Altratec Bachtel Group

What Altratec Bachtel Group does

ALTRATEC Automation GmbH is a German designer and manufacturer of automated conveyor and transfer systems for industrial manufacturing and assembly lines, operating as a subsidiary of the diversified BACHTEL GROUP. The company runs two production facilities in Neukirchen (Saxony) and Leonberg (Baden-Württemberg), and is led by Managing Directors Clemens Ruckstuhl and Matthias Linke.

Its product portfolio spans five conveyor families — chain, belt, roller, over/under, and vertical conveyors — built around a proprietary modular aluminum profile system (ALTRATEC-Aluminiumprofil-Baukasten) and standardized mechanical modules that can be combined across the range. Notable technical capabilities include tight-curve plate chain conveyors for space-constrained layouts, toothed-belt conveyors with positioning accuracy of ±0.15 mm, and the Plattenkettenförderer 2.0 clean-design system handling workpieces up to 50 kg, as well as heavy-duty variants such as the LAT Flex Schwer for loads up to 500 kg. Sub-brands and accessories include workpiece carriers, stoppers, machine frames, protective enclosures, and assembly fixtures.

ALTRATEC sells via direct enterprise field sales, technical content marketing, and industry trade shows (all about automation, IMTS Chicago, Automotive Testing Expo). Revenue is generated through quote-based hardware sales of custom-engineered conveyor systems, accessories and spare parts, and custom engineering and integration services. Pricing follows a 30/60/10 payment schedule against order, delivery, and acceptance milestones. Customers are industrial manufacturers in automotive, automotive suppliers, machine tool construction, battery manufacturing for e-mobility, electronics, medical technology, consumer goods, and surface engineering. In September 2025, ALTRATEC entered a distribution partnership with Tünkers Maschinenbau GmbH for its heavy-duty LFS / LAT Flex Schwer line.

Name

Altratec Bachtel Group

Legal name

ALTRATEC Automation GmbH

Website

https://altratec.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Conveyor Systems

NAICS

Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing (333922), All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (333248)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, Nec (3569)

akta.pro primary industry

Bulk Material Handling Systems (Belt Conveyors, Feeders, Stackers, Reclaimers) (IMAHABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Light Assembly & Sub-Assembly (TLAIAFAD)

Keywords

• Industrial conveyor systems
• Automated transfer systems
• Material handling equipment
• Manufacturing automation
• Chain conveyor systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Leonberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Automated conveyor systems and transfer systems: Design, manufacture, and sale of partially and fully automated conveyor systems and transfer systems for manufacturing and assembly lines. Customers include industrial manufacturers in automotive, machine tools, electronics, and other sectors requiring material handling automation.
2. Accessories and spare parts: Sale of accessories including workpiece carriers (Werkstückträger), stoppers, machine frames, protective enclosures, assembly fixtures, and profile system components.
3. Custom engineering and integration services: Construction of loading and unloading systems for machines, custom machine frames, protective enclosures, and assembly fixtures tailored to customer specifications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ALTRATEC designs, manufactures, and assembles partially and fully automated conveyor and transfer systems for manufacturing and assembly lines. The portfolio spans chain conveyors, belt conveyors, roller conveyors, over/under conveyors, and vertical conveyors, supported by a proprietary aluminum profile system, workpiece carriers, stoppers, machine frames, and custom assembly fixtures. Customers are industrial manufacturers in automotive, machine tools, electronics, battery production, medical technology, and consumer goods.

Product overview

ALTRATEC Automation GmbH, a company of the BACHTEL GROUP, provides automated conveyor and transfer systems for manufacturing and assembly lines across various industries. The product portfolio centers on five main conveyor system families: (1) Chain Conveyors including Plate Chain Conveyors (Plattenkettenförderer), Plate Chain Conveyor 2.0, 3D Plate Chain Conveyors, Accumulating Roller Chain Conveyors, Double Roller Chain Conveyors, and Hinged Slat Chain Conveyors; (2) Belt Conveyors including Synchronous Belt Conveyors (Zahnriemenförderer), Double Belt Conveyors, and Wide Belt Conveyors; (3) Roller Conveyors including Carrying Roller Conveyors and Friction Roller Conveyors with Adjustable Friction; (4) Over/Under Conveyors including LAT Flex, LAT Flex Sturdy (heavy-duty), and Circular Conveyors (Umlaufförderer); and (5) Vertical Conveyors including Lifts and Column Lifts. Supporting these core systems are the ALTRATEC Profile System (aluminum profiles in various sizes), accessories (Stoppers, Workpiece Carriers), and assembly fixtures/machine frames. The company serves industries including machine tool construction, automotive manufacturing, automotive suppliers, consumer goods production, electronics production, surface engineering, medical technology, and battery manufacturing for e-mobility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LAT Flex: Over/under conveyor system for horizontal and vertical workpiece transport
• LAT Flex Schwer
• LAT Flex Sturdy
• Plattenkettenförderer 2.0
• ALTRATEC Profile System

