As part of a 3D printing workshop, the apprentices managed to come up with an idea worth patenting.
Peter Piendl discovered his passion for filling technology 40 years ago at Krones - and is as enthusiastic about it as he was on the first day.
For half a century now, Krones has been developing block solutions to deliver maximum performance for its customers in the beverage industry.
A survey carried out by Krones among all employees in Germany illuminates the mental health risks posed by stress.
Krones employees on a global mission: people who took part in the Across Borders exchange programme in 2024 share their experiences and insights.
With a wide range of offers and activities Krones once again delivered a healthy working environment for its employees in 2024.
50 years ago, Krones launched its first bottle washer. Let’s look back on how it all started and milestones in cleaning technology at Krones.
“WorldSkills” is a world championship that is held every year with the aim of honouring craft and non-academic professions. A Krones employee took part.
Krones is running a “Men's health” campaign aimed at opening conversations about preventative measures for men.
For half a century, Krones has been offering fillers for the beverage industry. Let’s look back on how it all started and the most important technical advances along the way.
The term "fair language" stands for a use of language that does not exclude any person or group of persons. What is Krones' way of handling this much-discussed topic?
Up to 25 percent women – unusual for mechanical engineering, but normal for a Krones Processing team. What is the story behind this?
Louisa Strengbier has found her dream job at Krones. The newly minted trainer enjoys the mix of travel and office work.
Around 7,000 people met at herCAREER, Europe's leading career and networking event for women - and Krones was there too!
In the future, the CO₂ footprint is to be calculated in the evaluation of intralogistics projects using a specially developed tool.
Krones is on course to achieve net zero and is already incorporating this goal into its procurement process. Here’s an overview of our strategy.
A few years ago, Magdalena Demczuk from Poland unexpectedly moved to Barcelona to work at Krones. The project manager loves the professional challenges and life there.
A retrospective on his life’s work as the founder of Krones
Hermann Kronseder would have been 100 years old on 3 October 2024 - a look back at the life of the inventor, visionary and founder of Krones.
Krones runs its own talent development programme aimed at developing staff who show potential for a leadership role.
Krones Brazil is training potential applicants in a one-year program that serves as a precursor to the company’s in-house trainee program.
27 Krones teams took part in the Regensburg district run 2024. Among them was the LLC inclusion relay team – “escorted by Krones”.
Speed dating, Krones style: During Welcome Week, new apprentices got to know their fellow trainees and the company.
The tagline “Solutions beyond tomorrow” distills the core idea underlying Krones’ target picture into three words.
Active health management improves the wellbeing of employees, thereby ensuring a healthy work environment.
In order to prevent bird strikes, Krones has taken various measures for the welfare of the animals at its headquarters in Neutraubling.
In late 2021, Krones established the Diversity Board in order to foster diversity and translate it into everyday reality. Several of its members give us some insight into their work in this article.
Third-party recertification and a transparent bid preparation process: how efficient enviro technologies are becoming established as standard solutions.
In the Innovation Lab and the Design Lab, both located within Regensburg’s TechBase, students can work shoulder-to-shoulder with Krones on the trends of the future.
On all its global construction sites, Krones prioritises the sustainable reuse of materials, ranging from wooden pallets and copper cables right through to any surplus parts.
Carbon footprint drastically reduced: A new energy concept is cutting the emissions from the Debrecen plant to around 100 tonnes a year.
Krones offers an in-house retraining programme enabling its employees to embark on an apprenticeship as an industrial electrician.
Wackersdorf is abuzz with activity: System Logistics GmbH is showing insects some love with a pollinator meadow.
Moving to another country without any school qualifications or language skills? Sounds like a recipe for disaster. For Emese Katona, though, it was exactly the right decision. How the native Hungarian found a new home for herself in Germany.
Krones attaches great importance to sustainability at events – from construction of the stand through selection and coordination of the exhibits all the way to catering.
It’s a lot of work, but it’s worth it: The path to a meaningful life cycle assessment (LCA) is paved with heaps of numbers and data.
Krones has been collaborating with workshops for disabled people for a number of years and offers external workplaces for those with a handicap.
The accident statistics from System Logistics show a big fat zero for 2023. To ensure it stays that way in the future, the company has launched a powerful campaign.
Climate protection is rewarded: Krones can count itself one of Europe’s Climate Leaders 2024.
Bus, train, bike – there are many alternatives to choose from if you want to make the journey to work environmentally friendly and leave the car behind.
Net-zero emissions by 2040: Krones has intensified its climate strategy – and submitted a net-zero emission target to the Science Based Targets initiative.
Tanja Jurasch loves her job as a mechatronics technician at Krones. She enjoys her day-to-day work and the many and varied tasks it involves. And she intends to stay right where she is.
With new photovoltaic systems installed at four of its facilities, Krones takes another major step forward on its way into a sustainable future.
International support: How a newly established Sustainability Competence Team is driving the ESG targets of the Krones Group.
