take over MES business of Kistler Aachen GmbH

Press release- Aachen, December 6, 2021

On January 1, 2022, Aachen-based tetys GmbH & Co. KG will take over the MES business of Kistler Aachen GmbH, thereby continuing its growth. With the takeover of the MES business, the two locations will be merged and will now operate under the umbrella of tetys in Kackertstraße in Aachen. The business is now to be further expanded together with current and other potential customers. The existing services will remain in place for customers and partners.

Kistler Aachen GmbH was acquired from the former IOS GmbH into the Kistler Group in 2018 and operated as a competence center for production control and management systems. The acquisition of the MES business fits in well with tetys, which emerged from the Aachen-based companies GRP and FLS at the beginning of 2021 and has been a specialist in the digitalization of the store floor ever since.
The tetys system enables manufacturing companies to adapt to new boundary conditions with a high degree of dynamism and flexibility and to communicate the changed planning down to the plant level and to each individual machine within minutes. It combines detailed planning, MES, PDA, production-related quality assurance, materials management and all other work areas relating to production in a standardized, integrated system.

tetys' managing partner Janina Keuters comments: "We have experienced a lot in this first financial year as tetys and are looking forward to taking on new challenges with this growth. We believe in a digital future in manufacturing, for which the intelligent use of IT solutions is a key success factor. This also convinces our customers, as the demand for digitalization solutions continues to rise."

Contact for the press
tetys GmbH & Co. KG
Marina Henkelmann
Tel. +49 241 88930 26
Email: marina.henkelmann@tetys.de

About Kistler
Kistler is the world market leader in dynamic measurement technology for measuring pressure, force, torque and acceleration. Cutting-edge technologies form the basis of Kistler's modular solutions. As an experienced development partner, Kistler enables its customers in industry and science to optimize products and processes and create sustainable competitive advantages. With its unique sensor technology, the owner-managed Swiss company is shaping future innovations in automotive development and industrial automation as well as numerous emerging industries. With its broad application knowledge and absolute commitment to quality, Kistler makes an important contribution to the further development of current megatrends. These include topics such as electrified drive technology, autonomous driving, emission reduction and Industry 4.0. Around 2,050 employees at over 60 locations worldwide are dedicated to the development of new solutions and offer application-specific services on site. Since its foundation in 1959, the Kistler Group has grown together with its customers and achieved a turnover of CHF 361 million in 2020. Around 9% of this goes back into research and technology - and thus into better results for all customers.

About tetys
tetys GmbH & Co. KG offers a consistent, standardized solution for all facets of store floor management. It guarantees the complete consistency of all order and production data between detailed planning, manufacturing execution and store floor data collection. The tetys system thus enables manufacturing companies to adapt to new boundary conditions with a high degree of dynamism and flexibility and to communicate the changed planning down to plant level and to each individual machine within minutes. It combines detailed planning, MES, PDA, production-related quality assurance, materials management and all other work areas relating to production in a standardized, integrated system. The family-run, medium-sized company is based in Aachen, close to the center of innovation research. This is where the two companies GRP and FLS, which merged to form tetys GmbH & Co KG in 2021, emerged from the IKV at RWTH Aachen University in 1979. The comprehensive, holistic concept is used by leading companies such as Eaton Industries, Georg Fischer, Warema, Geberit, MöllerTech and Bataillard.

Customers of tetys include numerous companies in the plastics, food, automotive supplier and metal industries, such as Eaton, Geberit, HEWI, P&G and Warema.