WestfaliaSurge GmbH, a GEA Group company, is able to announce today that the contract agreed with PUNCH Technix nv regarding the licence for its “T!TAN” milking robot and the whole of the robotic milking system business area has come into effect and has been approved by the relevant anti-trust authorities.

With effect from 1st September 2007 WestfaliaSurge has taken on all existing purchase contracts concluded by the milking robot sector of PUNCH Technix (RMS). In addition, WestfaliaSurge will provide complete servicing for previously installed equipment. Thus WestfaliaSurge will integrate future sales of automatic milking systems into its own organisation. Parts of the PUNCH sales and service team will be incorporated into the WestfaliaSurge organisation so that a comprehensive level of advice and the best possible service can be ensured from the very start. In the first stage the T!TAN RMS System will be managed as an independent product area under the umbrella brand of WestfaliaSurge. 

The competences contained within the RMS research department will be integrated in order to be able to achieve a greater amount of success in future research and development within WestfaliaSurge. The outstanding expertise of WestfaliaSurge within milk production will ensure continuous development in the automatic milking system area.

The contract with Punch Technix opens up access for WestfaliaSurge to the patented technology which is the future for automatic milking: The “T!TAN” multi-box system. This unique robotic milking concept will provide the best solution to the demanding requirements of expanding milk producers, as it offers the financial economies of scale which are necessary for growth in the herd through an optimum utilisation of technology. It is currently the only system solution which permits the use of milking robotics on virtually all sizes of farm. The number of potential new customers is thus significantly extended.

WestfaliaSurge’s competent sales and service organisation with a widespread global dealer network is the basis needed for the continued success of automatic milking systems. The milking robotics system is an ideal complement to the extensive product range and thus means the addition to the number of solutions on offer to forward-looking dairy farms in the form of a special automation system, a particular feature of which is the efficiency of the overall system. Together with the WestfaliaSurge sales agents this ensures especially intensive technological development.