Schröter Technologie

What Schröter Technologie does

Schröter Technologie GmbH & Co. KG is a fourth-generation, family-owned German manufacturer of industrial thermal processing systems for the food industry, headquartered in Borgholzhausen, East Westphalia. Founded in 1948, the company designs and builds customized equipment for smoking, cooking, baking, drying, cooling, climate-controlled ripening, and pasteurizing, organized around a portfolio of branded jet systems: THERMICjet® (hot smoke and cook), ARCTICjet® (intensive chilling), SEMIjet® (semi-continuous batch), CONTIjet® (fully continuous), CLIMAjet® (maturing and ripening), BAKEjet® (baking), FISHjet® (fish), SMOKjet® (smoke generation), and CLEENjet® (automatic cleaning), all underpinned by the proprietary CrossBack horizontal-airflow principle and the inTouch process-control software. The company exports to over 80 countries and serves enterprise meat, sausage, poultry, fish, cheese, vegetable, snack, vegan/vegetarian, and pet-food processors.

The business model is built on long-cycle, project-based capital equipment sales: each system is engineered to the customer's production requirements and supported with installation, commissioning, remote support, spare parts, and maintenance services. Schröter sells directly from its German headquarters and through a global network of regional trade representatives (e.g., Metal Marc in Brazil, PHT in the Middle East/Gulf, Multivac New Zealand in Oceania). Customer relationships are unusually long-tenured — Wiltmann (since 1958), Metten Gruppe (30+ years), Tarczynski AG (since 2000), Kermené (18 years), ANZCO Foods (since 2005), Windau (since 2014) — and several named accounts operate nearly 70 Schröter systems across facilities processing hundreds of tons of product per day. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the company remains privately held with no external funding, no M&A activity, and continued family leadership by Klaus and Dietrich Schröter.

Name

Schröter Technologie

Legal name

Schröter Technologie GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://schroeter-technologie.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Schröter Technologie is a fourth-generation, family-owned German manufacturer of customized industrial thermal processing systems — smoking, cooking, cooling, maturing, baking, and pasteurizing — sold under the THERMICjet®, CONTIjet®, CLIMAjet® and other jet-system brands to enterprise food processors across 80+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Food Processing Equipment

NAICS

Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241)

SIC

Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567)

akta.pro primary industry

Cold Chain & Temperature-Controlled Storage Equipment (IMAHAKAJ)

Keywords

• Industrial food processing equipment
• Thermal processing systems
• Smoking and cooking systems
• Food industry machinery
• Meat processing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Borgholzhausen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Industrial Equipment Sales: Sale of customized food processing equipment including smoking, cooking, cooling, baking, and climate control systems. Equipment is tailored to individual customer production requirements.
2. Professional Services: Installation, commissioning, remote support, spare parts, and maintenance services for installed equipment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Schröter Technologie manufactures and supplies customized industrial thermal processing systems for the food industry, including hot-smoke and cooking plants (THERMICjet®), continuous cooking systems (CONTIjet®), intensive chilling systems (ARCTICjet®), climate-controlled ripening systems (CLIMAjet®), baking (BAKEjet®), fish processing (FISHjet®), smoke generators (SMOKjet®), and automated cleaning systems (CLEENjet®). Equipment is engineered to customer specifications, complemented by installation, commissioning, remote support, spare parts, and maintenance services, and sold to meat, poultry, fish, cheese, vegetable, pet food, and plant-based food processors in over 80 countries.

Product overview

Schröter Technologie is a manufacturer of industrial food processing equipment headquartered in Borgholzhausen, Germany, with over 75 years of experience. Under the brand promise 'Leading Quality', the company offers a comprehensive portfolio of jet-based processing systems designed for smoking, cooking, baking, drying, cooling, klimatizing, and pasteurizing applications across the food industry. The product portfolio centers on seven core jet systems: THERMICjet® for hot smoking and cooking; ARCTICjet® for intensive chilling; SEMIjet® for semi-continuous batch processing; CONTIjet® for fully continuous production; CLIMAjet® for climate-controlled maturation and ripening; BAKEjet® for baking applications; FISHjet® for fish processing; and SMOKjet® for smoke generation. These are complemented by the CLEENjet® automatic cleaning system, the CrossBack-Prinzip air circulation technology, inTouch process control software for system control and visualization, and holistic cleaning concepts. The systems are designed for diverse applications including meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, cheese, bread, snacks, vegan/vegetarian products, and pet food. The company exports to over 80 countries worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• THERMICjet®: Hot smoke and cooking systems - efficient smoking, cooking, roasting, drying, and shower cooling in one system.
• ARCTICjet®
• SEMIjet®
• CONTIjet®
• CLIMAjet®
• BAKEjet®
• FISHjet®
• SMOKjet®
• CLEENjet®
• CrossBack
• Meeting Point

