Due to the nature of grass seed, harvesting this lightweight crop has historically been challenging. Rotary combines with standard concaves struggled to separate and clean the seed, alongside common issues with hairpinning and plugging.
Annually, Kondex proudly awards five $400 scholarships to graduating Seniors of Lomira High School (LHS).
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On March 7, 2025, Kondex Packager/Order Fulfillment Sheri Sonnentag retired from Kondex Corporation after 27 years of service.
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Since the late 1990s, Kondex has held an annual holiday charity donation drive giving associates an opportunity to support local causes.
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Senior Demand Planner Judy Barnett recently retired from Kondex Corporation after 37 years of service.
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Kondex recently recognized its associates who celebrated milestone anniversaries in 2024. This year, there were 25 team members with anniversaries ranging from 5 to 35 years of service.
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Kondex representatives recently returned to Australia to gain first-hand validation of its concave success down under. Kondex and its distributor, Harvestaire, visited nearly a dozen different farmers throughout Western Australia, many of whom have used Kondex concaves for multiple seasons.
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For the fifth consecutive year, Kondex donated a full set of its KX7 concaves to the Wisconsin FFA Alumni Association’s annual online auction. This year’s highest bid came from Ryan Grohmann of New Athens, Illinois.
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On Friday, October 11, Kondex welcomed the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) on its 76th stop of their Manufacturing Express Tour.
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Congratulations to Senior Account Manager Juan Sotelo on his recent retirement from Kondex.
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Annually, Kondex proudly awards five $400 scholarships to graduating Seniors of Lomira High School (LHS).
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Since the late 1990s, Kondex has held an annual holiday charity donation drive giving associates an opportunity to support local causes.
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Kondex Corporation was recently honored with two distinctions from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) at the Association’s annual conference.
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Kondex President Keith Johnson was recently elected to serve on the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) 2024 Board of Directors and re-elected to its Ag Sector Board.
Zeroing and leveling your concaves is an important pre-harvest step to ensure you get the best results from your new Kondex concaves.
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Envision Greater Fond du Lac’s 15th year of Project G.R.I.L.L. (Growing Readiness in Learning and Leading) was celebrated on May 19, 2023, with an unveiling event at the Fond du Lac Festival Foods. This is the 13th year Kondex has supported the program, and was paired with Central Wisconsin Christian School (CWC).
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Donations to the vending machine project for Campbellsport High School's Entrepreneurship class offer students a full-spectrum of business lessons.
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Annually, Kondex proudly awards five $400 scholarships to graduating Seniors of Lomira High School (LHS).
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Spring planting is upon us, and whether you’ve considered it or not, your fall harvest last year has an impact on several planting performance factors.
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Our KX7 concave product offering now includes 22" rotor New Holland CR combines.
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Kondex adds Stalk Claw corn head chopping knives to its aftermarket product offering.
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VP of Manufacturing Brian Bloczynski recently retired from Kondex after 25 years of service.
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Congratulations to Shift Leader John Arndt, who recently retired from Kondex Corporation after more than 28 years of service.
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Congratulations to Inventory Specialist Barb Baus, who recently retired from Kondex Corporation after 29 years.
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Since the late 1990s, Kondex has held an annual holiday charity donation drive giving associates an opportunity to support local causes.
Harvesting high-moisture corn can be challenging to balance the right amount of threshing on soft, easily damaged kernels. This KX7 concave configuration delivers big results!
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On May 6, 2022, the 14th year of Envision Greater Fond du Lac’s Project GRILL (Growing Readiness in Learning and Leading) was celebrated with a grill unveiling event at the Fond du Lac Festival Foods. This was the 12th year Kondex has supported the program.
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Annually, Kondex proudly awards five $400 scholarships to graduating Seniors of Lomira High School.
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On April 19, Kondex retiree Neal Stoffel accepted the 2021 Career Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Section of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).
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On April 20, 2022, Kondex Corporation hosted a groundbreaking celebration to kick off the construction of a 60,000 square-foot expansion to its Lomira, Wisconsin manufacturing facility.
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Kondex has added Straw Claw blades compatible with New Holland CR and CX Series combines to its straw chopper product family.
