Development is the top priority at KROENERT. In order to ensure that your lines are always at the forefront of technology and we can find innovative solutions for your requirements, KROENERT keeps its eye on the future.
However, this vision requires a solid foundation: the tradition of over 110 years of company history. Knowledge and experience form the foundation for new development.
In the course of the company’s history there have been many events which have impacted on the company as well as the entire field of mechanical engineering.
1903 | Establishment of Maschinenfabrik Max Kroenert |
1922 | First coating and laminating machine for wax and paraffin |
1936 | First aluminum / paper laminating line |
1958 | First RECO for dry laminating |
1968 | First self-adhesive label hotmelt line |
1978 | Development of multi-roll coating processes for solvent-free siliconization |
1984 | Development PAK 400 EP for epoxy resin coating |
1994 | Development MPG 600 CI doctor chamber blade |
1999 | First line with curtain coating technology |
2002 | Patents: development of edge control technology for curtain coating |
2003 | Patent for process for emulsion adhesive coating using curtain coating |
2004 | Operational launch of widest and fastest R&D line in the world |
2005 | Patent: edge exhaust for curtain coating technology |
2008 | Development of sleeve technology for screen roller coating |
2009 | World record, solvent-free laminating at 800 m/min |
2010 | First line for coating of battery electrodes |
2010 | Introduction to market of Labco narrow web line |
2011 | Development of bead coat coating process |
2012 | Introduction to market of modular MCO 5000 |
2012 | Patent: intermittent coating with slot die |
2014 | First inline OPV production line |