Plate management systems developer Nela has bought key assets of failed Barenschee in a deal which replaces last May’s licence agreement.
Nela had acquired rights to Barenschee technical knowhow from the liquidator after the company closed its operations in Lüneburg, Northern Germany at the end of April, with former service manager Detlef Brandes and other software and operation planning staff joing Nela.
Now Nela has bought the company’s technical and commercial know-how, taking on rights on engineering data including BOMs and parts lists, source codes and customer databases.
Nela says the acquisition also guarantees customers continued supply of parts, technical support and upgrades. Its own global service network – with Brandes (pictured) as system integration project manager – become available to former Barenschee customers. The company also supports K&F, 2B, M+A, Strobbe, Western Lithotech, Stoesser and Ternes register punching and bending equipment, via acquisitions or other agreements in the last 12 years.
in May, Nela president Frank Neumeister said rationalisation in the industry was “an economically inevitable result” of the overall consolidation process among suppliers of the printing industry. About 250 Barenschee user sites worldwide are affected by the arrangements.