What Coperion does

Coperion is a Stuttgart-headquartered, global industrial technology company that designs and manufactures compounding and extrusion systems, bulk materials handling equipment, and related service offerings for plastics, plastics recycling, chemicals, battery manufacturing, food and nutrition, pharmaceuticals, and minerals processing industries. Its core technology is co-rotating twin screw extrusion, anchored by the ZSK platform spanning the ZSK Mc18 (18 Nm/cm3 torque, up to 100% throughput uplift vs predecessor), ZSK Mv14, ZSK MEGAcompounder (up to 135 t/h for polyolefins), ZSK MEGAlab (200 g minimum batch), ZSK NT two-stage system, and ZSK FilCo filtration compounder (over 50% energy reduction in PCR recycling). Supporting process equipment includes Coperion and ProRate feeding systems, EcoFresh silo degassing, rotary and diverter valves, dense phase and pneumatic conveying, and the DewTector moisture analyzer, with C-BEYOND providing digital OEE, data, and energy monitoring overlays.

Coperion operates through three divisions — Performance Materials, Food Health & Nutrition, and Aftermarket Sales & Service — and is organized around 16 industry-leading brands (Baker Perkins, DIOSNA, Gabler Engineering, Herbold Meckesheim, Kemutec, VMI, and others) consolidated under Coperion GmbH. The company monetizes through one-time capital equipment sales of extruders, plants, and systems, layered with recurring spare parts, service contracts, modernization, and training supported by 220+ service employees and 14 test centers worldwide. The commercial model is enterprise field sales executed via 50 locations across 17 countries and 150+ sales representatives, with technical application engineering and on-site trials at test centers serving as the primary pre-sales mechanism. Coperion is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hillenbrand (NYSE: HII) and reports through Hillenbrand's corporate and sustainability structure.

Name

Coperion

Legal name

Coperion GmbH

Website

https://coperion.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1886

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Coperion is a Stuttgart-based global industrial technology company and Hillenbrand subsidiary that designs and manufactures twin screw extrusion, compounding, bulk materials handling, and service systems for plastics, recycling, chemicals, batteries, food, and pharmaceutical manufacturers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales (Extruders & Systems): Sale of twin screw extruders, compounding systems, process equipment, and complete plants for plastics, chemicals, food, pharmaceuticals, and battery industries. Revenue from both standard equipment and custom-engineered systems.
2. Spare Parts & Replacement Components: Replacement parts for installed equipment including screw elements, barrels, gearboxes, and wear components. Aftermarket sales driven by installed base of 16,000+ compounders worldwide.
3. Service, Maintenance & Modernization: Service contracts, maintenance, repair, modernization, field service, and start-up support. Over 220 service employees worldwide supporting customer operations.
4. Test Center Services: Product testing and process development services at 14 test centers worldwide for verifying customer applications and developing solutions.
5. Training Services: Customized training programs for operators and engineers covering extrusion, feeding, and process optimization. Offered online and at customer facilities or training centers worldwide.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Coperion designs, manufactures and services industrial compounding and extrusion systems (twin screw extruders), process equipment (feeders, valves, pneumatic conveying), and complete plants for plastics, plastics recycling, chemicals, food/health/nutrition, pharmaceuticals and battery manufacturing. The company also provides spare parts, maintenance, modernization, training and digital services (C-BEYOND) to its installed base of more than 16,000 compounders.

