BST eltromat France

What BST eltromat France does

BST eltromat France is the French regional subsidiary of BST eltromat International GmbH, a Bielefeld, Germany-headquartered manufacturer of quality assurance systems for web processing industries. The company was founded in 1984 and operates with 101-250 employees in Verrières-le-buisson, France, under the diversified elexis AG group. Its core function is selling, installing, servicing, and supporting BST's hardware and software product lines across France and adjacent markets.

BST's product portfolio covers the full QA value chain for continuous-web production: web guiding systems (ECOGuide, COMPACTGuide, SMARTGuide, FRAMEGuide, AccuWeb) with associated CCD and camera-based sensors, controllers, and actuators; surface inspection (iPQ-Surface, iPQ-Surface ENERGY, SurfaceScope Pro); register control (Eltromat regi_star 20, Eltromat TWINStar, BST AR4400); 100% inspection (TubeScan, iPQ-Check, iPQ-Check Digital); color management and inline spectral color measurement; video web monitoring (POWERScope 5000, PROView, iPQ-View, LaserTrack Pro); application solutions for coating, slitting, and cell inspection (COATINGControl, SLITTINGControl, CELLInspection); SMARTData production-process monitoring and analytics software; and automation solutions for machine builders. Notable recent product activity includes energy-efficient and digital-print variants targeting sustainability mandates and the shift to digital print.

The business model combines capital-equipment hardware sales with recurring service revenue (help desk, installation and commissioning, maintenance agreements, repairs, spare parts, troubleshooting, and complaint management), delivered through direct enterprise field sales. Target verticals span battery, fuel cell, film extrusion, print and packaging, converting, pharma, nonwoven, tyres and rubber, printed electronics, and narrow web. BST eltromat France is part of the broader elexis AG corporate structure, leveraging group-level resources while operating as a regional go-to-market and service entity for French-speaking customers.

Name

BST eltromat France

Legal name

BST eltromat International GmbH

Website

https://bst-france.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

BST eltromat France is the French regional subsidiary of BST eltromat International GmbH, selling and servicing quality assurance systems—web guiding, surface and 100% inspection, register and color control, video monitoring, and SMARTData analytics—for web processing customers across battery, print, packaging, converting, pharma, and adjacent industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Web Inspection and Process Control Systems

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Inspection, Checkweighing & Detection Systems (Vision, Metal, X-ray) (IMALAOAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Labeling, Coding & Marking Systems (IMAHAOAE), Metrology, Inspection & Machine Tool Accessories (CMMs, Probing, Gauging) (IMAHADAK)

Keywords

• Web guiding systems
• Surface inspection systems
• Register control systems
• Color management solutions
• Industrial quality assurance

Headquarters

HQ city

Verrières-le-buisson

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Quality Assurance Systems & Hardware Sales: BST generates revenue through the sale of quality assurance hardware systems including web guiding systems, inspection systems, color management solutions, and monitoring equipment. These are typically capital equipment purchases for web processing industries.
2. Service & Maintenance: Revenue generated from service offerings including help desk support, installation and commissioning, maintenance, service agreements, troubleshooting and optimization, repairs, spare parts, and complaint management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

BST eltromat France supplies industrial quality assurance and process control equipment for web-processing manufacturers. Its offering combines optical sensors, line-scan cameras, controllers, and actuators with proprietary software (SMARTData) to deliver web guiding, surface inspection, register control, video web monitoring, 100% inspection, and color management on production lines. The portfolio is sold, integrated, and serviced locally for French-speaking customers in battery, fuel cell, film extrusion, print & packaging, converting, pharma, nonwoven, tyres & rubber, printed electronics, and narrow-web industries.