Together with the Robert Enke Foundation, Krones hosted a series of virtual reality sessions that gave employees insight into the inner world of people living with depression.
A plea for democracy and diversity: In the interview, Krones’ CEO Christoph Klenk speaks candidly against the noticeable shift to the right in Germany.
Birgit Hahn, the new head of Central Field Service and the Krones Academy since 1 January 2024, aims to see some ambitious plans through to completion.
At the Process Technology Center in Neutraubling, companies can develop and test recipes for beverages and liquid food products.
By earning a CDP score of “A-“ in the climate change category, Krones has improved its environmental performance for the third time in a row.
A decent standard of living in an ecologically intact world: Read on to learn what exactly the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals represent and how they concern Krones.
Providing a safe and healthy working environment is not only a moral obligation for companies but also a legal mandate. Of course Krones, too, is taking measures to ensure the health and safety of its employees.
Better management and a campaign enabling employees to take leftover food home with them have been instrumental in roughly halving food waste in the company restaurants at Krones’ main base in Neutraubling.
Health comes first – also at Krones. The wide range of programmes offered by the Health Management Team in 2023 are living proof of this.
Where the art of brewing meets mechanical and electrical technology: Apprentices from Augustiner and Krones demonstrate their skill installing a pilot filler for the new educational and pilot brewery.
Every year, Krones employees have the opportunity to fulfil a Christmas wish for disadvantaged children from various social institutions and children from foster families, thus bringing them a special joy.
Since early 2023, Krones has been running a pilot project entitled “leadership tandem”. In it, two women share a single leadership role, each working part time.
Krones became a member of UN Global Compact Netzwerk Germany e.V. in October.
Colourful programme for the children of Krones employees on the school-free Day of Prayer and Repentance
The Krones Security Operations Center keeps an eye on customers’ IT systems around the clock to prevent cyberattacks.
Matthias Rosenauer tells us about his daily routine as a software development engineer at Krones – a lateral entry that was definitely worthwhile.
This October, Krones ran a breast cancer awareness campaign featuring several events aimed at fostering prevention and education.
Top result in the important sustainability rating: EcoVadis awards Krones' ESG performance with the gold medal.
Lighthouse project: The site Debrecen in Hungary is well on its way to becoming the first net zero plant in the Krones Group.
Cutting costs and contributing towards a circular economy: The remanufacturing program provided by Ampco Pumps, a new Krones subsidiary, offers customers both ecological and economic advantages.
The Krones plant in Hungary has managed to increase its production output without the number of trucks used rising to the same extent. How did it manage that?
Why does inclusive workplace design at Krones headquarters in Neutraubling benefit every one of the employees? How can barriers for disabled people be minimised in different fields of work?
Get in, try it out! A roadshow stopping at the Rosenheim, Raubling and Nittenau plants helped to familiarise staff with electric cars.
A competition that benefits everyone: Krones.shop is rewarding the achievement of order intake targets by planting trees.
Rising sales, lower emissions – How is that going to work? The heads of our Sustainability, R&D and Marketing Departments address this challenge in an illuminating debate.
Some insights into the interaction between water, our natural environment and industry
Lukas Stober, an electrical engineer in Krones’ Digitalisation and Automation Department, gives us some insight into his everyday work.
Boosting India as a location: Krones is turning Bengaluru into a hub of the Krones.digital community, and Unicorn into a provider of turnkey solutions for process technology in India and beyond.
The Financial Times and Statista recognize Krones’ efforts to help mitigate climate change.
Krones is matching its human rights management system to the regulations laid down in the new German Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains (LkSG) – an interview with members of the Corporate Sustainability Team.
Don’t throw it away – take it home! The System Logistics “Take away” campaign saves left-over canteen meals from the waste bin.
An industrial corporation with net-zero emissions – Is that possible? Our recently published climate transition plan clearly sets out all climate-relevant Krones information.
The Burkina Institute of Technology and Krones offer students an opportunity to expand their skill set during an internship.
A tree for every member of the family: System Logistics has partnered with Treedom for a green and biodiverse world.
What happens to Krones machines when they have reached the end of their operational lifetime? They remain part of the circular economy!
Looking back on 15 successful years of Krones’ enviro programme and spotlighting its vital importance for shaping our future
Even at the age of 64, site manager Gösta Lindahl is still travelling the world for Krones – and he has by no means had enough.
Competitive behaviour and climate protection? That doesn't go together. Our sustainability strategy focuses on cooperation – not only within the Group, but also beyond.
The Krones Group improved its CDP score by a full grade for 2022 and is now better than the industry average.
The great environmental issues of our time know no boundaries, whether by industry or region. And so, solving them likewise requires a spirit of openness. That is why Krones has established an innovation hub that reaches across and beyond the group.
Benedikt Ott and Benjamin Böck from Controlling in Neutraubling and Bangkok swapped jobs for two months, thus gaining valuable insights into each other’s department.
