Robatech
Robatech AG is a Swiss-headquartered, privately-held industrial manufacturer of hot-melt and cold-glue adhesive application systems, serving packaging, converting, automotive, mattress, and woodworking OEMs across more than 80 countries.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1976
- HeadquartersMuri, Switzerland
- Headcount501–1,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Robatech does
Robatech AG is a Swiss-headquartered industrial manufacturer specializing in adhesive application systems for hot-melt adhesive and cold glue, founded in 1975 and headquartered in Muri, Switzerland. The company designs and produces a comprehensive product portfolio covering melters (e.g., Alpha, Vision, Concept Series, RobaPUR), cold glue delivery units, heated hoses (Performa, Enduro, Rio), precision jetting heads (SpeedStar Compact, Volta, SX Diamond), spray heads (Aero, Polaris), coating heads (Vivo 18, EdgePro, SpineCoat), and dosing heads. These components are unified through the Robatech Control System, a central platform providing system integration, visualization, process control, system monitoring, and quality control (AMS) functions. The company serves industrial manufacturers and OEMs across packaging, converting, automotive, mattress, graphics, woodworking, and building supplies, with products embedded into OEM machinery such as folder gluers, cartoning machines, bookbinding lines, and robot-assisted gluing cells via integration kits for ABB, FANUC, KUKA, and Universal Robots.
Robatech operates a direct sales model with wholly-owned subsidiaries and authorized representatives in more than 80 countries, organized around regional headquarters in Switzerland, China, and the United States and country offices across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania. Revenue is generated through capital equipment sales, recurring spare parts and consumables supplied via local warehouses and service vehicles, and professional services including technical support, maintenance, training, and consulting. Pricing is quote-based and tailored to customer specifications, and the company relies heavily on major packaging and converting trade fairs (interpack, IPMEX, PPMA Show, PackExpo) for customer acquisition. Select enterprise customers include Gernep, Acepak, Vannpax, Tecniprint, Lian Rou Machinery, Vervo Advanced Packaging Technologies, CP Gluing, and ZhongShan Dayuan Industrial, with several relationships extending 20-25 years. The company is privately held with no public listing or disclosed venture capital backing, maintains ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications, participates in the EcoVadis sustainability assessment, and operates its Green Gluing sustainability program focused on energy efficiency, adhesive waste reduction, and long product service life.
Robatech firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Robatech
- Legal name
- Robatech AG
- Website
- https://robatech.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1976
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 501–1,000 employees
- Short description
- Robatech AG is a Swiss-headquartered, privately-held industrial manufacturer of hot-melt and cold-glue adhesive application systems, serving packaging, converting, automotive, mattress, and woodworking OEMs across more than 80 countries.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Robatech industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Adhesive Application Systems
- NAICS
- Adhesive Manufacturing (325520)
- SIC
- Adhesives & Sealants (2891)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF)
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Where Robatech is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Muri
- HQ country
- Switzerland
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices26 records
Markets served
Robatech business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Adhesive Application Equipment Sales: Sale of industrial adhesive application systems including melters, jetting heads, spray heads, coating heads, hoses, and accessories for hot-melt and cold glue application. Equipment is sold directly to manufacturers and through machine builder partnerships.
- Service and Support: Technical support, maintenance, spare parts, training, and consulting services provided through global service network to ensure system availability and optimize customer adhesive application processes.
- Replacement Parts and Consumables: Supply of spare parts and consumables for Robatech equipment, with parts available in local warehouses worldwide and service vehicles to minimize customer downtime.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels8 records
Robatech product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Robatech designs, manufactures, and sells industrial adhesive application systems used by manufacturers to apply hot-melt and cold-glue adhesives in production lines. Its portfolio includes melter units, electric and pneumatic jetting heads, spray heads, coating heads, heated hoses, dosing heads, and the Robatech Control System platform that integrates system monitoring, process control, and quality assurance. Products are sold directly to industrial manufacturers and OEM machine builders in packaging, converting, automotive, graphics, mattress, woodworking, and building supplies sectors, supported by a global service network for installation, maintenance, spare parts, and training.
Product overview
Robatech offers a comprehensive portfolio of adhesive application systems for industrial manufacturing, encompassing melters (Easy, Alpha, Vision, Concept Series, Concept Stream, Canduro 2, MultiMelt, JumboFlex, RobaDrum 20, RobaDrum 200, RobaPUR series), cold glue delivery units (CXU 110 GRU, piston pumps, pressure tanks, gear pumps), heated hoses (Performa, Enduro, Rio), and precision applicators (jetting heads including SpeedStar Compact and Volta; spray heads including Aero and Polaris; coating heads including Vivo 18, EdgePro, and SpineCoat). The product ecosystem is unified under the Robatech Control System platform, which provides system integration, visualization, process control, system monitoring, and quality control (AMS) capabilities. Supporting accessories include granulate feeders (RobaFeed, GlueFill), pattern control (Sirius), sensors for quality verification, and integration kits for ABB, FANUC, KUKA, and Universal Robots. System solutions include PerfectFold (liquid creaser), RollCoat (roller application), LabelStar M (wrap-around labeling), and PurTack (1C PUR application). The company specializes in hot melt adhesive and PUR as well as cold glue application for packaging, converting, automotive, graphics, mattresses, building supplies, and woodworking industries.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Alpha Melter Compact adhesive melter delivering melting capacity up to 12.5 kg/h with >99% system availability, positioned as an all-rounder for industrial packaging processes.
