History
Herman Kühn started his career working as a butcher, which subsequently led him to open his first own butchery in Cape Town. As his business grew, Herman discovered the need for repairing butchery equipment and opened “On The Spot Sharpeners” in 1965. This expanded his repertoire to the sharpening of butchery tools, gardening equipment, carpentry and household tools.
In 1970 Herman opened his doors to a new venture and the world of bread slicing machines. His bread slicers were very successful in rural areas, but failed to entice the upper end of the market. This inspired him to design and build a machine that could slice bread in bulk at about 20 breads per minute, and Kühn Machines was born. These slicers reached widespread popularity in large supermarkets and during 1973 business started to boom. Five years later Herman travelled through Africa and Europe to expand Kühn Machines in new territories. In 1985 Herman bought a factory in Beaconville, at 33 Tredoux Street, Cape Town, where Kühn Machines expanded the manufacturing of bread slicers.
During 2008 Herman was succeeded by his daughter, Karen Stander, the current CEO of Kühn Machines. Today we manufacture bread slicers and blades and continue to sharpen and repair a wide range of butchery and bakery equipment. Kühn Machines has also expanded its partnerships to Europe and is now the sole distributors of JAC Machines in Southern Africa.
What do we mean by Quality products?
At Kühn Machines loyalty and quality are some of our most important assets. Karen Stander, CEO of Kühn Machines, is committed to ensure that every business relationship will enact our long-standing commitment to service and values such as loyalty, quality and respect.
We understand that slicing is a critical part of any bakery or food service operation. We therefore offer efficient, sturdy and low maintenance products. Our blades are of the highest quality and are used by most in the industry. Because we deliver products that never disappoint and strive to give the best service in the industry, our relationships with our customers have grown into loyal trusted friendships.
New product:
CFA.300 AUTOMATIC SLICER
Proudly South African
Kühn Machines is a proudly South African family owned business. For the last 40 years we have been fortunate to be manufacturing the Kühn bread slicers and other Kühn slicing products for the local and international markets.
We manufacture our products using steel and stainless steel which is 100% recyclable and has a limited carbon footprint.