Press review

Produce Processing online, 02.12.2021

"Since 2019, Gartenfrisch Jung GmbH, Kronen and the Leibniz Institute have been working on a new process to wash fresh-cut lettuce. During a project meeting at Kronen’s head office, a washing machine specially adapted for this decontamination process was tested. The next step is an extensive testing phase actually in a Gartenfrisch Jung production line. The initial point of the research project is to prevent the risk of microorganisms from contaminating packed cut lettuce. Commonly, cell sap released from fresh-cut lettuce combined with humidity — unavoidable in plastic packaging — provides a breeding ground for microorganisms."

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Freshplaza online, 16.11.2021

"A British coleslaw and ready meal manufacturer has recently installed Kronen´s UVC Lock lines in its food processing production to ensure the vegetables are in a hygienic condition before the next processing steps e.g. peeling carrots or cutting cabbage and onions*. This results in the surface of up to 3000 kg of vegetable being efficiently disinfected without heat exposure and without leaving residue on the product."

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Produce Processing online, 11.10.2021

"Food processing products provider Kronen recently hosted its first Online Customer Days, a four-day interactive event. More than 270 participants from all over the world registered for the expertise filled four-day interactive event."

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Eurofruit online, 07.09.2021

"Kronen, the producer and supplier of stand-alone and special machines as well as of high-tech processing lines for the Fresh-cut industry, is to host a virtual event for its customers on 4-7 October."

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Freshplaza online, 21.07.2021

"The combination of existing machines from different manufacturers with new machines to form an optimally coordinated processing line can be successfully implemented through a detailed consulting and planning process. An example of this is the commissioning of an apple processing line for up to 3000 kg per hour, in which Kronen machines work optimally together with already existing machines and enable an efficient processing."

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food Maketing & Technology magazine, Issue 3 June 2021

"With the chicory root cutter CRC200, KRONEN GmbH offers a new type of solution specially developed for processing chicory. The cutting machine removes the root and separates it from the product in just one processing step and with a capacity of up to 80 pieces per minute."

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Online News, Produce Processing, 21.04.2021

"Kronen and partner HiTec Food Systems have announced an updated version of the bell pepper-processing system PDS4L.
The new version of the PDS4L can de-core and segment up 3,600 bell peppers per hour and can be operated by just one person, who places the peppers on the pocket lane by hand to be transported to the core-and-cut section of the systeme."

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Online News, Asia & Middle East Food Trade Journal, 04.03.2021

"The vertical form, fill and seal machine is the third generation of the packaging machines suitable for small package sizes. Its optimized compact, modular design and the broad range of available options ensure flexible application for packaging different products such as small portions of sauces, dressings or nuts and croutons as well as cheese."

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Online News, Produce Processing, 14.01.2021

"There are already several washing lines in use around the world that are specially adapted to the requirements of kosher washing. An additional washing line is now being delivered, whose suitability for kosher washing of salads and other products has been tested in a mixture of online and inperson product inspection."

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Online News, Freshplaza, 02.12.2020

Space-saving packaging for vending machine salads

Since 2016, Lisa Zapf, managing director of Zalat-o-mat LLC in the south of Germany, has been operating a steadily growing number of vending machines, called Zalat-o-mats, in which fresh regional products -particularly vegetables and salads from her own farm- are sold. The increasing production volumes now made it necessary to purchase a KRONEN salad spinner and a packaging solution to meet the growing demand.

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Online News, Produce Processing, 26.10.2020

"Hygienic design, improved sanitation and enhanced efficiency are three of the biggest demands placed on food processing equipment manufacturers today. End users want to increase throughput while improving efficiency and food safety, all with fewer employees."

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Online News, Freshplaza, 08.10.2020

"Producing fresh and healthy products with little impact on the environment hasbeen the mission of family-run business Granja Mallorca for more than 20 years.
Granja Mallorca, a family-run producer of herbs and salads in the outskirts ofMontevideo, Uruguay, supplies different supermarket chains with their fresh,ready-to-eat products."

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Online News, "Produce Processing", 01.07.2020

"With the revision of the company logo, the message “KRONEN — THE CROWN FOR FRESHNESS” expresses the focus of the brand, which stands for customer-specific, innovative solutions of the highest quality for the fresh-cut industry..."

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Online News, "Frozenfoodeurope.com", 09.06.2020

"The Kronen Quality Management System (QMS) has been certified in the areas of development, production and sales according to the international standard ISO 9001: 2015. As the most widely used international standard in quality management, the standard ISO 9001 specifies requirements for the QMS of companies to meet customer requirements and product or service quality..."

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Online News, "Freshplaza", 22.04.2020

"As in the previous two years, Kronen Nahrungsmitteltechnik GmbH achieved an increase in sales for the 2019 financial year compared to the previous year. With its established sales partner network, Kronen again expanded its international success and delivered machines and processing systems to customers worldwide. And with the integration of the turning and milling parts manufacturer WS Edelstahltechnik as a Kronen division on April 1, 2020, Kronen is well positioned for the further success of the company with an expanded vertical range of manufacture..."

