What Rovalma does

Rovalma S.A. is a Spanish specialty metallurgical company that designs, manufactures, and globally distributes high-performance tool steels and specialty alloys for industrial tooling applications. Founded circa 1985 and headquartered in Rubí (Barcelona), the company is the pioneer of high thermal conductivity tool steels, having invented the HTCS® family in 2006 with thermal conductivity values up to 70 W/m·K — roughly double that of conventional hot work tool steels — while maintaining comparable or superior mechanical properties. Its product portfolio spans six proprietary families: HTCS® and FASTCOOL® (high thermal conductivity grades for die casting and plastic injection molding), EFICAST® (high-performance hot work steels), FECRONI® (stainless tool steels), GTCS® (low thermal conductivity steels for thermal isolation zones), and ROVALMA®MAM (a holographic volumetric metal additive manufacturing technology for industrial throughput 3D printing of fully dense components without support structures). Rovalma also distributes conventional DIN/AISI/JIS grade equivalents (RV-2343, RV-2344, RV-2367 ESR, RV-2711, RV-2738) as a complementary offering.

The company operates a hybrid go-to-market model combining direct enterprise sales from its Rubí headquarters (international sales team reachable via [email protected]) with four exclusive regional distribution partnerships: STM Stahl (Germany), Bre-Men Acciai (Italy), Builts (South Korea), and Kunshan Angliss Mould & Technology (China). Customer acquisition is anchored in trade show presence (EUROGUSS, Moulding Expo, MECSPE, Smart Plastics Congress, ALU2000, Metalex, IDDRG) supplemented by EIC Corporate Day matchmaking events with major OEMs including Electrolux, Saint-Gobain, and Airbus. End markets served include die casting, plastic injection molding, automotive sheet metal forming and hot stamping, and general industrial manufacturing (food processing, chemical, petrochemical, energy, pharmaceutical, construction, textile).

Rovalma is a privately held Spanish public limited company (TIN: ES A08466641) with 101-250 employees, ISO 9001 certified, and recognized as an Innovative SME (Pyme Innovadora) by Spanish authorities through 2027. The company is funded principally through retained earnings and competitive non-dilutive public R&D grants, with a disclosed ~$2.14M Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase 2 award in 2016 (FASTEEL project) and ongoing participation in 20+ EU and Spanish funded consortia including ROAD2DEMO (fusion reactor tooling) and GreenH2Pipes (hydrogen electrolyser materials). There is no evidence of external private equity or venture capital investment, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no public listing. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Rovalma

Legal name

ROVALMA S.A.

Website

https://rovalma.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Rovalma S.A. is a Spanish specialty metallurgical company that designs and globally distributes high thermal conductivity tool steels, stainless tool steels, and a proprietary holographic volumetric metal 3D printing technology for die casting, plastic injection molding, hot stamping, and industrial manufacturing customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

High Performance Tool Steels and Specialty Alloys

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty & Alloy Steel (Stainless, Tool Steel, Electrical Steel, High-Strength/HSLA) (IMAKABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Metal Powders (LPBF/DMLS/EBM) (IMAAABAE), Metal 3D Printers (LPBF/SLM/DMLS, Binder Jetting, DED/LENS/WAAM) (IMAAAAAB)

Keywords

• High performance tool steels
• Specialty alloys
• Metal additive manufacturing
• Die casting materials
• Plastic injection tooling

Headquarters

HQ city

Rubí

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Tool Steel and Specialty Alloy Sales: Direct sales of high performance tool steels including HTCS®, FASTCOOL®, EFICAST®, FECRONI®, and conventional tool steel grades (RV-2343, RV-2344, RV-2367 ESR, RV-2711, RV-2738). Products sold as annealed, pre-hardened, or precipitation hardenable conditions. Revenue from material sales constitutes primary revenue stream.
2. Heat Treatment Services: Additional specific terms and conditions for heat treatment services complement general terms of sale. Services likely include precipitation hardening, tempering, and other thermal processing for tool materials.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Rovalma designs, develops, manufactures and supplies high-performance tool steels and specialty alloys for tooling, mould/die construction and industrial forming applications. Its portfolio covers proprietary families (HTCS®, FASTCOOL®, EFICAST®, FECRONI®, GTCS®) and conventional grades (RV-series, PKT-117), supplied in annealed, pre-hardened or precipitation-hardenable conditions. The company also offers the ROVALMA®MAM holographic volumetric metal additive manufacturing technology for industrial throughput 3D printing of complex metal components.

