Sorting technology specialist Steinert is strengthening its market position with a new product line. The company announced on Thursday that it had acquired the MSort sorting systems from Mogensen GmbH & Co. KG. The Msort product brand has been on the market for more than 20 years and the systems are used in glass recycling, the processing of industrial minerals, and other applications. Along with the acquisition, Steinert has established a new subsidiary Steinert Msort. Its portfolio will expand to include translucency and double-sided detection using colour and near-infrared (NIR) starting 1 July 2024.
"The expansion of the Steinert group's portfolio to include sorting systems for flat and hollow glass and aggregates for sorting industrial minerals for mining are just a few examples that are a plus for us. The MSort brand from Mogensen is strong and complements our product range excellently. We look forward to working with the colleagues and thank our owners, the Buchholz family, who have made further growth possible," said Peter Funke, CEO of Steinert.
Hans Moormann and Marcus Wirtz, managing partners of Mogenen's parent company, Joest group, said that after working with Steinert for twenty years, they knew Msort was "in the best of hands". "We are handing over the product line to a top company with a strong global sales and service network," they added.
Based in Wedel near Hamburg, Mogensen also has densimetric separation (Gsort) and screening and classifying (Msizer) product lines that are excluded from the transaction. The company has been part of the Joest group since January, according Steinert, which has its headquarters in Cologne.