Product overview

Coperion is a global industrial technology company offering an integrated portfolio of compounding and extrusion systems, process equipment, and plants for plastics, plastics recycling, chemicals, food, pharmaceuticals, and battery industries. The core product lines include the ZSK series of co-rotating twin screw extruders (Mc18, Mv14, MEGAlab, MEGAcompounder, NT, FilCo), STS series, CTE PLUS series, and Baker Perkins extruders, complemented by comprehensive process equipment (feeders, valves, conveyors), plants and systems, and digital solutions (C-BEYOND). The company operates through three divisions: Performance Materials, Food Health & Nutrition, and Aftermarket Sales & Service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• C-BEYOND: Digital services platform including OEE Dashboard, Data Monitoring, Energy Monitoring, IT Infrastructure and ServiceBox CSB 4.0
• MyCoperion
• ZSK
• STS
• CTE PLUS
• EcoFresh
• ProRate
• DewTector

Products and services

• ZSK Mc18 Twin Screw Extruder High-performance co-rotating twin screw extruder with torque of 18 Nm/cm3 and up to 100% throughput increase versus predecessor. Designed for engineering plastics, masterbatches and demanding compounding applications.
• ZSK Mv14 Twin Screw Extruder Twin screw extruder with Do/Di of 1.8 and specific torque of 14 Nm/cm3. Optimized for processes with high volume and high torque requirements including devolatilization, shear-sensitive products and PVC processing.
• ZSK MEGAlab Laboratory Extruders Laboratory twin screw extruder for processing smallest batch sizes with throughput rates up to 40 kg/h and minimum batches of 200g, with reliable scale-up to larger ZSK production extruders.
• ZSK MEGAcompounder High-capacity twin screw extruder for polyolefin processing with throughput rates up to 135 t/h and specific torque of 12.5 Nm/cm3.
• ZSK NT Extruders Two-stage ZSK system combining two MEGAcompounders for separating, plasticizing and homogenization of bimodal polyolefins with wide molecular weight distribution.
• ZSK FilCo Filtration Compounder Combined filtration and compounding system for PCR recycling in a single production step. Reduces energy consumption and emissions by more than 50% versus two-step processes.
• STS Twin Screw Extruders Twin screw extruder combining proven Coperion technology with attractive cost-performance ratio for engineering plastics, masterbatch, cable masses and recycling applications.
• Baker Perkins Twin Screw Extruders Purpose-designed twin screw extruders and systems for powder coating production and biodegradable packaging applications, featuring the MAX3 feed system for increased throughput at minimal power and cost.
• CTE PLUS Extruders Twin screw compounding system with attractive cost/performance ratio for small and medium-sized companies. Specific torque of 7.2 Nm/cm3 with modular design.
• Kombiplast KP Two-Stage Compounder Two-stage compounding system combining twin screw extruder ZSK with single-screw discharge for gentle pressure build-up of shear-sensitive products. Designed for PVC, cable and special compounds.
• Coperion Feeding Solutions Comprehensive portfolio of feeding and weighing solutions including screw feeders, vibratory feeders, bulk solids pumps, weigh belts, liquid feeders and flow meters for precise material handling.
• ProRate Feeding Systems Continuous gravimetric single and twin screw feeders for secondary plastic applications with optional refill solutions.
• Rotary Valves Rotary valves for precise material handling and flow control in bulk solids processing.
• EcoFresh Silo Degassing Silo degassing technology for removal of odors and volatile compounds in plastics recycling processes; FDA-cleared for food-contact applications up to 100% recycled HDPE and PP content.
• Dense Phase Conveying Equipment Equipment for conveying bulk materials using dense phase technology for gentle and energy-efficient transport.
• DewTector Moisture Analyzer Moisture measuring device for reliable, automated online measurements of surface moisture content in bulk materials, particularly plastic pellets.
• RF400 Roller Feeder Feeding system for uniform dry-electrode deposition in battery manufacturing at laboratory and pilot scale. Supports coating widths up to 400mm and integrates with KCM-III controls and Smart Force Transducer weighing technology.
• Plastics Manufacturing Plants Complete plastics manufacturing plants integrating compounding, extrusion and downstream equipment for industrial-scale production.
• Compounding Plants Complete compounding plants for plastics and chemical industries, integrating twin screw extruders with feeders, mixers and downstream equipment.
• Pneumatic Conveying Systems Complete pneumatic conveying systems for material transport in plastics, chemical, food and pharmaceutical industries.
