Matador

Name

Matador

Legal name

MATADOR HOLDING a.s.

Website

https://matador-group.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1905

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubnica Nad Váhom

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial automation systems and production lines: Design, manufacturing, assembly, and commissioning of automated production and assembly lines for automotive industry including robotic workstations.
2. Cold-formed structural components: Serial production of cold-pressed structural components for automotive OEMs, delivered as complete products or joined assemblies.
3. Stamping tools design and manufacturing: Turnkey solutions in engineering and manufacture of stamping tools including precise engineering, analysis, simulations, machining, assembly, and commissioning.
4. Tool maintenance and finishing services: Tool finishing services directly at customer sites, maintenance services, technical modifications, and hiring of toolmakers with international experience.
5. Engineering and development services: Engineering services for automotive, gaming, aerospace, and railway industries including design, development, and construction.
6. Recruitment services: Workforce provision and recruitment agency services for automotive and other industries through AUFEER JOB and AUFEER RECRUITMENT.
7. Electronics and infotainment systems: Software solutions development, hardware production, and 3D models and visualizations for next generation automobiles through Entry Engineering.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MATADOR Group is a family-owned industrial holding operating since 1905 that supplies the automotive industry as a premium TIER 1 vendor. Its portfolio spans industrial automation lines (MATADOR Automation), engineering and manufacture of stamping tools (MATADOR Tools), serial production of cold-formed structural components and joined assemblies (MATADOR Automotive), engineering and design services (AUFEER Group), and electronics and infotainment systems (Entry Engineering). The group sells directly to major automotive OEMs including Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Škoda, Seat, Suzuki, and PSA, and also serves aerospace, railway, and gaming clients through its AUFEER engineering subsidiaries.

Product overview

MATADOR Group is a family-owned industrial and investment holding company operating since 1905, focused on smart solutions for the automotive industry. The portfolio consists of five main divisions: MATADOR Automation (turnkey industrial automation solutions including conceptual planning, design, software development, PLC/robotics programming, simulations, assembly, and service), MATADOR Tools (engineering and manufacturing of stamping tools with a 25,000 kN hydraulic press), MATADOR Automotive (premium TIER 1 supplier of cold-formed structural components with stamping, joining, surface treatment, and quality testing capabilities), AUFEER Group (engineering services for automotive, gaming, aerospace, and railway including AUFEER DESIGN, AUFEER TRANSPORTATION, AUFEER SOLUTIONS, and AUFEER AUTOMATION), and Entry Engineering (electronics and infotainment systems with AI-driven projects like AI4MultiDirectAM and Virtual Route). The group operates across Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Germany, delivering to Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Škoda, Seat, Suzuki, and PSA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AUFEER DESIGN: Engineering and design services for automotive, gaming, aerospace and railway industries
• AUFEER TRANSPORTATION
• AUFEER SOLUTIONS
• AUFEER RECRUITMENT
• AUFEER JOB
• AUFEER AUTOMATION
• AUFEER GmbH
• Entry Engineering

Products and services

• MATADOR Automation Turnkey industrial automation solutions including conceptual planning, design and development, software development, PLC and robotics programming, simulations, assembly and commissioning, machine vision applications, and service/maintenance. Delivers automated lines for Body in White, Electronics, Powertrains, Batteries, Tyres and Assembly lines, with 350+ completed projects and 6,000+ integrated robots. Customers include automotive manufacturers and industrial clients across Central Europe.
• MATADOR Tools Turnkey solutions in the engineering and manufacture of stamping tools for the automotive industry, covering tool engineering (using Autoform, CATIA, TEBIS, NX), CNC machining, assembly, commissioning, and tool maintenance/finishing services at customer sites. Operates CNC machining centers with 3, 4, and 5 axes up to 8000 x 4000 mm, capable of machining parts up to 45 tonnes, in a 5,000 m² production hall with five blanking presses up to 2,500 tonnes. Serves automotive press shops and Tier 1 manufacturers.
• MATADOR Automotive Premium Tier 1 serial production of cold-formed structural components and joined assemblies for the automotive industry, including roof systems, reinforcements, seating systems, middle consoles, doors, wheel arches, cross car beams, and B/C pillars. Capabilities span stamping on 60+ hydraulic and mechanical presses (25 to 2,500 tons), fully automated joining (SPR riveting, resistance spot/projection welding, stud welding, MIG/MAG/TIG welding, glueing, FDS screwing, hemming, clinching), in-house KTL electrophoretic cathode metal coating (1+ million m²/year capacity at 15-30 µm thickness), and 3D measuring, spectral, metallographic, salt spray, USG and tensile testing. Processes conventional steel, ultra-high strength steel and aluminium for Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Škoda, Seat, Suzuki and PSA.
• AUFEER Group (Engineering and Design Services) Engineering and development services group comprising AUFEER DESIGN (body development, virtual planning, CEA/FEA), AUFEER TRANSPORTATION (mobility design, aviation, rolling stock), AUFEER SOLUTIONS (turnkey automotive services and vehicle testing), AUFEER AUTOMATION (automated welding workstations), AUFEER RECRUITMENT and AUFEER JOB (workforce and agency employment services), and AUFEER GmbH (Germany representation). Serves automotive, gaming, aerospace and railway clients.
• Entry Engineering (Electronics and Infotainment Systems) Electronics and infotainment systems development for next-generation automobiles, including software solutions, hardware production, and 3D models and visualizations. Houses the AI4MultiDirectAM adaptive 3D printing programme and the Virtual Route vehicle testing application. Serves automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers needing advanced infotainment, vehicle control unit test simulation, and AI-driven additive manufacturing of tooling molds.
• AI4MultiDirectAM AI-driven adaptive multi-directional 3D printing system for manufacturing tooling molds, using a large-format 3D printer built on a 6-axis robot with a volumetric extruder. AI continuously evaluates data from thermal cameras, LIDAR and other sensors to make real-time autonomous corrections, producing digital twins of each output. Targets automotive tooling mold production with up to 90% material waste reduction and form output capacity expanding from approximately 20 to 40+ forms per year.
• Virtual Route Application for vehicle control unit testing that uses machine learning and Software Defined Radio to generate realistic driving data simulations and CAN BUS communication patterns, enabling testing of navigation, online connectivity and onboard assistance systems without real-world driving.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% reduction in material waste with AI4MultiDirectAM 3D printing
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, core and supporting.

