machine. It is ideal for use in large kitchens, catering and industrial applications. With its revolving knife the GS10 achieves precise, consistent results. Due to the variable size adjustment of 1 to 50 mm with digital display, the GS 10 is ideally suited for a wide range of applications.
It is equipped with a new and user friendly program control; knife speed and conveyor speed are programmable and, moreover, up to 100 arbitrary memories are available.
The GS 10 slices delicate leaf-salad products and herbs like chives, dill, parsley, etc. It also grates and shreds raw vegetables, fruit, cheese, bread and many more products. Blade changes can be made fast and easy, the cut sizes can be adjusted via keypad. Capacity: up to 800 kg/h.
Special mention must be made of its varied fields of application in industrial environments with their specific demands. There is hardly any other machine on the market that has such a wide range of accessories such as knives, dicing & segmenting tools, infeed & outfeed belts, preparation tables, etc.
GS10 are in use worldwide, e.g. cutting seaweed on the Russian Sachalin-islands, dicing mangos in Thailand, slicing surimi and chicken meat for sandwiches in France, cutting chives into rings in Northern France and Israel, slicing salmon and herring into bites in Iceland, slicing pineapple in Indonesia, slicing radishes in China, and a series of other things.
With the new 2D-square cut knives the cutting quality and the cutting capacity are considerably improved: perfect square cuts of lettuce can be cut with this new knife. Chinese cabbage, Iceberg lettuce, Romana, etc. can be processed up to 1000 kg. With its 1400 sold machines all over the world the GS 10 is the most sold machine of its class.
Based on the proven technique of the world wide most sold belt slicer GS10 the GS 10 TTS belt cutting machine has been developed to be able to control the cut size and minimize the waste on product cut in combination with the horizontal out feed belt.
With measuring the product size the GS 10 TTS is able to eliminate waste on specific cuts and reduce it to a minimum on others. The cutting is controlled by a PLC and allows the machine to adjust the cut to the product size and the customer’s specification to achieve the minimum waste on applications like melon chunks, pineapple tid bits, chicken breast slices and many others.
The GS 10 TTS offers as well the possibility to Top & Tail product and even slice product at the same time to the customer’s specification.
If the special application of the GS 10 TTS is not needed the machine can in addition be used just as a standard GS 10 belt slicer to shred lettuce or carrots, to dice tomato or strip cut cucumbers. A variety of accessories like cutting discs, conveyor belts and trimming tables are available. The solid industrial machine is completely made of stainless steel AISI 304 and can easily be cleaned and maintained.
At FRUIT LOGISTICA in Berlin Kronen will be exhibiting some new machines as well as a wide range of its machine programme.
The SK 205 Peeling machine will get a new name: TMS 210.
One of the strong points of KRONEN lie in its ability to respond to customer's individual requirements, implementing further developments and appropriate adaptions.
The latest innovation product is the PAPRIKA-washing machine GEWA 3800V PLUS, it has been specially designed for washing sliced paprika and sorting cores and kernels.
Due to the automatic special separation method different kinds of paprika (diced or sliced) can be processed.
By means of a sophisticated water streaming system the waste and good product are separated thus saving extensive costs. The machine can easily be adjusted, e.g. for various kinds of paprika. Furthermore, it can be used as a standard washing machine by easily lifting up the link conveyor. A production output of approx. 1500 - 2000 kg per hour can be processed.
The standard design of the paprika washing machine includes WMS and sand trap funnels.
As all KRONEN-machines and lines, the PAPRIKA-washing machine is constructed in a very solid way and, therefore, particularly suitable for professional operation under difficult conditions.
The newly developed top & tail machine TT 450 is perfectly suited for coring lettuce with flat stem (e.g. Frisee, Endive/Escarole, Romaine/Cos) and cutting leaf tips.
The operator (2 persons possible) places the lettuce heads onto the automatic infeed belt.
