Long-standing Gallus business partner Dieter Arabin has died in a tragic motorbike accident while riding near his home town of Langgons, Germany.

Dieter and Siegfried founded the company Arsoma, which developed what were considered innovative printing press solutions for the then fledgling flexographic label printing process.

In 1992 label giant Gallus acquired a financial stake in Arsoma, which then led to a full takeover of the company by Gallus in 1998.

In a statement Gallus describes Dieter as a friend of the company, and says the relationship and business partnership between Dieter, Siegfried and Gallus remained friendly and cooperative.

The statements reads, “Dieter – along with his brother Siegfried – made a lasting impression on the development of Gallus and the label-printing industry, in many different ways.

“This includes the Gallus EM 280 machine platform, the first modular platform machine (Gallus EM series) and his vision of a highly automated and user-friendly, fully servo-driven machine, which would represent a new milestone in the label-printing industry and which subsequently came to the market as the Gallus RCS.”

Dieter and his brother Siegfried made a hobby of restoring old motorbikes and had entered motorbike races for many years. It is believed the fatal accident occurred during a racing competition on August 12.

Dieter was 67 years old and leaves behind a wife, Maria, and sons.  

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