- Easy Melter Entry-level adhesive melter in the Robatech product line for industrial hot-melt adhesive melting and supply.
- Vision Melter Advanced adhesive melter in the Robatech melter product line for industrial adhesive melting applications.
- Concept Series Melter Concept Series adhesive melter for industrial hot-melt adhesive melting and supply.
- Concept Stream Melter Stream-fed adhesive melter in the Robatech product line for continuous industrial adhesive supply.
- Canduro 2 Melter Second-generation Canduro adhesive melter for industrial hot-melt adhesive melting applications.
- MultiMelt Multi-material adhesive melter designed to handle multiple adhesive types in industrial production environments.
- JumboFlex Melter Large-capacity adhesive melter for high-volume industrial hot-melt adhesive supply.
- RobaDrum 20 Melter Drum-fed adhesive melter with 20L capacity for industrial hot-melt adhesive supply from standard drum containers.
- RobaDrum 200 Melter Large drum-fed adhesive melter with 200L capacity for high-volume industrial PUR and hot-melt adhesive applications.
- RobaPUR 35/40 MOD SpineCoat Melter PUR adhesive melter with spine coating capability for bookbinding applications requiring reactive polyurethane adhesives.
- RobaPUR 20 MOD Melter PUR adhesive melter with 20L capacity for reactive polyurethane adhesive processing in industrial applications.
- CXU 110 GRU Cold Glue Delivery Unit Cold glue delivery unit for industrial cold adhesive application processes.
- Piston Pump CXT Piston pump for industrial cold glue delivery in adhesive application systems.
- Pressure Tank DT 10 10L pressure tank for cold glue delivery in industrial adhesive application processes.
- Gear Pump Gear pump for industrial cold glue delivery in adhesive application systems.
- Performa Heated Hose Heated hose for hot-melt adhesive transfer between melter and application head in industrial production lines.
- Enduro Heated Hose Durable heated hose for hot-melt adhesive application in industrial manufacturing environments.
- Rio Heated Hose Heated hose for hot-melt adhesive transfer in industrial adhesive application systems.
- Cold Glue Hoses Hoses specifically engineered for cold glue delivery in industrial adhesive application systems.
- SpeedStar Compact Jetting Head High-performance electric jetting head applying millimeter-sized dots and short beads at up to 800 dots per second, designed for ultra-precise hot-melt adhesive application on small flaps and narrow surfaces with 500 million operating cycles service life.
- Volta Electric Jetting Head
- SX Diamond & SX LongLife Jetting Heads High-durability jetting heads engineered for precision hot-melt adhesive application and extended service life.
- Twist Jetting Head Pneumatic jetting head in the Robatech product line for hot-melt adhesive dot and bead application.
- AX Diamond Jetting Head Diamond-tipped jetting head in the Robatech product line for precision hot-melt adhesive application and wear resistance.
- Duero Jetting Head Jetting head for industrial hot-melt adhesive application in the Robatech product line.
- Sempre 6 Jetting Head Jetting head with 6mm application capability for industrial hot-melt adhesive bead and dot application.
- Sempre 15 & 30 Jetting Heads Jetting heads with 15mm and 30mm application capability for industrial hot-melt adhesive bead application.
- ACX Jetting Head Pneumatic jetting head in the Robatech product line for hot-melt adhesive application.
- Aero Spray Head Spray head for wide-area hot-melt adhesive application in industrial production lines.
- AX Diamond 1 SW Spray Head Single-wide diamond-tipped spray head for industrial hot-melt adhesive spray application with extended wear life.
- Polaris Spray Head Spray head for industrial hot-melt adhesive spray application in the Robatech product line.
- Vivo 18 Coating Head Coating head for precision adhesive coating application up to 18mm width in industrial production lines.
- EdgePro Coating Head Coating head specifically designed for industrial edge banding adhesive applications in woodworking and panel processing.
- SpineCoat Coating Head Coating head engineered for industrial book spine coating adhesive applications.
- Presto Coating Head Fast-cycle coating head for high-speed industrial adhesive coating applications.
- Primo Adhesive Dosing Head Precision dosing head for controlled industrial adhesive application in manufacturing processes.
- Hand Applicators Manual hand-held adhesive applicators for industrial hand-gluing operations and low-volume adhesive application.
- PerfectFold Liquid Creaser System System solution for creating precise fold lines in paper processing via liquid creasing technology.
- RollCoat Roller Application System Roller application system for wide-area adhesive coating in industrial converting and packaging processes.
- LabelStar M Wrap-Around Magazine Labelling System Wrap-around magazine labelling system for high-speed industrial labeling applications.
- PurTack PUR Adhesive Application System System solution for application of 1-component PUR adhesives in demanding industrial bonding applications.
