kmpt process technology

Copyright 2008 KMPT AG

A Start-up with Tradition - Management-Buy-Out 

1926

Maffei builds the first peeler centrifuge, which is followed in 1933 by the pendulum centrifuge. They mark the beginning of process technology at Krauss-Maffei.

1948

Takeover of the know-how of Maschinenfabrik Imperial GmbH producing filters and dryers.

1950

Presentation of the first Krauss-Maffei pusher centrifuge at ACHEMA

1987

The divisions of Krauss-Maffei AG are converted into operating companies.

1994

Presentation of the first Krauss-Maffei peeler centrifuge in pharma design

2000

Presentation of the first contact-free sensor system for peeler centrifuges with reference measurement. Presentation of the largest Krauss-Maffei pusher centrifuge SZ 500 with mechanical pusher drive.

2001

Management buy-out by a group of management executives, total independence from Krauss-Maffei Group

2001

Conversion into Krauss-Maffei Process Technology AG

2003

ACHEMA 2003: Presentation of the new Krauss-Maffei vertical centrifuge, new design of the tried-and-tested mixer-dryer. 

2003

The path to independence continued in 2003 when our daughter company in the US moved into newly built office and assembly facilities in Florence, Kentucky.

2004

Upgrading of the Krauss-Maffei plate dryer and expansion of the Krauss-Maffei line of pusher centrifuges

2004

Establishment of our Representative Office in St. Petersburg, Russia

2005

Enlargement of the product range by adding mixer-dryers with helix mixer in mobile and stationary design, drying chamber for use on a laboratory and technology centre scale, pressure and vacuum filters for applications in the fine chemicals industry 

2005

Renamed KMPT AG

2005

Establishment of our Liaison Office in Mumbay, India

2006

Move to Vierkirchen near Munich 

2006

ACHEMA 2006: Trade fair for new products and innovations

2007

Cooperations with Hecht Anlagenbau GmbH in Italy, France and the USA

2007

Cooperation with Lödige Maschinenbau GmbH in the USA

2007

Enlargement of our product range by the Dynamic Crossflow Filtration

2008

Rewarded for the succesfull implementation and direction of a certification system over a period of more than 10 years by LRQA (Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance).

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