Job sharing is a flexible work model that offers numerous advantages: Firstly, it helps people improve their work/life balance. And secondly it enables companies to get experienced, satisfied and fully committed employees.
The trend towards hybrid working has caught on at Krones. The shared-desk model and office-space revamping play their part in improving productivity and creating a pleasant working environment in the office.
Five days of the drinktec made for thousands of experiences: drinktec 2022 has ended, but the conversations and impressions will continue to resonate for quite some time.
With the acquisition of Unicorn, Krones is adding robust and cost-competitive process technology solutions to its portfolio, specifically tailored to the requirements of emerging markets.
Tsingtao Brewery has put into operation the first Varioline 3M in the Greater China region. Its installation, which took place at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, presented considerable challenges.
ProPak Asia is Asia’s leading trade event for processing and packaging, and Krones, of course, participated as well.
Krones’ subsidiary in the United States offers many exciting opportunities for aspiring and fully trained service technicians.
Krones.digital is a groupwide Krones community tasked with translating digitalization and automation in the food and beverage industries into hands-on reality.
Whether PET, film or polystyrene, the newly opened Recycling Technology Center conducts material tests for customers from all over the world.
Seven years filled with a lot of experiences and fascinating colleagues in a great many different countries.
Since the end of 2021 a Diversity Board at Krones has been supporting a range of measures aimed at encouraging the equal treatment of women in work.
Female service technicians still stand out. The first female service technician at the Krones Center East Africa chats about her experiences and her way into the field.
Krones’ dual training programme in Nairobi, Kenya, brings forth its own excellently trained service technicians.
RSS feeds make sure that you will in future always be notified immediately when there is something new for you to read and discover in the Krones magazine.
New central power plant built, existing CHP plants upgraded: Krones reduces future carbon emissions at its Neutraubling site by around 400 metric tons per year.
How can Krones protect its employees against the coronavirus on business trips and service assignments? And what happens if somebody does fall ill?
25 years of Krones website – We invite you to accompany us on a journey back to the year 1996, when the first official Krones homepage was born.
Woman power in a male-dominated field: Premwadee Mongkolnam is the only woman to serve as a site manager at Krones – and she masters her job with great success.
Ahmad Alsheikh, an expert in reinforcement learning, is a welcome addition to the research and development team at Krones – assuring further optimisation through machine learning.
After a coronavirus infection, three colleagues had to be brought back home from their business travel in Ethiopia under special protective measures.
To Do App, FindTime and the PowerPoint Live Feature: Silke Riedl presents technologies to help you in your everyday work.
Your online platform with news from the Krones universe: Ongoing customer projects, technological innovations and a glimpse behind the scenes at Krones.
At FATs, the customer inspects his machine on site with us before it sets off. Now a digital alternative was required.
Paul Schönheit knows what makes an aseptic system tick. Explaining this, however, was not easy on his first of many trips to Asia.
Flexibility and helpfulness are particularly in demand during the pandemic – and can also turn everyday working life completely upside down.
Andreas Müller and Dr. Christian Philipp take a look at short-term makeshifts and long-term developments of the Krones Academy.
An aseptic overhaul during a pandemic can face a number of hurdles, as our Chinese colleagues report.
Krones joins an EU initiative that encourages recycling. Jonas Fabian Hunold explains what this means for Krones and for sustainable packaging.
Krones unites international forces and talents to bring out the best in its products. This is also the case with our bottle designers in Dubai.
The new Krones climate strategy is Science Based Targets approved. Peter Steger gives details and explains what distinguishes the strategy.
To bring employees together and train them at the same time, Krones Inc. introduced 'Lunch and Learns'. A colleague introduces the concept.
The coronavirus is keeping the world on tenterhooks. Nevertheless, the situations at our international sites differ.
In addition to providing medical care for emergencies and acute complaints, the company doctors at Krones are primarily responsible for prevention.
Crises like the coronavirus call for support across all sectors and Krones was able to help in regard to disinfectants and their packaging.
Under strict security measures, operations in the USA could be maintained during the coronavirus.
Efficient virtual communication enables our machines to be delivered and serviced despite travel and contact restrictions.
Krones and MHT work on shared development projects for new bottle ideas.
The coronavirus called for changes in the everyday work at Krones in Germany such as strict hygienic measures or remote work.
The winners of a brewing competition at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences brew something special with Johannes Eymess.
Silke Riedl explains which features the software Microsoft Teams has at Krones – from chatting and telephony to collaborative working.
A glue pallet ensures that customers get their desired look for beverage packaging – but only if it is designed and manufactured precisely.
The new Eurest operations manager provides information about Krones' gastronomy and possible changes to healthy meals or even sustainability.
Silke Riedl experienced a lot at the Microsoft Modern Workplace Assistant Summit, from keynote speeches to exciting breakout sessions.
VPN, MFA, Authenticator App and Microsoft Teams – Silke Riedl tells us what her mobile working days at Krones looks like.
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