Krones balances revenue and climate targets with new carbon transition plan
28 Jul 2023 --- Krones published its Public Carbon Transition Plan this week, disclosing the group’s actions, interim results and further plans to achieve its climate targets.
Krones says a challenge to the group is generating revenue by selling producer goods while attaining net zero and maintaining it on a lasting basis.
“What Krones needs is an inspiring and ambitious vision that motivates us to improve and fine-tune our operations and expertise,” says Krones Group’s CEO, Christoph Klenk.
“That is precisely why we have adopted our new ‘Solutions beyond tomorrow’ target, which is our contribution toward creating a liveable, sustainable and successful future.”
The Carbon Transition Plan takes the requirements specified by the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure and those included in the forthcoming Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive as its points of reference.
Opportunities and risks
The F&B line producer demonstrated its sustainability plans at the Drinktec 2022 trade show, in Munich, Germany. At the show, Krones presented its fiber-based alternative to shrink-wrap for PET multipack bottles in partnership with DS Smith.
The Eco carrier was demonstrated on Krones’ Variopac Pro machine, which can integrate seamlessly into customer production lines for “minimum disruption and maximum efficiency.”
Regarding its transition plan, the group says it has “meticulously” analyzed the climate-relevant opportunities and risks involved in its activities and is pursuing a detailed action plan to reduce carbon emissions.
In other developments, Krones inaugurated its Process Technology Center for beverage customers to create ultra-small production batches to develop, compare and enhance recipes, processes and parameters. The site was inaugurated in early May at the company’s headquarters in Neutraubling, Germany.
Meanwhile, the packaging lines provider also equipped Danone with ErgoBloc L wet-end blocks in 2020, which will be installed in various plants in France and Spain by the end of 2023. The arrival of the innovative ErgoBloc technology was said to be a turning point for Volvic’s parent company, Danone, in Europe. Krones also added a non-returnable glass line to its Pretoria SAB site in South Africa to boost the production of Corona beer.
Edited by Natalie Schwertheim
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COMPANY DETAILS
Böhmerwaldstrasse 5, 93073 Neutraubling
Germany
www.krones.com
info@krones.comACTIVE MATERIALS
Aseptic; Caps & Closures; Design & Branding; Glass; Labels & Labeling; Machinery; Metal; Other Packaging; Paper & Paperboard; Recyclable; Reusable; Rigid Plastics
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Synonymous with holistic systems engineering: Krones
The Krones Group, headquartered in Neutraubling, Germany, plans, develops and manufactures machines and complete lines for the fields of process, filling and packaging technology. And Krones also offers a fit-for-purpose solution for bottle-to-bottle recycling of PET containers. The product portfolio subsumed in the House of Krones is rounded off by numerous products and services from Krones’ subsidiaries, themed around digitalisation, for example, digital container decoration, intralogistics and in-house valve production. Every day, millions of bottles, cans, and special-shaped containers are handled on lines from Krones, particularly in breweries, the soft-drinks sector and at producers of still or sparkling wines, and spirits, but also in the food and luxury-goods industries, plus the chemical, cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors.
Since being founded in 1951, Krones has become far more than a traditional-style machinery and line manufacturer: it has evolved into an all-round vendor for its clients. Mechanical engineering, line expertise, process engineering, microbiology and information technology have here been harmoniously integrated for optimum synergies. Krones is nowadays synonymous with holistic systems engineering. The company’s success is based on some few but crucial strategies: specialised knowledge of mechanical engineering and the customer sectors involved, a technical lead over its competitors driven by continuingly high expenditure on research and development, production facilities featuring state-of-the-art equipment operating to the most stringent of quality standards, backed up by worldwide 24/7 service support, and most especially by the skills of its highly trained and motivated staff. More than 5,700 full and utility patents bear eloquent witness to the company’s innovative potential.
Worldwide, Krones employs around 16,700 people. Consolidated sales in 2020 totalled 3.32 billion euros. Around 90 per cent of its products are sold abroad. The group includes not only Krones AG (listed on the stock exchange), but also more than 100 subsidiaries and further sales and service companies worldwide.
Krones and its subsidiaries and further sales and service companies cover the fields of
- Process technology solutions for milk, beer, malt beverages, CSD, juices, water and liquid food
- Bottling and packaging equipment, including labelling, inspection, filling, cleaning, packing and palletising technology as well as conveyor and plastics technology
- Machines and lines for the high, as well as the low output range
- Digitalisation, like automatic control systems and IT services
- Intralogistics, like warehouse management systems, Inhouse solutions and order picking systems
- Valves and pumps
- Homogenizers
- Digital decoration technology
- Lifecycle Service
- Consumables
- Used machines
- Injecting molding tools and services to the PET industry
- Recycling solutions for PET, PO and Polystyrol