The lettuce will be transported to the cutting blades and is kept in place with down holders for a correct and soft product guiding.
The lettuce core and the leaf tips are cut in one pass, which might be necessary with dry leaf tips or brown discoloration. Length of stem (10-60 mm) and of leaf tips (120-450mm) can be variably set. You can choose both functions together or only the coring function.
Sand trap: this sedimentation unit allows an optimal and thorough washing of even very soiled products! In combination with the WMS (water management system), an automatic part-drainage at regular intervals and consequently a permanent regeneration of the washing water can be assured.
Proportional product addition: the permanent weighing of the main product allows an adjustable addition of a second product at a ratio of 5 – 40% and thus provides automatic production of mixed salads.
With this salad line and its modern control technology, change of products and adjustment of product mix ratio, all this with a minimal staff employment, are a mere child’s play.
Sand trap: this sedimentation unit allows an optimal and thorough washing of even very soiled products! In combination with the WMS (water management system), an automatic part-drainage at regular intervals and consequently a permanent regeneration of the washing water can be assured.
Proportional product addition: the permanent weighing of the main product allows an adjustable addition of a second product at a ratio of 5 – 40% and thus provides automatic production of mixed salads.
With this salad line and its modern control technology, change of products and adjustment of product mix ratio, all this with a minimal staff employment, are a mere child’s play.
More information: http://www.kronen.eu.
Effective immediately, the KRONEN GEWA PLUS washing machines are available with a new optional sand trap funnel. In particular sandy produce like lamb's lettuce or sprout (separation of non-germinated seeds) will be washed gently and efficiently by this useful supplement.
with automatic sequential control: the sand trap funnel will be discharged automatically by means of a pneumatic valve. Settings as cycle of opening, opening period, etc. can be done at the switch box.
At the KRONEN facilities the sand trap funnel can be retrofitted in all existing KRONEN GEWA PLUS washing machines.
At Kronen the fruit days took place from 17 – 19 May 2010 for the first time. Many German and international customers followed the invitation to look closely at the various processing possibilities of fruits on the newly designed fruit processing machines.
The automatic apple peeler AS 16 – for peeling, slicing or segmenting & coring of up to 2000 apples per hour. This machine is perfectly suited for processing a wide size range of apples (60 – 120 mm diameter). In particular tooling can be changed easily and quickly. As usual, this robust Kronen machine has been conceived caring specially about simple maintenance, easy and efficient cleaning and, therefore, is best suitable for professional applications.
The automatic orange peeling machine CS XL – for peeling, coring and top & tail, as well as slicing and cutting of rings of up to 1400 oranges per hour. The CS XL guarantees an optimal quality of the oranges. Peeling depth and product sizes can be set very precisely and individually by a special sensor technology, measuring accurately each fruit and thus minimizing the peeling waste. This machine enables fruit suppliers to deliver fresh cut oranges to supermarkets and canteens.
The well-proven belt cutting machine GS 10 – equipped with an innovative special control for a precise waste-free cutting of fruits (like melons and pineapples) due to a sensor driven measuring of the fruit and a variable cutting speed. Depending on the setting of the machine approx 30 – 50 fruits (depending on size) can be processed per minute. By means of a segmenting device the fruits can be cut in bite-sized pieces. Furthermore, the GS 10 has been presented with a new horizontal outfeed belt for a gentle and clean delivery of the cut products.
The new special cutting machine Tona S180K for fruits and vegetables.This special cutting machine with a processing capacity of 1.200 pcs/h is the compact and little sister of the proven Tona Rapid (capacity: 4 800 pcs/h). Products like apples, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes and many more can be cut into perfect segments, slices, sticks and figurines. As a standard, the Tona S180K is supplied with a mobile trolley. Outfeed belts with or without product waste separation (e.g. apple cores) are available as optional extras.
KRONEN has launched in the market the Tona S180K vegetable and fruit processing machine as a real product innovation.
