Pietroberto

What Pietroberto does

Pietroberto S.r.l. (also operating as Pietro Berto) is a privately held Italian manufacturer of industrial bakery, pastry, and pizza equipment founded at the start of the 1900s and headquartered in Piovene Rocchette, Vicenza, with a registered office in Marano Vicentino. The company designs, builds, and services a broad portfolio of dough-processing machinery — spiral, planetary, fork, twin-arm, and industrial synchronized mixers; volumetric and suction dividers; divider-rounders; conical and drum rounders; moulders; sheeters; refiners; intermediate proofers; elevators; and work tables — together with fully automated production lines (industrial roll lines, 1/2/4-way lamination lines, multi-product bread plants) and proving/baking equipment (proofer cells, fan ovens, modular ovens, rotary ovens). Notable technical differentiators include patented drum divider-rounder designs (B-Mac, ART 4) with up to 10% leavening improvement, hydraulic volumetric dividers (OMEGA) with no-lubrication architecture, a suction cutting system on V-model dividers, and Industry 4.0 preparation on refiners. Refurbished used machines are sold with a 6-month factory warranty, alongside technical service and spare-parts support.

The business model is direct B2B hardware sales of capital equipment, primarily quote-based perpetual licensing (prices are not publicly disclosed) with a parallel used-machines channel priced by unit. Pietroberto targets two primary segments under a horizontal segmentation approach: artisan bakeries and pastry shops buying individual machines, and industrial food manufacturers requiring complete automated production lines. A third, smaller segment — cost-conscious operators seeking refurbished equipment — is served through the dedicated used-machines program. Marketing relies on a multilingual corporate website (Italian, English, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic), downloadable brochures and data sheets, product demonstration videos, and direct sales outreach via phone, email, and a CAPTCHA-gated contact form; no channel partners, distributors, or resellers are disclosed. The company is family-owned, has no parent, no subsidiaries, and reports no funding rounds, M&A, or public-market activity.

Name

Pietroberto

Legal name

Pietroberto S.r.l.

Website

https://pietroberto.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pietroberto is an Italian, family-owned manufacturer of industrial bakery, pastry, and pizza equipment — mixers, dividers, moulders, proofers, ovens, and full production lines — serving artisan bakeries and industrial food manufacturers across global markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Piovene Rocchette

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Bakery Equipment Manufacturing and Sales: Manufacture and sale of bakery, pastry, and pizza equipment including individual machines, production lines, proving and baking equipment, and refurbished used machines

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pietroberto designs, manufactures, and supplies industrial machinery for bakeries, pastry shops, and pizzerias. Its portfolio covers the full dough-processing chain — mixers, dough dividers, moulders/rounders, intermediate and final proofers, deck and rack ovens, and complete automated bread, pastry, and pizza production lines — sold primarily to professional and industrial bakery customers. [Inferred from input summary content]

Product overview

Pietroberto is an Italian manufacturer of bakery, pastry, and pizza equipment with over 100 years of history. The product portfolio consists of four main categories: (1) Macchine singole (Individual Machines) - standalone equipment including SIRENA, UNICORNO, GRIFONE, FENICE, VITTORIA, EASY, FAST, NUOVA VITTORIA, and SINCROMIX series mixers (spiral, planetary, fork, twin-arm, and industrial types), volumetric dividers (V, OMEGA, VD models), divider-rounders (B-Mac, SART, ART, DRA/DRS/DRM series), moulders (EMME, SuperMec, baguette, general), dough sheeters (RUNNER), refiners, elevators, intermediate proofers, and work tables; (2) Linee di produzione (Production Lines) - complete automated lines including industrial roll lines, bread plants, and lamination lines (1-way, 2-way, 4-way) for continuous production; (3) Lievitazione e cottura (Proving and Baking) - proofer cells, fan ovens, modular ovens, and rotary ovens; (4) Macchine usate (Used Machines) - factory-refurbished equipment with 6-month warranty including mixers, dividers, and production lines. Pietroberto also provides technical assistance, spare parts, and consultation services on bread and confectionery making technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Spiral and fork/twin-arm mixers Industrial dough mixers for bakeries and pastry shops, covering heavy bread doughs and lighter pastry doughs.
• Dough dividers Volumetric and weight-based portioning machines for dividing bulk dough into uniform pieces.
• Dough moulders and rounders Moulders and conical/belt rounders that shape divided dough pieces into balls or formed pieces for bread, buns, and pizza.
• Intermediate and final proofers Cabinet and rack proofing/fermentation chambers for controlled dough resting between processing stages and before baking.
• Deck ovens and rack ovens Industrial bakery ovens for baking bread, pastry, and pizza, including traditional deck ovens and rotary/rack ovens.
• Automated bakery production lines Turnkey integrated lines that combine mixers, dividers, moulders, proofers, and ovens into a single automated bread, pastry, or pizza production system for industrial bakeries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 10% increase in leavening through use of B-Mac divider-rounder drum technology
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Esmach: Italian maker of bakery ovens, proofers, and bread-making equipment, geographically overlapping with Pietroberto and serving similar artisan and small-industrial bakery segments in Italy and Europe.
• Sottoriva: Italian manufacturer of bakery machinery (mixers, dividers, ovens, automated lines) serving primarily Italian and Southern European bakery markets with a comparable product offering to Pietroberto.

Direct peers

• Rondo: Swiss industrial bakery equipment maker offering dough processing machinery, laminating lines, and integrated production systems that compete head-to-head with Pietroberto's industrial roll and lamination lines.
• Baker Perkins: UK-based manufacturer of industrial bakery and food processing equipment including mixers, dough handling systems, and complete production lines for bread, biscuits, and confectionery applications.
• König Maschinen: Austrian manufacturer of bakery machinery and complete bread/pastry production lines, with a comparable portfolio of spiral mixers, dividers, moulders, and proofing/ovening equipment serving the same industrial bakery customers.
• WP Bakery Group: German manufacturer of industrial bakery equipment including mixers, dividers, moulders, and complete production lines, directly overlapping Pietroberto's core product range in dough processing machinery for industrial bakeries.
• Fritsch Group: German manufacturer of dough processing equipment including mixers, dividers, and complete bakery lines for artisan and industrial customers, comparable to Pietroberto's full machine-to-line portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Bühler Group: Swiss global plant and equipment manufacturer for food processing including bakery applications, with overlapping dough handling and production line offerings to industrial bakeries though serving many other food segments.
• GEA Group: Global industrial equipment supplier with bakery and food processing machinery offerings that overlap with Pietroberto's dough processing and production line capabilities as part of a much larger portfolio.
• Middleby Corporation: Large diversified food equipment group owning multiple bakery and food processing brands; competes broadly with Pietroberto in industrial bakery lines but across a much wider portfolio including commercial cooking and refrigeration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Pietroberto_srl
• Facebookfacebook.com/pietrobertosrl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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