Mission

Kroma stands for highly intelligent fish processing equipment helping customers to simplify processes while maximizing yields.

About

Kroma is an internationally oriented company. For more than 45 years, Kroma has produced machinery for the fish processing industry. It manifests our many years of experience with machinery for the processing industry in the way we design our new machine models but also in the way we try to design comprehensive systems for our clients. Each and every machine ever designed in Kroma incorporates vast amounts of know-how and many hours of experience. It is our goal to continuously develop the most innovative and highly intelligent processing technology in order to stay competitive in tomorrow’s world.

As demands placed on machinery constantly change a machine from is your guarantee that you will have a stable employee for many years to come. 

We have machines delivered to our clients at the end of the 1970s that are still up and running. Our machines are often designed for several fish species, yet each individual machine is dedicated to individual species to ensure the best processing result possible.

Kroma A/S constantly works to improve our warranty and after-sales service for our clients. We offer a variety of different service contracts aimed at ensuring that equipment works as optimally and efficiently as possible over time.

With roots in Denmark, we operate globally with solutions for even the most local fish species in both freshwater and saltwater and we are happy to help you with your next machine.

Our Values

Innovation

We support a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within our own company and defined practices in the industry in order to better meet the needs of customers.

Food Safety

Food safety is our top priority. We understand that the sanitary design of the interior of the machine is crucial. All our solutions are designed so that all inner areas are easily accessible and easy to clean making them highly hygienic.

Excellence

We seek excellence in every aspect of our business. We aim to deliver the superior quality and highest value possible through our solutions constantly improving our performance.

We have customers all around the world

Over the past years, Kroma has expanded internationally. Since then we have developed and delivered over 240 solutions to more than 120 customers in 30 different countries.

History

Kroma A/S is a family-owned company deeply rooted in the Danish engineering industry. The company dates all the way back to 1915, having a long tradition of manufacturing machinery for the industry both in Denmark and abroad. Since then Kroma operates globally and develops innovative solutions for both local freshwater and marine fish species.

1975 marked the beginning of Kroma’s production of machinery for the fish processing industry. The primary product was the popular Ravnstrup trout portion gutting machine.

In the beginning, it was only equipment for the trout industry that was developed and manufactured. It was in the middle of the 1980s that Kroma developed the first mackerel gutting machine. This machine was sold exclusively to smokehouses in Denmark and abroad.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the company changed its name to Kroma A/S. The focus also shifted much more towards product development–with an added strategic approach.

Since then KROMA A / S is known for its ability to develop unique processing solutions. The processing of one species of fish often leads to the development of new concepts for other species. Kroma machines excel not only in their quality, but they are also a partner who thinks and acts on the basis of what is best for the customer.

See our timeline below for additional information.

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2022

SILAGEMASTER a NEW Kroma A/S handling and storage system for by-product designed.

2021

Kroma A/S partner with @Lemvigh-Müller in aGreenment™ program.

2020

GUTMASTER X gutting machine for large salmon designed and manufactured.

2018

Partners with Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency.

Kroma A/S launched Remote Access Supervision service.

2017

GUTMASTER 1000 manufactured and sold for marine use.

2015

100 years Anniversary in the iron and machinery industry.

Kroma A/S 40th Anniversary in the fish processing industry.

2014

First SCALEMASTER de-scaling machine sold / Norway.

2010

First GUTMASTER 3000 machine manufactured and sold / Finland.

2013

Kroma A/S purchased own facility in Skive, Denmark.
Ivan Kristensen takes majority control of Kroma A/S.

2009

First FILETMASTER 180 machine manufactured and sold / Netherlands.

2006

First GUTMASTER 750 machine manufactured and sold / Turkey.

2004

First GUTMASTER 8000 machine manufactured and sold / Denmark.

2003

First GUTMASTER 1200 machine manufactured and sold / Scotland.

1989

Kroma plant is extended with a new administrative building / Skive, Denmark.

1986

First Ravnstrup mackerel gutting machine manufactured and sold / Sweden.
The machine is operational nowadays.

1975

Patent application for trout gutting machine submitted on 2 July 1975. Danish patent no. 153981 granted on the 13th of February 1989.

1975

First Ravnstrup trout gutting machine manufactured and sold to Ravnstrup Mølle / Denmark.

1915

TH Iversen Smedie, later Kroma A/S, approved by the Danish Factory Inspectorate.