• Škoda Auto Vysoká škola (ŠAVŠ)strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2025Entry Engineering, member of MATADOR Group, signed Memorandum of Understanding with Škoda Auto Vysoká škola. This is the first time the university entered official partnership with a technology firm. Partnership aims to create joint innovation roadmap for modern technical education, strengthen student participation in real technological challenges through internships and projects, and connect academic environment with industry partners.
• KUKA Roboter CEE GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial System Partner since 2007, granted status for delivering automation solutions using KUKA robots. In 2014, became Official Integrator for Czech Republic and Slovakia for the first industrial collaborative robot – KUKA LBR iiwa. Partnership enables access to latest KUKA technology and support.
• Fraunhofer IWUcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner in AI4MultiDirectAM project for adaptive multi-directional 3D printing controlled by artificial intelligence. Fraunhofer IWU provides testing facilities and know-how in industrial 3D printing.
• Technical University of Liberec (TUL/CXI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner in AI4MultiDirectAM and Virtual Route projects. Develops AI models and ensures communication between sensors, robot, and control systems for 3D printing; provides machine learning expertise for vehicle testing simulations.
• RTT AutomationsupportingTechnology or IntegrationProject partner in AI4MultiDirectAM contributing expertise in sensor technology for adaptive 3D printing system.
• LakowasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner verifying functionality of AI4MultiDirectAM technology in production of plastic parts for ambulances and railway vehicles.
• SODECIA Automotive EuropestrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership established in 2017 with SODECIA Automotive Europe for MATADOR Automotive, including acquisition in Germany in 2020. SODECIA acquired stake in MATADOR's automotive business, creating joint operations for serial production of structural components.
• STV GroupstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership signed between MATADOR Group and STV Group, which has long tradition in military material and explosives manufacturing founded in 1920. Includes planned transfer of MATADOR Industries ownership to STV Group, approved by Antimonopoly Office of Slovak Republic.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ABB Ltd: Swiss-Swedish multinational offering industrial automation, robotics, and digital solutions. A broader incumbent than MATADOR Automation, but directly competes for automotive line integration and industrial automation business.
• Magna International: Canadian global Tier 1 supplier with full vehicle engineering, body exteriors and structures, seating, and powertrain capabilities. Significantly larger than MATADOR but operates in directly overlapping product categories and customer base.

Direct peers

• KUKA AG: German industrial automation and robotics company. MATADOR Automation's official System Partner since 2007 and Official Integrator for Czech Republic and Slovakia; KUKA provides the robot platform underlying MATADOR's automation solutions.
• Benteler International: Austrian/German Tier 1 supplier of automotive components including chassis, body, and powertrain modules. Overlapping product portfolio with MATADOR Automotive in body structural components and KTL surface treatment for European OEMs.
• Bertrandt AG: German engineering services company providing development solutions for automotive, aerospace, and related industries. Comparable to MATADOR's AUFEER TRANSPORTATION and AUFEER SOLUTIONS divisions on engineering and design services.
• Linamar Corporation: Canadian Tier 1 automotive supplier with industrial and manufacturing segments, producing stamped, welded, and machined components. Closely aligned with MATADOR's mix of stamping, machining, and assembly for global OEM customers.
• Schuler Group: German manufacturer of stamping presses, automation systems, and dies for automotive and other industries. Directly comparable to MATADOR Tools on stamping tool engineering and to MATADOR Automation on turnkey production line integration.
• Gestamp Automoción: Spanish Tier 1 automotive supplier specializing in metal components and assembly systems for body-in-white, chassis, and mechanisms. Directly comparable to MATADOR Automotive on cold-formed structural components, joining technologies, and serial production for major European OEMs.
• EDAG Engineering: German independent engineering services provider to the automotive industry, covering vehicle development, production systems, and tooling. Directly comparable to AUFEER Group's automotive engineering and design services.
• SODECIA: Portuguese Tier 1 supplier of body structural components and safety-critical parts. MATADOR's strategic partner since 2017 with joint operations in Germany since 2020; serves the same automotive customer base with overlapping stamping and joining capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/matadorgroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/matador-group
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@MATADORGroup
• Xx.com/groupmatador

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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