Best Food Processing & Packaging Equipment Companies in Germany
The 79 best Food Processing & Packaging Equipment companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: XOLUTION.
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Ranked: Best Food Processing & Packaging Equipment companies in Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XOLUTION Manufactures re-closable ends for beverage cans. 35Moat top 28%Growth top 30%Patents top 34%Innovation top 38% All 8 signals ▾Moattop 28% Growthtop 30% Patentstop 34% Innovationtop 38% Fundingtop 48% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 27% Techbottom 19% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 211 patents Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $49M | 125 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2006 | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | 208 patents Resealable container lids with controllable ventilation openings for cans and jars | 1 launch · 1 expansion |
| 2 | Gea Provider of systems, machinery, plants, process technology, components, and related services | $882K | 65 mo ago | Public | Beatrice Bruey Co-CEO | — | Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+14 | 22 patents Industrial IoT control systems for automation of pumps, turbines, and related energy equipment | — |
| 3 | Elea Pulsed Electric Field Manufacturer of electric field processing sytem | $627K | 63 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 4 | KHS Provides packaging & filling solution for F&B industry | $397K | 83 mo ago | Funding Raised | Heinz Fuhrmann Chairman | 1993 | Craft CMSPHPYii+10 | 6,819 patents Automated production, handling, and filling of beverage containers and hollow bodies. | — |
| 5 | Krones Manufactures filling and packaging equipment for food & beverage products | — | 5 mo ago | Public | Christoph Klenk CEO | 1951 | Cart FunctionalitySAP Commerce CloudJava+21 | 15,102 patents Automated beverage container filling, inspection, sealing, and packaging equipment. | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 6 | SOLLICH Manufactures equipment for processing confectionery products | — | 47 mo ago | Funding Raised | Thomas Sollich CEO | 1920 | TYPO3 CMSPHPBootstrap+11 | 133 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 7 | BIO PLANETE Manufactures and markets organic oil | — | 161 mo ago | Late Stage | Jerome Stremler CEO | 1984 | Neos CMSPleskApple iCloud Mail+11 | — | — |
| 8 | albert frey Albert Frey is a manufacturer of plant systems for breweries and the beverage industry. | — | — | Acquired | — | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | — |
Top 7 Food Processing & Packaging Equipment companies in Germany
#1
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2006 · 14 employees$49.1Mraised▾
XOLUTION is manufactures and provide the reclosable beverage container solution. XO beverage can offer easy usage to the consumer (intuitive, easy to open and reseal), easy integration for the beverage filler in the existing processes (no major adjustments to the filling line) and easy handling for the can maker (XO reclosable can ends based on standard shells). XO resealable can won the Can of the Year Award in Dubai in 2009 (winner silver).
- Jan 2016Series B$49.1M
#2
Public · Germany · 273 employees$882.4Kraised▾
Provider of systems, machinery, plants, process technology, components, and related services. The company offers solutions for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical sectors. Its portfolio enhances the sustainability and efficiency of production processes. The company provides equipment across diverse industries.
#3
Funding Raised · Quakenbruck, Lower Saxony · founded 2012 · 29 employees$626.5Kraised▾
Manufacturer of electric field processing sytem
- Mar 2021Grant (prize money)$304.4K
- Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$237.5K
- Mar 2015Grant (prize money)$84.6K
#4
Funding Raised · Dortmund, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 1993 · 5002 employees$397Kraised▾
Provides packaging & filling solution for F&B industry
- Jun 2019Unattributed—
- Oct 2016Grant (prize money)$397K
#5
Public · Neutraubling, Bavaria · founded 1951 · 431 employees—raised▾
Manufactures filling and packaging equipment for food & beverage products
#6
Funding Raised · Bad Salzuflen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 1920 · 77 employees—raised▾
SOLLICH offers innovative and comprehensive solutions for chocolate and confectionery production. The product range covers equipment for most chocolate, confectionery, snack and bakery applications including enrobing, tempering, cooling, depositing, bar and praline center forming. Now in its third generation, the family owned company has been designing and manufacturing machines for the confectionery industry for more than 90 years and is exporting them all over the world. The machines are individually tailored to customers' requirements.
#7
Late Stage · Lommatzsch, Saxony · founded 1984 · 22 employees—raised▾
Bio Planete manufactures and markets organic oil. Its product offerings include flaxseed oil mixture, virgin almond oil, ghee, protein mixture, protein coconut mixture, milk thistle oil, cumin oil, cooking & frying oil, chia oil, wok oil, olive oil & truffle etc. It also offers information regarding various recipes on the website. Its products can be purchased through a network of retailers.
- Jan 2013PE—
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Advanced Packaging is moving in Germany
A read on the academic research around Advanced Packaging — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 469 Germany-affiliated papers.
- Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration91
- Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems58
- Technische Universität Berlin38
- Chemnitz University of Technology31
- SUSS MicroTec28
- Die (integrated circuit)1→5
- Layer (electronics)1→5
- Thermocompression bonding2→4
- Flip chip2→4
- Die (integrated circuit)3→5
- Substrate (aquarium)3→4
- Wafer17
- Through-silicon via10
- Wafer bonding9
- Silicon8
- Interconnection6
Where advanced packaging is researched across Germany
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing advanced packaging patents in Germany
Germany advanced packaging patent filing is accelerating — 49 filings from 73 assignees (2016–2025), led by Robert Bosch, SUSS Microtec Lithography, Atotech Deutschland; annual filings 4→29.
- Robert Bosch33
- SUSS Microtec Lithography13
- Atotech Deutschland10
- George Gregory6
- UNIV Bremen4
- Aeponyx4
- Vanguard Automation4
- UNIV California4
Common questions
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