Two leading companies in the field of production of vehicle number plates, vehicle identification & registration systems, DKT Deutsche Kennzeichen Technik GmbH and Erich Utsch AG, today announce their strategic cooperation to improve the production of high-quality and secure vehicle number plates. Among other things, this partnership provides for co-operation in the future production process of DKT and a mutual supply of primary materials. The common goal is to increase and improve efficiency, quality, and logistics processes.
To this end, UTSCH and DKT are combining their expertise and resources to initiate an innovation push for vehicle license plates through smart and digital solutions in the areas of vehicle registration, identification, and car data management in order to meet the increasing demands of the market. Part of this cooperation is a highly innovative state-of-the-art production line from Utsch, with which DKT will realign its production at a modified and optimised location. The two companies agree that this will lead to increased flexibility in production and access to a wide range of smart solutions for the future. The focus is on the environment and sustainability in production, logistics and recycling processes with suppliers.
"This future collaboration is a significant step for our market positioning," said Bernhard Gött, CEO of DKT. "With the experience and technological leadership of our partner Utsch, we can improve our entire production process and, more importantly, bring high-quality products to market faster."
In the future, both companies would like to work closely together to develop suppliers for the supply of primary materials to produce vehicle license plates, with their own claim to quality & standardisation and a focus on sustainability. One example of this is that, in future, license plates will be made exclusively from recycled aluminium.
Dominic Höffgen, CEO of UGroup, is very positive about the future collaboration: "The cooperation is a win-win situation for both groups of companies and will not only help to strengthen the partners' supply chains, but also, where markets demand it, to jointly present existing solutions with the best customer benefits."
Both companies therefore also see synergies in the area of international sales and the willingness to work together on some defined markets. According to the motto "Together we are even stronger", digital and smart products and solutions for vehicle identification with RFID and NFC in particular are to be bundled and promoted.
