After many years of successful collaboration, sensor specialist Sentech and drive technology expert Zilvertron are making their business relationship official on May 1, 2024. Together, they will continue to build on their shared goal: to offer customers a total solution.
Synergy is the keyword in the strategic collaboration between Sentech and Zilvertron: both strongly believe in the 1+1=3 principle of their collaboration. Together, they can serve their customers more broadly in motion solutions, and that is precisely the question Marco Leeggangers, Sentech's Chief Business Development Officer, increasingly hears from the market: ’But then you don't want to collaborate with just anyone. It has to be a company with the same vision.' That's why the search for suitable partners began a few years ago. Smile Invest stepped in as a financially strong partner and offers significant added value with its expertise in (international) growth for Sentech's ambitions.
Same standards and values
Now Zilvertron is joining, a specialized supplier of drive technology with engineering capabilities, who, like Sentech, puts the customer first. And, like Sentech, goes the extra mile in serving its customers, for example, when a new product is introduced at their facility. Leeggangers: ‘We sit at the table with our clients and brainstorm solutions with them. We are not a distributor who pushes a box to the customer, but we integrate the necessary technology ourselves with our own engineering department for seamless implementation. Zilvertron has the same way of working. That's why this is such a good match.’
It's not just the visions that meet: the expertise of Sentech and Zilvertron, sensors and drive technology respectively, are both needed for a good motion solution. In their new form, they will offer their customers totally integrated motion solutions.
No big changes
With both Sentech and Zilvertron, the customer has always come first. From this perspective, the optimal details of this collaboration naturally fall into place, explains René Jansen, director at Zilvertron: ‘No new contracts, so no new logos, names, or contact persons, no hassle. But even more possibilities.’ The companies will retain their own identities and will form a group as of May 1st through the acquisition of all Zilvertron shares.
Future plans
So, no major changes on the horizon for the newly-techs for now. But when it comes to the long-term vision, there are indeed big dreams: together, they want to continue growing into a total technology provider. A journey that, if it's up to them, will take them abroad.
