What Pagès Group does

Pagès Group is a privately-held French industrial automation group headquartered in Foncine-le-Haut (Jura), founded in 1982 and operating through four wholly-owned divisions: Machines Pagès (consumer packaging IML and takeout robots), Pagès Medical (clean-room turnkey automation for medical devices, labware, and diagnostics), Polymac (industrial packaging — IML systems, modular handle fitting machines, downstream automation), and Pagès Robotics (6-axis integration, cobots, delta robots, AIVs, palletization). The group designs and manufactures custom-engineered automation cells — most notably high-speed In-Mold Labeling systems (cycle times under 2.5 seconds with sub-0.5-second robot intervention), modular handle fitting machines, takeout robots built on a proprietary carbon-aluminum alloy, and Molded Fiber Labeling technology for sustainable pulp packaging — selling complete solutions to professional plastics converters across industrial packaging, food and beverage, cosmetics, medical, and consumer goods segments.

Revenue is generated primarily through quote-based hardware sales of complete automation systems, supplemented by recurring services (technical support, maintenance, spare parts, hotline, remote access, relocation, and optimization) and on-demand rental options for pilot-phase deployments. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales through nine locations across France (4), the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, China, and Australia, supported by regional support hotlines and partnerships with Rockwell Automation (OEM program), MCC Verstraete (MFL), Mecademic (Meca500 arms), and Fanuc/Omron (cobots). The group reports 200+ employees, seven factories, ~150 systems produced per year, and 3,000+ systems installed across 50 countries. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; systems are configured per customer specifications on multi-year contract terms, with no consumer/SMB channel. Pagès operates as an independent, family-controlled group with no disclosed external equity backing, public listing, or M&A activity in the source material.

Name

Pagès Group

Legal name

Pagès Group SAS

Website

https://pagesgroup.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Pagès Group is a privately-held French industrial automation group (founded 1982, 200+ employees) that designs and manufactures custom IML robots, handle fitting machines, medical clean-room systems, and robotics integration for plastics converters worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation Equipment for Plastics Manufacturing

NAICS

Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

Conveying, Feeding & Accumulation Systems (Packaging Lines) (IMAHAOAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

End-of-Line Integration & Packaging Line Systems (IMAHAOAN), Blister, Skin & Thermoform Packaging Machines (IMAHAOAI), Packaging Injection Molding (Caps, Closures, Thin-Wall, IML) (IMANAFAA)

Keywords

• In-mold labeling systems
• Industrial automation equipment
• Plastics manufacturing machinery
• Robotic automation solutions
• Handle fitting machines

Headquarters

HQ city

Foncine-le-haut

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Automation Systems & Equipment Sales: Sale of complete automation systems including IML robots, takeout robots, handle fitting machines, robotics integration, and downstream automation equipment. Machines are sold with various configurations from basic to highly customized solutions.
2. Services & Support: Technical support, maintenance, training, spare parts, remote access, system relocation, and optimization services. The company operates hotline services and provides on-site and remote technical assistance.
3. Rental Options: Rental possible on demand for pilot phase or pre-series productions for Polyflex IML robots.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pagès Group designs, engineers, and manufactures high-performance automation systems for the plastics industry, including In-Mold Labeling (IML) robots, handle fitting machines, high-speed takeout robots, downstream automation modules, and robotics integration solutions. The company sells complete custom-engineered production lines, plus aftermarket services and spare parts, to professional plastic converters worldwide across industrial packaging, consumer packaging, medical devices, and general factory automation.

