In May 1932 the company Norddeutsche Fleischereimaschinenfabrik Fritz Reimers was founded in Kiel, which manufactured butcher machinery on a small scale and with local orientation. During its over 75 years of company history and development, the world-wide operating industrial company KILIA Fleischerei- und Spezial-Maschinen-Fabrik GmbH emerged, which today is located with their main seat in Neumünster. The increasing industrialization and internationalization had already been established to some degree by the founder´s son. With his retreat and the company being sold to new owners, however, a new structuring did begin. Besides getting certified after DIN EN ISO 9001, a broadening of the product range, the export systematization and the implementation of a permanent innovation process were the important measures. With permanently increasing turn-over geographically and / or technologically new market segments where successfully conquered.