What Battenfeld-cincinnati does

Battenfeld-cincinnati is a German-based, privately held machinery manufacturer specializing exclusively in plastic extrusion technology. Founded in 1943 and headquartered in Bad Oeynhausen, the company designs, engineers, and produces high-performance extruders, tooling, downstream equipment, controls, and complete custom extrusion lines for pipe, profile, sheet and board, film and sheet, and pelletizing applications. The proprietary product stack spans single-screw extruders (solEX NG, uniEX, GL, alpha, coEX II, High-Speed, STARextruder), twin-screw extruders (conEX NG, twinEX, fiberEX), planetary roller extruders and granulation extruders (aglomEX), as well as specialized tooling (helix II, spider), downstream systems (Green Pipe Concept, FDC fast dimension change, vacStream/coolStream/pullStream, multiTOUCH calender), and the BCtouch UX control platform built on B&R X20 PLC with a 21.5-inch Full HD touch interface and Industry 4.0 connectivity.

The company operates from five locations — manufacturing facilities in Germany (Bad Oeynhausen, Kempen), Austria (Vienna), China (Foshan, Shunde), and the USA (McPherson, Kansas), plus a sales/assembly office in Japan (Kawasaki-shi) — with approximately 600 employees globally. Revenue is generated primarily through project-based sale of complete custom extrusion lines (high-value multi-year contracts), complemented by recurring streams from original spare parts, retrofits and control-system upgrades (including the BCtouch UX retrofit path), a 24/7 service network backed by 20+ international service centers and roughly 40 commercial agencies, and the extruserve used-machines subsidiary. Customers are enterprise industrial manufacturers across nine verticals — agriculture, automotive, construction, chemicals and recycling, electrical, energy, food, packaging, and water management — with named relationships including Cortizo (10-year partnership, large 2026 PVC extruder order), Bahrain Pipes, Templet Deutschland, and major Egyptian large-diameter pipe customers where precision reportedly saves up to €1 million in material costs. The company is currently a subsidiary of Davis-Standard LLC, which acquired the Extrusion Technology Group (ETG) — comprising battenfeld-cincinnati, Exelliq, and Maillefer — in January 2024 and continued its consolidation push with an October 2025 announcement of the FB Balzanelli acquisition. The current executive board was substantially refreshed in 2024–2025 with CEO/CTO Dr. Henning Stieglitz (effective July 2024) and CFO Anita Wallmann (effective March 2025), alongside a new regional CEO for China.

Name

Battenfeld-cincinnati

Legal name

BC Extrusion Holding GmbH

Website

https://battenfeld-cincinnati.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1943

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Battenfeld-cincinnati is a German private manufacturer of custom plastic extrusion machinery — extruders, tooling, downstream systems, and controls — sold as complete turnkey lines to industrial manufacturers across construction, packaging, water management, automotive, and recycling verticals globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Oeynhausen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Extrusion Machinery and Complete Lines: Sale of high-performance extruders and complete custom-designed extrusion lines as the primary revenue stream. Includes single-screw, twin-screw, planetary roller extruders combined with tooling, downstream equipment, and control systems.
2. After-Sales Service and Maintenance: Comprehensive service including commissioning, inspections, maintenance, on-site repairs, and 24/7 technical support hotline. Supported by 20+ international service centers and ~40 commercial agencies.
3. Spare Parts: Supply of original spare parts globally with fast response times, including custom spare parts packages. Ongoing relationship revenue from consumable and wear parts.
4. Upgrades and Retrofits: Modernization services including control system upgrades (e.g., BCtouch UX), drive system upgrades to AC technology, and retrofits of extruders, pipe tools, and downstream equipment. Revenue from the extruserve division specializing in used machine refurbishment and resale.
5. Consulting and Training: Process engineering consultations, energy savings advisory, material analysis and test runs in the technical center, and operator training services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Battenfeld-cincinnati develops, designs, and produces complete tailor-made plastic extrusion lines and systems for industrial manufacturers. Its portfolio spans single-screw, twin-screw (parallel and conical), planetary roller, and granulation extruders, together with extrusion tooling, downstream systems (calenders, vacuum/cooling tanks, haul-offs, cutters), and the proprietary BCtouch UX control and automation platform. The company also provides aftermarket services including spare parts, maintenance, retrofits/upgrades, and consulting/training across sectors such as construction, packaging, water management, automotive, and pipes/profiles/sheets/films/pelletizing.

