Urschel Laboratories, Inc., a global producer of food cutting technology, was founded in 1910. The firm designs, produces, and distributes high-capacity, precision cutting equipment to food processors and allied sectors across the world. Its solutions are employed in industrial food processing processes that require constant and precise cutting performance.

Urschel has a global sales and support network, offering food processing solutions to both regional and international customers. In addition to gear, the firm creates unique cutting technologies, constantly increasing its portfolio of solutions to meet changing processing needs and current client operations. Urschel machinery and crucial components are all built in-house, assuring consistent manufacturing quality and durability for long-term use in industrial situations. The firm is an employee-owned (ESOP) corporation that focuses on maintaining consistent production and operating standards.

In July 2025, Urschel created a relationship with KRONEN GmbH and invested in the German firm. As part of this agreement, Urschel also supplies KRONEN gear in a few foreign markets, broadening its offering beyond cutting equipment to include other processing options.

Customers can witness a free test cutting of their product on Urschel and select KRONEN machinery in-person, live remotely, or through receiving videos and/or photos. A comprehensive report is generated for each test cut for customer consideration.

Urschel designs and engineers many cutting solutions to benefit the potato sector. The Urschel CC (Chip Cutter) Slicer revolutionized the potato crisp/chip market when it was unveiled in 1959 and continues to be the go-to potato chip/crisp slicer years later. Other popular one-, two-, and three-dimensional Urschel potato commercial food cutting equipment include the DiversaCut® series: DiversaCut 2110A®, Sprint 2®, and DiversaCut Sprint® Dicers.

Urschel machines deliver precise cuts including flat, crinkle, V, cubes, strips, French fry strips, and numerous other styles of cuts to meet the everchanging demands of the dynamic food processing industry. KRONEN machinery assists Urschel in providing processing line options including cutting, peeling, washing, and drying solutions. Learn more and view all Urschel processing solutions at urschel.com.