Product overview

Rovalma is a tool material solutions company offering a comprehensive portfolio of High Performance Tool Steels (including FASTCOOL®, HTCS®, GTCS® families), Stainless Tool Steels (FECRONI® family), High Performance Hot Work Tool Steels (EFICAST® family), and Conventional Hot Work Tool Steels (RV-series). The company also offers ROVALMA®MAM additive manufacturing technology and technical support services. Products are designed for applications including stamping, trimming, fine-blanking, plastic injection moulding, die casting, hot stamping/press hardening, and additive manufacturing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FASTCOOL: High thermal conductivity tool steel family for cost-effective fast-cooling applications in die casting, plastic injection, and hot stamping.
• HTCS
• FECRONI
• EFICAST
• FASTEEL
• ROVALMA MAM

Products and services

• FASTCOOL®-10 High thermal conductivity tool steel supplied pre-hardened at 300±30 HB. Most cost-effective solution for applications benefiting from exceptionally high thermal conductivity. Designed for plastic injection, blow molding, plastic extrusion, including very large cross-section moulds.
• FASTCOOL®-20 High thermal conductivity tool steel supplied pre-hardened at 400±20 HB. Designed for tool, die and mould construction including low pressure/gravity die casting, plastic injection, composite molding, resin transfer molding, and hot stamping prototyping.
• FASTCOOL®-50 High thermal conductivity hot work steel grade combining very high thermal conductivity with high mechanical properties, very high wear resistance, excellent through-hardenability, and high tempering resistance. Designed for plastic injection, composite molding, hot stamping, and extrusion applications.
• FASTCOOL®-55 High performance hot work steel with very high thermal conductivity and excellent behavior at high temperatures including high yield strength, toughness, wear and tempering resistance. Designed for hot forging, light alloys casting, hot calibration, and extrusion.
• HTCS®-130 DC High performance hot work steel with very high thermal conductivity up to 62 W/m·K combined with typical mechanical properties of high quality hot work tool steels. Features extreme purity, micro-cleanliness and very fine microstructure. Designed for die casting applications.
• HTCS®-230 High thermal conductivity tool steel combining high thermal conductivity with high mechanical properties, very high wear resistance, excellent through-hardenability. Hardenable up to 48-50 HRc with outstanding dimensional stability during precipitation hardening. Designed for hot stamping.
• HTCS®-233 High thermal conductivity tool steel combining high thermal conductivity with excellent wear resistance, high mechanical resistance, good machinability and very good polishing/coating/texturing properties. Hardenable to 50-52 HRc.
• FECRONI®-1000 Pre-hardened corrosion resistant martensitic tool steel with increased chromium content for improved corrosion resistance at typical hardness of 280-325 HB. Designed for plastic injection molding, blow molding, plastic extrusion with chemically aggressive plastics or corrosive resins like PVC.
• FECRONI®-1400 Martensitic precipitation hardening stainless steel with high mechanical strength and corrosion resistance, high toughness and very high polishability. Can be nitrided, coated and welded.
• FECRONI®-1800 Remelted martensitic stainless steel combining high corrosion and wear resistance, high mechanical strength and toughness. Features high dimensional stability during hardening and can be nitrided and coated.
• FECRONI®-2700 High hardness powder metallurgical martensitic chromium steel achieving hardness levels up to 62 HRc. Combines very high mechanical strength, extreme wear resistance, high corrosion resistance, toughness and excellent dimensional stability.
• EFICAST® 3-ER High performance hot work steel with good mechanical properties at high temperature, high toughness and ductility, high tempering resistance combined with good machinability and polishability. Features high purity and good micro-cleanliness.
• EFICAST® 3-RR High performance hot work tool steel with very high mechanical properties at high temperature, highest levels of toughness and ductility, high tempering resistance combined with good machinability and very high polishability. Features extreme purity and excellent micro-cleanliness.
• EFICAST® 4-ER High performance hot work tool steel with high mechanical properties at high temperature, good toughness and ductility, high tempering resistance combined with good machinability and polishability. Features excellent purity, micro-cleanliness and thermal fatigue resistance.
• EFICAST® 4-RR High performance hot work tool steel with high mechanical properties at high temperature, good toughness and ductility, high tempering resistance combined with good machinability and very high polishability. Features excellent purity and thermal fatigue resistance.
• RV-2343 / AISI H11 / JIS SKD 6 Hot work steel with good mechanical strength at high temperature, high toughness and good ductility, high tempering resistance combined with good machinability and polishability. Hardness range 32-53 HRc.
• RV-2344 / AISI H13 / JIS SKD 61 Hot work steel with high mechanical strength, high wear resistance, high tempering resistance, good shock resistance, good thermal conductivity, high hardenability combined with good machinability and polishability. Hardness range 32-54 HRc.
• RV-2367 ESR Chromium-molybdenum-vanadium alloyed hot work tool steel with high thermal fatigue resistance and resistance to thermal shock combined with good wear resistance. Refined via ESR process for highest quality in grain size, segregation, micro-cleanliness, and purity.
• RV-2711 / AISI L6 / JIS SKT4 Pre-hardened steel for die and mould construction of plastic injection molding with good machinability, thermal conductivity and dimensional stability. Can be nitrided, coated and texturized.
• RV-2738 / AISI P20+Ni Pre-hardened steel designed for die and mould construction of plastic injection molding with good machinability, thermal conductivity and dimensional stability and high through-hardenability.
• PKT-117 Pre-hardened hot work steel combining good toughness-hardness ratio, good thermal conductivity, high temperature wear resistance, very high compression strength and good machinability. Pre-hardened to 42-46 HRc.
• GTCS®-450 / GTCS®-470 Very low thermal conductivity tool steels at comparable levels of ceramic isolation materials combined with mechanical properties of steels. Used in hot forming applications to reduce cooling in certain tool areas.
• ROVALMA®MAM Additive manufacturing technology enabling holographic volumetric 3D printing for fabrication of complex metal components at industrial throughput levels. Produces fully dense, porosity-free, isotropic structures with outstanding thermal and mechanical properties. No support structures required with exceptionally low energy input. Capable of printing any metal type.
• Technical Support Services Technical support services provided to customers for optimal usage of products, including support in optimizing tool performance in production lines.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 50% cycle time reduction in plastic injection moulding and die casting applications
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and secondary.

