The internationally active bakery machine manufacturer König and the renowned manufacturer of bakery automation Abendschön announce the start of a strategic partnership. 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 Group.
Abendschön is also delighted with the collaboration, as Managing Director Christian Abendschön explains: “In König, 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 scoring, tray handling and lye application solutions for the first time at the König Group stand.
The recently launched cooperation is already showing promising results: The first 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.
CEO of the König Group
Managing Director of Abendschön
About Abendschön
As a leading manufacturer of robot systems and automation technology for bakeries, Abendschön Maschinenbau GmbH, a family business based in Ötigheim, supplies bakeries in Germany and abroad. The systems 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, gripper technology and complex software.
About the König Group
The König Group has been supplying bakeries worldwide with high-quality bakery machines and systems for 59 years. Constant innovation ensures the company’s leading position worldwide. The König 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, König achieves an export quota of 90%.