Product overview

Battenfeld-cincinnati is a technology leader in plastic extrusion, offering comprehensive solutions across five product categories: extruders, tooling, downstream systems, controls and automation, and complete extrusion lines. The extruder portfolio includes single screw extruders (solEX NG, solEX, uniEX, GL Extruder, alpha, coEX II, High-Speed, STARextruder), twin screw extruders (twinEX, conEX NG, fiberEX), planetary roller extruders, and granulation extruders (aglomEX). Tooling products include helix II PO pipe tools, spider PVC tools, feedblocks, and profile tools. Downstream systems encompass the Green Pipe Concept, FDC fast dimension change system, vacStream, coolStream, pullStream, rollStream/tiltStream, cutStream, and various calender systems (Multi-Touch, Inline, Out-of-Line). The BCtouch UX is the proprietary control and automation platform featuring touch-screen visualization and Industry 4.0 capabilities. The company serves industries including agriculture, automotive, construction, chemicals & recycling, electrical, energy, food, packaging, and water management, with applications in pipe, profile, sheet and board, film and sheet, and pelletizing production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• extruserve: Used machinery division for buying and selling refurbished extrusion equipment, established in 1998
• BCtouch UX
• Green Pipe Konzept
• FDC
• Multi-Touch Glättwerk
• solEX NG
• conEX NG
• twinEX
• uniEX
• STARextruder
• aglomEX
• helix II
• spider

Products and services

• solEX NG Single-Screw Extruder Next-generation high-performance single-screw extruder offering higher outputs, lower costs and reduced energy consumption compared with previous models; for PE-HD and PP pipe extrusion and other PO applications.
• solEX Single-Screw Extruder High-performance single-screw extruder designed for PE-HD and PP pipe extrusion applications.
• uniEX Single-Screw Extruder Universal all-round single-screw extruder for various extrusion applications.
• GL Extruder (Gearless Single-Screw) Gearless (GL) single-screw extruder series with a high-torque drive concept for energy-efficient operation.
• alpha basic/plus Single-Screw Extruder Flexible single-screw extruder concept for standard applications, available with relay control or BCtouch UX compact control.
• coEX II Single-Screw Extruder Flexible single-screw extruder designed for co-extrusion applications.
• High-Speed Extruder High-speed single-screw extruder optimized for film and sheet extrusion applications with high throughput at constant product quality.
• STARextruder Single-screw extruder designed for efficient PET processing.
• twinEX Parallel Twin-Screw Extruder Parallel twin-screw extruder representing a new dimension in twin screw extrusion technology.
• conEX NG Conical Twin-Screw Extruder Conical twin-screw extruder with high flexibility for PVC pipe, profile, WPC and sheet applications.
• fiberEX Extruder Extruder concept specifically designed for processing WPC (Wood Plastic Composites) with NFC competence center in Austria.
• Co-Extrusion Solutions Multiple co-extrusion solutions for pipe and profile applications.
• Planetary Roller Extruder Planetary roller extruder used for feeding calenders and coating systems.
• aglomEX Granulation Extruder Granulation extruder series designed for energy-efficient PVC pelletizing and suitable for virgin material and recyclate.
• helix II PO Pipe Tools and coat Coating Tools Customized single-layer and multi-layer tools for polyolefin (PO) pipe extrusion and coat cladding applications, including STC tungsten carbide coating option for screws and barrels.
• spider PVC Pipe Tools and Feedblocks Pipe tools for single- and multi-layer PVC extrusion (including spider 250-3 NG and spider 710ic with inner pipe cooling for thick-walled pipes), plus matching feed blocks.
• Feedblock for Deep-Drawing Films Multi-layer feed block for co-extruded deep-drawing films.
• Profile Tools Profile tools for extrusion of technical, window and door profiles.
• Green Pipe Concept Modular line concept for energy- and material-efficient pipe production achieving near 50% reduction in cooling line energy consumption.
• FDC (Fast Dimension Change) System for Pipe Extrusion Complete lines for fast in-line dimension change in pipe extrusion, enabling one-click switchover to a different pipe diameter and reducing changeover time, material use, and waste.
• vacStream Vacuum Tanks Vacuum tanks for PO and PVC pipe extrusion lines.
• coolStream Cooling Tanks Cooling tanks for PO and PVC pipe extrusion lines.
• pullStream Belt and Crawler Pull-offs Belt and crawler pull-offs for PO and PVC pipe extrusion lines.
• rollStream and tiltStream Conveyors Roll conveyors and tipping troughs for PO and PVC pipe extrusion lines.
• cutStream Automatic Pipe Separator Automatic separator for PO and PVC pipe extrusion lines.
• Multi-Touch Calender Multi-touch calender technology delivering tension-free films with high transparency, used in sheet and film extrusion lines including XXL sizes for sheet production.
• Inline Calender for Deep-Drawing Film Lines Inline calender for deep-drawing film lines.
• Out-of-Line Calender for Film Lines Out-of-line calender for film extrusion lines.
• BCtouch UX Control System Modern control and automation platform with 21.5" Full HD touch display, industrial PC, B&R X20 PLC, and UPS. Industry 4.0 ready with remote maintenance and distributed multi-terminal control capabilities.
• Spare Parts Supply Supply of original battenfeld-cincinnati spare parts globally with fast response times and custom spare parts packages; supported by the customer portal at serviceportal.battenfeld-cincinnati.com.
• After-Sales Service and Maintenance Comprehensive after-sales service including commissioning, inspections, maintenance, on-site repairs, and 24/7 technical support hotline, supported by 20+ international service centers and approximately 40 commercial agencies.
• Upgrades and Retrofits Modernization and retrofit services including control system upgrades (e.g., migration to BCtouch UX), drive system upgrades to AC technology, and retrofits of extruders, pipe tools, and downstream equipment; includes the extruserve division for used machine refurbishment and resale (established 1998).
• Consulting and Training Process engineering consultations, energy savings advisory, material analysis and test runs in the technical center, and operator training services across Germany, Austria, China, and USA.

