TRUMPF forms close partnership with Lantek to promote open communication standards
Lantek to maintain current agreements with machine vendors, customers
In early spring a major machine OEM purchased a major software company, an acquisition that, if projections from sources come to fruition, could represent an inflection point in the sheet metal industry a move toward interconnectivity and away from the walled garden. On March 18 TRUMPF announced its purchase of and new partnership with Lantek. Financial details behind the transaction were not disclosed.
“Ten years ago we thought of TRUMPF as a company driving the sheet metal market with technology. At that point we thought, ‘It must be our own software, and everything must be developed by TRUMPF technicians and engineers.’ This mindset has changed. We started this transformation several years ago [in 2014] with [the acquisition of] Metamation … For us, it’s all really about the transformation toward servicing the entire