What UMV Coating Systems does

UMV Coating Systems AB is a Swedish industrial equipment manufacturer specializing in surface treatment machinery for the global paper and board industry, headquartered in Säffle, Sweden. Founded in 1962, the company designs and builds coating, sizing, pigmenting, and moisturizing systems used by paper and board mills to apply surface treatments to web-based substrates. Its proprietary technology portfolio centers on the patented INVO® Tip metering element, the zero-dwell INVO® Coater, the ABC™ Pneumatic Profiling System (in production since 1998), the TWIN ABC™ double-sided blade coater, the TWIN™ Sizer, and the LAS® Liquid Application System, supplemented by modular combination machinery and a Sustainable Barrier Coating solution targeting paper-based food packaging.

The company operates a cutting-edge Pilot Plant in Säffle where customers can run trials and testing, particularly for emerging barrier applications. Field-reported customer outcomes include 25% savings on coating color, 20% savings on bleached fibers, 10% energy savings, and 10% increased output, with one documented board mill achieving €5 million per year in savings on a sub-€100,000 investment.

UMV generates revenue primarily through direct enterprise sales of capital equipment, complemented by aftermarket spares, consumables (including proprietary INVO® Tip elements), installation supervision, training, maintenance, process studies, and upgrade services supporting both current equipment and legacy brands (Inventing AB, UMV Machinery AB, Dahlgrens International, BTG UMV Coating AB, BTG Coating Systems AB). With 600+ cumulative global installations and 200+ LAS units deployed, the company maintains a recurring aftermarket and consumables stream alongside new equipment sales. The firm is privately held, with no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, or public financial reporting.

Name

UMV Coating Systems

Legal name

UMV Coating Systems AB

Website

https://umv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

UMV Coating Systems AB designs and manufactures proprietary surface treatment equipment, including coaters, sizers, and metering elements, for global paper and board manufacturers. The Sweden-based firm sells capital machinery and aftermarket spares directly to industrial mills.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Coating and Sizing Equipment

NAICS

Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities (3328), Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers (332812)

SIC

Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment (3590), Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Application Equipment & Coating Services (Contract Coating, Surface Prep) (IMAEAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Surface Treatment & Finishing Equipment (Coating, Plating, Deburring, Shot Blasting) (IMAHADAJ), Industrial & Commercial Painting/Coatings/Surface Treatment (IMAIAAAK)

Keywords

• Coating machinery
• Paper surface treatment
• Blade coating systems
• Film transfer sizing
• Barrier coating technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Säffle

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Coating Equipment Sales: Sale of coating and sizing machinery including INVO Coater, ABC Coater, TWIN Sizer, LAS, and combination machinery. Equipment sales are complemented by installation supervision, startup services, and ongoing technical support.
2. Aftermarket Services and Spare Parts: Customer service including capital spares, minor spares, consumables, tailor-made service, training, maintenance, consultancy, process studies, and upgrades. Provides spare parts for equipment supplied by Inventing AB, UMV Machinery AB, Dahlgrens International Inc, BTG UMV Coating AB, and BTG Coating Systems AB.
3. Consumables and INVO® Tip: Sale of proprietary consumables including INVO® Tip metering elements which feature patented cooling water design for extended lifetime.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

UMV Coating Systems manufactures and distributes proprietary surface treatment equipment — including coaters, sizers, metering elements, and moisturizing systems — for the global paper and board industries. The company provides complete coating solutions spanning pre-study, design, manufacture, installation supervision, training, startup and continuous improvement, complemented by aftermarket spare parts, consumables, and a Pilot Plant for customer trials.

Product overview

UMV Coating Systems is a technology leader in surface treatment equipment for the paper and board industries, offering a comprehensive portfolio of coating and sizing solutions. The product range centers on innovative metering elements (INVO® Tip), zero-dwell coaters (INVO® Coater), and blade coating technology (ABC™ Coater, TWIN ABC™), complemented by sizing equipment (TWIN™ Sizer), decurling systems (LAS®), and modular combination machinery. The company also operates a Pilot Plant for customer testing and has developed a Sustainable Barrier Coating technology. Products are designed for the paper, board, and converting industries with a focus on cost reduction, energy savings, and improved quality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• INVO® Tip: Soft polymeric metering element for extremely consistent coverage and smoothness while reducing operating costs.
• INVO® Coater
• ABC™ Coater
• TWIN ABC™
• LAS®
• TWIN™ Sizer