Kondex has released a new KX7 concave box insert option – the small hole MaxThresh box that is 50% more closed off than the standard MaxThresh box.
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From record yields to intense drought, 2021 brought a wide spread of harvest conditions. Learn how KX7 concaves can maximize your harvest.
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Kondex Corporation was recently named a recipient of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) 2021 Advocates Gold Award. The AEM Advocates Program recognizes AEM member companies that support the association through their active involvement in various advocacy efforts, including grassroots and public policy activities.
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Kondex is expanding its Straw Claw chopper blade product line to include knives compatible with New Holland CR and CX Series combines.
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Kondex Advanced Machine Operator Barb Holzem retires after 17 years of service.
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Kondex Senior Project Engineer Neal Stoffel retires after 46 years of service.
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In an annual tradition that began in the late 1990s, Kondex associates were recently given the opportunity to donate to local causes.
A look back at 2021 U.S. harvest conditions and how KX7 high-performance concaves can lead to a more successful harvest next year
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Kondex President Keith Johnson has been re-elected to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) Ag Sector Board of Directors for a two-year term.
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Kondex Corporation recently donated $2,500 towards the swing set portion of the new Sterr Park playground equipment initiative.
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The level of consistency from your straw chopper blades has a big impact on your residue management, as well as your blade maintenance. Straw Claw® chopper blades offer consistency on multiple levels to make life easier in the field and in the shop.
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Get a sneak peek at Kondex KX7 concaves and Straw Claw chopper blades at these upcoming farm tradeshows!
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Every three years since 2003, Kondex has recertified its current ISO standard or received certification to the latest standard of ISO’s Quality Management System and Environmental Management System, which we successfully achieved again in 2021.
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Annually, Kondex proudly awards five $400 scholarships to graduating Seniors of Lomira High School.
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With crop prices up to 5-year highs, reducing rotor loss with KX7 concaves results in significant savings for harvesters.
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Kondex Corporation's new online store, kondexparts.com, features its Drill Defender horizontal directional drilling (HDD) product line.
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Kondex Machine Operator Ken Schultz recently retired from Kondex after 30 years of service.
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Kondex Technical Services Team Leader Jesse Pauly recently celebrated 40 years of service with the Company.
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Stetzel Farms, Inc. in Roanoke, Indiana was the winning bidder of the Kondex KX7 concaves donated to the Wisconsin FFA Alumni Association's online auction. Hear from Noah Stetzel about his operation and how he came to win this bid.
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Kondex Corporation President Keith Johnson, P.E. was recently elected to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers' (AEM) Ag Sector Board. Johnson is 1 of 2 newly appointed executives joining the 20-member group.
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Kondex Corporation was recently named a recipient of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) 2020 Advocates Program Gold Award.
KX7 concaves are delivering a radical improvement over traditional concaves. With its different look and design, we're reviewing how to best configure the concaves to different crops.
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Kondex associates make annual donation to assist local charities.
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Kondex receives industry award for innovation.
With harvest finished for many and near completion for others, farmers are beginning to inspect their combines to ensure they are ready for next year. Whether you bring your machine to a dealer or do your own inspections, it’s important to evaluate your harvest performance in addition to grading the remaining life of your harvest components. If your harvest could have been better this year, it’s time to evaluate how to best capture improved results for the season ahead
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Recycling is just one way Kondex promotes its sustainability. Having been ISO 14001 certified since 2009, environmental awareness has long been at the forefront of its manufacturing operations.
We’ve all heard the adage, “If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” As farmers ourselves, this saying comes to mind whenever someone shares their experience with all-crop concaves.
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Kondex Corporation in Lomira, Wisconsin is teaming up with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) on Equipped To Vote, a national campaign to engage, educate, and mobilize the 2.8 million men and women of the equipment manufacturing industry leading up to the election this fall.
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When you think about all the work that goes into nurturing your crops up to the point of harvest – from preparing the soil, selecting seeds, planting, and fertilizing to the countless hours spent monitoring the weather – it’s safe to say we spend most of our season prepping for the most fun (and shortest) part: harvest.
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Kondex Corporation has been selected as a recipient of a John Deere Supplier Innovation Award for 2019.