Quantifiable outcome

• Positioning accuracy of +/- 0.15 mm for precision manufacturing applications
• +3 more outcomes

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tünkers Maschinenbau GmbHcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 8 September 2025Sales partnership (Vertriebspartnerschaft) established in September 2025 between ALTRATEC Automation GmbH and Tünkers Maschinenbau GmbH. The partnership was developed after a period of structural challenges around the LFS/LAT Flex Heavy product to provide more stability, transparency, and customer orientation. Tünkers serves as a distribution partner for ALTRATEC's LFS and LAT Flex Heavy conveyor systems.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Interroll: Interroll is a Swiss-listed specialist in roller conveyors, drum motors, and conveyor components used in material handling and logistics. It overlaps with ALTRATEC's roller conveyor and transfer system portfolio and serves similar end markets including industrial manufacturing and intralogistics, though at a larger global scale.
• Tünkers Maschinenbau GmbH: Tünkers is a German manufacturer of clamping technology, automation components, and conveyor/handling systems, and entered a sales partnership with ALTRATEC in September 2025 for the LFS/LAT Flex Schwer line. As both a partner and an automation/handling peer, Tünkers serves overlapping German automotive and machine tool customers.
• mk Technology Group (Maschinenbau Kitz): mk Technology Group is a German-based manufacturer of modular conveyor and transfer systems (belt, chain, roller, pallet conveyors) for industrial automation. It is a close direct competitor to ALTRATEC in the German Mittelstand conveyor segment, with a comparable product breadth and shared customer base in machine tool and automotive applications.
• FlexLink: FlexLink (part of Coesia) designs and manufactures modular conveyor systems for industrial assembly and manufacturing lines, serving automotive, electronics, healthcare, and consumer goods. It is the most direct global competitor to ALTRATEC's modular chain, belt, and roller conveyor portfolio, with overlapping target verticals and a comparable custom-engineering business model.
• Habasit: Habasit is a global manufacturer of conveyor and power transmission belts, including timing belts used in precision positioning applications like ALTRATEC's Zahnriemenförderer. Habasit competes in the belt-conveyor and drive-belt subsegment served by ALTRATEC, with strong overlap in machine tool and electronics assembly use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Dürr AG: Dürr AG is a German mechanical and plant engineering group offering automated production systems, including conveyor and transfer technology for automotive and battery manufacturing. Dürr directly competes with ALTRATEC in automotive and battery cell/pack production lines, but as a multi-billion-euro diversified incumbent rather than a focused conveyor specialist.
• KUKA: KUKA is a German-headquartered industrial automation specialist offering robotics, controllers, and integrated production systems including material handling and conveyor integration. KUKA competes for the same turnkey-line contracts ALTRATEC pursues in automotive and battery manufacturing, but at substantially larger scale and with a broader systems-integration offering.
• Bosch Rexroth: Bosch Rexroth is a global leader in factory automation, motion control, and material handling systems, including conveyor and assembly solutions. It competes with ALTRATEC across automotive and machine tool end markets but operates as a broad incumbent with a much larger portfolio spanning drives, controls, and linear technology beyond conveyors alone.
• SSI Schäfer: SSI Schäfer is a leading global intralogistics company providing conveyor systems, automated storage, and order-fulfillment solutions. While it skews toward warehouse/distribution rather than in-line manufacturing conveyors, it competes with ALTRATEC-adjacent material handling opportunities and serves many of the same large industrial customers.
• Daifuku: Daifuku is a global Japanese intralogistics and material handling systems provider offering conveyor, sortation, and automated production line solutions for automotive, electronics, and general manufacturing. It competes with ALTRATEC in factory-level conveyor and transfer applications worldwide, though at a much larger scale and with a broader geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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