Products and services

• THERMICjet® Hot-smoke and cooking system that performs smoking, cooking, baking, drying, shower cooling, climatizing, and pasteurizing of food products in a single installation, designed for meat, sausage, fish, cheese, vegetable, snack and pet food processors.
• ARCTICjet® Intensive chilling system that rapidly cools food products after thermal processing, used by meat, poultry, vegan/vegetarian and other food manufacturers as part of integrated processing lines.
• SEMIjet® Semi-continuous hot-air and blast-chilling system for batch processing applications with flexible production capacity, suited to meat, poultry, vegan/vegetarian, and pet food manufacturers.
• CONTIjet® Fully continuous cooking system that dries, smokes, cooks and chills food products in one continuous non-stop process, exemplified by a 3,000 kg/hour installation at Kermené for French sausage production.
• CLIMAjet® Climate-controlled raw sausage and post-ripening system providing precise control of temperature, humidity, and air circulation during maturation processes for sausage, ham, cheese and similar products.
• BAKEjet® Baking system for the production of bread, snacks and baked goods in industrial food processing settings.
• FISHjet® Specialized processing system for smoking, cooking, and climate-controlled processing of fish and seafood products.
• SMOKjet® Smoke generation system including wood-chip and steam smoke generators (SMOKjet® RH/RD range) used to provide smoke for various industrial smoking processes.
• CLEENjet® Automated cleaning system for Schröter installations using programmed control units with minimal chemical and water consumption, designed to ensure thorough and documented hygiene between production runs.
• Kleinanlagen und Bauformen (Small-scale systems and alternative designs) Small-scale systems and alternative equipment designs tailored to lower production volumes or specific customer requirements, extending the jet-based product family to smaller industrial users.
• Installation, commissioning, remote support, spare parts and maintenance services Professional services delivered alongside Schröter equipment, including installation, commissioning, remote support, spare parts supply, and maintenance services for food processing installations worldwide.

Quantifiable outcome

• Wiltmann processes 160 tons of meat daily using nearly 70 Schröter systems
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered regional and strategic.

• Metal MarcregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMetal Marc is Schröter's trade representative in Brazil, exhibiting at Mercoagro 2026 trade fair in Chapecó, Santa Catarina. Represents Schröter's sales and support activities in the Brazilian market.
• PHTregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPHT represents Schröter at GULFOOD trade fair in Dubai and handles sales and support for the Middle East/Gulf region.
• Multivac New ZealandregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultivac New Zealand has been an important and reliable partner for more than a decade. Responsible for on-site installation and support for Schröter systems at ANZCO Foods in New Zealand and expansion into the Australian market.
• Itoham YonekyustrategicTechnology or IntegrationJapanese majority shareholder of ANZCO Foods, known for high-quality cooked goods including jerky and ham products. Also uses Schröter production systems for their manufacturing operations, providing technology validation and partnership continuity.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• JBT (John Bean Technologies): US-listed supplier of food processing and air transportation equipment, with significant overlap in thermal processing, smoking, cooking, and chilling systems for protein customers globally.
• Marel: Iceland-based global leader in food processing equipment for meat, poultry, fish, and dairy. Competes with Schröter's thermal-processing equipment in the same customer factories, but at global-enterprise scale across many process categories.
• GEA Group: German-listed global leader in industrial food processing machinery, with broad portfolio across separators, homogenizers, and processing lines. Overlaps directly with Schröter's industrial thermal-processing equipment for meat and dairy customers, but at vastly larger scale and broader scope.
• Alfa Laval: Swedish global industrial-equipment maker with strong thermal-processing and heat-transfer equipment lines used in food, dairy, and beverage processing. Overlaps with Schröter on the thermal-processing side for larger multinational food manufacturers.

Direct peers

• Heat and Control: US-headquartered manufacturer of cooking, frying, baking, and smoking equipment for the food industry. Direct competitor to Schröter's THERMICjet/BAKEjet/SMOKjet lines, with comparable customization-for-industrial-customer model.
• Vemag: German specialist in sausage filling, portioning, and linking equipment for meat processors. Targets the same meat/sausage processors that buy Schröter's smoking and cooking systems, often as a complementary supplier in the same factory line.
• Handtmann: German manufacturer of portioning, filling, and forming systems for meat, sausage, and convenience-food processors. Same industrial food-processing category as Schröter with overlapping European meat-processor customer base.
• Rühle GmbH: German niche competitor building smoking, cooking, and maturing systems for meat and sausage processors. Smaller in scale than Schröter but directly competes in the same thermal-processing equipment niche.
• Bizerba: German-headquartered manufacturer of slicing, weighing, labeling, and processing equipment for the food industry, especially meat and bakery. Closely comparable in geography, target customers (meat processors, industrial bakeries), and customization model.

Others

• Multivac: German leader in packaging and processing equipment; also a distribution partner of Schröter in New Zealand/Oceania. Addresses adjacent steps of the food factory line (packaging, slicing) and is partially co-supplier rather than direct thermal-processing competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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