Product overview

Pagès Group is a multi-division automation systems company offering a comprehensive portfolio of industrial automation solutions. The company operates through four divisions: Polymac Industrial (IML systems and handle fitting machines for industrial packaging), Pagès Consumer (IML, takeout robots, and molded fiber labeling for consumer packaging), Pagès Medical (turnkey automation for medical devices), and Pagès Robotics (robotic integration, cobots, and end-of-line automation). Key products include the SPARK and Polyflex IML robot lines, Modular Handle Fitting Machine, Molded Fiber Labeling (MFL) system, takeout robots, and various downstream automation modules. The portfolio spans from basic entry-level robots to advanced turnkey production lines, with offerings organized by market segment (industrial, consumer, medical) and robot type (IML, takeout, handling, palletization).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SPARK: Basic In-Mold Labeling robot designed for small to medium production requiring fast time to market and limited investment.
• Polyflex
• I-SPARK
• MFL (Molded Fiber Labeling)

Products and services

• Polymac Industrial Division (IML systems, handle fitting machines, and downstream automation for industrial packaging) Complete IML, handle fitting, and downstream automation product line for industrial plastic packaging converters producing pails, lids, cartridges, and flexible tubes.
• I-SPARK IML Robot Entry-level In-Mold Labeling robot from Polymac Industrial designed for single cavity pail production up to 550-ton injection molding machines for IML or take-out only operations.
• Polymac Advanced IML Systems Higher-end IML systems for industrial applications including pails, lids, cartridges, and flexible tubes, with optional vision inspection and integrated handle takeout for downstream automation.
• Modular Handle Fitting Machine Patented modular machine for fitting both plastic and metal handles on the same base frame, allowing quick changeover between handle types for industrial container manufacturers.
• Plastic Handle Fitting Machines Handle fitting machines for plastic handles supplied in strips, as preformed handles, or as mats, offered in standard, high-speed, and ultra-high-speed configurations.
• Metal Handle Forming and Fitting Machines Original Polymac-invented machines that form metal handles (with or without plastic grips) and fit them onto plastic pails within a single integrated machine.
• Pagès Consumer Division (IML, takeout, and downstream automation for consumer plastic packaging) Division providing IML systems, takeout robots, and downstream automation for consumer plastic packaging manufacturers serving food and beverage, household, cosmetics, and personal care markets.
• SPARK IML Robot Entry-level In-Mold Labeling robot for consumer packaging, designed for tubs and lids from 1 to 6 cavities with fast time to market and limited upfront investment.
• Polyflex IML Robot Versatile modular IML robot enabling multiple products to be manufactured on a single injection molding cell with quick part changeover and rental options for pilot and pre-series production.
• Pagès Dedicated IML Robot High-end IML robot for demanding consumer applications with full production line integration including vision inspection, pick-and-place stacking, and case packing.
• Takeout Robots for injection molding and thermoforming High-speed side-entry takeout robots for injection molding and thermoforming lines, built with proprietary carbon-aluminum alloy arms enabling cycle times as fast as 2.5 seconds.
• Molded Fiber Labeling (MFL) System Patented labeling technology for molded pulp packaging that delivers recyclable, compostable, high-resolution decoration without glue, for take-away boxes, fruit trays, egg boxes, and round tubs.
• Pagès Medical Division (turnkey medical automation) Division providing turnkey automation for medical devices, labware, diagnostics, and healthcare disposables, including concept engineering, system integration, and clean-room solutions.
• Pipette Tips Automation System Automated turnkey system for pipette tip assembly, including robot picking, blister welding, camera quality control, filter insertion, cone replacement, labeling, and automatic boxing.
• Medical Turnkey Systems (concept, upstream, integration, downstream, clean room) Full-scope turnkey automation for medical device manufacturing covering concept engineering, upstream and downstream automation, system integration, and clean-room solutions.
• Pagès Robotics Division (6-axis, cobots, delta, small robots, palletization, AIV) Division delivering robotics integration solutions including 6-axis robots, cobots, spider/delta robots, small industrial robots, grippers, palletization, and Automated Intelligent Vehicles.
• 6-Axis Robot Integration Solutions Turnkey integration of 6-axis industrial robots for applications such as deburring, laser cutting, insert loading, on-board flaming, CNC tool loading, screwdriving, assembly cells, and drilling.
• Robot Arm Grippers Custom-engineered grippers for industrial robot arms used in insert removal and connection, hinge shaking, part picking, and bi-material mold part transfer.
• Collaborative Robots (Cobots) Integration Integration of Fanuc and Omron collaborative robots designed to work alongside humans without traditional guarding, with reduced footprint, faster changeover, and easier programming.
• Meca500 Small Industrial Robot Arms Compact plug-and-work six-axis robot arm from Mecademic with 5 micrometer repeatability, embedded controller, and integration with any PC or PLC.
• Spider Robots (Delta Robots) In-house manufactured high-speed delta robots for repetitive pick, sort, and place tasks at up to 200 parts per minute, designed for continuous 24/7 operation.
• Palletization Systems End-of-line palletizing solutions for factory automation covering case conveying, sortation, pallet transport, and storage across diverse industries.
• Automated Intelligent Vehicle (AIV) Autonomous intelligent vehicles for heavy load and product transfer, packaging, wrapping, labelling, and palletizing without human intervention.
• Technical Support, Maintenance, Training, and Spare Parts Services Aftermarket services including technical support, maintenance, training, spare parts, remote access, system relocation, and optimization, delivered through regional hotlines and on-site teams in France, Netherlands, USA, Canada, China, and Australia.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3000+ systems installed worldwide
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Rockwell AutomationcoreTechnology or IntegrationPagès Group is a member of Rockwell Automation OEM program. This partnership provides integration with Rockwell Automation's industrial automation technology and platforms.
• MCC VerstraetecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for labels in Molded Fiber Labeling (MFL) technology. MFL technology is MCC Verstraete's solution for high quality decoration on molded fiber packaging.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wittmann Battenfeld: Wittmann Battenfeld is a leading manufacturer of injection molding machines and complementary automation/robotics. Like Pagès, it sells robots and downstream automation integrated with IMMs to plastics converters globally, making it the closest direct competitor across multiple product lines.
• Sepro Group: Sepro is a French-headquartered competitor specializing in robots and automation for plastics injection molding. It competes directly with Pagès Consumer, Polymac Industrial, and Pagès Robotics in Cartesian and 6-axis IML/takeout robot systems for converters worldwide.
• Stäubli Robotics: Stäubli's robotics division sells high-speed pick-and-place and 4-axis robots widely used in plastics, packaging, and IML applications. It competes with Pagès' takeout robots, delta/spider robots, and downstream automation modules for the same plastics converter customers.