Product overview

BST eltromat is a leading full-range supplier of quality assurance systems for web processing industries. The company offers an integrated portfolio of products organized across multiple solution categories: Application Solutions (COATINGControl, SLITTINGControl, CELLInspection), Web Guiding Systems (ECOGuide, COMPACTGuide, SMARTGuide, FRAMEGuide, plus sensors like CLS CAM 100/200, CCD CAM 100, Controllers, Actuators, AccuWeb), Surface Inspection Systems (iPQ-Surface, iPQ-Surface ENERGY, SurfaceScope Pro), Register Control Systems (Eltromat regi_star 20, Eltromat TWINStar, BST AR4400), Video Web Monitoring (POWERScope 5000, PROView, iPQ-View, LaserTrack Pro), 100% Inspection Systems (TubeScan, iPQ-Check, iPQ-Check Digital), Color Management and Measurement Solutions, SMARTData process monitoring, and Automation Solutions. These products work together to provide end-to-end quality assurance throughout the production process, from web guiding and surface inspection to color control and comprehensive 100% defect inspection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SMARTData: Production process viewing solution for complex production monitoring
• iPQ-Surface
• TubeScan
• Eltromat regi_star 20
• ECOGuide

Products and services

• Web Guiding Systems Closed-loop web guiding systems using sensors, controllers, and actuators to keep web material aligned on converting and web-processing lines; used by converters, extruders, and packaging manufacturers.
• Surface Inspection Systems Optical surface inspection systems using line-scan cameras and embedded software to detect and classify surface defects on coated, printed, extruded, or laminated webs; sold to battery, film, packaging, and converting manufacturers.
• Register Control Systems Register control systems that align printed patterns to substrate registration marks in real time on printing and converting lines; intended for print, packaging, and label converters.
• Video Web Monitoring Systems Video web monitoring systems providing live visual inspection of the moving web on production lines, used by converters and web processors to identify process issues and surface defects.
• 100% Inspection Systems Full-width 100% inspection systems that scan every meter of produced web to detect, classify, and flag defects for downstream rejection or rework; used in high-value web processes such as battery electrodes and specialty films.
• Color Management Systems In-line color management and measurement systems that maintain color consistency across production runs on printing, packaging, and converting lines.
• Commissioning, Training and After-Sales Service Local French subsidiary services covering installation, commissioning, operator and maintenance training, spare parts, and after-sales support for BST eltromat equipment installed in France.

Quantifiable outcome

• Consistent, first-class production results
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• elexis AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBST is a subsidiary of elexis AG, part of the elexis group of companies. elexis AG operates multiple business units including Metal, Safety Components, and BST as part of their portfolio. BST maintains its own operations while benefiting from the parent company's resources and structure.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Nordson Corporation: Nordson's precision dispensing, test, and inspection systems serve packaging, converting, and electronics manufacturing. Its inline inspection capabilities overlap with BST's surface and 100% inspection products.
• Cognex Corporation: Cognex is the leading pure-play machine vision and industrial inspection company. BST's iPQ-View, TubeScan, and surface inspection systems compete in the same factory-floor vision and quality assurance space.
• Keyence Corporation: Keyence manufactures sensors, measurement systems, and machine vision products for industrial automation. BST's web guiding sensors (CLS CAM, CCD CAM) and color measurement solutions overlap directly with Keyence's offerings to web processing customers.
• SICK AG: SICK is a global manufacturer of industrial sensors and inspection systems, including vision-based solutions for printing, packaging, and web processing. Like BST, SICK serves continuous-process quality assurance on production lines across multiple end industries.
• Basler AG: Basler supplies industrial cameras and vision components embedded in inspection systems. CLS CAM and CCD CAM sensors embed the same camera technology that Basler sells into a competing web QA supplier base.
• Omron Corporation: Omron's industrial automation arm includes machine vision and quality inspection systems for production lines, very similar in customer profile to BST's web processing and electronics QA offerings.
• ISRA VISION (Atlas Copco): ISRA VISION, now part of Atlas Copco's Industrial Vision Solutions, is one of the closest direct competitors in surface and 100% print/web inspection for packaging, converting, and printing industries, where BST also competes.
• Fife Corporation (Maxcess): Fife/Maxcess is a direct competitor in web guiding and tension control for converting, film, and packaging lines. The ECOGuide, COMPACTGuide, SMARTGuide, and FRAMEGuide product families compete head-to-head with Maxcess products.

Broad incumbents

• Bobst Group: Bobst is a leading global supplier of equipment and services to the packaging and converting industries. While primarily an OEM, it incorporates and competes with BST-class inline QA and register control within its converting and printing lines.
• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG: Heidelberg is a major incumbent in offset printing machinery and increasingly bundles inline color measurement and inspection. Its color management stack overlaps with BST's register control and color measurement solutions for offset printers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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