Bystronic has announced the full integration of its Spanish software development company Kurago into the Bystronic Software brand. Kurago, acquired in 2021, has led Bystronic’s digital transformation and created the Bystronic’s BySoft Software Suite, a complete software ecosystem that digitalises customer processes from quote through to delivery.
Following in the footsteps of Bystronic’s restructuring and reorganisation into a Systems Division and a Service Division, the formation of the Bystronic Software group formalises the key role software development plays in successful customer solutions and aims to accelerate technological advances in sheet metal processing. Customers benefit from having a deep level of technological understanding in Bystronic as a full solutions provider.
Domenico Iacovelli, Bystronic Group CEO, said: “The integration of software capabilities into Bystronic’s Systems Division has progressed seamlessly. Unifying our identity under Bystronic Software reinforces our global vision and reflects the maturity we have reached in combining advanced machinery with automation and digital solutions.”
To accelerate the development of digital solutions, Bystronic is opening a new Bystronic laboratory in Derio (near Bilbao, Spain) which will house part of the Bystronic Software team as well as advanced machinery, automation and digital solutions experts. The lab will focus on unlocking the transformative potential of connectivity and data for the future of the sheet metal industry. Initially bringing together around 15 software experts, it is expected to be fully operational by early 2026.
Alberto Martinez, head of the Systems division at Bystronic Group, said: “With this additional Bystronic lab, we are further expanding our software development capabilities and pleased to do it in the Basque Country, where we are tapping into a strong industrial and innovation ecosystem that will help us lead the next wave of digital transformation in sheet metal manufacturing.”