Broad incumbents

• Yaskawa Motoman: Yaskawa Motoman is a major industrial robot manufacturer with deep presence in plastics automation applications. It overlaps with Pagès Robotics' cobot and 6-axis integration business and competes for the same plastics converter customers.
• ENGEL: ENGEL is one of the world's largest injection molding machine manufacturers and a Pagès partner at K Show. It bundles its own automation solutions with IMMs, competing with Pagès' integrated IML/automation packages at large plastics processors.
• Husky Injection Molding Systems: Husky is a leading supplier of injection molding equipment, hot runners, and complete packaging solutions for beverage, food, and consumer goods. Its integrated packaging systems overlap with Pagès Consumer's IML and downstream automation offerings for thin-wall packaging.
• ABB Robotics: ABB is one of the world's largest industrial robot suppliers with broad packaging and plastics automation capabilities. It competes with Pagès Robotics at large accounts and through its OmniCore controller platform increasingly bundles application software that threatens independent integrators.
• KUKA: KUKA is a major German-Chinese industrial robot and automation systems manufacturer. Its plastics and consumer goods automation solutions compete with Pagès Robotics for cobot and palletization projects at converter customers.

Emerging players

• Beckhoff Automation: Beckhoff provides PC-based control, drives, and automation software increasingly used in plastics automation lines. It is an enabling/adjacent technology competitor in the controller layer that Pagès' systems integrate with, and is a Rockwell alternative.

Others

• Mecademic: Mecademic is the supplier of Meca500 small industrial robot arms that Pagès Robotics integrates into its solutions. It is a component partner (not a direct competitor) and a representative of the small-precision robot ecosystem Pagès plugs into.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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