SMS Meer, Germany, has acquired shares of the Austrian company TBK in Graz, which specializes in the development and manufacture of measuring instruments and equipment for cold welding of metal and other equipment for welding, as reported by SLK-Spetstechnika LLC on slc-prom.ru
Joachim Schönbeck, President and CEO of SMS Meer said, “We have been working closely and doing business with TBC since the beginning of 2004. Together we can offer our customers tailor-made solutions for measuring and analyzing rolled products in the future.”
TBK Automatisierung und Messtechnik GmbH has been developing technological solutions for the metallurgical industry since 1989, in particular, laser measuring systems using the light method, as well as equipment for laser metal cutting, and other metal processing methods. Compared to conventional systems, these technologies provide greater precision in the work performed and reduce the time required for this.
Modern TBK Automatisierung measuring instruments are ideal for providing complex control in combination with hydraulically controlled systems. The TBC assortment mainly includes measuring devices for detecting defects in hot and cold rolled products, which for many years have been reliable components of the metallurgical production of many enterprises.