Strategic Cooperation: König and Abendschön bundle Competencies
The international bakery machine manufacturer König and the renowned manufacturer of bakery automation Abendschön announce the start of a strategic partnership.
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Hannes Stelzer, CEO of the König Group, is thinking about the future and offering customers even more in the field of automation. -
Christian Abendschön sees König as a partner who shares Abendschön's corporate vision. -
The first joint projects in the area of scoring have already been implemented.
The aim of the cooperation is to jointly develop innovative automation solutions for commercial and industrial bakeries and thus set new standards in efficiency, flexibility and product quality.
„Next-level Automation – an Abendschön and König Cooperation“
Under this title, the König Group combines its many years of experience in the manufacture of high-quality bakery machines with Abendschön's technical expertise in the field of intelligent automation and robotics to form an innovative cooperation.
“This partnership offers future-proof solutions to automate our customers' processes even better", says Hannes Stelzer, CEO of the König Gruppe.
Managing Director Christian Abendschön is delighted about the cooperation: "In Koenig, we have found a partner who shares our vision of automated bakery processes. This cooperation will bring great added value to the industry."
At iba 2025 in Düsseldorf, Abendschön and König will be presenting their joint solutions in the areas of scoring, tray handling and lye application for the first time at the König Group stand (hall 12 | stand D.21 and E.21).
The recently launched cooperation is already showing promising results: Initial customer projects are running successfully and confirm the great potential of the collaboration.
The partnership marks an important step towards automated bakery production and underlines the joint goal of supporting customers worldwide with sustainable and future-proof technologies.
About Abendschön:
As a leading manufacturer of robotic systems and automation technology for bakeries, Abendschön Maschinenbau GmbH, a family business based in Ötigheim, supplies bakeries worldwide. The lines are developed, built and programmed to customer specifications in order to meet the highest quality and technical standards. In addition to robotics, the technologies used include intelligent 3D image processing, ultrasound, sensors, gripping technology and complex software.
About the Koenig Group:
The Koenig Group has been supplying bakeries worldwide with high-quality bakery machines and lines for almost 60 years. Continuous innovation has secured the company a leading position worldwide. Since Koenig was founded in 1966, the main objective has been to support bakers in their daily work. The Koenig Group has around 750 employees. With production and sales locations in Austria, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Finland, the Netherlands and the USA as well as a worldwide network of sales partners, Koenig achieves an export quota of 90%.
