| | K-Tron International companies provide material handling equipment, systems and services to a wide variety of industries, including the plastics, food, chemical, detergent, pharmaceutical, electric utility 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.
Feeding Equipment
K-Tron has been for many years 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 Soder feeders control the flow of materials into a process that then transforms those materials into an end product. Hurricane vacuum conveyors are used for feeder refill or stand alone systems. Learn more about the K-Tron Feeder Group.
Pneumatic Conveying Equipment
With the acquisition of Hurricane Pneumatic Conveying Inc. in 1997, K-Tron entered the business of designing, producing, marketing and servicing high-performance pneumatic conveying systems and related equipment. This business was subsequently strengthened by the acquisitions of Colormax Limited in 2000 and Pneumatic Conveying Systems Limited in 2001. Learn more about Colormax. Learn more about PCS.
Size Reduction Equipment
In early January 2003, K-Tron acquired Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Jeffrey Specialty Equipment Corporation.
Pennsylvania Crusher is the leading U.S. manufacturer of size reduction equipment that is sold to electric utility companies to crush coal for use in coal-fired power generation plants. Pennsylvania Crusher also sells its equipment to companies in other industries such as quarries where the crushing of material is required. Learn more about Pennsylvania Crusher.
Jeffrey is a leading U.S. manufacturer of chip sizer mills, hammermills and other size reduction equipment for use primarily by companies in the paper and pulp industries to crush wood and in other industries for similar applications. Jeffrey also makes large-scale vibrating feeders for coal, minerals, chemicals and other bulk materials. Learn more about Jeffrey.
A Global Organization
K-Tron International is headquartered in Pitman, New Jersey, USA. The K-Tron group of companies has nearly 500 employees in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia. K-Tron's manufacturing facilities are located in the United States, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada | |
