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Krones – One-stop shop for producers of liquid consumer goods
Top-quality beverages and liquid foods are made of valuable raw materials like water, plant-based proteins and oats, fresh milk or hops, malt and yeast. But before they leave the factory, they go through a host of different processing steps – and the Krones Group has a suitable technical solution for each of these, starting with production itself, then state-of-the-art filling and packaging lines right through to plastics recycling, intralogistics and digitalisation.
It’s not only millions of beverage bottles and cans that are handled on Krones lines every day, the company’s solutions are also used in the food and stimulants industries, plus the chemical, cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors.
The company is headquartered in Neutraubling, Germany, and employs over 21,000 people worldwide. Consolidated sales in 2025 totalled 5.663 billion euros. Around 90 per cent of Krones’ products are sold abroad. Its roughly 3,000-strong international service team make sure customers get fast and targeted support – no matter when and where it is needed. The Krones Group includes not only Krones AG (listed on the stock exchange), but also far more than 100 subsidiaries and production, sales and service companies(opens external link in a new tab) worldwide.
An omni-capable corporate matrix – the Krones subsidiaries
The group’s portfolio is rounded off by numerous products and services from Krones’ subsidiaries which perfectly complement Krones AG’s own solutions:
Process technology
- Ampco Pumps Company(opens external link in a new tab) (Valves and pumps)
- Evoguard(opens external link in a new tab) (Valves and pumps)
- HST(opens external link in a new tab) (Homogenizers)
- Milkron(opens external link in a new tab) (Process technology for the milk-processing industry)
- Steinecker(opens external link in a new tab) (Process technology for breweries)
- Krones Processing India Private Limited(opens external link in a new tab) (Process-technology specialists for Asia)
- Krones Izumi(opens external link in a new tab) (Process technology for the South-East Asian market)
- Javlyn Process Systems(opens external link in a new tab) (Process technology)
- Perfinox(opens external link in a new tab) (Process technology for the beverage and liquid-food industries)
- Krones Process Group North America (Process technology for the beverage and liquid-food industries)
Filling and packaging technology
- Gernep(opens external link in a new tab) (Labellers for the low output range)
- Kosme(opens external link in a new tab) (Machines and lines for the low and medium output range)
- Konplan(opens external link in a new tab) (Engineering)
- Netstal(opens external link in a new tab) (Injection molding technology)
- MHT MOLD & HOTRUNNER TECHNOLOGY(opens external link in a new tab) (Injection moulds and hot runner solutions for PET, PP, PE and PLA)
- R+D Custom Automation(opens external link in a new tab) (Filling and packaging technology)
Intralogistics
- System Logistics(opens external link in a new tab) (Intralogistics, order-picking systems)
Plastics recycling
- Krones Recycling (Solutions for plastics recycling)
Lifecycle Service
- ecomac(opens external link in a new tab) (Pre-owned machines)
- KIC Krones(opens external link in a new tab) (Expendables)
- Krones Service Europe (Service support)
Digital Services
- Syskron (Digitalization, Cloud solutions)
- Process and Data Automation(opens external link in a new tab) (Integration of industrial control systems)
Family-owned company turns into technology group
Since being founded in 1951, the family-owned company has always boldly embraced change and has evolved into a global technology group that offers tailormade solutions for every production step: from individual machines and turnkey lines right through to the planning and erection of entire factories. Krones’ range of capabilities also includes consultancy and digital services that help optimise customers’ production operations. The company invariably adopts an integrated approach based on an all-embracing concept that covers everything from product development and project implementation right through to provision of the requisite service support once the customer’s line or plant is up and running.
Consistently high expenditure on research and development has played a crucial role in driving Krones’ success story. More than 6,800 full and utility patents bear eloquent witness to the company’s innovative potential. With “Solutions beyond tomorrow”, Krones is proactively pursuing the goal of supporting its customers’ commercial success, helping them on their way into a sustainable future as a dependable partner. Because, for Krones, entrepreneurial success and responsible action are two sides of the same coin.
Krones' journey to becoming a global technology group
Krones key statistics
| 2025 | 2024 | Change | ||
| Revenue | € million | 5,663.8 | 5,293.6 | + 7.0 % |
| Order intake | € million | 5,564.7 | 5,460.7 | + 1.9 % |
| Order backlog at 31 December | € million | 4,190.4 | 4,289.5 | – 2.3 % |
| EBITDA | € million | 602.3 | 537.1 | + 12.2 % |
| EBITDA margin | % | 10.6 | 10.1 | + 0.5 PP* |
| EBIT | € million | 417.1 | 368.6 | + 13.1 % |
| EBT | € million | 424.1 | 381.6 | + 11.1 % |
| EBT margin | % | 7.5 | 7.2 | + 0.3 PP* |
| Consolidated net income | € million | 299.2 | 277.2 | + 7.9 % |
| Earnings per share | € | 9.45 | 8.77 | + 7.8 % |
| Dividend per share | € | 2.80** | 2.60 | + 7.7 % |
| Capital expenditure for PP&E andintangible assets | € million | 185.1 | 181.1 | + €4.0 million |
| Free cash flow | € million | 247.7 | 113.2 | + €134.5 million |
| Free cash flow excluding acquisitions | € million | 282.9 | 292.5 | – €9.6 million |
| Net cash at 31 December *** | € million | 548.2 | 439.9 | + €108.3 million |
| Working capital to revenue **** | % | 17.3 | 17.0 | + 0.3 PP* |
| ROCE | % | 19.1 | 18.2 | + 0.9 PP* |
| Employees at 31 December | ||||
| Worldwide | 21,339 | 20,379 | + 960 | |
| Germany | 11,735 | 11,312 | + 423 | |
| Outside Germany | 9,604 | 9,067 | + 537 |
*Percentage Points **As per proposal for the appropriation of earnings available for distribution***Cash and cash equivalents less debt ****Average of last 4 quarters