What Incas does

Incas is a privately held Italian IT company founded in 1981 and headquartered in Vigliano Biellese, Italy, with a workforce in the 101-250 employee band. The company specializes in delivering automation solutions across four operational domains: industrial automation, warehouse management, the transport sector, and customer service. This positioning identifies Incas as a mid-sized, multi-vertical systems integrator and IT solutions provider serving industrial and service-sector clients, with coverage spanning both operational technology and back-office automation.

The company operates as a solutions provider rather than a pure software vendor, combining automation technologies with industry-specific implementations for manufacturing, logistics, and service operations. Its four-vertical scope — industries, warehouse, transport, and customer service — reflects an effort to address a broad operational technology portfolio across mid-market and enterprise Italian and likely European customers. The company maintains a public corporate presence (https://www.incasgroup.com/) but does not disclose product architectures, technology stacks, named platforms, or proprietary technology components in the available data, indicating either information restraint or that these are services-and-integration offerings without standardized productization.

The business model is consistent with that of an Italian mid-market IT services and integration firm: customer engagements are likely long-cycle project deployments combining consulting, integration, and ongoing support, with revenue derived from implementation services and possibly automation hardware resale. As a 43-year-old private firm with continuous operations, Incas appears to sustain itself through long-tenured client relationships and repeat engagements rather than through disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, or rapid scaling. Specific revenue figures, named customer logos, partnership ecosystems, geographic footprint beyond Italy, and pricing models for Incas are not disclosed in the input data; the firm appears to operate primarily as a regional specialist rather than a disclosed multi-national platform.

Name

Incas

Legal name

SSI SCHAEFER USA

Website

https://incasgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Incas is an Italian IT company founded in 1981 that delivers automation solutions for industrial operations, warehouse management, transportation, and customer service, serving clients from Vigliano Biellese.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Systems Integration & Implementation Services (BPAEAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Enterprise Architecture & IT Operating Model (BPAHAEAB)

Keywords

• Industrial automation solutions
• Warehouse management systems
• Transport automation software
• Customer service automation
• IT systems integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Vigliano Biellese

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Systems Sales: Sale of automated storage systems, shelving, containers, conveyors, AGVs, AMRs, and robotic picking equipment. These are capital equipment purchases typically involving system design, installation, and commissioning as part of comprehensive intralogistics solutions.
2. Software Licensing and Maintenance: WAMAS software suite including WMS, WCS, and MFS offered as licensed products with ongoing maintenance, updates, and lifecycle support services.
3. Professional Services: Planning, consulting, simulation, and system integration services for warehouse design and implementation. Includes lifecycle management and predictive maintenance services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Incas is an IT company that designs, develops, and delivers automation solutions for industrial enterprises, warehouse management operations, the transport sector, and customer service functions. The firm provides end-to-end automation projects combining IT systems, software, and integration services tailored to each client's operational processes.

Product overview

SSI SCHAEFER is a global intralogistics solution provider offering an integrated platform-plus-modules architecture combining hardware and software solutions. The hardware portfolio includes automated storage systems (automated high-bay storage, shelving, containers), picking and handling solutions (manual, semi-automated, and fully automated picking systems), and conveying & transport equipment (overhead conveyors, small/large load conveyors, AGVs, AMRs, FastBots, and RackBot). The software portfolio is built around the WAMAS (Warehouse Management and Automation Software) platform, which includes the WMS (Warehouse Management System), WCS (Warehouse Control System), Material Flow Systems, Overhead Conveyor control, Robotics integration, Lift & Store management, Control Center monitoring, Emulation Center for simulation, and Entry-Level Solutions for smaller operations. The WAMAS platform is complemented by SAP Logistics integration. This comprehensive product ecosystem addresses the full intralogistics value chain from receiving through storage, picking, conveying, and shipping, with solutions ranging from manual to fully automated.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WAMAS: WAMAS Software Solutions - a comprehensive warehouse management and control software suite including WMS (Warehouse Management System), WCS (Warehouse Control System), MFS (Material Flow Systems), and related logistics software products.

Products and services

• Industrial Automation Solutions

Named customers4 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Moffett AutomationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership combining SSI SCHAEFER's global integration expertise with Moffett Automation's high-density pallet storage systems and free-roaming shuttle technology. The partnership focuses on delivering free-roaming pallet shuttle systems for high-performance warehouses, leveraging SSI SCHAEFER's system integration capabilities with Moffett Automation's specialized storage technology to create comprehensive warehouse automation solutions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• TGW Logistics Group: Austrian family-owned intralogistics specialist offering automated storage, picking systems, conveyor technology and WMS/WCS software. Comparable as a mid-large European automation vendor competing for the same industrial and retail customers as Incas.
• Reply (Reply S.p.A.): Italian-headquartered digital services and systems integration group with strong industrial automation and supply-chain practices. Comparable Italian-listed IT services peer serving many of the same European industrial customers and competing for similar automation projects.
• KNAPP AG: Austrian-headquartered specialist in intralogistics and warehouse automation, with strong depth in shuttle-based storage, order picking and software. Comparable mid-European peer with similar combination of automation hardware, software, and integration services for industrial customers.

Broad incumbents

• Swisslog: European-headquartered provider of automated warehousing, material handling, and supply-chain solutions for healthcare, retail, and industrial customers. Comparable as a turnkey warehouse automation competitor with similar European industrial footprint.
• Vanderlande: Dutch-headquartered provider of warehouse automation, parcel and postal handling systems, serving retailers, airports and industrial customers globally. Comparable as a large European warehouse automation competitor with strong software/hardware integration story similar to Incas's positioning.
• SAP Extended Warehouse Management: Enterprise software giant with a leading WMS product and broad ERP platform that shapes warehouse and transport automation architecture. Relevant as the underlying software stack many systems integrators like Incas configure and extend.
• SSI SCHAEFER: Global intralogistics giant (40+ countries, family-owned, founded 1954) offering integrated WMS/WCS software plus AS/RS, AGV/AMR, conveyors and picking automation. Directly comparable as a warehouse automation provider serving many of the same European industrial customers Incas addresses, but vastly larger and end-to-end turnkey.
• Dematic: One of the largest intralogistics and supply-chain automation vendors worldwide (KION subsidiary), offering automated storage, material handling, WMS software, and execution systems. Comparable as a full-stack warehouse automation competitor serving European industrial and retail customers.

Others

• Linde Material Handling: Major European intralogistics equipment vendor (forklifts, automation, fleet management) serving industrial warehouse customers. Adjacent rather than directly competing — Incas could partner with or compete against Linde's automation division on integrated warehouse projects.

Emerging players

• Manhattan Associates: US-listed provider of supply-chain, warehouse and omnichannel commerce software solutions. Comparable as a software-driven warehouse/transport automation platform that often partners with systems integrators like Incas for European mid-market deployments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/SSISchaeferNA
• Facebookfacebook.com/ssi.schaefer
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ssischaefer
• Xx.com/Incasgroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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