The new BST eltromat managing board (L-R): Uwe Meyer, CEO, Johann-Carsten Kipp, CTO, Gunter Tautorus, CFO, and Kristian Jünke, deputy manager/head of sales and service
BST International has acquired eltromat GmbH, the German manufacturer of video and inspection systems, as well as colour and register control solutions for quality inspection and quality control for inline printing processes.
A leading manufacturer of quality assuring systems for the web processing industries, BST International specialises in systems for web guiding, colour measurement, web inspection, register control, layer thickness and basis weight measurement as well as tailored solutions for tire production.
‘Through the merger, we can even better focus on our customer requirements and reduce time-to-market for new solutions. Whether extrusion, packaging production, hygiene industry or tire manufacturing – BST and eltromat were very good as single players – but now merged to BST eltromat we become the key market and technology leader,’ said Dipl-Ing Uwe Meyer, CEO of BST.
