K-Tron International, Inc. - KTII- Profile

K-Tron International, Inc.. The Group's principal activities are to design, manufacture, market and service gravimetric and volumetric feeders, pneumatic conveying systems and related equipments. These equipments are used for handling bulk solids in industries such as plastics, food, chemical, pharmaceutical, electric utility and other manufacturing industries. The Group operates in two primary geographic locations, North and South America. It operates through three business units: Feeder Group, Pneumatic Conveying Group and size reduction group. The Feeder Group produces feeders that control the flow of materials into a manufacturing process by mass or weight (gravimetric) or by volume (volumetric feeding). Size reduction group designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, sells and services primarily size reduction equipment, such as hammermills and wood hogs. On 06-Mar-2006, the Group acquired Gundlach, and on 05-Oct-2006, Premier Pneumatics Inc. Designs, produces, markets and services material handling equipment and systems for a variety of industrial markets