Syntegon Technology

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Syntegon Technology is a global process and packaging technology company serving pharmaceutical, biotech, and food manufacturers.

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Overview

Syntegon Technology is a German global technology company and strategic lifecycle partner to the pharmaceutical, biotech, and food industries. Headquartered in Stuttgart, it supplies individual machines, integrated systems, process technology, packaging equipment, and services. The company’s present identity dates from January 2020, when Bosch Packaging Technology was renamed Syntegon following the sale of Bosch’s packaging business to a company managed by CVC Capital Partners. The business traces its roots to Robert Bosch Apparatebau GmbH, established in 1969, while parts of its wider industrial heritage reach further back through businesses that later became part of the group. Its portfolio serves production lines across the lifecycle, from planning and installation through operation, maintenance, upgrades, and optimization. In pharmaceuticals and biotech, Syntegon provides technologies for processing, filling, inspecting, and packaging liquid and solid medicines, including equipment for sterile production, vials and syringes, capsules, tablets, and secondary packaging. It also offers technologies associated with barrier systems, freeze-drying, and the generation of high-purity media. In medical technology and diagnostics, its equipment includes assembly machinery for products such as infusion sets and cannulas. For food manufacturers, its offerings include processing technology for confectionery and packaging systems for products such as baked goods, chocolate, coffee, bars, and frozen foods. Packaging formats and machinery include horizontal and vertical form-fill-seal machines, cartoners, and case packers. Syntegon presents itself as a lifecycle partner rather than solely an equipment supplier. Its service offering includes planning support, lifecycle optimization, maintenance agreements, spare parts, training, engineering expertise, qualification, audits, upgrades, and extensions. The company says its global service business supports about 76,000 installed systems. Its stated strategic focus is expanding its role in pharmaceutical and biotech markets while continuing to serve food manufacturers with high-speed, high-precision packaging solutions. The company also promotes automation, robotics, digitalization, and AI as components of future production environments. The company operates internationally, with facilities in multiple countries. Its company profile reports that in fiscal 2025 it generated €1.75 billion in sales and had more than 160 years of industry expertise across its business heritage. Syntegon remains privately held following its separation from Bosch; the supplied evidence identifies CVC Capital Partners as the manager of the investment company that acquired the packaging business. Its product-brand portfolio has included names such as Doboy, Elematic, Hüttlin, Klenzaids, Kliklok, Makat, Pharmatec, SBM, Telstar, and Valicare.

History

Syntegon Technology’s corporate history combines the development of the former Bosch packaging business with the longer histories of companies and product lines that became part of its industrial portfolio. The present-day company traces its own organizational roots to 1969, when Robert Bosch Apparatebau GmbH was established. A few years later it became part of the Bosch Group. From 2002, the packaging business operated under the name Bosch Packaging Technology. Several antecedent businesses contributed technologies and expertise over a longer period. Geiger & Hesser was founded in 1861 and later became part of Syntegon; the German-language account describes it as an early foundation of German packaging-machine manufacturing. Hesser built an automatic coffee packaging machine in 1911. Höfliger + Karg presented an automatic capsule-filling machine in 1958 and joined the business in 1970. Other developments included the first use of isolator technology on filling and closing machines for ampoules in 1991. In 2004 Bosch acquired Sigpack Systems, a food-packaging machinery business established in 1906. Bosch also added businesses including Eisai Machinery, which the supplied account says has been part of Syntegon since 2012. The packaging business developed technologies for food and pharmaceutical production. The account records the introduction of linear-motor drive technology for horizontal packaging machines in 2014, enabling format changes at the push of a button. In 2015, it applied resealable Doy Zip bags on a vertical form-fill-seal machine. In 2016, it presented a sealed paper package developed with BillerudKorsnäs; the material was described as recyclable and without additional plastic components. In 2018, the Swiss Rotzinger Group acquired the Swiss business unit responsible for developing, producing, and selling delta robots. In July 2019, Bosch announced that it would sell its packaging division to a newly established company managed by CVC Capital Partners. After the sale was completed in January 2020, Bosch Packaging Technology was renamed Syntegon Technology. Subsequent portfolio changes included the transfer in 2020 of the Viersen plant and related filling-and-closing-machine and confectionery-process-technology businesses to Rotzinger. In 2021, the track-and-trace business for pharmaceutical packaging machinery, together with cartoning machines, was sold to Rotzinger. In 2024 Syntegon acquired Telstar, S.L.U. from Japan’s Azbil Corporation. The supplied account describes Telstar as a supplier of equipment for the international life-sciences and healthcare industries. In August 2025, Syntegon moved its headquarters from Waiblingen to Stuttgart. The company’s current profile emphasizes lifecycle services alongside machinery and systems, with a strategic focus on pharmaceutical and biotech markets as well as continued food-industry solutions. It reports support for about 76,000 installed systems and fiscal 2025 sales of €1.75 billion.

2025
Headquarters moved to Stuttgart
2025
Record-year sales reported
2024
Telstar acquired
2021
Track-and-trace and cartoning businesses sold
2020
Syntegon name adopted
2020
Viersen businesses transferred to Rotzinger
2019
Bosch announces sale of packaging division
2016
Recyclable sealed paper packaging presented
2014
Linear-motor drive technology introduced
2004
Bosch acquires Sigpack Systems
2002
Bosch Packaging Technology name adopted
1991
Isolator technology used on ampoule lines
1970
Höfliger + Karg joins the business
1969
Robert Bosch Apparatebau GmbH established
1958
Automatic capsule-filling machine presented
1911
Automatic coffee packaging machine
1861
Geiger & Hesser founded

Products and positioning

A global technology and lifecycle partner for pharmaceutical, biotech, and food manufacturers, combining process expertise, mission-critical production technologies, packaging machinery, and aftermarket services.

Pharmaceutical processing and packaging systems
Equipment and integrated solutions for processing, filling, inspection, and packaging liquid and solid medicines.
Food processing and packaging machinery
Processing technology for confectionery and packaging equipment for food categories including baked goods, coffee, and frozen foods.
Lifecycle services
Planning, maintenance, training, upgrades, optimization, engineering, qualification, and audit support.

Brand decisions

2020
Business renamed Syntegon TechnologyOther
2019
Bosch divested its packaging divisionOther

Recent events

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Syntegon launches Sepion 75 pilot-scale tablet coater[7]星德科推出Sepion 75中试规模片剂包衣机pharmaceuticalonline.com
Syntegon expanded its Oral Solid Dosage processing portfolio with the Sepion 75, a new pilot-scale tablet coater designed for smaller and more variable batch sizes and containment requirements for highly potent active ingredients. The machine completes the Sepion series and supports scale-up from pilot to commercial scale.
2021.07.28
Reported2021.07.28
Huhtamaki and Syntegon launch Push Tab paper packaging[8]Huhtamaki与Syntegon推出Push Tab纸质包装finanznachrichten.de
Huhtamaki and Syntegon announced Push Tab paper, a paper-based tablet blister packaging solution made from renewable FSC-certified paper for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.
2020.09.29
BillerudKorsnäs and Syntegon launch Recyclable Flow Wrap[9]BillerudKorsnäs与Syntegon推出可回收纸基流延包装paperage.com
BillerudKorsnäs and Syntegon Technology joined forces to launch Recyclable Flow Wrap, a paper-based packaging solution designed to be recyclable as paper.

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