The 46th Annual General Meeting of Krones AG was held today as an in-person event at marinaforum in Regensburg. Attendance – the proportion of the company’s share capital represented at the meeting – was some 83.72%. Shareholders adopted all agenda items submitted for voting with a large majority.
Krones well positioned in growing markets
Chief Executive Officer Christoph Klenk told shareholders that the 2025 financial year was marked by many challenges, which the entire Krones team successfully mastered. Numerous geopolitical risks also persist in the current year. Despite all the uncertainties, Krones remains realistically optimistic and expects the profitable growth path to continue in 2026.
“Krones’ markets will continue to offer good growth opportunities in the future,” Klenk said. Thanks to its broad global footprint, Krones is ideally positioned in the steadily growing, less cyclical food and beverage market.
Innovative products and services are the basis for the company’s long-term success
An important growth driver in the market is the digitalisation of beverage plants. Krones already offers a wide range of digital products and services that provide its customers with measurable added value. The trailblazing Ingeniq line generation, unveiled by Krones at drinktec 2025, plays a key role here. At the trade fair, Krones furtheron showcased a range of innovative products and services from all three segments. Alongside innovation, key elements of Krones’ growth strategy are investment in domestic and international sites and acquisitions.
Krones met all Group financial targets in 2025 and remains firmly committed to net-zero emissions target
Chief Financial Officer Uta Anders took shareholders through the financial and non-financial key performance indicators for the 2025 financial year. Despite negative currency translation effects, Krones increased revenue by 7.0% to €5.66 billion. Krones also significantly improved the two other financial KPIs – the EBITDA margin and ROCE. Uta Anders also reported to shareholders that Krones made good progress on its non-financial key performance indicators in 2025. Krones remains firmly committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero along the entire value chain by 2040.
