FORTERRO LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AT FIT

Posted on 01/05/2025

At FIT Show 2025, representatives from Forterro, the industrial software specialist that acquired BM Group at the start of the year, joined the BM team to explain more about what the twin acquisition of BM Group and LogiKal owners Orgadata means for customers in the UK - and what they can expect from the newly formed Forterro Windows and Doors Group.

The overall message was that momentum is now building within the new Group, which has no fewer than 700 employees dedicated to windows and doors. The capability already exists within BM and Orgadata to offer software for end-to-end workflow process management, but Forterro’s strength in R&D and tighter integration within the teams means that product development will be quicker and at a scale not seen before.

Martin Nussbaumer, Head of Sales for Forterro Windows and Doors, explained that Forterro has the size, resources and expertise to accelerate the group’s expansion. He said the focus will be on driving digitalisation and automation within the doors and windows market in line with Forterro’s mission of ‘powering the businesses powering the future’.

He emphasised: “We see huge potential to grow revenue in the windows and doors market in the same way we have done in other industrial markets where we have made similar acquisitions. As well as organic growth, there are opportunities for overseas expansion and cross selling of products from two brands that already have a really strong market presence.”

For the BM Group, it is business as usual for now, but with lots happening in the background around the TOUCH platform in particular to speed up the roll out and make it an even more comprehensive offering.

Nick Bailey, BM Group’s Head of Sales, is delighted: “We’re really excited about what lies ahead. With Forterro’s backing, we can invest in developing our team, as well as bringing new products and new features to the market more quickly.”

For BM Aluminium, which is already the exclusive distributor in the UK of Orgadata’s LogiKal software, the acquisition means even closer collaboration with its partners in Germany, and the potential to add even more value to the service it delivers to customers in the UK.

Bernd Hillbrands, CEO of Orgadata said at FIT: “The licensing agreement we had with BM Aluminium has simply become an internal arrangement within Forterro. We were extremely close partners before the acquisition, and now we are effectively colleagues which can only be good news for customers.”

Dean Hodges, Managing Director of BM Aluminium, added: “As you would expect, there’s a huge amount of work currently taking place to determine future product strategy and development right across the new Windows and Doors Group, but customers in the UK can be assured it will enhance what they already have from us, and ultimately support their growth alongside ours.”

The BM Group expects to start making announcements about new products and features later in the year.

More details at: https://www.thebmgroup.co.uk/ and https://www.forterro.com/en