History

The KREYENBORG Group has developed from a small trading company to a global market leader. How this progress took place is shown in the milestones of the KREYENBORG history:

1953	Formation as "Joachim Kreyenborg & Co." Trading with tubular earthing bus for lightning conductors.
1958	Commencement of the construction and production of mixers and flour mills for agricultural needs.
1966	Establishment in the plastic industry as supplier of mixers and silos.
1967	Delivery of the first KREYENBORG melt filter. In the following years, especially the two screen bearing piston screen changers of the K-SWE-type prevail as the standard filtration system in extrusion.
1977	An american chemical company concludes a major order, implying 63 screen changers of the K-SWE-160 type. Many machines of this series are still in use.
1989	Construction of the first screen changer with backflush function. Yet another innovation in the field of melt filtration.
1994	The BKG Bruckmann & Kreyenborg Granuliertechnik GmbH, founded by Theodor Bruckmann and Jan-Udo Kreyenborg, delivers the first underwater pelletizers.
1995	Incoroperation of the 1978 founded BSG Bruckmann Steuerungstechnik GmbH.
1997	Formation of KREYENBORG Industries as branch office in the USA.
2001	KREYENBORG supplies the first melt pumps out of inhouse-production.
2003	BKG establishes the PET Inline-Cristallisation CrystallCut®.
2004	The especially efficient infrared drums expand the KREYENBORG delivery range.
2005	The second international branch office is opened in Shanghai.
2008	The newly founded KREYENBORG Plant Technology GmbH & Co. KG becomes the fourth member of the group.
2011	The third international branch office is opened in Kuala Lumpur.