WHAT DO CHINESE BREWeries, Brazilian water bottlers and Italian dairy cooperatives have in common? Krones AG. The German company controls a quarter of the world's market for state-of-the-art bottling equipment. It ships 82 percent of its production abroad; its order book is backlogged to the tune of 686 million EUR. With revenues doubling since 1995, its 7,300 highly trained specialists in the Bavarian town of Neutraubling have grown used to working overtime.
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