• Bre-Men AcciaicoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 9 May 2024Distribution partner for Italy. Co-presented at Smart Plastics Congress 2024 where Davide Rossi (Bre-Men) presented Rovalma's 3D printing technology. Co-exhibited at MECSPE 2017 and Smart Plastic Congress 2023.
• STM Stahl Vertriebs GmbHcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 16 June 2023Exclusive distribution partner for Germany. Co-exhibited at Moulding Expo 2023. Provides local sales and technical support for German die casting and mould making industry customers.
• Saint-GobainflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 22 May 2019EIC Corporate Day matchmaking event in Paris. One of 15 companies pitching to Saint-Gobain. Rovalma shared vision for disruptive material solutions. Discussed potential for partnership to scale-up business. Part of EIC pilot business acceleration services.
• BuiltssecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 24 November 2018Distribution partner for South Korea. Attended Metalex 2018 exhibition in Bangkok together with Rovalma sales team to meet ASEAN customers.
• Kunshan Angliss Mould & TechnologysecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 24 November 2018Distribution partner for China. Attended Metalex 2018 exhibition in Bangkok together with Rovalma sales team.
• ElectroluxflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 October 2018EIC Corporate Day matchmaking at Electrolux Innovation Factory in Porcia, Italy. Rovalma pitched FASTCOOL mould steels to 50+ Electrolux managers. One-to-one meetings to explore potential business partnership. Part of EIC pilot business acceleration services.
• AirbusflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 January 2018SME Instrument pitching event organized by Airbus and EASME in Hamburg. Rovalma's Managing Director Isaac Valls pitched innovations alongside 29 other SME Instrument champions. One-to-one meetings with Airbus technology scouts.
• European Innovation Council (EIC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple EIC pilot programs including FASTEEL project funding (€726,558 Horizon 2020), EIC Corporate Days participation, and EIC Innovators Summit. Provides funding, matchmaking with corporates, and business acceleration services.
• ROAD2DEMO ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvanced manufacturing project for ITER experimental fusion reactor technologies and DEMO commercial fusion reactor. Funded by Next Generation EU via CDTI. Rovalma contributes tool material expertise for fusion reactor construction.
• GreenH2Pipes ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium of 8 companies and 6 research centres. Rovalma researching new materials for Proton Exchange Membrane electrolysers. Project co-financed by CDTI, supported by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, funded by Recovery and Resilience Mechanism.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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