Hymmen

What Hymmen does

Hymmen GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau is a family-owned German industrial machinery manufacturer founded in 1892 and headquartered in Bielefeld. The company designs and builds capital equipment for industrial surface finishing, with a product portfolio spanning digital printing lines (JUPITER, SATURN, DLEplus), double belt and multi-daylight presses (IsoPress), laminating lines, liquid coating lines, continuous coating installations (CCI), handling equipment, and process control systems (HTC). Its proprietary DLE (Digital Lacquer Embossing) technology and patented water-based ink platforms address decorative surface production for the furniture, flooring, wood-based materials, engineered wood, and building materials industries.

The company's business model centers on selling engineered-to-order capital equipment to industrial manufacturers of decorative surfaces, supported by an installed base of 200+ laminating lines and several hundred double belt press installations worldwide. Named customers include Classen, Egger, Wren Kitchens, Engineered Floors, Amorim, Hesse Lignal, and Freda, indicating a diversified enterprise customer base across furniture, flooring, and cork segments. Revenue is generated through one-time equipment sales, aftermarket service and spare parts, and an emerging layer of recurring software revenue via the smart2i Industry Intelligence platform launched in 2023. Hymmen maintains direct representative offices in Germany, USA, Brazil, China, France, India, Italy, and Turkey, and partners with Agfa NV for ink supply into its digital printing platforms.

Name

Hymmen

Legal name

Hymmen GmbH Maschinen- und Anlagenbau

Website

https://hymmen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1892

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Hymmen is a family-owned German industrial machinery manufacturer founded in 1892, building digital printing lines, double belt presses, laminating systems, and coating equipment for decorative surface producers in the furniture, flooring, and engineered wood industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bielefeld

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Machinery and Plant Sales: Sale of production machinery and complete plant systems including digital printing lines, press systems, coating lines, and handling equipment. Equipment sales represent the primary revenue stream for capital investment projects.
2. After-Sales Service and Spare Parts: Comprehensive service including production support, field service, spare parts supply, maintenance contracts, service level agreements, retrofits, and system upgrades. Ongoing revenue from service relationships throughout equipment lifecycle.
3. Process Development and Testing: Technical Center services for customer testing, process development, and pre-series production support at the state-of-the-art facility.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hymmen designs, manufactures, and integrates industrial production technologies and complete plant systems for surface finishing of sheet materials, including digital printing lines, double belt and multi-daylight presses, laminating systems, liquid coating lines, and handling equipment. The company also operates a Technical Center for customer testing and process development, and provides lifecycle after-sales service with spare parts, field service, maintenance contracts, and retrofits.

Product overview

Hymmen is a German machinery and plant engineering company offering a comprehensive portfolio of industrial production technologies for surface finishing and mass production of sheet materials. The core offering consists of six main technology categories: Digital Printing Lines (JUPITER and SATURN systems with DLEplus texture printing), Double Belt Presses (Isopress), Multi-Daylight Presses (HCP), Laminating Lines, Liquid Coating Lines (including CCI for high-gloss/matt surfaces), and Handling Equipment. These technologies serve industries including furniture, flooring, wood-based materials, decorative laminates, engineered wood, and building materials. Add-on solutions include smart2i (Industry Intelligence for production monitoring and optimization) and HTC (Hymmen Top Control for process automation). The company provides complete system solutions, process development services through its Technical Center, and comprehensive after-sales support globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• smart2i: Industry Intelligence solution for real-time monitoring, continuous data logging, and in-depth analysis of machine, production, and quality metrics — designed to sustainably enhance the efficiency of interconnected production processes.
• IsoPress
• Calender Coating Inert (CCI)
• Digital Lacquer Embossing (DLEplus)
• JUPITER
• SATURN

