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23.09.2025 - News article

KRONEN and Urschel team up at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2025

From September 29 to October 1, KRONEN and Urschel will team up to showcase their solutions together for the first time at Pack Expo Las Vegas. This appearance will also mark the launch of the partnership announced back in the spring on the U.S. market.

At their joint stand N-7410 at Pack Expo Las Vegas, the two companies will present their food processing machines. KRONEN will showcase the following solutions:

The cooperation between KRONEN and Urschel aims to provide customers in the U.S., Mexico and, from 2026, Asia with a wide range of both machines and complete solutions from one single source – for tasks ranging from cutting to washing and drying and right through to packaging.

Stephan Zillgith, Managing Director of KRONEN: ”We are delighted to shine the spotlight on our cooperation with Urschel at Pack Expo, where we will show visitors the advantages of our shared expertise.”

Alan Major, Chief Sales Officer and a Member of the Urschel Board of Directors (front, third from left), and the four Managing Directors of KRONEN (from left to right), Stephan Zillgith, Rudolf Hans Zillgith, Johannes Günther, and Eric Lefebvre, as well as Wissam Badr, Head of Controlling, at the announcement of the partnership, which came into effect on April 29, 2025.
KRONEN’s headquarters and production facility for food machines are based in Kehl am Rhein, Germany. From here, the company delivers its solutions to around 120 different countries worldwide. In 2020, the company took over WS Edelstahltechnik in Achern, Germany, which manufactures turned and milled parts.
KRONEN GmbH manufactures machines and lines for processing fruit, vegetables, salad leaves, and other fresh foods, for example meat, fish, and vegan products. 
In 2015, Urschel opened its modern headquarters with an integrated production facility in Chesterton, Indiana, USA. The site was expanded in 2024 and now covers an area greater than 48,800 m².