Award for the Robot Avocado Line

KRONEN and our representative KayDee Solutions were honored as “Best Processing Innovation” for our robotic avocado line at Gulfood Manufacturing 2025 in Dubai.

Interview with Eric Lefebvre and Martín Mottura

Peracetic acid disinfection – safe and sustainable hygienization for the industrial washing of fresh produce

Innovative processing line for up to 2 t/h

Networked, fully automated plant for weighing, sorting, washing and drying salad leaves - e.g. baby leaf or mixed salad - and leafy vegetables.

Research under realistic conditions

The Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology e.V. (INP) and KRONEN have been cooperating for several years. The INP now commissioned a new climate chamber with a HEWA 2600 washing machine.

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Agrifresh produces high-quality fresh-cut products

The company is one of the leading providers of fresh-cut products in Lebanon – with a production capacity of 25 tons per day and operations running 365 days a year.

Local pineapples, global markets: Tropicaux relies on KRONEN machines

The company in Guinea produces high-quality dried fruit for customers worldwide. Thanks to the reliable technology of KRONEN machines, it can process up to 20 tons of fresh fruit into premium snacks every day.

Interview with Eric Lefebvre and Martín Mottura

KRONEN: innovative, fully automatic processing line for salad and leafy vegetables

Agrifresh produces high-quality fresh-cut products

Local pineapples, global markets: Tropicaux relies on KRONEN machines

The Crown for Freshness

Innovative food technology from Kehl for the world

The quality claim and the unrelenting endeavor for the best possible solution are experienced every day at KRONEN. It is particularly important for us at KRONEN that the fresh foodstuffs that are processed in our machines and systems are also of optimum quality after processing. In this sense, KRONEN stands for safety, hygiene and a long shelf life of fresh food.

As a family-run company, we stand for innovative food technology with our highly qualified employees and over 45 years of industry expertise - worldwide. We are personally there for our customers with agencies in more than 80 countries and supply our solutions to around 120 countries.

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Disinfection Peeling Preparation Cutting Washing Drying Mixing Conveying Weighing Packaging Lines for lettuce & vegetables Lines for potatoes Lines for fruit SMART Lines

Disinfection Peeling Preparation Cutting

Washing Drying Mixing Conveying

Weighing Packaging Lines for lettuce & vegetables Lines for potatoes

Lines for fruit SMART Lines

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Cutting

Washing

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Conveying

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Packaging

Lines for lettuce & vegetables

Lines for potatoes

Lines for fruit

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Salad leaves, vegetables & fruit

With KRONEN, you can rest assured that your production activities will run reliably and safely. Customers worldwide rely on our machines and lines for processing salad leaves, vegetables and fruit.

Salad leaves, vegetables & fruit

Vegan products

We are the leader when it comes to cutting or pulling soy and pea protein blocks: Perfect quality, a wide variety of cuts, and the highest standards of hygiene and cleaning.

Vegan products

Meat & fish

We are your specialist for special equipment for the continuous processing of meat, sausages and fish: absolutely reliable, with the highest hygiene and cleaning standards, and very cost-efficient.

Meat & fish

Baked goods

We offer individual solutions for processing bakery products or fruit and vegetables required for bakery and patisserie products: with maximum quality, hygiene, efficiency and flexibility.

Baked goods

Pet food

We are your specialist for individual solutions for the continuous processing of pet food: with perfect quality, the highest hygiene and cleaning standards and maximum reliability.

Pet food

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05.11.2025

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Robot Avocado Line wins award at the Gulfood Manufacturing show

Together with our representative KayDee Solutions, we are delighted that our Robot Avocado Line has been named “Best Processing Innovation” at Gulfood Manufacturing 2025. The award was presented on November 4 at the trade fair in Dubai.

04.11.2025

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A new climate chamber for practice-based food research at the INP

The Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology e.V. (INP) has commissioned a state-of-the-art climate chamber equipped with the HEWA 2600 B washing machine. The system simulates realistic production conditions and enables targeted research to…

03.11.2025

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WHAT’S NEW: Peracetic acid disinfection – safe and sustainable hygienization for industrial washing

Our sales team in Germany and in the USA as well as our KRONEN representatives in over 80 countries guarantee comprehensive consulting and service - all over the world.

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Sodexo processing center, Spain

Sodexo supplies the Santander Group in Madrid with meals prepared on-site. The fruit and vegetables used in the meals are processed using the KRONEN lines in the new processing center.

Sodexo processing center, Spain

Voie Verte, France

At the company VOIE VERTE in France, a washing line with three washing machines is achieving an optimal washing result and providing increased capacities in the production of ready-to-eat salads.

