FLS and GRP are merging to form tetys GmbH & Co. KG

Expansion of the comprehensive shop floor solution under its new name, tetys

Press release – Aachen, 4 January 2021

On 1 January 2021, the two Aachen-based companies successfully completed their merger and change of name to the new tetys GmbH & Co. KG. The business is now set to be further expanded in collaboration with existing and potential new customers. The existing points of contact and services will remain in place for customers and partners.

tetys enables manufacturing companies to adapt to new operating conditions with a high degree of dynamism and flexibility, and to communicate revised plans down to the plant level and to each individual machine within minutes. It combines detailed planning, MES, production data acquisition, in-process quality assurance, materials management and all other areas of work relating to production within a single, integrated system. This comprehensive, holistic concept builds on the three pillars of both companies: planning, shop floor data collection and – with a view to the future – the area of intelligence. The latter focuses on future-oriented solutions in production.

This comprehensive approach offers you the greatest possible flexibility when choosing the components of your solution. Both systems are modular in design, so they can be tailored precisely to your specific needs. Janina Keuters, the new managing partner and former managing director of FLS, emphasises this point once again:

“Following the merger of the two companies, existing and potential customers and partners will always remain our top priority. With this move, we are further expanding our long-standing collaboration, thereby ensuring the expansion of our portfolios. Together with tetys, we are integrating our systems into a unified solution for the entire shop floor. Many customers have already been using both systems in parallel and will now benefit from this move.”

With over 40 years’ experience, FLS’s GRP Manufacturing Execution System and FEKOR System are among the leading software solutions for Industry 4.0. These multi-award-winning systems embody comprehensive expertise in quality and production management within the industrial manufacturing sector.

For further information, visit www.tetys.de

Press contact

tetys GmbH & Co. KG
Marina Henkelmann
Tel. +49 241 88930 26
Email: marina.henkelmann@tetys.de

About tetys
tetys GmbH & Co. KG offers a seamless, integrated solution for all aspects of shop floor management. It ensures the complete end-to-end flow of all order and production data between detailed planning, manufacturing execution and production data acquisition. The tetys system thus enables manufacturing companies to adapt to new conditions with a high degree of dynamism and flexibility, and to communicate revised plans within minutes down to the workshop level and to each individual machine. It combines detailed planning, MES, production data acquisition, in-process quality assurance, materials management and all other areas of work relating to production within a single, integrated system. The family-run, medium-sized company is based in Aachen, close to the centre of innovation research. It was here, in 1979, that the two companies GRP and FLS were founded as spin-offs from the IKV at RWTH Aachen University; they merged in 2021 to form tetys GmbH & Co. KG. This comprehensive, holistic concept is used by leading companies such as Eaton Industries, Georg Fischer, Warema, Geberit, MöllerTech and Bataillard.

GRP and FLS
GRP and FLS were founded in Aachen in 1979. FLS’s core product is the detailed planning software FEKOR for production coordination, which also covers the entire materials management process within production. GRP specialises in Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for the manufacturing industry. To combine the expertise of both divisions even more closely, everything has been offered from a single source since 2016. As co-CEOs, Manfred Keuters, Managing Director of GRP, and Janina Keuters, Managing Director of FLS, have led both companies into the future.

One of the first outcomes of the merger between FLS and GRP was the integration of the “FEKOR” and “GRP-MES” software products into the “tetys” software suite. It combines planning with data collection at shop floor level and paves the way for networked, intelligent and self-optimising production in an increasingly digital manufacturing environment.

The customers of both companies include numerous firms in the plastics, food, automotive supply and metal industries, such as Eaton, Geberit, HEWI, P&G and Warema.