When Krones.digital was created in 2022, Krones blazed a new trail in terms of collaboration: within a matrix organisational structure, team members around the world work together in community to develop solutions for digitally innovative, automated production.
Said Severin Diepold, head of the Krones.digital subsegment Corporate Digitalisation and Automation: “The matrix organisation enables our colleagues to think and work together across global divisional and company boundaries. Everyone works in overarching development tribes, which are coordinated internationally. The entire value chain is covered – from product development to project execution right through to supporting our customers’ ongoing production operations.”
In the meantime, the community has grown to more than 500 employees, spread across offices in the USA, Germany, the Czech Republic and China. Now, another location has been added in Bengaluru, India: Krones Digital Solutions India.
Added Diepold: “With the establishment of Krones Digital Solutions India, we have come another step closer to accomplishing the goal expressed in our new corporate vision: ‘Solutions beyond tomorrow’. That is, to offer solutions that reach further and lead the food and beverage industry into a digital future. One of the major projects at Krones in this context is the development of the Line of the Future. To achieve this goal, it also requires Krones.digital. We are already well positioned, but we always need well-trained IT specialists. Establishing a location in India was therefore an obvious choice, as the country is a global leader in this field.”
Continued Suchismita De, Managing Director: “With this vision, the entire Krones Group has committed to driving solutions that make possible a sustainable and thus truly liveable future for us all. Digitalisation and automation play a key role in that. For the people joining the Krones.digital community from in Bengaluru, that means they’re not just doing any old job. They’re playing an active, formative role in a meaningful mission.”
The 70-some employees work not only on developing software solutions for customers, but also on Krones’ own internal IT projects, such as securing the IT environment against external attack.
Concluded Holger Blumberg, Head of Information Management.“Krones has had a subsidiary in India for over 25 years. In 2013, we set up another IT support department there in order to be able to offer global 24-hour support internally as well. ‘Bundling Krones’ IT activities in India was a logical step for us in order to exploit synergies in software development and IT operations, for example.” For more visit krones.com