Products and services

• INVO® Tip A patented, award-winning soft polymeric metering element used in coating applications to provide extremely consistent coverage and smoothness while reducing operating costs. Aimed at paper and board manufacturers seeking savings in feedstock, coating color and energy.
• INVO® Coater A compact zero-dwell coater combining a Jet Coating Applicator with conventional rod or INVO Tip metering, enabling high-solids starch and coating color application with minimum dwell time. Suited for retrofits with space limitations and for barrier applications with thin coating layers.
• LAS® (Liquid Application System) A hydrophilic roll coater, decurler and moisturizer that applies a pre-metered liquid film to the web, from water to high-solids pigment coatings, onto high grammage boxboard through lightweight tissue. Operating window available for speeds well above 2,000 m/min, with 200+ installations in paper, board and converting industries.
• TWIN™ Sizer A film transfer machine providing board and paper makers with complete sizing and pigmenting through coating applications. Available with Rod, Gravure, or HSM pre-metering methods to apply a thin film of size or coating color to both sides of paper or board.
• ABC™ Coater A self-positioning coater with the ABC™ Pneumatic Profiling System that delivers uniform, excellent cross-direction profiles from the start of the coating process. Can be equipped with roll or jet applicator and various metering methods including INVO Tip.
• TWIN ABC™ The only double-sided blade coater on the market that executes blade coating on both sides of the web in a single step, applying up to 25 gsm per side and replacing the job of four blade coaters, with total installation cost estimated at one-third that of two new coating stations.
• Combination Machinery Modular coating systems built on a standardized, compact module with unlimited combination possibilities, customized to customer needs with high availability and efficiency using proven high-performance standard modules.
• Sustainable Barrier Coating A sustainable barrier coating technology combining the INVO® Coater and INVO® Tip with light-touch drying to create excellent barriers using only a few gsm of coating media. Designed for paper-based food packaging with capital and running costs reduced to a fraction of competing technologies.
• Customer Service and Aftermarket Support After-sales services covering capital and minor spares, consumables, tailor-made service, training, maintenance, consultancy, process studies, and upgrades for UMV Coating Systems and legacy equipment from Inventing AB, UMV Machinery AB, Dahlgrens International Inc, BTG UMV Coating AB, and BTG Coating Systems AB.
• Pilot Plant Customer Trials A cutting-edge pilot facility in Säffle, Sweden, where customers can test coating, sizing and barrier applications using UMV equipment, including two coating stations with drying, cooling cylinder and web temperature monitoring.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% saving on coating color
• +5 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Jagenberg: German-based supplier of coating and converting machinery for paper and board, historically known for blade and film coaters. Direct overlap with UMV in board and specialty paper coating lines.
• Voith: German-headquartered global leader in paper machinery with a full-line coating portfolio (e.g., Voith DynaCoater, SpeedSizer). Directly comparable to UMV on the application equipment side, though Voith also offers complete paper-making lines.
• Valmet: Finnish paper machinery leader with extensive coating, sizing and surface treatment offerings (OptiCoater, Valmet Sizer). Competes head-to-head with UMV in board and paper coating equipment, plus full-line paper machines.
• Andritz: Austrian/global supplier of pulp, paper, and stock-prep equipment including coating and surface treatment machinery. Competes with UMV in paper and board mill capex, especially on rebuilds and large-scale projects.
• Kadant: US-based industrial equipment supplier with a paper processing segment offering doctor blades, creping, and coating-related equipment. Comparable to UMV on the consumables/aftermarket and surface treatment side of the paper mill value chain.
• BTG Group: Swedish specialty supplier of process solutions and coating equipment for the pulp and paper industry, with historical lineage related to UMV (UMV supplies spares for legacy BTG equipment). Closest direct specialty peer in paper coating technology.
• Trützschler: German manufacturer of machinery for spunlace, nonwovens, and paper, including coating and finishing systems. Competes with UMV in converting-related surface treatment applications and shares a similar mid-sized, specialist profile.

Emerging players

• Toscotec: Italian paper machinery specialist focused on tissue and packaging machines, with growing presence in board coating and drying. Comparable to UMV as a European mid-sized specialist pursuing packaging-grade growth.

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

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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