This special cutting machine with a processing capacity of 1.200 pcs/h is the compact and little sister of the proven Tona Rapid (capacity: 4 800 pcs/h). Products like apples, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes and many more can be cut into perfect segments, slices, sticks and figurines.
Simply place the fruit and vegetables on the machine, the pulse operated turntable will feed automatically the product beneath the pusher.
The Tona S180K is equipped with proven blue centring fingers (on 16 standard product holders), fruits and vegetables are gently fixed in the centre of the holder. Only 1 cutting insert and 1 pusher are required for processing which represents an important benefit.
As a standard, the Tona S180K is supplied with a mobile trolley.
Due to the solid and robust construction the Tona S180K is perfectly suitable for professional applications.
In the delicatessen industry the time for separating liquid from canned products can be reduced considerably. “K50 and Eco Centrifuges”: To dry all vegetables like leek, pepper, carrot, cucumber, onion, mushroom, pineapple, etc. For an efficient and gently drying of crunchy lettuce, chicory, Iceberg or lamb’s lettuce as well as delicate herbs. KRONEN Eco centrifuges are available with one speed (600 or 900 rpm), with transparent cover. KRONEN K 50 centrifuges are available with 7 speeds, with transparent cover or with inclined cover for convenient loading. Model K 50-100S has adjustable speed as well as a 100 program memory to achieve the perfect combination of spin speed and time for each individual product. The hygienic design completely made of stainless steel guarantees a quick and thorough cleaning. Accessory: The basket-carousel works as an efficient link between washing machine (serie GEWA) and centrifuge by ensuring continuous operation. It simplifies the change of the baskets and collects the overflowing product in the stainless steel base.
„Dicing and strip cutting machine KUJ“ - the KRONEN high performance dicer cuts strips from 2-20 mm and dices from 3-20 mm in precise, perfect cutting quality (capacity: up to 3000 kg / hour).
Even delicate products (such as onions, peppers, slightly frozen salmon, tomatoes or zucchini) can be processed. In addition to larger cubes cut from apples, melons, chilled ham, cooked & chilled meat and a variety of vegetables, tiny cubes as small as 3 x 3 mm can be cut.
Effective immediately the KUJ will be equipped with a frequency converter enabling the setting up of 7 speeds for a gentle cut of highly sensitive products like strawberries or cooked products (potatoes, beetroot, etc.); also wave cut is possible.
The most successful, long performing „GS 10” is the ultimate all-purpose belt cutting machine. It is ideal for use in large kitchens, catering and industrial applications. With its revolving knife the GS10 achieves precise, consistent results. Due to the variable size adjustment of 1 to 50 mm with digital display, the GS 10 is ideally suited for a wide range of applications. At the ANUGA 2009 the GS 10 will be presented with a new and user friendly program control; knife speed and conveyor speed are programmable and, moreover, up to 100 arbitrary memories are available. The GS 10 slices delicate leaf-salad products and herbs like chives, dill, parsley, etc. It also grates and shreds raw vegetables, fruit, cheese, bread and many more products. Blade changes can be made fast and easy, the cut sizes can be adjusted via keypad. Capacity: up to 800 kg/h. With the new 2D-square cut knives the cutting quality and the cutting capacity are considerably improved: perfect square cuts of lettuce can be cut with this new knife. Chinese cabbage, Iceberg lettuce, Romana, etc. can be processed up to 1000 kg. With its 1400 sold machines all over the world the GS 10 is the most sold machine of its class.
The new warehouse was inaugurated on 11th September 2008, after a construction time of only 5 months. The inauguration was celebrated with a pop/classic-concert of the well-known music ensemble piano.vocal, supported by the 40 man Baden-Symphony-Orchestra. The symbolic (yeast pastry) key for the new warehouse was handed over by Sylvie Rendler, Managing Director of the building contractor, to the Managing Directors of KRONEN Rudolf Hans und Stephan Zillgith.
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