K-Tron Designs and Builds the World’s Most Comprehensive Total Solutions for Material Handling and Feeding Systems

That’s why the global Fortune 100 industrial companies turn to K-Tron for unmatched application experience and an unrivaled competitive edge.

For more than a century, K-Tron has been an industry leader in the design engineering, installation and maintenance of process feeders and pneumatic conveying systems for the handling of bulk solids materials and liquids. Today, you will find K-Tron feeding and material handling systems at the leading processors in the Benelux region, serving our chemical, food, pharmaceutical and plastics industries. More than 350 experienced, talented and visionary K-Tron employees here in Europe, the United States and Asia are committed to the success of your material handling application.

Custom controls for a bulk material handling system

We have a can-do attitude here at K-Tron, and we are eager to share our knowledge and put the most advanced technologies and application experience to work for you. At K-Tron, you’re not just buying components. You’re buying the application experience and support of a company that builds accurate performance and high reliability into every piece of equipment and system we sell. From R&D to manufacturing to systems engineering, K-Tron engineers know how to design material handling and feeding solutions for your application.

Typical Plastics Processing Applications: K-Tron gravimetric and volumetric feeders and pneumatic conveying components and systems are in the flow of plastics, from resin manufacturing, to precision compounding, high speed compounding, and end product extrusion.

Typical Applications in Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Processing: K-Tron manufactures a wide variety of solids and liquid feeders and pneumatic conveying equipment specific to the pharmaceutical industry. Within the pharmaceutical processing industry, K-Tron has developed several process automation applications and systems including pharmaceutical extrusion, tablet press lubrication, pharmaceutical dispensing applications and milling and micronization of pharmaceutical powders.

Typical Applications in Food and Pet Food Processing: K-Tron is a global leader in the gravimetric and volumetric feeder market, producing feeders, pneumatic conveying equipment and related controls for the food and pet food processing industries. Within the food industry, K-Tron has served numerous applications including tortillas, bread and cake mixes, pasta, snack food, cereal, candy, cookies and crackers, ice cream, pet food and more.

Typical Chemical Processing Applications: K-Tron manufactures a wide range of bulk solids and liquid feeding equipment, pneumatic conveying equipment and systems for the chemical processing industry. K-Tron is a leading supplier of laundry detergent material handling systems and feeding systems for Super Absorbent Polymer (SAP) in continuous processes.