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Online News, "Produce Processing", 01.04.2020

"Kronen has taken a big step forward in a major processing line project its working on for Argentina’s largest supermarket chain, which also has a collection of associated restaurants..."

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Online News, "Freshplaza", 05.02.2020

"Together with Kronen's official representative in Israel, Muskat Technologies Ltd., Kronen has produced two GEWA 5000V PLUS washing machines for a customer near the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, which are suitable for kosher processing of salads and vegetables..."

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Online News, "Freshplaza", 10.01.2020

"At the Kronen GmbH Lebensmitteltechnik stand, visitors to Fruit Logistica 2020, which takes place in Berlin from 5th to 7th February, can expect the premieres of the DECONWA Prep washing machine and the GKS LEAF packaging machine, as well as the technically revised KS-7 ECO in a new machine design. In addition, the Kronen team of experts for “SMART Machines” provides information around the topic of communication-capable machines in fresh-cut production..."

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Online News, "Produce Processing", 06.12.2019

"Vietnamese food producer HAI THANH recently expanded from seafood processing to fruits and has its sights set on satisfying the increasing demand for mangoes. HAI THANH purchased a Kronen GS 10-2 belt-cutting machine to move away from manually cutting mangoes to doing it automatically..."

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Online News, "Potato Business", 14.10.2019

"KRONEN has recently announced it has completed a research project in Spain, in collaboration with Citrosol S.A and CNTA (National Center for Food Technology and Safety). Together, the three have developed an innovative solution for the prevention of cross-contamination and reduction of water and energy consumption in the washing process of vegetables and fruit..."

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Trade magazine Eurofruit, Issue 528, September 2019

"As global demand for avocados grows, so technology must improve accordingly. German group Kronen is keeping up with the trend by launching its Convenience Avocado Line..."

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Online News, "Fresh Plaza", 15.07.2019

"At the "Bortar Collective Cooking Factory" of the Bortar Group located in Izmir, Turkey, 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..."

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Online News, "Postharvest", 15.07.2019

"The laboratory results have been validated on an industrial scale at the VEGAMAYOR facilities. It represents a milestone in the use of PAA as a sustainable and alternative methodology to the use of chlorine for washing minimally processed fruits and vegetables.."

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Fleischerei Technik / Meat Technology, 27.06.2019

"Kronen Nahrungsmitteltechnik has developed a defibering knife especially for the processing of meat into pulled meat for use in the GS 10-2 belt cutting machine..."

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Online News Freshplaza, on 07.05.2019

"Following a visit to the KRONEN booth at the Fruit Logistica 2018, the exchange between VerdeAgua, producer of fresh-cut salads from Uruguay, and the KRONEN sales team intensified with regard to the salad-processing machines offered by KRONEN."

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Online-News "Fruitnet" on 04.04.2019 :
"Dutch fresh produce wholesaler opens newbuild facility, which features several pieces of Kronen machinery..."

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Trade magazine "Ftec", February 2019

"Automation with a Kronen processing line as the key to more productivity and resource savings at the Swedish fruit and vegetable retailer Gönsakshallen"

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Online-News "Fresh Plaza", 9 January 2019

"Kronen presents its “Industry 4.0” solutions at Fruit Logistica to a broader audience for the first time. Several Kronen machines are available as web-enabled version as of now. These so-called “SMART” versions are displayed at the trade show..."

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Online-News "Fresh Plaza", 9 October 2018

Machine supplier Kronen GmbH recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. During the gala dinner on Thursday evening, the opportunity was used to thank a few loyal partners, companies and customers for their long-standing cooperation. It was also announced that the management will now be expanded. Two people will join the team: Johannes Günther and Eric Lefebvre. Friday was dedicated to the future of the freshcut industry, and Kronen am Rhein's production area in Kehl am Rhein hosted numerous machine demonstrations.

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Online-News "Postharvest", 4 October 2018

Report on KRONEN Anniversary Gala and Customer Day 2018

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Online-News "Fresh Plaza", 24 August 2018

"KRONEN GmbH is looking forward its the jubilee next month and expresses its gratitude to customers and partners for the great, cooperative partnerships that have made KRONEN a success for 40 years. On the occasion of the anniversary, the company focuses on the people behind KRONEN. After all, they are responsible for the KRONEN success story, according to a statement."

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Trade magazine "Asia & Middle East Food Trade Journal", August 2018

"The Kronen SiMoHyP project aims to increase the microbial safety of packaged RTE products."

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Trade magazine "Fresh Focus", July 2018

"Germany-based company turns to UVC technology for a machine that disinfects produce and packaging."

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Online-News "Fresh Plaza", 4 May 2018

"The Grönsakshallen company - one of the largest greengrocers and freshcut producers in Sweden - is currently investing in modern, automated production. Recently, KRONEN GmbH installed a new processing line at the production plant in Hägersten, with which large quantities of lettuce and vegetables can be processed in a continuous process."

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Trade magazine "Eurofruit", May 2018

"An EU-funded project is working to develop an environmentally friendly and reliable alternative to chlorine-based disinfection systems."

