For more than 145 years, Steinecker has been known as a strong brand synonymous with brewing technology all over the world. By combining technology from Steinecker with its own portfolio, Krones has positioned itself on the market as a one-stop supplier in the brewing and beverage industry for over 25 years. In the future, the equipment manufacturer will bundle all activities related to the brewery business in Steinecker GmbH.
Beginning in April 2021, the newly founded Steinecker GmbH will therefore offer all of the solutions and equipment required in a brewery, from raw materials reception right through to the finished product. The company’s portfolio will be supplemented by appropriate after-sales and service concepts. Dirk Hämling will take over as Managing Director. He has been in charge of the Breweries Business Line at Freising since last summer. Dirk Hämling has spent more than 20 years gaining valuable international experience and during that time held various managerial positions at plant and machinery manufacturers whose focus is on process technology.
The Krones facility in Freising near Munich will be Steinecker's headquarters in the future. The entire project planning and processing team, the engineering, production and erection/installation departments, plus the product development operation, will be represented at this facility. One major focus will first and foremost be on a sustainable, energy-efficient, CO2-neutral brewing process. The company’s own experimental brewing facility, the Steinecker BrewCenter, is offering a basis for developing innovations and upgrades of products used in the brewing process.
The company’s portfolio will be expanded to include two additional modules: Steinecker will also combine all automation-related products and services and integrate control solutions like its own Botec F1 process control system at one location – providing this service not only for breweries but also for clients in the dairy and beverage sectors. Furthermore, the company will offer appropriate after-sales and service concepts, precisely tailored to the requirements of process-technology systems.
Above and beyond this, Steinecker will continue to benefit from its can-do alliance with Krones, utilising the group’s strong, international production, sales and service network with its over 100 sites located all over the world. When a beverage company will opt for a turnkey solution from the House of Krones, the entire kit, comprising not only process-technology systems but also filling technology or utility solutions, will come from a single source as before.