The countdown is on!
Transforming a vision into reality – with this motto, we at Krones are launching the high phase of communication for this year’s drinktec.
From today on, we will reveal more about our overall highlights at the trade fair.
In this short video, Chief Sales Officr Thomas Ricker will provide you with an exclusive insight into the top topics we will present at the drinktec. Additionally, we’ve updated our drinktec page with insights in our focus topics.
A compact version of our drinktec concept can also be found in the preview on krones.com.
Premiere for Krones Forum
For the first time, Krones ist hosting a lecture forum – live at the drinktec or online via livestream. Over the course of the entire week of drinktec, our Forum will host a variety of speakers from our own team, our customers and other partners. More than 40 short presentations will outline the latest technological trends, provide exclusive insights into production practices and discuss key topics for the future of our industry.
And this is just the beginning: From now on, we will reveal more and more topics and exhibits each week. We invite you to follow our channels to stay tuned!
Full speed ahead into the future
The can is a popular and sustainable packaging option. For beverage producers who use cans, Krones offers turnkey lines from a single source – right through to the high-output range.
Visit us at drinktec in hall B6 and get to know the many machines and features that will not only take your production speed to the next level but also make you a leader in terms of sustainability and digital innovation.
How sustainability can save operating costs
An in-demand service: Our energy and sustainability consultants support and advise customers right across the world on their sustainable transformation.
Where can I save even more resources in my production? How do I transition to a green power supply? What sustainability targets are realistic for my business – and what do I need to achieve them? Questions such as these are now occupying many of our customers. For expert answers, they can turn to Krones. Or, to be more precise, the Sustainable Customer Solutions team.
Focusing on individual customer goals
What the individual consulting projects actually include depends on the customer’s individual objectives. These range from optimising energy and resources at line level to multi-stage transformation concepts aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of whole factories to net zero. What all projects have in common is that the advice is given objectively, independently and with the aim to achieving the best possible outcome for the customer – from both an ecological perspective and an economic point of view. “Even for those customers who have set themselves ambitious sustainability targets out of intrinsic motivation, ultimately everything has to make financial sense as well,” Michael Russ, Head of Sustainable Customer Solutions. emphasises. “That’s why our focus is always on reducing running costs as well.”
Every project, whether in new or existing factories, starts with the goals as envisaged by the customer and an assessment of the actual condition, i.e. an analysis of the relevant processes, production machinery, supply systems and ambient conditions. In many businesses some of the necessary pool of data already exists, while in others it must be collected first – and the consultants do that too.
First principle: avoid!
As soon as all the relevant data is available, work begins on drafting a feasibility study which can then serve in turn as the basis for a multi-stage concept plan. This follows the principle of “avoid, optimise, recycle”. Whether it’s electricity, water, heat, refrigeration, compressed air, wastewater or waste, reducing consumption in the first place always takes priority. Only once this potential has been exhausted does the focus shift to optimising the generation or procurement of the remaining demand – such as by generating energy in-house from renewable sources – and closing resource loops. The individual measures are prioritised according to their cost/benefit ratio. “It goes without saying that we look first at the quick wins that would allow us to achieve tangible effects quickly with relatively little effort,” explains Michael Russ.
The handover of the concept plan marks a critical milestone. If customers ask, the Krones consultants will support and advise them through the subsequent steps as well: In addition to implementation of the measures, this may also entail preparing functional tendering documents for distribution to suppliers, applying for public subsidies and reviewing and – where necessary – optimising the implemented measures in ongoing operation.
Would you like to learn more? Our sustainability and energy consultants will be in Munich throughout the entire drinktec week and look forward to answering your questions.
Intralogistics expertise within the Group
Short distances, streamlined processes, and agile material flows that flexibly adapt to production and shipping: in intralogistics, absolute efficiency is the guiding principle. To fully meet this demand, we leave nothing to chance when planning and implementing intralogistics projects. The necessary expertise lies with System Logistics. In addition to stacker cranes, picking systems, and automated guided vehicles, the company also provides the right software solutions—making it the ideal partner to realize comprehensive intralogistics solutions together with you.
At drinktec, taking place from September 15 to 19 in Munich, Germany, System Logistics will be presenting itself as part of the group at the Krones stand in Hall B6. So if you’d like to learn more about integrated intralogistics concepts firsthand, we warmly invite you to stop by!
Kicking off our drinktec communications
drinktec 2025 is just around the corner – from 15 to 19 September to be precise.
At Krones, we are tirelessly working on topics that will surprise our guests visiting the Krones stand in Munich in September. And if you know our Krones presence at a drinktec, one thing is sure: we are about to show you our innovations for the future of the beverage and (liquid) food industry.
But that’s not all: For the first time, Krones will not only occupy all of Hall B6 as usual but will also extend into parts of the neighbouring Hall C6. Speaking of our stand: you can look forward to more than 10,000 square metres on which we will showcase a variety of innovations and further developments – always keeping with our motto: “Solutions beyond tomorrow”.