Our Principals

Pioneers in confectionary industry equipment since 1983, Trikno can deliver solutions for all aspects of product formation in the chocolate and bakery industries.

They focus on four main areas:

• KCM Depositors – uniquely designed piston depositors.
• Moulding Lines- specialised in the design and manufacturing of moulding lines for the confectionery industry using one-shot, cold-press or decorating technologies.
• Retrofit – You can upgrade existing moulding lines from third-party suppliers with Trikno depositors or with other Trikno machines to deliver new products or optimize existing production.
• R&D Lab – Witness the advantages of Trikno technology and visit our lab.

Suppliers of equipment to the chocolate and confectionery industry since 1930, Wolf have a wide portfolio of process solutions.

Highlights of their machine programme are:

• Chocolate tempering – from very low usage (100kg) to tempering with inclusion.
• Enrobing and decorating.
• Belt Panning system – market leading in belt coating and polishing.
• Cooling tunnels.
• Secondhand machinery and machine rebuilds.

Experts in high-precision chocolate moulds for bars, pralines and hollow figures.

Hans Brunner is a leading European mould manufacturer, supporting industrial producers and artisan chocolatiers with moulds engineered for accuracy, durability and smooth production performance.

Key strengths include:

• In-house tooling – Full control of design, quality and delivery
• Standard or bespoke – Catalogue options or custom moulds
• High-precision finish – Clean demoulding and fine detailing
• Flexible processes – Injection moulding or thermoforming
• Sustainable production – Certified systems and recycled materials

Mazzetti Renato is at the forefront of chocolate-making technology in Europe, having been the first to patent ball mill refiners as a method for processing chocolate.

Based in the outskirts of Milan, they provide high quality equipment and machinery installations tailored for chocolate production.

Their product range includes:

• Ball refiners
• Chocolate depositors
• Pick and place machines
• Mixers

Global specialists in ingredient handling and process automation for food, beverage and plastics manufacturing.

Piovan provides fully integrated systems that move powders, granules, liquids and creams cleanly and accurately from intake through to batching, keeping production stable with fewer stoppages and tighter process control.

Core areas of expertise include:

• Ingredient handling – Reception, storage, conveying and dosing
• Process automation – PLC and SCADA for full traceability and control
• Hygienic systems – Food-grade contact parts with clean-in-place options
• Modular design – Scalable layouts from small lines to centralised systems
• Plastics technologies – Drying, temperature control and material recycling

KERRES Group is a German manufacturer of hygiene systems for the food production industry, established in 1966.

Their integrated approach combines mechanical and process engineering to create convenient, economical and durable cleaning solutions for the chocolate and confectionery industries.

Their hygiene systems include:

• Chocolate mould washing – designed to thoroughly clean chocolate moulds.
• Continuous tunnel cleaning solutions – to be integrated into productin lines for consistent cleaning results.
• Tray and trolley cleaning systems – designed for trays and trolleys used in food production.
• Smoke stick cleaning – efficient cleaning solutions for smoking utensils.

RM Technology Engineering SRL specialise in delivering Counting and Volumetric Depositing Systems for the Confectionery, Food and Pharmaceutical Industry.

Their product range includes:

• Nut Feeding system for intermittent mould systems. Count items, nuts, candy into moulds.
• Nut Feeding system for continuous moulds systems.
• Volumetric feeding of free flowing granular items i.e. sugar, chopped nuts into intermittent of continuous mould systems.
• Pick and place systems for product distribution i.e. out of moulds, feeding wrapping systems.

Chocal® is the world leader in the development of preformed aluminium packaging for hollow chocolate figures.

The advantages of this technology compared with cling wrap packaging are:

• Better appearance – Your figures have a perfectly shaped external appearance – the perfect second skin.
• Detailled figure shapes – Unlimited shapes: Chocal packs figures that cannot be packaged with cling wrap technology.
• Better legibility – Your labelling requirements on this aluminium packaging are perfectly legible.
• Better protection – Your hollow chocolate figures are better protected by the Chocal packaging.
• More security Your  figures can be sealed with a tamper-evident closure, if required.
• Less waste – The gentle processing of the chocolate figures means less waste.
• More flexibility – All figures can be produced on one machine from mini to maxi format.