Voie Verte, France

Kimchi is spicy vegetables in a jar, previously cut using KRONEN machines

Production of Kimchi, Germany

Two German Start-up companies are serving the market with Kimchi and other vegetable products and beverages and since 2021 have increased production capacity due to the installation of KRONEN machines.

Production of Kimchi, Germany

Successful start-up of a salad processing line in Mexico

Salad Processing Line, Mexico

Given the strongly growing demand for cut, ready-to-eat salads in Mexican supermarkets, a salad wholesaler recently decided to join the fresh-cut sector. A big success: even before going into operation, its new processing line already had plenty to do for several weeks.

Salad Processing Line, Mexico

System for processing up to 1,200 apples per hour with the TONA S180K and the KDB

Foodlink, USA

As a pioneer among food banks in the US state of New York, Foodlink is helping to fight hunger in the Rochester community with over 5,000 meals a day. The ingredients for these meals are processed with machines from KRONEN.

Foodlink, USA

Pickled mushrooms before dewatering in the dewatering press DEW 200

Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH, Germany

The family-run company Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH is one of the 5 largest sausage manufacturers in Germany, producing meat and sausage specialties for delivery to large food retailers. Together with the KRONEN team, a new dewatering solution for ingredients was developed.

Wolf Wurstspezialitäten GmbH, Germany

Vending machines for regional vegetable products

Zalat-o-mat GmbH, Germany

Zalat-o-mat GmbH operates vending machines for regional products such as vegetables and salad products. Due to increasing production volumes, a KRONEN lettuce spin-dryer and a packaging solution were purchased.

Zalat-o-mat GmbH, Germany

Processing line for the Argentinian supermarket chain Coto

COTO C.I.C.S.A., Argentina

The largest Argentinan supermarket chain COTO C.I.C.S.A. operates supermarket branches, hypermarkets and shopping centers at more than 120 locations in Argentina, often with an affiliated restaurant.

COTO C.I.C.S.A., Argentina

KRONEN machines in the processing center of the Bortar Group

Bortar Group, Turkey

At the “Bortar Collective Cooking Factory” of the Bortar Group, every day 70.000 meals are prepared and delivered by the company´s own vehicle fleet to business centers, factories, schools or hospitals in the region of Izmir.

Bortar Group, Turkey

Delicate lettuce leaves are washed and spun dry in the production facility of Verdeagua

Verdeagua, Uruguay

In 2019, KRONEN and Verdeagua continued their success story which began at Fruit Logistica. Following the fair, the exchange between KRONEN and Verdeagua, a producer of fresh-cut salads from Uruguay, intensified on the topic of machines for salad processing.

Verdeagua, Uruguay

Postuma AGF, Netherlands

The Dutch fruit and vegetable wholesaler Postuma AGF has put in operation an entire processing facility for vegetables. With this, they can provide a diversity of high quality fresh-cut products in-house to their customers.

Postuma AGF, Netherlands

Start-up of the vegetable processing line at Grönsakshallen

Grönsakshallen, Sweden

Gronsakshallen installed in a new salad and vegetable processing line of KRONEN to expand its production. The goal of the new acquisition is to automatize production and save resources.

Grönsakshallen, Sweden

Acceptance test for the processing line for LENTA in Kehl

LENTA, Russia

Up to 600 kilograms of potatoes per hour are produced by the KRONEN potato processing line, which has been put into operation at the LENTA supermarket chain in St. Petersburg. For launching their new product portfolio of cleaned, ready-cut and vacuum-packed vegetables...

LENTA, Russia

Acceptance test for the processing line for Adam Theis GmbH in Kehl

Adam Theis GmbH, Germany

Two GEWA washing machines are integrated in this special salad processing line. With this innovative KRONEN GEWA 3800B PLUS washing line Fresh-cut salads, herbs and vegetables are washed thoroughly and carefully.

Adam Theis GmbH, Germany

Acceptance test for the vegetable processing line by Kanes Food from England

Kanes Food, United Kingdom

Kanes Foods approached KRONEN in conjunction with our English representative Lingwood Services Ltd. to help optimize the pre-preparation of various products such as carrot, beetroot and sweet potatoes.

Kanes Food, United Kingdom

KRONEN processing technology for food is even used on cruise ships

Cruise lines, airline catering and industrial food service

Companies from the air passenger catering industry, cruise providers as well as canteen kitchens and cafeterias from Germany and worldwide benefit from the innovative vegetable, salad and fruit processing technology of our KRONEN machines.

Cruise lines, airline catering and industrial food service

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