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Unifying expertise for the baking industry


  


C 1800s GARDNER Mixers and Blenders were founded


 


 Werner & Pfleiderer founded for continuous kneading technology  Coperion is founded


 DIOSNA is founded by Friedrich Dierks and Julius Möllman


 A.M. Perkins & Sons merge with Werner & Pfleiderer and become Werner Pfleiderer Perkins Limited


 Joseph Baker & Sons create the ‘No.1 New Biscuit


Cutting Machine. An ‘all-in- one’ gauging, cutting and stamping machine


Joseph Baker 1823 - 1892


 Joseph Baker & Sons and Perkins Engineers Ltd


merge to become Joseph Baker Sons & Perkins


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operion’s Food, Health & Nutrition (FHN) division        





 as Bakon, Baker Perkins,


                                                                   


                                 


• Streamlined Operations:              


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              


• Faster Time to Market:         


       


                    it’s ingredient handling,


mixing and


                                              


 Coperion technologies include well established brands with over 1910s


 Peerless bread machinery founded


 Werner, Pfleiderer and


Perkins Limited become Perkins Engineers Ltd


1950s  Esteve Process founded


 Shick Solutions founded by William Ungashick


1970s


Werner acquires Lehara Corporation and


changes its name to Werner Lehara


 Former Schenck Process acquire Colt-On Industries


 Werner Lehara acquired by Baker Perkins Ltd but retains


its Werner Lehara name


 Bretèche Group acquire two major players of the mixing industry, DIOSNA and VMI


 Peerless acquire Peters Machinery, specialists in high-speed sandwiching


machines 1990s


 VMI sells the first VERYMIX continuous mixers


 Peerless acquire Fedco Systems 2010s  Esteve joins Bretèche Group


 Former Schenck Process GmbH changes to former Schenck Process LLC


 Hillenbrand acquires Coperion GmbH


 DIOSNA acquire Isernhager, which brings additional expertise


in liquid sourdough


Shick Solutions joins Bretèche Group


 Bretèche Group rebrand as LINXIS Group


 Blackrock Group LP acquires former Schenck Process LLC


 Shick Solutions and Esteve Process become Shick Esteve


 Former Schenck Process acquire Kemutec


 LINXIS Group acquire Unifiller


2025


 


Coperion embodies a legacy of renowned technology brands with a history of innovation.


As a global leader in bulk material processing systems, Coperion unites the expertise of these brands, creating a powerhouse of advanced engineering solutions for industries worldwide.


 


Baker Perkins Bakon DIOSNA Kemutec Peerless


Shaffer Shick Esteve Unifiller VMI


1900s


 The Werner family founds Dutch Cookie Machine


Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan where the first Rotary Moulder cookie machine was developed for making Windmill Cookies


1920s


 KEK Sifters and Mills is founded in the UK


 Joseph Baker Sons & Perkins renames


to Baker Perkins Ltd 1960s


 VMI orientates its know-how towards


the manufacturing of kneaders for craft bakers


 DIOSNA invented the Wendel


Mixer, which was patented and achieved global success.


 Baker Perkins exhibit at the British Empire


Exhibition, Wembley  Unifiller is founded


 VMI takes over the RAYNERI company, a specialist in industrial mixing


1980s


 PPS Air Classifier Mills founded in the UK later to become the Kemutec brand


 VMI acquires three brands, Phebus, Mahot, and Rex


Bakers Equipment/Winkler changes ownership to become Shaffer Manufacturing


 Bakon founded in in ‘s-Heerenhoek, a small village near the town of Goes in the Netherlands.


 Baker Perkins renamed APV Baker following merger with APV


 Creation of Bretèche Industrie which becomes LINXIS Group in 2017


2000s


 APV Baker acquired by private investors and renamed Baker Perkins Inc


 Shaffer is acquired by Bundy Baking Solutions


2020 onwards


2020 by Schenck Process LLC


 LINXIS Group acquire Bakon, a specialist in depositing


and ultrasonic cutting


 Shick Esteve acquire W.D. Laramore Manufacturing, a manufacturer of flour reclaim systems


LINXIS Group acquire Shaffer from Bundy Baking Solutions


Acquisition of Peerless successfully completed by


Hillenbrand


 Through Hillenbrand, Coperion Food, Health & Nutrition division created. LINXIS Group acquired and joins this division


2023 former Schenck Process FPN


and integrates into Coperion


 Former Schenck Process FPM legally rebranded to Coperion


Kennedy’s Confection May 2025


KennedysConfection.com


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