Since its founding in 1964, K-Tron has defined the leading edge in feeding and bulk material handing. K-Tron International, Inc. is a publicly traded company headquartered in Pitman, New Jersey, with two divisions: the K-Tron Process Group and the Size Reduction Group. The K-Tron Process Group designs and produces high value solutions for feeding, pneumatic conveying and material handling systems and has become the preferred choice of processors around the world. In recent industry studies of Industrial Weighing Machinery, Frost & Sullivan named K-Tron the continuous weigh feeder company with #1 market share in both the United States and Europe. The K-Tron Process Group has more than 400 employees worldwide, with manufacturing facilities in the United States (New Jersey and Kansas), Switzerland Great Britain and China. K-Tron sells its ISO 9001 certified equipment through manufacturers’ reps in North America, Latin America, Asia and much of Europe, using direct sales offices in Germany, France and the U.K. The K-Tron Process Group serves a variety of process industries including plastics, food, pet food, chemical, pharmaceutical, detergents, personal care products and more. Technologies K-Tron holds numerous patents for weighing, control and material handling technology. The company’s continuing commitment to research and development assures processors that they can count on K-Tron to keep them at the top of the technology curve. K-Tron has earned a number of awards recognizing its new products and technology. Recent new product introductions have included the Bulk Solids Pump™ (BSP) feeder, the Micro Feeder MT12 , new KCM controls and the new feeder operator interface, K-Vision.