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Online-News "Fresh Plaza", 16 April 2018

"Cube, strip and slice cutting machine KUJ V with serial number 1000 goes to Russia, to the renowned supermarket chain Azbuka Vkusa..."

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Online-News "Fresh Plaza", 21 March 2018

Report on Anuga FoodTec exhibition highlights on the KRONEN booth...

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Online-News "Fructidor.com", 6 March 2018

Report on KRONEN project and lecture at Anuga FoodTec 2018:

"The production of ready-to-eat, packaged fresh products such as fresh-cut salads has increased in the last couple of years. As an example: one important main element in fruit salads are 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."

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Trade magazine "food Marketing and Technology", February 2018

Report on Convenience Avocado Line of KRONEN:

"KRONEN GmbH meets the requirements of the convenience and freshcut market and has now introduced the first avocado processing line in the world."

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Online-News "Postharvest", 5 December 2017

Report on new trend product vegetable rice:

KRONEN cube, strip and slice cutting machine KUJ V allows the making of rice from different kinds of vegetables.

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Online journal "Freshplaza-AGF", 8 September 2017 (Dutch language only):
Report on the first customer day organized by SYNERGY SYSTEMS in NL-Oisterwijk.
SYNERGY SYSTEMS is the sales partner of KRONEN for the Netherlands and Belgium-Flanders.

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Trade magazine "Fruchthandel", Online news 6 August 2017 (German Language):
"...Kronen presents a further highlight: With the KRONEN KWS crate weighing system, crates are filled precisely weighed with cut, prepared or whole products ..."

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Trade magazine "Produce Processingl", issue of May/June 2017 :
"...expanding and engaging: New trends, such as spiralizing, redefine fresh-cut produce..."

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Lokalpresse "Mittelbadische Presse, 20. April 2017:
"Französische Schulabsolventen schauen in Ortenauer Betriebe"

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Local press "STADTANZEIGER" - 5 April 2017 (German language) :
"A location that scores with its bordering location. Stephan Zillgith, KRONEN GmbH, appreciates the advantages of the Ortenau (local area)..."

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Local press "Mittelbadische Presse" - 24 March 2017 (German language) :
"Annual Report 2016 presented / most significant year in company history"..."

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Local press "Mittelbadische Presse" - 16 March 2017 (German language) :
"A project of Kronen GmbH is funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture..."

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Trade magazine "Prozesstechnik", online report 28 February 2017 (German Language):

"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. 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..."

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Press release of "Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung" 31 January 2017 (German language only):

At the international GRÜNE WOCHE in Berlin, Federal Minister of Agriculture Christian Schmidt presented the funding agreements 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".

The project aims to develop an innovative method for the decontamination of process water used in the washing of sliced salads in order to preserve microbiologically safe ready-to-eat salads while reducing water consumption and energy costs."

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PROPAK ONLINE", June 2016 (English/Thai language):
"FOREFRONT at PROPAK in BANGKOK – Trust and credibility can only be earned through a long period of time."

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FreshPlaza Online 18 July 2016:
"Kronen engineers have developed a new and highly sophisticated GEWA washing machine in collaboration with the specialists from the system partner sterilAir (CH-Weinfelden) according to customer-specific requirements..."

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Exhibition Review magazine "FLEISCHEREI TECHNIK", 29. June 2016 (German language):

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Produce Processing "Fruchthandel", May/June 2016 :
"Kronen has launched its new GEWA mashing machine with a built-in UVC reactor."

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Trade magazine "Fruchthandel", 4 March 2016 (German language):
"On this year's Kronen booth visitors experienced a large and varied offer of the Kronen machine program..."

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Local press "Mittelbadische Presse" - 26 February 2016 (German language) :
"Balance 2015 of the KRONEN company: For the second time in a row sales and profit at a good level..."

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FreshPlaza Online 8 February 2016 :
"Kronen GmbH presented at this year's Fruit Logistica its new UVC-Lock high performance tunnel to a broad and international audience..."

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Local press "Mittelbadische Presse" - 4 December 2015 (German language) :
"... 3 young people started their training as industrial manager, IT-manager and industrial mechanics at Kronen..."

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Trade magazine "Food Marketing & Technology", December 2015
"Already in spring 2015 two more large lettuce production lines were realized and put into operation by Kronen at one of the largest food manufacturers in England: Kanes Foods, headquarted in Worcestershire,..."

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FreshPlaza Online 22 Octobert 2015 (German language only) :
"Kronen GmbH presents: "Destemming grapes no longer needs to be done by hand...."

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FreshPlaza Online 17 August 2015 :
"Kronen GmbH presents new pineapple & melon peeler: The newly developed AMS 220 is ideally suited to peel fruit in a great variety of different shapes and sizes..."

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FresPlaza Online 15 June 2015 :
United Fresh' annual tradeshow and conference took place in Chicago from June 8-10 this week. The picture shows Johannes Guenther (Kronen Sales Director) and Juan Lindmayer (Export Area Manager South America) representing Kronen's food processing equipment.

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