06.10.2023 - News article

Looking back on the KRONEN Customer Day 2023

On September 28 and 29, around 180 participants from all over the globe came to Kehl am Rhein to experience the KRONEN Customer Day, the company’s in-house exhibition featuring live machine demonstrations, an expert forum, a factory tour and evening events.

KRONEN’s in-house exhibition with an expert forum, which took place on September 29, showcased a multitude of both new and proven solutions in an exhibition area covering an impressive 3,200 square meters. On the evening before the event, customers and partners were invited to attend the Evening with KRONEN with the presentation of the KRONEN Award, while an eventful Friday was brought to a close with an evening at the “Oktoberfest” celebrations at the Europa-Park in Rust. 

The Customer Day was preceded by a gathering over several days attended by KRONEN representatives from locations worldwide. At this Sales Meeting, KRONEN provided its international representatives with an insight into its new solutions and topics, as well as running comprehensive training sessions. KRONEN GmbH has been hosting such events for customers and representatives since as early as 2008.

This year, around 180 participants from 44 different countries came to Kehl am Rhein to make the most of a jam-packed program of events.

→ You can read what they had to say about the Customer Day in our participant feedback.

→ You can find our picture gallery at the bottom.
 

New and proven solutions for salad, fruit and vegetable processing

The guests invited to the event including customers and interested visitors from the fresh-cut industry; convenience and ready-made meal manufacturers; large-scale kitchens and catering facilities; the frozen, dried and tinned food industry; producers of vegan products; and processing farms.

The factory tours provided visitors with an exclusive insight into KRONEN’s production facilities. In cooperation with its partners Synergy Systems, iWEIGH, GKS Packaging, sterilAir and Citrosol the KRONEN team presented a multitude of both new and established machines live and in full product-processing operation, for example:

At the KRONEN Forum, renowned experts from the industry and the world of research presented their results and findings on current, industry-relevant topics and were happy to answer audience questions in the subsequent Q&A session:

Presentation of the KRONEN Award

In addition to the abundance of industry knowledge and professional expertise, guests were also invited to enjoy a friendly get-together at the evening events. The Evening with KRONEN, which was held at the Orangery in the Calamus-Areal on September 28 and welcomed more than 150 attendees, also featured the presentation of the KRONEN Award to this year’s winners:

  • Largest Single Order in the Company’s History: Lingwood Food Services, Great Britain
  • Most Constant Market Growth: Industrade, France
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert Henderson, Mosur Machine, Canada

The Customer Day was brought to a close on Friday evening with a group visit to the “Oktoberfest” celebrations at the Europa-Park in Rust.

The KRONEN team would like to thank all of the participants for their visit and is already looking forward to the next industry gathering.

Stephan Zillgith, Managing Director of KRONEN, reflected on the successful event, stating:
 “It was wonderful to see that this year – for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic – so many companies accepted our invitation to come together again. We are delighted that the event was such a success and received such positive feedback from visitors from all over the globe.”
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