Products and services

• JUPITER Digital Printing Line Industrial single-pass digital printing system for precise, cost-efficient, just-in-time printing on both sheet and web materials, supporting UV or water-based inks and integrating with DLEplus for synchronized texturing. Targeted at industrial surface finishing manufacturers in furniture, flooring, laminates, and building materials.
• SATURN Digital Printing Line Digital printing system for decor paper using water-based inks, part of Hymmen's industrial digital printing portfolio for industrial-scale decor production targeting furniture and flooring manufacturers.
• Digital Lacquer Embossing (DLEplus) Patented technology for creating structures embossed in register to the décor by printing transparent liquid medium into a layer of structure lacquer using JUPITER Digital Printing Lines. Enables synchronized texture and décor printing for laminate flooring, LVT, cork flooring, and furniture panels.
• IsoPress Double Belt Press Continuous double belt press system delivering uniform pressing of decorative laminates, laminate flooring, melamine boards, and kitchen worktops, with high efficiency and savings in material, energy, and labor. Press pressures up to 70 bar, temperatures up to 250°C, widths 700–2,500mm, speeds 1–45 m/min.
• Multi-Daylight Presses (HCP) Cycle presses delivering highly reliable and fully automated production for compact boards, HPL production, and engineered wood products including multilayer panels and veneered wood panels. Capacity up to 50 levels with panel formats up to 2,500 x 5,200mm.
• Laminating Lines High-precision laminating and gluing systems for furniture and flooring industries, providing register-accurate lamination with automatic film change in a modular architecture for customized solutions. Over 200 installations worldwide.
• Liquid Coating Lines Coating systems with working widths from 400mm to 2,600mm supporting roller application, filling machines, pouring heads, and integrated drying technologies for UV, excimer, and thermal systems. Used for furniture, flooring, and building materials surface finishing.
• Handling Equipment Components for handling, transporting, and converting workpieces including tandem gantries for feeding and stacking, high-precision transport systems for digital printing, and portal/robot handling systems with process control integration along entire production.
• smart2i Industry Intelligence Cloud-based Industry Intelligence solution for real-time monitoring, continuous data logging, and in-depth analysis of machine, production, and quality metrics, designed to sustainably enhance the efficiency of interconnected production processes for Hymmen customers.
• Hymmen Top Control (HTC) Proprietary process automation and control technology for controlling and optimizing entire production facilities, integrated with Hymmen equipment portfolios.
• After-Sales Service Comprehensive after-sales service including production support, on-site field service, spare parts supply, maintenance contracts, service level agreements, and retrofits/system upgrades supporting Hymmen equipment throughout its lifecycle.
• Technical Center (Hymmen Technikum) State-of-the-art facility in Rödinghausen-Bruchmühlen, Germany for customer tests, process development, and pre-series production support, enabling customers to trial Hymmen technologies and refine production processes before commercial deployment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Industrial production capacities starting with batch size 1
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Agfa NVcoreTechnology or IntegrationAgfa NV supplies industrial inks for Hymmen's digital printing technology. Marc Graindourze, Business Manager Industrial Inks at Agfa NV, is quoted discussing digital printing adoption in furniture manufacturing. Agfa's InterioJet multi-pass systems can be combined with Hymmen technologies.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SCM Group: Italian industrial group manufacturing a comprehensive range of woodworking machinery including surface treatment and finishing equipment. Comparable to Hymmen in furniture/flooring finishing, but at significantly larger scale and broader product breadth.
• Biesse: Italian-listed global manufacturer of machinery for processing wood, glass, stone, plastic, and metal. Overlaps with Hymmen in surface finishing and panel processing equipment, but with a much broader multi-material portfolio and significantly larger scale.
• IMA Schelling: German/Italian machinery group offering panel processing, sawing, and surface finishing systems for the furniture and construction industries. Overlaps with Hymmen's panel handling and finishing equipment, but operates as a broader woodworking machinery platform.

Direct peers

• Barberán: Spanish manufacturer of industrial surface finishing equipment including digital printing lines, coating, and laminating systems for furniture and flooring. Comparable to Hymmen as a specialist in digital surface decoration for panel materials.
• Siempelkamp: German manufacturer of complete plant systems including ContiRoll continuous presses for wood-based panels and laminating lines. Closely comparable to Hymmen's double belt press and laminating technologies serving decorative laminates and engineered wood customers.
• Dieffenbacher: German manufacturer of press systems and complete plants for the wood-based panels industry, including continuous presses for MDF, particleboard, and laminate flooring. Highly comparable to Hymmen's IsoPress and Multi-Daylight press offerings for the wood-based materials segment.
• Cefla: Italian group providing finishing, coating, and digital printing solutions for wood, glass, metal, and plastic surfaces. Highly comparable to Hymmen's liquid coating lines and CCI technology, especially for furniture and finishing applications.
• Homag Group (Dürr): German-based global leader in machinery for the woodworking and furniture industries, offering integrated plant solutions across cutting, processing, and surface finishing. Directly comparable to Hymmen as a comprehensive supplier of production equipment for furniture and panel manufacturers.
• Bürkle: German manufacturer of surface finishing machinery for the furniture industry, including lacquering, coating, and laminating systems. Closely comparable to Hymmen's liquid coating lines and CCI technology serving furniture fronts, worktops, and panels.
• Wemhöner: German specialist in surface finishing machinery, particularly short-cycle presses and laminating lines for furniture, flooring, and door production. Directly comparable to Hymmen's laminating and pressing portfolio for the furniture and decorative laminates segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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