K-Tron Milestones

A brief summary of some of the significant corporate events and product developments in K-Tron's history

1900

1949

1972

1975

1976
Soder AG is founded in Niederlenz, Switz., to manufacture mills for the food industry K-Tron (then known as Monsell) is founded in USA to manufacture pneumatic scales K-Tron introduces the world's first digitally controlled belt feeder K-Tron acquires Soder AG K-Tron introduces loss-in-weight feeders with digital weighing

1989

1997

1999

2000

2001
K-Tron introduces modular feeders with Smart Force Transducer weighing K-Tron acquires Hurricane Pneumatic Conveying Inc. K-Tron introduces SmartConnex Control System and SFT III K-Tron acquires Colormax Ltd. K-Tron acquires Pneumatic Conveying Systems Ltd.

2003

2003

2006

2006 

2007 
K-Tron acquires Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation and Jeffrey Specialty Equipment Corporation K-Tron introduces the Bulk Solids Pump (BSP) K-Tron acquires J.M.J. Industries (now Gundlach Equipment Corporation) K-Tron acquires Premier Pneumatics, Inc. K-Tron acquires Wuxi K-Tron Colormax Machinery, Ltd.  

2007

2008

2009

 

 
K-Tron acquires Rader Companies, Inc. K-Tron introduces unique ActiFlow bulk solids activator for loss-in-weight feeders Jeffrey and Rader merge as Jeffrey Rader Corporation