Kalt

Kalt

Kalt Maschinenbau AG

Lütisburg, Switzerland

Processing EquipmentAutomation & ControlsEngineering & Services
Founded 196251-200 employeesManufacturer, System IntegratorSells to Processors, Artisan Producers
Profile last updated: June 1, 2026

About

Founded in 1962, Kalt is a dairy industry manufacturer based in Lütisburg, Switzerland selling processing equipment, automation & controls, engineering & services.

Kalt Maschinenbau AG is a Swiss manufacturer of machinery and plants for milk processing and cheese production, based in Lütisburg in eastern Switzerland. The company develops and builds cheese vats, cassette presses, drainage and stacking systems, brine bath systems, curing and ripening storage, and crane systems. Its offering also covers automation and control solutions through its group company Staedler Automation, and special machines such as cleaning systems and test plants. Kalt serves traditional cheese dairies and industrial production plants and exports worldwide. Services include consulting, project planning, turnkey delivery, on-site installation and operator training, and a service team available around the clock. The company states that all product-contact components are made of high-quality chrome-nickel steel and that its plants are manufactured in Switzerland. It has been developing and producing dairy machinery since 1962 and is part of the Advaton FoodTec group.

Location

Lütisburg, Switzerland

Founded

1962

Employees

51-200

Legal name

Kalt Maschinenbau AG

Focus areas

cheese technologycheese vatscassette pressbrine bathcheese pressingcuring and ripeningcrane systemsautomationSwiss qualityturnkey cheese plants

Languages

ENDEFR

Products & capabilities

Supply categories

Processing EquipmentAutomation & ControlsEngineering & Services

Supplier role

ManufacturerSystem IntegratorEngineering Firm

Sells to

ProcessorsArtisan Producers

Customer scale

Farmstead & ArtisanIndustrial

Dairy products served

Cheese

Equipment

Cheese Vats & Presses

Services

InstallationProcess EngineeringTrainingField Service

Products

Cassettepress (patented cassette cheese press)

Cheese press

Single- and multi-batch cheese pressing system available in 2- and 4-pillar versions.

7-in-1 Press

Cheese press

Cheddar and hard cheese press solution combining several processing steps in one machine.

Cheese vats

Cheese vat

Double-O-form vats offering an optimised surface-to-volume ratio for cheese curd production.

Brine bath systems

Brine bath

Brine baths with circulation, filtration and cooling, from small to large plants.

Drainage systems and stacker

Drainage system

Drainage and automatic stacking systems for pressed cheese, including a drainage trolley for small dairies.

Curing and ripening board storage

Curing and ripening system

Board storage systems for ripening cheese in large formats.

2D/3D crane systems

Crane system

Modular crane systems for brine bath plants in stainless steel.

Service regions

Worldwide

Standards, references & customers

Reference installations

Tine Ireland Ltd.

Ireland

Jarlsberg cheese production (cheese vats and cheese presses)

Simmental Switzerland AG

Switzerland

Nature Park Cheese Factory

Named customers

Tine Ireland Ltd.Käserei Studer AGCoop de YenneGebrüder Woerle Ges.m.b.HFritz Kaiser Inc.Berg-Käserei Gais AGSimmental Switzerland AG

People

Management & team (2)

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