It was based in Germering near Munich, with branches in Berlin, Hamburg and Neuss, and service centers throughout Germany and Austria.

In 2010, Kinoton was picked by the German business periodical Manager Magazin to join the list of "Germany’s 1,000 World Market Leaders".

[buzzword][2] Kinoton was founded in Munich in 1948 to provide services to local movie theaters.

In the 1980s, Kinoton expanded its portfolio by starting to develop, manufacture, and sell projectors and other equipment for film and post-production studios.

In 1988 and 2004, Kinoton received the Scientific and Engineering Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: in 1988 for developing the first film platter system, and in 2004 for developing the high-speed FP 30 EC II und FP 38 EC II projectors.