What Schwartz Hautmont does

Schwartz Hautmont is a privately held Spanish steel construction company founded in 1963 and headquartered in Vila-seca, Tarragona, adjacent to the Port of Tarragona — the deepest port in Spain. The company designs and fabricates heavy steel structures, pressure vessels, modular process units, and offshore components for the oil & gas, petrochemical, chemical, power, and infrastructure sectors. Its four product lines are modular construction (pipe racks, skids, offshore platforms), pressure vessels (heat exchangers, columns, reactors, coke drums), steel structures (industrial buildings, power plants, viaducts up to 18,000 mT), and specialized products including offshore manifolds, nuclear containment components, and aluminum fabrication.

Manufacturing capabilities are anchored at the Port of Tarragona and include a clean room for exotic materials (titanium, Monel, Inconel), CNC 3-axis/3D cutting, narrow gap submerged arc welding, plate bending, and fabrication of materials up to 205mm thickness. The company holds a broad certification stack enabling global export — ISO 9001, ASME U and U2 Stamps, National Board R, AD 2000 (Germany), SELO (China), ISO 3834, EN 1090-1, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001.

Schwartz Hautmont operates a project-based B2B model with direct enterprise sales, generating revenue through one-time contracts for custom fabrication and construction. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is handled through direct quotation. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting large industrial clients (REPSOL, ExxonMobil, Dow, ThyssenKrupp, Volkswagen, Alstom) with international delivery enabled by the port's deepwater access. The company serves a global customer base across 15+ countries including the US, Germany, Belgium, Australia, France, Mexico, India, Russia, China, and multiple African and Latin American markets.

Name

Schwartz Hautmont

Legal name

Schwartz Hautmont

Website

https://shcm.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Schwartz Hautmont is a Spanish steel fabricator (est. 1963) producing pressure vessels, modular process units, steel structures, and offshore components for oil & gas, petrochemical, power, and infrastructure clients worldwide from its Port of Tarragona base.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Steel Fabrication

NAICS

Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing (332410), Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing (3324)

SIC

Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440), Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops) (3443)

akta.pro primary industry

Pressure Vessels, Columns & Storage Tanks (ASME/Process Vessels) (IMAHAEAF)

Keywords

• Steel fabrication
• Pressure vessels
• Modular construction
• Offshore structures
• Industrial steel construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Tarragona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Steel construction products and services: The company manufactures and provides steel structures, pressure vessels, modular construction, and other steel products to industrial clients. Revenue is generated through project-based contracts for custom fabrication and construction projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Schwartz Hautmont is an industrial steel construction company that fabricates pressure vessels, steel structures, modular units, and offshore equipment. The company produces heat exchangers, columns, reactors, coke drums, pipe rack modules, skids, manifolds, PLETs/FLETs, and large-scale steel structures using carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, duplex, super duplex, Monel, Inconel, and titanium. Operations are based at the Port of Tarragona, Spain, enabling shipment of oversized equipment worldwide.

Product overview

Schwartz Hautmont is a steel construction company offering a portfolio of four core product lines: Modular Construction (pipe rack modules, skids, offshore platform fabrication), Pressure Vessels (heat exchangers, columns, reactors, coke drums), Steel Structures (industrial buildings, power plants, viaducts), and Offshore/Other products (manifolds, cranes, nuclear components). The company operates from Port of Tarragona with manufacturing facilities including pressure vessel workshops, steel structure workshops, and a port yard. Its services span design, fabrication, and assembly, serving the oil & gas, petrochemical, power, and infrastructure sectors worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Modular Construction Modular construction services for industrial plants, including pipe rack modules, skids, and offshore platform modules. Includes piping fabrication up to 450,000 D.inch, modular units for refineries and petrochemical facilities, and offshore infrastructure such as manifolds, PLETs, and FLETs. Targeted at oil & gas, petrochemical, and offshore industrial clients.
• Pressure Vessels Manufacturing of static equipment and pressure vessels including heat exchangers, columns, coke drums, reactors, splitters, and storage tanks. Capabilities include diameters up to 10,100 mm, lengths up to 75.2 m, and fabrication using carbon steel, stainless steel, Cr-Mo alloy, duplex, super duplex, and exotic materials such as titanium. Targeted at industrial process plant operators.
• Steel Structures Fabrication and erection of steel structures for industrial applications including incineration plants, power plants, industrial buildings, viaducts, and large-scale infrastructure. Capacities range from 1,000 mT to 18,000 mT per project. Targeted at industrial construction and infrastructure clients.
• Offshore Projects and Others Specialized industrial products including offshore platform components, aluminum fabrication, quay cranes, reinforced piping, monumental structural works, nuclear power plant containment components, and telecommunication towers. Targeted at offshore operators, nuclear plant builders, and telecommunications infrastructure clients.

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Tubacex: Spanish manufacturer of seamless stainless steel and high-alloy tubes for oil & gas, power, and petrochemical. Comparable as a Spanish-based steel/alloy product company serving overlapping industrial customers with complementary (not directly competing) products.
• Técnicas Reunidas: Spanish EPC contractor executing refinery, petrochemical, and energy projects, frequently sourcing pressure vessels and modular units from fabricators like Schwartz Hautmont. Both serve the same Spanish and international oil & gas customer base, but TR is an EPC rather than a fabricator.

Broad incumbents

• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: Japanese industrial conglomerate with extensive pressure vessel, boiler, turbine, and steel-structure fabrication for power, oil & gas, and infrastructure. Overlaps with Schwartz Hautmont's heavy fabrication capabilities at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• IHI Corporation: Japanese heavy industrial manufacturer of boilers, pressure vessels, bridges, and process equipment for energy and infrastructure. Comparable in heavy steel fabrication and pressure vessel scope, but operates at much larger scale and broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• Chart Industries: US manufacturer of cryogenic and process equipment including heat exchangers, pressure vessels, and process systems for LNG, petrochemical, and industrial gas. Comparable in engineered process-equipment scope and customer overlap in oil & gas.
• Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises: B&W designs and manufactures utility-scale boilers, heat exchangers, and pressure vessels for power and industrial markets. Comparable to Schwartz Hautmont's pressure vessel and heat exchanger work, though B&W is larger and US-listed.
• MAN Energy Solutions: German manufacturer of large-bore engines, turbochargers, and process equipment including pressure vessels and heat exchangers for oil & gas, petrochemical, and power. Closely comparable in process-equipment scope and European industrial customer base.
• L&T Heavy Engineering: Indian fabricator of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, reactors, and modular process equipment for oil & gas, petrochemical, and power customers globally. Directly comparable custom-fabrication business model and ASME-certified scope.
• Doosan Enerbility: South Korean heavy fabricator of power boilers, heat exchangers, and process equipment for petrochemical and power customers. Directly comparable to Schwartz Hautmont's ASME-grade pressure vessel and modular fabrication for oil & gas and power.
• John Cockerill (CMI Energy): Belgian industrial group manufacturing heat exchangers, pressure vessels, and process equipment for power, oil & gas, and steel industries. Directly comparable in heat exchanger and pressure vessel fabrication for similar European industrial customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance11 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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