Two leading companies in the field of number plate production, vehicle identification and registration systems, DKT Deutsche Kennzeichen Technik and Erich Utsch, have announced their strategic cooperation to improve the production of high quality and secure number plates.
Among other things, this partnership provides for cooperation 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 drive innovation in the field of vehicle registration, identification, and car data management through smart and digital solutions to meet the increasing demands of the market.
Part of this cooperation is a state-of-the-art production line from Utsch, which DKT will use to realign its production at a modified and optimized 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. “Thanks to 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.”
When supplying primary materials to produce vehicle license plates, both companies want to work closely together in the future to develop suppliers with their own standards of quality and standardization and a focus on sustainability. One example of this is that, in future, license plates will be made exclusively from recycled aluminum.
Dominic Höffgen, CEO of Erich Utsch, added, “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 international sales and a 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 are to be bundled and promoted.