• Multi-Ingredient Handling Systems Multi-ingredient handling systems for batching and dosing of bulk materials in industrial processes.
• PET Recycling Systems Scalable PET recycling systems with throughputs from 500 kg/h to 10 t/h for bottle-to-pellet recycling.
• Spare Parts Replacement parts for installed equipment including screw elements, barrels, gearboxes and wear components, supported by the global installed base.
• Maintenance & Repair Maintenance and repair services for compounding and extrusion equipment provided by 220+ service employees worldwide.
• Modernization Modernization services to upgrade existing Coperion extruders and process equipment with current technology.
• Service Agreements Multi-year service agreements covering preventive maintenance, spare parts and support for installed equipment.
• Training Courses Customized training programs for operators and engineers covering extrusion, feeding and process optimization, offered online and at customer facilities or training centers worldwide.
• Test Centers 14 global test centers offering product testing, process development and customer trials for verifying extrusion, compounding and recycling applications.
• C-BEYOND Digital Solutions Digital solutions suite including OEE Dashboard, Data Monitoring, Energy Monitoring, IT Infrastructure and ServiceBox CSB 4.0 for connected manufacturing and Industry 4.0 integration.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 100% increase in throughput rate with ZSK Mc18 vs predecessor
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Herbold MeckesheimcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHerbold Meckesheim partners with Coperion for plastics recycling technologies. At the K Show in Düsseldorf, the companies showcased combined recycling technologies. Herbold provides grinding and cleaning of raw materials at their Test Center while Coperion provides extrusion technologies and decontamination testing at its Recycling Innovation Center in Niederbiegen, Germany.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• KraussMaffei: German manufacturer of compounding and extrusion machinery for the plastics industry, including twin screw extruders that directly compete with Coperion's ZSK platform. Now owned by ChemChina. Both serve plastics compounders globally with comparable throughput and material ranges.
• Leistritz: German manufacturer of twin screw extruders competing directly with Coperion's ZSK series in compounding applications across plastics, food, and pharma. Comparable technology positioning with co-rotating and counter-rotating systems.
• Davis-Standard: US-based manufacturer of extrusion systems for plastics processing, comparable to Coperion's ZSK platform. Serves similar compounding and converting customers across packaging, construction, and industrial polymer markets.
• Bühler Group: Swiss manufacturer of food processing equipment including extrusion systems, directly comparable to Coperion's Baker Perkins, VMI, and food extrusion lines. Overlaps in food, feed, and pharma processing machinery.
• Hosokawa Micron: Japanese manufacturer of material handling and processing equipment directly competing with Coperion's bulk material handling business. Overlaps in feeders, mixers, milling, and pneumatic conveying for chemical, food, and pharma end markets.
• Schenck Process: German material handling company with overlapping product lines in industrial weighing, feeding, and pneumatic conveying; Coperion's K-Tron business was carved from the former Schenck Process Food and Performance Materials business, creating a complex competitive and heritage relationship.
• IMA Group: Italian manufacturer of pharmaceutical processing and packaging machinery directly comparable to Coperion's pharma processing offerings (continuous manufacturing, tablet coating, batch dispensing). Serves similar pharmaceutical customers with overlapping technology.

Broad incumbents

• GEA Group: German industrial conglomerate providing food and pharma processing equipment across a broader portfolio. Overlaps with Coperion's Food Health & Nutrition and pharma processing offerings, though GEA's portfolio is significantly wider including separation and flow components.
• Andritz: Austrian industrial process machinery group with comparable offerings in compounding, material handling, and feed manufacturing across pulp/paper, metals, and chemical processing. Broader portfolio than Coperion but overlaps in feed and processing systems.

Regional players

• Japan Steel Works: Japanese manufacturer of twin screw extruders primarily serving Asian plastics compounding markets. Comparable technology to Coperion's ZSK series, with strong presence in Japan, China, and Southeast Asia but limited global reach versus Coperion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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