Technical advance, high investments in research and development, specialised know-how documented by more than 1,300 patents, high-precision assembly to the highest standards of quality and service around the clock from more than 40 support facilities all over the world are only a few of the success criteria behind Krones AG.
The group incorporates Krones AG and its subsidiaries Sander Hansen (pasteurising technology) and Kosme ("low-output machines").

Krones started manufacturing labellers in 1951 – today, the company is operating on a global scale. Krones has gone far beyond the classical confines of machine and plant engineering. With its holistic approach, the company has become an allrounder to its customers by harmoniously synergising and optimising machine design, line know-how, process engineering, microbiology and information technology. Krones has developed into a "systems technology" provider.
The company employs more than 9,000 people worldwide. About 87 per cent of the lines produced go to foreign countries. The group's turnover in 2005 totalled 1.695 bn euros.

The Krones group designs, develops, manufactures and installs both machines and complete filling and packaging lines. Its principal customers are breweries and beverage producers, the food industry, and the chemical, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.

The product range comprises

• Stretch blow-moulding technology
• Filling and closing technology
• Cold-aseptic filling
• Labelling and decoration technology
• Inspection and monitoring technology
• Cleaning technology, rinsers and pasteurisers
• Packing and palletising technology
• Conveying systems technology
• Systems technology
• Process technology
• Intralogistics
• Brewing technology (Steinecker)