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Annually, Kondex proudly awards five $400 scholarships to graduating Seniors of Lomira High School. The recipients are chosen based on their academics, future field of study, career goals, as well as participation in extracurricular clubs.
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Kondex Corporation recently donated $2,000 each to the Fondy Food Pantry in Fond du Lac, Full Shelf Food Pantry in West Bend, and Lomira Food Pantry.
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Kondex recently welcomed Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) President Dr. John Walz to its facility.
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While this time of year may be merry and bright, the rest of the year was certainly a challenge for most U.S. farmers.
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Kondex recently received its eighth consecutive Gold Award from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) for its involvement in their 2019 I Make America Advocates Program.
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In an annual tradition that began in the late ’90s, Kondex associates were recently given the opportunity to donate to local causes.
2019 was a whirl of mixed weather. It started under water, got incredibly hot, and we’re now finally feeling comfortable outside again… at least for the time being.
With many farmers still trying to plant and some beginning harvest, the persistent rainfall across much of the U.S. has poised 2019 to be a year with challenging harvest conditions.
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At the start of each school year, Kondex is paired with a group of high school technical education students eager to build a charcoal grill. This year, that school was our own Lomira High School.
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In a long-standing annual tradition, Kondex proudly awarded five $400 scholarships to Seniors at Lomira High School.
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To celebrate April being National Welding Month, Kondex Corporation made donations to the Technical Education programs at four local high schools.
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Senior Application Engineer Andy Theisen recently received an Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering – Young Engineer Award.
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In the past three years, Kondex has reduced its DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) rate by more than 60%.
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We couldn’t have scripted it any better. On a recent snowy day, Kondex associates competed in our Chili and Soup Cookoff, a tradition started in 2000 and popularized in recent years.
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Kondex’s Senior Application Engineer Andy Theisen was selected as the Most Valuable Player at this year’s Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC).
At first glance, you can see that KX7 concaves are different. Their size and design are unique, but these are just the beginning in what sets KX7 apart and contributes to its incredible performance. Let's dig deeper into what KX7 has to offer.
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Kondex was recently named a winner of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) 2018 Advocates Program Gold Award.
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Through all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, Kondex associates recently took time to reflect on those in need and came together in support of four organizations to better our community.
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Meet Talina Sotelo, the newest member of our customer service team at Kondex!
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In 2003, Kondex obtained its first ISO 9001 certification in recognition of its commitment to quality. Every three years since, it has either recertified the current standard or received certification to the latest standard.
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It seems there’s a day of the year for everything, and when we came across Knife Day (formally celebrated August 24th), we couldn’t resist chiming in on the excitement.
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Kondex Senior Application Engineer Andy Theisen was recently recognized by ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers) for outstanding leadership.
Farmers are known to be early risers, but when it comes to harvesting corn or soybeans, even the early birds have traditionally had a limiting factor on getting in their fields.
How often have you looked at your combine's concaves after (or mid) harvesting and saw that they were plugged - much like the top view in the image?
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We all know that a daily dose of exercise is good for the mind, body, and soul. At Kondex, it can also provide you with a little extra free time.
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Another year of Project GRILL (Growing Readiness in Learning and Leading) is behind us, and each year brings its own challenges and celebrations. Kondex partnered with Oakfield High School for its eighth year of support.
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This year marks 20 consecutive years that Kondex has proudly awarded five scholarships to seniors at Lomira High School.
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In light of National Packaging Design Day earlier this month, Kondex celebrates its packaging solutions that support and differentiate our customers’ brands.
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Kondex Corporation is pleased to announce the promotions of Jim Bloczynski and Jim Schneider.
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Kondex has earned recognition as a Partner-level supplier for 2017 and was also named Enterprise Supply Management Supplier of the Year in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program.
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Kondex Purchasing Agent Rosanne Kowal recently retired from the Company after 32 years of service.
We are often asked about what settings to use with our KX7 concaves, and we always recommend starting with what’s outlined in your combine’s owner’s manual.
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Kondex continues to drive innovation to the agriculture industry and will soon receive its fourth AE50 Award — this time for its Straw Claw™ Chopper Blades.
