The Research and Development department is completely integrated, project-driven and plays an essential role in the company. For BEST, improvement and innovation are key competitive advantages.

Customers have repeatedly expressed the need for sorters with “high performance” and “superior efficiency”, combined with user-friendliness and reliability. Anticipating this growing need in the market, the company developed an entire new generation of sorting machines, based on extensive field experience and using the latest technological developments in optics, electronics and mechanics. The R&D department is continuously updating and improving existing applications to get the highest benefit for clients. Before introduction, all new designs are thoroughly tested in a real industrial environment.

The R&D department at BEST consists of one third of the total employee number. A clear pattern of the focus BEST is attaching to research. The department is constantly growing, in line with the growth of the company. The worldwide team is composed out of research and engineering people, who are also active in the field, where they listen to and learn directly from customers.

BEST also works on long term development strategies. For that reason it has a close cooperation with knowledge centers and universities. By using their knowledge, BEST strives to remain the industry leading innovator.

Patents

BEST holds a number of international patents for his sorters, to protect its intellectual property and as a clear example of continuous technological innovation.