Industrial mill in Klagenfurt: milling, mixing, extruding, thermal treatment and packaging of flour and special blends.
Kärntner Mühle GmbH
Klagenfurt-Viktring (AT)New on Amplifa
About Kärntner Mühle
Kärntner Mühle GmbH in Klagenfurt-Viktring is a modern industrial mill producing flour and flour-based special products. Its core competencies include the milling of wheat and rye flour, the production of special blends to customer recipes for the baking additives industry, the extrusion of cereals, and thermal treatment through drying, stabilization and modification. The products are then packaged as sack goods or retail-size small packs and delivered loose in silos via its own tanker fleet or palletized. Customers include the baking industry, the baking additives industry, commercial bakeries, pizzerias, retail as well as farmers; exports go among others to Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, northern Italy and South Tyrol. With its own brand Kärntner Korn, contract farming with Carinthian farmers and organic certification, the fifth-generation family business is the largest mill in Carinthia and in the south-east Austrian region.
- Site
- Klagenfurt-Viktring
- Processes
- Milling (grain milling into flour), Packaging (sack goods and retail-size small packs), Mixing (flour-based special blends to customer recipes), Extrusion (thermal heating, expanded extrudates, capable of fine milling), Thermal treatment (drying, stabilization, thermal modification of cereals and flours), Cereal purchasing and collection from farmers, Delivery service by tanker truck/silo truck and palletized sack goods, Milling (wheat and rye flour, special products)
- Materials
- Wheat (wheat flour W480, W700, W1600), Rye (rye flour R500, R960, R2500), Had'n (buckwheat), Semolina, Polenta, Kärntner Korn Universal Flour T480, Wheat flour, Rye flour
- Certificates
- ISO 22000 FSSC, Organic certification (EU organic / organic criteria), Organic certification (EU organic)
- Founded
- 1877
- Employees
- 25+
- Industries
- Baking industry, Baking additives industry, Commercial bakeries, Retail, Food industry, Agriculture
- 01
Cereal purchasing from contract farmers
- 02
Milling
- 03
Thermal treatment (drying, stabilization, modification)
- 04
Extrusion
- 05
Mixing of special blends
- 06
Packaging (sack goods, small packs)
- 07
Delivery by tanker truck or palletized sack goods
Flours and Raw Materials
Wheat flour
Wheat flours of types W480, W700 and W1600 for bakeries, the baking industry and retail.
Rye flour
Rye flours of types R500, R960 and R2500, among other things for bread and mixed breads.
Kärntner Korn Universal Flour T480
Own brand as a blend of smooth and gritty flour with a guaranteed minimum of 51 % Carinthian grain.
Had'n (buckwheat)
Carinthian buckwheat flour as an alternative to wheat flour.
Semolina
Cereal product for further processing in the baking trade and the food industry.
Polenta
Ground corn product of the product range.
Locations
Klagenfurt-Viktring
ATIndustrial mill, company headquarters, production and sales
- Materials
- Wheat, rye, buckwheat, semolina, polenta
- Roller mill machines
- Extruders
- Packaging machines
- Tanker fleet (silos trucks)
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milling (grain milling into flour)Other (food processing) | – | – | – | – | Wheat, Rye, Had'n (buckwheat), Semolina, Polenta |
| Packaging (sack goods and retail-size small packs)Assembly | – | – | – | – | Wheat flour, Rye flour, Special blends |
| Mixing (flour-based special blends to customer recipes)Other (food processing) | – | – | – | – | Flour, Baking mixes (baking additives industry) |
| Extrusion (thermal heating, expanded extrudates, capable of fine milling)Other (food processing) | – | – | – | – | almost all cereal types |
| Thermal treatment (drying, stabilization, thermal modification of cereals and flours)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | Cereals, Flours |
| Cereal purchasing and collection from farmersOther (trading/raw material procurement) | – | – | – | – | Cereals |
| Delivery service by tanker truck/silo truck and palletized sack goodsOther (logistics) | – | – | – | – | Flour, Special blends |
4 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milling machines (roller mill industrial mill) | – | – | – | – | Klagenfurt-Viktring |
| Extruders | – | – | – | – | Klagenfurt-Viktring |
| Packaging machines / packaging lines | – | – | – | – | Klagenfurt-Viktring |
| Tanker fleet (silos trucks) | – | – | – | – | Klagenfurt-Viktring |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and Certification
The company is certified to ISO 22000 FSSC and organic-certified in most processes; cultivation contracts with Carinthian farmers secure raw material quality.
| Evidence | Klagenfurt-Viktring |
|---|---|
| ISO 22000 FSSC | |
| Organic certification (EU organic) |
History
- 1475
First mention of a predecessor mill in Viktring Abbey.
- 1877
Martin Kropfitsch, great-great-great-grandfather of the current owner, acquires today's mill – the Kropfitsch mill.
Transformation from a craft mill into an industrial mill; the mill today ranks among the top 10 in Austria and is run in the fifth generation.
In the 1950s, after the occupation period, price fixing and grain quantity allocation in Austria; economically difficult times.
- 2013
Foundation of Kärntner Mühle GmbH as the operating company.