- Robatech Control System
- AMS Quality Control Module Quality control module within the Robatech Control System for monitoring and verifying adhesive application quality on production lines.
Quantifiable outcome
- Reduce adhesive consumption by up to 60% with hot melt stitching technology
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use Robatech
Customer profileNamed customers8 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
Robatech technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration4 records
Feature5 records
Robatech partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- Automation Providers (unspecified)supportingRobatech Malaysia has established partnerships with automation providers to deliver tailored automation processes, offering comprehensive support from customized machine design and engineering to assembly, testing, and installation. These partnerships enable integrated solutions for customer adhesive application requirements.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Robatech competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Jowat SE: Jowat is a German manufacturer of industrial adhesives and adhesive application equipment, vertically integrated across the same value chain as Robatech. Its hot melt systems, melters, and applicators directly overlap with Robatech's product portfolio in the European packaging and woodworking segments.
- Graco Inc. Graco manufactures fluid handling equipment including pumps, melters, and applicator systems used in adhesive and sealant application. It competes with Robatech in select packaging and industrial assembly segments and serves similar global manufacturing customers.
- ITW Dynatec: ITW Dynatec, a division of Illinois Tool Works, manufactures hot melt and cold glue adhesive application systems including melters, hoses, and applicator heads for packaging and converting. It is one of the most direct head-to-head competitors to Robatech in the global packaging machinery supply chain.
- Valco Melton: Valco Melton manufactures adhesive application and quality inspection systems for folding carton, corrugated, and packaging manufacturers. It competes directly with Robatech's Volta jetting heads and SpeedStar Compact product line in the same converter and packaging OEM accounts.
- Nordson Corporation: Nordson is the largest publicly-listed manufacturer of precision dispensing equipment for adhesives, sealants, and coatings, directly competing with Robatech in hot melt and cold glue application for packaging and industrial assembly. Both companies sell melters, applicator heads, and integrated systems to the same global packaging OEM and converter customers.
Emerging players
- Dürr AG: Dürr is a German mechanical and plant engineering company with application technology competencies in adhesives and sealants for automotive and industrial customers. It overlaps with Robatech in select automotive and industrial assembly use cases but is not focused exclusively on packaging adhesives.
Broad incumbents
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA: Henkel is the world's largest industrial adhesives manufacturer and supplies both adhesives and complementary application technology through partnerships. While primarily a chemical company, it shapes the adhesive market that Robatech's application equipment serves and competes indirectly in equipment via its Loctite and Technomelt solution bundles.
- Sika AG: Sika is a Swiss specialty chemicals company with a strong position in industrial bonding, sealing, and adhesives for automotive and construction. While primarily a materials supplier rather than equipment maker, it competes for the same bonding-decision authority at automotive and building products customers.
- Bostik (Arkema SA): Bostik, the adhesive solutions division of Arkema, is a global industrial adhesives supplier covering packaging, construction, and automotive. As with Henkel and H.B. Fuller, it shapes end-customer bonding specifications and indirectly competes with Robatech at the equipment selection interface.
Others
- H.B. Fuller Company: H.B. Fuller is a major global industrial adhesives manufacturer serving packaging, hygiene, and construction markets. Although it does not directly compete in adhesive application equipment, it co-develops application solutions with equipment OEMs and influences specifications that determine equipment selection at converter customers.
Market position
Weaknesses3 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Robatech social profiles
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Trust signalCompliance3 records
Robatech financial estimates
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Robatech leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles3 records
Robatech subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries22 records
Robatech funding detail
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Funding rounds
Investors
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Robatech M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Robatech
What does Robatech do?
Robatech designs, manufactures, and sells industrial adhesive application systems used by manufacturers to apply hot-melt and cold-glue adhesives in production lines. Its portfolio includes melter units, electric and pneumatic jetting heads, spray heads, coating heads, heated hoses, dosing heads, and the Robatech Control System platform that integrates system monitoring, process control, and quality assurance. Products are sold directly to industrial manufacturers and OEM machine builders in packaging, converting, automotive, graphics, mattress, woodworking, and building supplies sectors, supported by a global service network for installation, maintenance, spare parts, and training.
Is Robatech a public or private company?
Robatech is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.
When was Robatech founded?
Robatech was founded in 1976. It employs 501 to 1,000 people.
Where is Robatech based?
Robatech is headquartered in Muri, Switzerland, in the Europe region.
How does Robatech make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Adhesive Application Equipment Sales are the primary driver. The others are service and Support and replacement Parts and Consumables.
Who are Robatech's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Jowat SE, Graco Inc., ITW Dynatec, Valco Melton and Nordson Corporation. Dürr AG is listed as an emerging player. Broad incumbents are Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Sika AG and Bostik (Arkema SA). H.B. Fuller Company is listed as an others.
Does Robatech have an API?
No public API is recorded for Robatech.
What industry is Robatech in?
Robatech's product category is Industrial Adhesive Application Systems. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHAOAF, Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid). Its NAICS code is 325520 and its SIC code is 2891.