Quantifiable outcome

• Precision in large-diameter pipes can save up to €1 million in material costs
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Davis-StandardflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2025Davis-Standard LLC is the parent company of battenfeld-cincinnati following the acquisition of Extrusion Technology Group (ETG). Battenfeld-cincinnati is showcased alongside Exelliq and Maillefer as part of Davis-Standard's unified extrusion brand portfolio. K 2025 marked the first occasion all three key brands appeared under one roof.
• Templet DeutschlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnological collaboration with Templet Deutschland for plastic-metal composite pipe production. Battenfeld-cincinnati supplies extrusion technology while Templet provides complementary manufacturing expertise, expanding customer service in this application area. Collaboration continuously expanding since 2023.
• CortizominorOthersCortizo is a long-standing PVC profile extrusion customer of battenfeld-cincinnati, with a 10-year partnership relationship. Large PVC extruder order announced February 2026.
• TECHFINE (Brazil)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTECHFINE Brasil designated as new agent for battenfeld-cincinnati covering Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Announced October 2020.
• HBM Plastics & Packaging TechnologiesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHBM Plastics & Packaging Technologies designated as agent for Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and New Caledonia. Announced February 2020.
• Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V. (VDMA)minorOthersGerman Mechanical Engineering Industry Association. battenfeld-cincinnati is also a partner of the Blue Competence sustainability initiative following VDMA's 12 sustainability principles.
• Plastics Industry Association (US)minorOthersUS plastics industry association membership supporting market intelligence and industry networking.
• China Plastics Machinery Industry Association (CPMIA)minorOthersChina Plastics Machinery Industry Association membership for market intelligence and industry relations in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Plastics Pipe Institute (US)minorOthersUS plastics pipe industry association membership supporting pipe application expertise and industry standards.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bausano: Italian extrusion line manufacturer specializing in twin-screw extruders for PVC pipe, profile, and WPC applications. Competes directly with battenfeld-cincinnati's conEX NG and related product lines in PVC processing.
• Davis-Standard: US-based parent company of battenfeld-cincinnati and the largest extrusion machinery manufacturer globally. Offers closely overlapping pipe, profile, film, and sheet extrusion systems with a unified product portfolio that includes Exelliq and Maillefer brands.
• Reifenhäuser: German family-owned manufacturer of plastic extrusion lines for film, sheet, and nonwovens. One of the most direct competitors to battenfeld-cincinnati in plastic extrusion machinery, sharing similar European heritage, custom-line business model, and global service network.
• Macro Engineering: Canadian manufacturer of blown film and cast film extrusion lines. Direct competitor in film and sheet extrusion, particularly for packaging applications, with comparable custom-engineering approach and global installation base.
• Leistritz Extrusionstechnik: German manufacturer of twin-screw extruders and complete extrusion lines. Direct competitor in PVC pipe, profile, and specialty compounding applications with similar technology positioning in conical and parallel twin-screw systems.
• KraussMaffei Berstorff: German manufacturer of plastics processing machinery including extrusion systems for pipe, profile, and sheet. Owned by ChemChina/Sinopec, providing both competition and partnership dynamics in global markets, with comparable custom-line business model.
• Coperion: German/US manufacturer of compounding and extrusion systems, part of Hillenbrand. Competes directly with battenfeld-cincinnati in twin-screw extruders, pelletizing, and complete extrusion lines for plastics processing.
• Costruzioni Meccaniche Luigi Bandera: Italian manufacturer of extrusion lines for film, sheet, pipe, and profile. Direct European competitor with similar product portfolio and custom engineering approach, particularly strong in film and packaging applications.
• Graham Engineering: US manufacturer of extrusion systems for blown film, cast film, and sheet applications. Direct North American competitor with overlapping product portfolio in film and packaging extrusion lines.
• Theysohn (SMS group): German manufacturer of twin-screw extruders and complete extrusion systems for PVC pipe and profile, part of the SMS group. Shares historical industry connections with battenfeld-cincinnati and competes in similar PVC-focused segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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