DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Duravant LLC (“Duravant”), a global engineered equipment and automation solutions provider to the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors, announced today that it has acquired T-TEK Material Handling LLC (“T-TEK”), a leading manufacturer of high-speed packaging machinery and systems solutions headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. T-TEK designs, builds and services innovative end-of-line equipment including palletizers, depalletizers, conveyors and custom automated lines for blue chip producers of packaged food, beverage and consumer products. Recognized for their extensive technical knowledge of palletizing applications, T-TEK is a leader in delivering turnkey systems as well as equipment rebuilds and upgrades for any existing machinery brand.
“We’re excited to welcome T-TEK to Duravant,” said Mike Kachmer, Chairman and CEO of Duravant. “T-TEK has an impressive history of fostering strong customer relationships through a differentiated service delivery model. Their technical sales and consultation process is key to their longstanding partnerships with brand owners, facility operators, engineering firms, and integrators.”
T-TEK’s approach begins with understanding customers’ production goals and tailoring a line plan that blends current assets and processes with new technologies to deliver maximum investment output. T-TEK has a proven reputation of delivering innovation and quality for high-speed production environments. With deep experience in high volume beverage production, T-TEK also excels at customized solutions that tackle small, non-standard packages that are fragile and difficult to palletize.
T-TEK is a strategic acquisition for Duravant as the company expands its reach in the growing packaged food and beverage sector. T-TEK’s portfolio is highly complementary to Duravant’s product offering across its nVenia, Mespack and Wulftec brands, all members of Duravant’s packaging segment.
“T-TEK’s technology and equipment offering aligns perfectly with palletizing solutions offered by nVenia,” said David Malinas, Chief Operating Officer, Duravant. “We now have a complete, comprehensive solution set for all palletizing applications. And with adjacent load containment solutions offered through Wulftec’s premier stretch wrapping and strapping technologies, customers have a trusted source for all their end-of-line packaging needs.”
“We are excited to join forces with Duravant and to collaborate across their family of Operating Companies,” said Michael Traff, President of T-TEK. “Duravant’s established infrastructure and extensive aftermarket network through Duravant Lifecycle Services will help us accelerate our growth with new customers and invest in resources and new technologies that will enable us to better serve our existing customer base.”
About Duravant
Headquartered in Downers Grove, IL, Duravant is a global engineered equipment company with manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Through their portfolio of operating companies, Duravant delivers trusted end-to-end process solutions for customers and partners through engineering and integration expertise, project management and operational excellence. With worldwide sales distribution and service networks, they provide immediate and lifetime aftermarket support to all the markets they serve in the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors. Duravant’s market-leading brands are synonymous with innovation, durability and reliability. For more information, visit www.duravant.com.
About T-TEK
Headquartered in Montgomery, AL, T-TEK is a premier manufacturer and service provider of custom-built automated end-of-line packaging equipment including palletizers, depalletizers, robotic systems, conveyors and complete lines. Their automation solutions are designed to enhance production environments and processes for high-volume and high-speed operations. T-TEK’s team of engineers and expert technicians are focused on solving the palletizing, conveying and material handling needs of blue chip producers of packaged food, beverage and consumer goods who demand reliable equipment performance and world-class customer service. T-TEK offers comprehensive on-site equipment audits on all equipment brands and provides equipment retrofits, upgrades and rebuild services. For more information, visit www.T-TEK.com.
