What REDA does

REDA S.p.A. is a privately held Italian manufacturer of industrial equipment and complete processing lines for the liquid food industry, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Isola Vicentina (Vicenza), Italy, with 100+ employees and a worldwide installed base. The company organizes its technology portfolio around four pillars: aseptic/sterilization (UHT, including direct, indirect, and combined heating architectures), membrane filtration (microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis), centrifugal separation (milk skimming, bacteria removal, whey and wine clarification), and low-temperature evaporation/concentration (including MVR systems operating at 20-24°C). Its product catalogue spans over 20 named equipment lines—aseptic tanks, pasteurizers, separators, clarifiers, evaporators, fermentation tanks, cheese vats, deaerators, and blending/mixing units—plus complete turnkey processing lines for fresh, ESL, and UHT milk with capacities from 1,000 to 40,000 lt/h.

The company serves five end-markets: dairy (the primary vertical, covering drinkable milk, cream, cheese, and fermented products), whey processing (recovering WPC/MPC and lactose), plant-based beverages (almond, soy, oat), juice and special products (clarification, concentration, aroma recovery), and wine (clarification, must concentration, and low-temperature dealcoholization to 0.15-0.25% residual alcohol). Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales with engineering consultation, project customization, installation, and commissioning support, supplemented by a global authorized service center network.

REDA monetizes primarily through custom-engineered hardware sales (machines and full lines) on multi-year project contracts, complemented by an aftermarket services suite—REDA Kare proactive maintenance (claimed >40% savings on passive maintenance costs), REDA Spares global parts logistics, and REDA Experts consulting and refurbishment—that recurs off the installed base. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific, with no public list pricing. The company appears founder-led (Giovanni Piatto) with no disclosed external investors, no parent company, and no public listing, and it is therefore dependent on internal cash generation and bank financing for capacity expansion.

Name

REDA

Legal name

REDA S.p.A.

Website

https://redaspa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

REDA S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer founded in 1983 that designs, builds, and services industrial equipment and complete processing lines for liquid food producers across dairy, whey, plant-based, juice, and wine industries, with a global installed base and aftermarket service network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Isola Vicentina

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Food Processing Equipment: REDA generates revenue primarily from manufacturing and selling industrial machinery and automated plants for liquid food processing. This includes individual machines (separators, pasteurizers, sterilizers, evaporators), complete processing lines, and customized solutions for dairy, plant-based drinks, juice, wine and beer industries.
2. Complete Processing Lines: Turnkey solutions including milk processing lines (Fresh, ESL, UHT), cheese processing lines, fermented products lines, with capacities from 1,000 to 40,000 liters/hour.
3. After-Sales Services (REDA Service, REDA Kare): Comprehensive lifecycle support including spare parts (REDA Spares), maintenance plans (REDA Kare with up to 40% passive maintenance cost savings), technical support, installation, commissioning, training, and authorized service centers worldwide.
4. Replacement Parts (REDA Spares): Global spare parts logistics through local service points and international express couriers from REDA headquarters, supporting continuous operation of machines worldwide.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

REDA designs, engineers, manufactures, and distributes industrial machinery, automated plants, and complete turnkey processing lines for liquid food processing. Its equipment and lines cover pasteurization, UHT/aseptic sterilization, membrane filtration, centrifugal separation, low-temperature evaporation/concentration, deaeration, standardization, fermentation, cheese making, and wine dealcoholization for the dairy, whey, plant-based drinks, juice, and wine industries, supported by spare parts, maintenance plans, and technical consulting services.

Product overview

REDA is a world leader supplier of machinery, automated plants, and complete processing lines for liquid food processing. The company was founded in 1983 in Vicenza, Italy, and operates with four core technology pillars: aseptic/sterilization (UHT) solutions, membrane filtration (microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis), centrifugal separation (separators and clarifiers for milk, cream, whey, wine, and juice), and low-temperature evaporation/concentration. REDA serves five main industry sectors: Milk (including drinkable milk, cream, cheese processing, fermented products, and complete lines), Whey (processing lines for protein and lactose recovery into WPC/MPC), Plant-Based Drinks, Juice & Special Products, and Wine (including clarification, concentration, and dealcoholization). The portfolio includes over 20 named equipment product lines (aseptic tanks, pasteurizers, separators, clarifiers, membrane systems, evaporators, dealcoholization units, fermentation tanks, cheese equipment, mixing units) alongside complete turnkey processing lines and a services suite (REDA Kare maintenance plans, REDA Spares, and REDA Experts). The company employs over 100 people at its expanded Italian production facility with engineering teams dedicated to design and automation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aseptic Tank

Quantifiable outcome

• Bacteria removal: over 80% total bacteria, over 95% aerobic spores, over 98% anaerobic spores
• +4 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GEA Group: Germany-listed global leader in food processing machinery with deep dairy, beverage, and liquid food equipment portfolios. Largest direct competitor to REDA across separators, homogenizers, and complete processing lines serving the same dairy/beverage buyers.
• Tetra Pak: Swiss-headquartered global supplier of processing and packaging solutions for food, with dairy/liquid food as a core segment. Competes head-to-head with REDA on UHT processing lines, pasteurizers, and separators for milk, juice, and plant-based beverages.
• Alfa Laval: Swedish industrial group with a Food & Water division making separators, heat exchangers, and membrane systems for dairy and beverage processing. Directly overlaps REDA's centrifugal separation and membrane filtration technology pillars.
• Krones AG: German global leader in beverage and packaging machinery serving brewers, dairies, and juice producers with complete processing and filling lines. Overlaps with REDA in juice, beer, and dairy processing equipment.
• Bucher Industries: Swiss industrial group with Bucher Unipektin (juice, beer, dairy processing equipment) and Bucher Vaslin (wine equipment) divisions. Competes with REDA on juice clarification, beer/wine processing, and low-temperature evaporation.
• JBT Corporation: US-listed food processing and air transportation equipment supplier with strong dairy, juice, and liquid food processing offering. Direct competitor to REDA in pasteurization, sterilization, and separation for similar industrial buyers.

Direct peers

• SPX FLOW: US-based supplier of fluid handling, mixing, blending, and separation equipment plus complete processing lines for dairy, beverage, and food customers. Closely comparable product portfolio to REDA across the same target verticals and buyer types.
• Paul Mueller Company: US-based stainless steel processing and storage equipment manufacturer specializing in dairy, food, and beverage applications. Closely analogous mid-size industrial processor serving the same liquid food customer base as REDA.

Regional players

• Pavan Group: Italian-headquartered specialist in pasta, snack, and cereal processing equipment. Same Italian industrial DNA as REDA but broader food processing footprint; relevant as adjacent Italian mid-market food equipment peer.
• IMA Group: Italian S.p.A. and listed global leader in processing and packaging machinery for food, pharma, and personal care. Country peer to REDA in Italian mid-market industrial equipment with overlapping food processing capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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