Krones AG, together with its subsidiaries, engages in planning, developing, and manufacturing machinery and systems for the fields of process technology, filling and packaging technology, and intralogistics in Germany and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Machines and Lines for Product Filling and Decoration, Machines and Lines for Beverage Production/Process Technology, and Machines and Lines for the Compact Class. It provides plant engineering solutions, such as planning new plants, plant expansion, plant structural planning, and energy and media optimization; and process technology systems for use in beer, soft drink, water, milk, wine, spirit, juice, and dairy products. It also provides filling technology products for bottle design, stretch blow moulder, PET recycling, bottle washing machine, filling technology, inspection technology, labeling, conveyor, product treatment, and block technology applications; and packaging, palletising, block, and robot technology products. In addition, the company offers intralogistics solutions, such as warehouse management systems, in-house solutions, and order picking systems for the food and beverage industries; and IT solutions, including manufacturing execution system, process control system, and warehouse management systems for beverage and food industry. It serves breweries, the soft-drinks sector, and producers of still or sparkling wines and spirits, as well as food and luxury-goods, chemical, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries. Krones AG was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Neutraubling, Germany.
