About K-Tron

K-Tron is the global leader in providing process automation systems and solutions for bulk material handling, incorporating K-Tron's high-quality feeders, pneumatic conveying, supervisory controls and weighing. K-Tron holds more than 100 patents for feeding, weighing, mechanical and control technologies and their application to bulk solids handling.

 

As a full service material handling and feeding system provider, K-Tron provides a broad spectrum of products and services:

  • K-Tron designs and manufactures its own weighing, mechanical and control systems specifically for the unique demands of the process industries.
  • K-Tron pneumatic conveying systems for feeder refill and stand alone vacuum conveying applications move high volumes of bulk material from rail car to storage, to process.
  • K-Tron offers material tests in well-equipped labs in North America, Europe and Asia. 
  • Sales, Training and Service offices are available on three continents.
  • 87 sales organizations with 105 offices in 62 countries around the world.

Our People Guarantee Reliability and Satisfaction

K-Tron supports customers before and after the sale with services to help them derive full value from their purchases. The company’s total dedication to satisfying processors’ needs has led to long-term relationships with these customers. Through its people, as much as its technology, K-Tron is able to deliver feeding, pneumatic conveying, supervisory operator interfaces, digial load cell weighing, and services that consistently provide a high level of performance and long-lasting value.  See K-Tron's Quality Policy.

About K-Tron International

K-Tron International, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hillenbrand, Inc. The K-Tron International companies provide size reduction and material handling equipment, systems and services to a wide variety of industries, including the plastics, food, chemical, detergent, pharmaceutical, electric utility, mining and paper and pulp industries. K-Tron’s customers include many of the largest companies in their fields as well as numerous other multinational, regional and local businesses.

K-Tron Material Handling & Feeding Systems

K-Tron consists of several K-Tron companies operating in the United States, Europe and Asia. K-Tron offers a global network of systems engineering, field service engineers, parts and training in support of its customers.

K-Tron Feeding Equipment

For many years K-Tron has been the global leader in the design, production, marketing and servicing of high-quality feeders and related equipment for the handling of bulk solids in many different kinds of manufacturing processes. K-Tron Feeders control the flow of materials into a process that then transform those materials into an end product. K-Tron Premier vacuum conveyors are used for feeder refill or stand alone systems. Learn more about K-Tron Feeders.

K-Tron Pneumatic Conveying Equipment

K-Tron became a global leader in high-performance pneumatic conveying systems and bulk unloading and storage systems. K-Tron has combined product lines from Premier Pneumatics, Inc, Colormax Limited, Pneumatic Conveying Systems Limited (PCS). Learn more about pneumatic conveying.

Size Reduction Group: Hammermills, Sizers, Roll Crushers

K-Tron's Size Reduction Group is comprised of the Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation, Gundlach Equipment Corporation and Jeffrey Rader Corporation subsidiaries. This group primarily produces and sells size reduction equipment, such as hammermills, sizers, roll crushers and wood hogs. This equipment is used to resize various materials to a given smaller size, and the principal industries served are the electric utility, mining, pulp and paper, and wood and forest products industries.

A Global Organization

K-Tron is headquartered in Pitman, New Jersey, USA. The K-Tron group of companies has more than 690 employees in the United States, Mexico, Europe and Asia. K-Tron's manufacturing facilities are located in the United States, Switzerland in, and China.

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