About KRONEN
Urschel is proud to offer KRONEN Systems in the U.S. and Mexico, and now in China and Pakistan. KRONEN is a family-run company, based out of Germany. With a highly qualified workforce and more than 45 years of industry expertise, KRONEN offers innovative food technology – worldwide.
The ultimate crown of freshness
At KRONEN, the company lives by high quality standards and constantly striving for the best possible solution every day. It is particularly important at KRONEN that the fresh food products processed on KRONEN machinery and systems still maintain their optimum quality after processing. With this in mind, KRONEN stands for safety, hygiene and long shelf life of fresh food.
Today, KRONEN employs a workforce of more than 130 and delivers solutions to over 120 countries.
KRONEN brand values
KRONEN is value-guided, future-oriented family-run company. The company’s goal is a partnership-based corporate culture, meaning that employees, customers and partners meet on an equal footing. As an employer, the company promotes the development of its employees and offers them the opportunity to use their strengths and progress further.
For KRONEN, sustainability means ecological and economic responsibility in the development of solutions, for example in terms of energy and water consumption or the durability of machines and systems. Sustainability also means building long-term customer relationships.
The development and success of KRONEN largely depend on the employees, their individual skills and potential, and their team spirit. KRONEN values, uses and promotes the different strengths of the individual employees. True to the motto: Make targeted use of existing potential – and release new potential. In addition, not only the KRONEN employees but also the international representatives are responsible for qualifying KRONEN customers. To enable them to use and operate KRONEN products optimally and in a profitable way (e.g. training in service and application).
KRONEN creates a synthesis of products, services and know-how, enabling the company to fulfill all customer requirements. If barriers become evident, KRONEN finds ways to overcome them. In doing so, KRONEN also crosses the borders between countries and cultures.
Being innovative means exactly understanding any new requirements of customers and finding a customized solution by applying new approaches. Being innovative also means working jointly with partners in research and industry and focusing energy on finding groundbreaking solutions for processing fresh products. Together with dedicated company partners, KRONEN seeks to create a better, safer future for the food sector.
As a family business, the KRONEN company attaches great importance to “fair play”. KRONEN is appreciative, loyal, cosmopolitan and human. KRONEN sees the company as a partner to customers and suppliers, who trust in KRONEN and rely on the company. And expect the same in reverse, of course. KRONEN treats everyone the same, both internally and externally, namely on equal footing, and handles challenges in an objective and solution-oriented manner. KRONEN acts in a committed, reliable and responsible way, based on a partnership approach. KRONEN is characterized by a cooperative working atmosphere, fair interaction and a culture based on dialog.
KRONEN assumes responsibility for its employees, customers, and the environment. The company strives to always provide customers with the highest and most consistent quality of services and machines. In addition to function, the focus is also placed on safety and hygiene. KRONEN keeps its promises. When KRONEN makes mistakes, the company owns up to them – fixing them as quickly as possible and learning from them. The company is driven is to support the production of healthy, fresh food products.
KRONEN philosophy: innovative food technology for fresh products
What is KRONEN’s mission?
As experienced experts and providers of ideas, KRONEN finds the right solution for every customer – from individual industrial machines through to high-tech engineered processing facilities.
Why, how and what?
- Why: The company believes that the most important task in processing food products is to preserve their freshness – as a contribution to healthy living.
- How: That is why they work day by day with an unlimited fascination for the food industry.
- What: The company therefore develop customized solutions that are efficient, safe and hygienic to make this freshness possible.
What benefits does KRONEN offer?
KRONEN has a good reputation worldwide. The company offers expert food processing solutions. Urschel is proud to partner with KRONEN to offer more options throughout the food processing industry. Explore more information about KRONEN.
What does that specifically mean?
KRONEN, offers 100% quality: including sustainable machines and solutions for trending products – transparent project management and machine availability through service. Urschel is proud to partner with KRONEN to advance the needs of food processors. Learn more about KRONEN food processing solutions.
Urschel KRONEN Partnership
Urschel Laboratories, Inc. is the global leader in food cutting technology, headquartered in the U.S., centrally located in Chesterton, Indiana one hour outside of Chicago. Urschel has a global network of direct offices and distributors surrounding the globe with centralized hubs in Europe and Asia. KRONEN GmbH is an international leading manufacturer of food processing technology for salad, vegetable, and fruit processing located in Germany. The goal of both partners is to strengthen their market positions, combine their expertise, increase sales, and achieve sustainable growth. Both companies and brands will remain fully independent, and Urschel manufacturing and production in Chesterton, Indiana, U.S.A. as well as KRONEN sites in Kehl and Achern, Germany will continue to operate as before.
The sales collaboration will begin in the United States and Mexico in July. In Asia, Urschel will take over sales starting in 2026. Urschel and KRONEN are united by a range of strategic goals to combine their strengths and develop together. Urschel customers should contact their local Urschel salesperson in the U.S. and Mexico via urschel.com if interested in a KRONEN purchase or to learn more about KRONEN products visit kronen.eu. More and more information about KRONEN systems will be added to the Urschel website in the coming months.
“The partnership is a milestone in KRONEN’s company history. Announcing such a collaboration is not an everyday occurrence. It strengthens our position and visibility in the market. With the increase in orders and revenue, and with Urschel’s investment in our two production sites in Kehl and Achern, we can accelerate our development. This allows us not only to remain a future-proof employer, but also to expand our production capacities and further enhance the development of new solutions,” says Stephan Zillgith, managing partner of KRONEN GmbH.
From an operational standpoint, the sales partnership collaboration is clearly defined in countries and regions. Soon, Urschel will have sole distributor rights in the U.S.A, Mexico, and Asia (excluding Vietnam). Leveraging the Urschel global network of sales and support in these regions will be a win-win proposition for both companies.
Urschel exclusively manufactures Urschel cutting systems for high processing capacities as well as all crucial parts and knives for Urschel cutting machinery. KRONEN machines and lines complement Urschel’s product range. This enables Urschel to offer its customers in the U.S.A., Mexico, and Asia complete solutions – from disinfection, preparation, peeling, cutting, mixing, washing, drying, conveying, and weighing to packaging. Additionally, KRONEN small to medium cutting machines, which meet different customer requirements, further expand Urschel’s portfolio and will also be distributed.
