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K-Tron International Milestones
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| K-Tron (then known as Monsell) is founded in New Jersey to manufacture pneumatic scales |
K-Tron is incorporated |
K-Tron introduces the world's first digitally controlled belt feeder |
K-Tron acquires Soder AG, a Swiss company |
K-Tron introduces loss-in-weight feeders with digital weighing |
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| K-Tron goes public and is traded on NASDAQ (stock symbol KTII) |
K-Tron introduces modular feeders with Smart Force Transducer weighing |
K-Tron enters the pneumatic conveying business |
K-Tron introduces SmartConnex Control System and SFT III |
K-Tron acquires Colormax Limited |
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| K-Tron acquires Pneumatic Conveying Systems Limited |
K-Tron acquires Pennsylvania Crusher Corporation and Jeffrey Specialty Equipment Corporation |
K-Tron introduces the Bulk Solids Pump (BSP) |
Pennsylvania Crusher introduces the Mountaineer SizerTM |
K-Tron acquires J.M.J. Industries (now Gundlach Equipment Corporation) |
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| K-Tron acquires Premier Pneumatics, Inc. |
K-Tron acquires certain assets of Wuxi Chenghao Machinery Co. (now Wuxi K-Tron Colormax Machinery Co., Ltd.) |
K-Tron acquires Rader Companies, Inc. |
K-Tron introduces unique ActiFlow bulk solids activator for loss-in-weight feeders |
Jeffrey and Rader merge as Jeffrey Rader Corporation |
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| Hillenbrand acquires K-Tron |
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