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Marcelissen Food Processing Machinery

Marcelissen is a family-owned Dutch maker of food-processing machines, based in Venlo. It builds machines that clean, peel, inspect, sort, cut, weigh and transport potatoes, and complete lines for fresh potato products and French fries. It was founded in 1949 by Frans Marcelissen.

marcelissen.com Last checked 7 November 202612 official pages cited

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CuttingWashing and peelingGrading and sizingHandlingTurnkey lines

At a glance

Type	Machinery maker
Headquarters	Venlo, Netherlands
Founded	1949
Ownership	Family-owned
Website	marcelissen.com

Machines

Drum Roller Peeler SKR: abrasive roller peeling, up to 7,500 kg/hr
Batch Peeler SKB 500: abrasive disc batch peeling, up to 500 kg/hr
Drum Knife Peeler SMT: knife peeling and re-peeling, up to 10,000 kg/hr
Optical Sorter Pneumatic SOL: grades potatoes by camera, up to 90,000 potatoes per hour
Optical Sorter Mechanical SOM: camera grading with mechanical ejection, up to 108,000 potatoes per hour
Hydro Cutter SH: water-transport cutting of fries, wedges, cubes, slices, up to 15,000 kg/hr
Slitmaster 85: cuts straight French fries 7 to 14 mm wide
Sliver Remover SR2: removes slivers from cut product
Potato Diameter Sorter SRL: sorts potatoes by diameter on spiral rollers
Roller Brushing Machine NBR: brushes potatoes on rotating rollers

Sites

Site	Country
Venlo	Netherlands

Markets

Machines in 111 countries
Machines on every continent except Antarctica
Entered African markets in 1992

Key facts

Founded in 1949 by Frans Marcelissen
2,000+ machines shipped
2,202 customers
8 agents
First continuous fryer delivered in 1968

Certifications

Machines

Neutral buying guides for the machine types this company makes.

How to choose a potato processing line How to choose a potato size grader

Not published

Employee numbers, turnover and owners' names are not published on the pages read.

Most machines have no published throughput, and line capacities are not given.

The names and countries of the 8 agents and details of the 2023 acquisition are not published.

Sources

Marcelissen home pagewww.marcelissen.com/ · accessed 7 November 2026
About usmarcelissen.com/about-us · accessed 7 November 2026
Potatoesmarcelissen.com/potatoes · accessed 7 November 2026
Machinesmarcelissen.com/machines · accessed 7 November 2026
Potato linemarcelissen.com/complete-lines/potato-line · accessed 7 November 2026
Fries linemarcelissen.com/complete-lines/fries-line · accessed 7 November 2026
Optical sorter pneumatic solmarcelissen.com/machines/optical-sorter-pneumatic-sol · accessed 7 November 2026
Optical sorter mechanical sommarcelissen.com/machines/optical-sorter-mechanical-som · accessed 7 November 2026
Slitmaster 85marcelissen.com/machines/slitmaster-85 · accessed 7 November 2026
Sorting machine srlmarcelissen.com/machines/sorting-machine-srl · accessed 7 November 2026
Casesmarcelissen.com/cases · accessed 7 November 2026
Servicemarcelissen.com/service · accessed 7 November 2026

Last checked 7 November 2026.

Marcelissen: questions and answers

What does Marcelissen do?

Where is Marcelissen based?

Marcelissen is based in Venlo, Netherlands. The address it publishes is Blauwwater 14, 5951 DB Venlo, The Netherlands.

When was Marcelissen founded?

Marcelissen gives its founding as 1949.

Who owns Marcelissen?

Family-owned, as stated on the company's website.

What machines does Marcelissen make for potatoes?

Machines it lists include Drum Roller Peeler SKR, Batch Peeler SKB 500, Drum Knife Peeler SMT, Optical Sorter Pneumatic SOL, Optical Sorter Mechanical SOM, Hydro Cutter SH, Slitmaster 85, Sliver Remover SR2.

Answers use only the facts on this page, taken from the company's website.

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