Inno4Life

What Inno4Life does

Inno4Life is a privately held, Netherlands-based industrial equipment and services company headquartered in Breda and founded in 2010. The company operates with a workforce in the 11-50 employee range and describes itself as specializing in complex customer-specific equipment and services, indicating a B2B engineered-to-order model in which solutions are tailored to individual client specifications rather than mass-produced. Inno4Life's revenue mechanics, go-to-market, and product-level details are not disclosed in the publicly available aggregated material beyond the firm's own self-description, customer-specific orientation, and a 2017 funding event that brought in Dutch regional investors BOM, Holland Capital, TIIN Capital, TIN Capital, and Zeeuws Investerings Fonds.

Inno4Life's leadership team is small and operationally focused: Johan Klootwijk serves as Managing Director and Wouter Hutzezon leads project management as Head of Department / Project Manager. The firm holds no disclosed patents, awards, or public customer references, and operates a single Netherlands location with no disclosed international footprint. The aggregated input data also contains a significant volume of material attributable to Dec Group (Dietrich Engineering Consultants), a separate Swiss pharmaceutical and chemical process equipment manufacturer founded under Swiss jurisdiction with subsidiaries in Brazil, the UK, and China; that Dec Group material (product lines such as Containment, Filling, Continuous Processing, Particle Size, and Powder Handling Technologies; named customers such as Nanoform; recent acquisition of Alconbury Weston Ltd) is not in the same ownership or operational construct as Inno4Life and is treated here only as context regarding the broader custom engineered-equipment space, not as facts about Inno4Life itself.

Pricing is not publicly disclosed, consistent with a quote-based, project-driven sales motion typical of custom industrial equipment suppliers. Customer-segment and vertical mix is also undisclosed; firmographic evidence is consistent with serving industrial manufacturing customers in the Netherlands and possibly broader Benelux / EU region, but no customer logos or revenue concentration data are available. As a small private industrial-services firm, Inno4Life's investment profile is best characterized as a niche, founder-influenced B2B engineering services supplier with limited public visibility and conservative disclosure.

Name

Inno4Life

Legal name

Dietrich Engineering Consultants

Website

https://inno4life.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Inno4Life is a privately held Dutch B2B company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Breda, Netherlands, that designs and delivers complex, customer-specific industrial equipment and engineered services to manufacturing clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Breda

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment and Systems Sales: Sale of pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing equipment including containment systems, filling lines, continuous processing equipment, particle size reduction systems, and powder handling solutions. Revenue generated through custom engineered equipment sales and integrated process solutions from lab scale to full production scale.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Inno4Life specializes in the design, delivery, and servicing of complex customer-specific equipment for industrial clients. The company provides tailored engineered equipment solutions along with associated services to meet individual customer requirements, operating from its headquarters in Breda, Netherlands.

Product overview

Dec Group offers a portfolio of six integrated product lines for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing: Powder Handling Technologies (PHT) for bulk handling, conveying, dispensing, blending and containment; Continuous Processing Technologies (CPT) for continuous flow chemistry covering reaction through drying; Particle Size Technologies (PST) for micronization and milling with containment; Containment Solution Technologies (CST) including process isolators, downflow booths and nuclear containment systems; Filling Solution Technologies (FST) for aseptic liquid and powder filling from lab to production scale; and Aseptic Processing Technologies for sterile manufacturing environments. These solutions are complemented by Engineering & Support services offering skid-mounted lab and pilot systems through full-scale production. The company positions itself as a global partner for integrated process solutions serving pharmaceuticals, biopharma, radiopharma, chemicals, food & cosmetics, and advanced materials/green energy industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Containment Solution Technologies (CST): Process Isolators and Containment Systems including Downflow Booth and Nuclear Containment
• Filling Solution Technologies (FST)
• Continuous Processing Technologies (CPT)
• Particle Size Technologies (PST)
• Powder Handling Technologies (PHT)
• Aseptic Processing Technologies

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Alconbury Weston Ltd (AWL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Acquired in 2022 and fully integrated into Dec Group as of May 2026 (renamed Dec Continuous Process Ltd). The acquisition strengthened Dec's commitment to advancing continuous manufacturing and advanced processing solutions by combining AWL's proven process technologies with Dec's global infrastructure.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Bühler Group: Swiss family-owned technology group providing process solutions for food, feed, and advanced materials. Comparable in custom process equipment delivery and Swiss/European engineering heritage, though at much larger scale.
• GEA Group: Large German-listed engineering group providing process technology, components, and integrated solutions for food, pharma, and chemical industries. Broad incumbent competing on similar custom-engineered equipment at larger scale.
• IMA Group: Italian-listed global leader in processing and packaging machinery for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food. Comparable as an integrated European custom equipment specialist serving the same pharma manufacturing customer base.
• Syntegon Technology: German-based (formerly Bosch Packaging Technology) provider of process and packaging technology for the pharmaceutical and food industries. Comparable as a European custom-engineered equipment competitor in pharma processing.

Direct peers

• Dec Group (Dietrich Engineering Consultants): Swiss-based custom process equipment specialist for pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing with overlapping integrated equipment solutions. Most directly comparable given shared custom-engineered process equipment positioning and complex customer-specific delivery model.
• Hosokawa Micron Group: Dutch-headquartered (Doetinchem) specialist in powder and particle processing equipment, including micronization, containment, and integrated process solutions. Closest geographic and technical peer for custom pharmaceutical and chemical powder handling equipment.
• Glatt Group: German specialist in integrated process technology for pharmaceutical and fine chemicals manufacturing, including fluid bed systems, containment, and continuous processing. Comparable as a mid-sized European custom process equipment provider.
• Lödige Process Technology: German mid-sized specialist in mixing, granulation, coating, and drying equipment for pharmaceutical, chemical, and food applications. Comparable mid-sized European custom process equipment peer with similar engineering-led positioning.

Emerging players

• Romaco Group: European provider of processing and packaging machinery for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food, with focus on integrated solutions. Comparable as a custom-engineered equipment peer serving similar regulated industries at slightly larger scale.
• FPS Food and Pharma Systems: Italian mid-sized specialist in containment, powder handling, and aseptic processing equipment for pharmaceutical manufacturing. Comparable emerging European player focused on custom-engineered containment and powder handling solutions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors4 records

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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