Detra Carmichael

K-Tron was acquired by Hillenbrand, Inc. in 2010, followed by acquisition of Coperion in 2012. K-Tron changed its name to Coperion K-Tron upon its merger with Coperion in October, 2013. With more than 110 years as an industrial equipment manufacturer, Coperion K-Tron is a leading global supplier of feeders, pneumatic conveying components and complete material handling systems, including systems engineering and a global network of field service engineers, parts and training services. Coperion K-Tron is headquartered in the USA, in the Philadelphia area near Pitman, NJ. It has US manufacturing facilities in Pitman and Salina, KS. It also has manufacturing in Niederlenz, Switzerland and Shanghai, China. Coperion K-Tron has more than 690 employees in the United States, Mexico, Europe and Asia and more than 80 Manufacturer Representative Agencies in 57 countries worldwide. Coperion K-Tron holds more than 100 patents for feeding, weighing, mechanical components and control technologies for application in bulk solids handling in the Plastics, Chemical, Food, Pharmaceutical, Detergent and Nonwoven industries. All scales, mechanical systems and controls are designed for the demands of the process industries. Pneumatic conveying solutions include complete transport systems to move bulk material from rail car to storage, to process. Vacuum loaders and receiver systems are integrated for refill of feeders. Coperion is a worldwide leader in compounding and twin screw extrusion equipment and systems, material handling and after sales service. It is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Together Coperion and Coperion K-Tron provide manufacturers a complete bulk solids handling and extrusion system capability, from the unloading of raw materials as they enter the factory, to transport, weighing and feeding of materials within the plant, to extrusion of high-value products, and transport or bagging and palletizing of finished materials for shipment to their destination.