What WEBER does

WEBER (legal entity: Hans WEBER Maschinenfabrik GmbH) is a fourth-generation, family-owned German manufacturer of industrial machinery headquartered in Kronach, Germany. Founded in 1922, the company operates two production sites totaling 46,000 square meters with a stated 500+ employees and claims an installed base of over 20,000 machines active worldwide across 40+ countries. The company is led by Managing Directors Dr.-Ing. Markus Weber and Ludwig Weber M.Sc., who represent the fourth generation of the founding family and have driven an explicit pivot from pure mechanical engineering toward a technology-integrated industrial supplier.

The product portfolio is organized into three divisions. WEBER Extrusion produces single-screw and twin-screw extruders (parallel and conical profiles) plus grooved bushing extruders for pipe, window profile, technical profile, and granulation applications. WEBER Sanding (Schleiftechnik) produces wide belt sanding machines for solid wood, lacquer, veneer, and special-effects wood finishing, as well as metal grinding machines for finish grinding, precision grinding, slag removal, edge rounding, deburring, heavy plate processing, and oxide removal — underpinned by the patented WEBER STC grinding technology. WEBER Automation provides robotic loading and unloading systems (HS-4-1000 compact, HS-6-2000 large), 3D vision-guided bin picking, palletizing and sorting cells, and deep-learning-based image inspection systems for inline surface defect detection. The MES NEXXT365 Manufacturing Execution System (nexxt365.de) extends the offering into production digitalization software. Underlying technology includes high-resolution 2D cameras combined with laser-line 3D projection, proprietary deep-learning inspection models, and integrated MES, with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001 certifications governing quality, environmental, and energy management.

Revenue is generated through custom-quoted capital equipment sales (hardware), supplemented by aftermarket parts and consumables, technical support, field service, retrofits, and training for the installed base, with the company claiming 365-day service availability and 80% first-contact inquiry resolution. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales organized by division and geographic territory, supported by a global network of foreign sales agencies and a heavy trade show schedule (WorldPM 2026, Euroblech 2026, Chinaplas 2026, IWF 2026). No e-commerce or self-service channels are used. Customer segments are horizontally diversified across plastics processing, woodworking, metalworking, and industrial automation end-markets, with named reference customers including Benning and Müller und Biermann in metal processing. No public revenue figures, funding rounds, or M&A activity are disclosed.

Name

WEBER

Legal name

Hans WEBER Maschinenfabrik GmbH

Website

https://hansweber.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

WEBER is a fourth-generation, family-owned German industrial machinery manufacturer producing extruders, wood and metal sanding systems, and robotic automation solutions, serving plastics processors, surface finishing operations, and manufacturers across 40+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

NAICS

Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing (33351), All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (333248)

SIC

Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (3540), Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)

akta.pro primary industry

Grinding, Honing & Superfinishing Equipment (IMAHADAE)

Keywords

• Industrial machinery manufacturing
• Extrusion equipment systems
• Metal grinding machines
• Wood sanding machines
• Industrial automation robotics

Headquarters

HQ city

Kronach

HQ country

Germany

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Industrial Machinery Sales: Sale of capital equipment including extruders, extrusion lines, sanding machines, and robotic automation systems. Products are sold as one-time capital purchases with significant custom engineering for specific customer applications.
2. Service and Technical Support: Technical support, spare parts, machine checks, technical trainings, retrofits, and field service. The company reports 365 days availability and resolves 80% of inquiries during initial contact.
3. Aftermarket Parts and Wear Components: Sale of wear parts, spare parts, and consumables for installed machinery base of 20,000+ machines worldwide.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

WEBER manufactures industrial capital equipment across three divisions: Extrusion (single-screw and twin-screw extruders for pipe, profile, and granulation applications), Sanding (wide belt sanding and grinding machines for wood and metal surface finishing, including the patented WEBER STC grinding technology), and Automation (vision-guided industrial robotics for loading, unloading, palletizing, sorting, and bin picking). The company sells custom-engineered machines to industrial manufacturers worldwide and supports them with spare parts, retrofits, and 365-day technical service.

Product overview

Hans WEBER Maschinenfabrik GmbH is a German machine manufacturing company with over 100 years of experience, operating three core product divisions. WEBER Extrusion manufactures extruders and extrusion systems for pipe extrusion, technical profile extrusion, window profile extrusion, and granulation, with product lines including single-screw and twin-screw extruders (parallel and conical configurations) and grooved bushing extruders. WEBER Sanding produces grinding and sanding machines for both wood (solid wood, lacquer sanding, veneer processing) and metal (finish grinding, precision grinding, deburring, heavy plate processing) applications. WEBER Automation provides industrial robotics and automation solutions including loading/unloading systems (HS-4-1000 compact, HS-6-2000 large), bin picking with 3D vision, palletizing and sorting systems, and image-based inspection systems using deep learning. The company also offers MES NEXXT365 for digitalization and maintains 46,000 square meters of production space at two Kronach facilities with over 20,000 active machines worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WEBER Extrusion: Extruders and extrusion systems for pipe extrusion, technical profiles, window profiles, and granulation.
• WEBER Schleiftechnik (WEBER Sanding)
• WEBER Automation

Products and services

• WEBER Extrusion Extruders and extrusion systems for pipes, technical profiles, window profiles, and granulation. Product range includes single-screw and twin-screw extruders in various configurations for plastics processing manufacturers.
• WEBER Sanding (Schleiftechnik) Grinding and sanding machines for wood and metal surfaces. Includes wood sanding technology (solid wood processing, lacquer sanding, special effects sanding, veneer processing) and metal grinding technology (finish grinding, precision grinding, slag removal, edge rounding, deburring, heavy plate processing, oxide removal).
• WEBER Automation Industrial robotics and automation solutions including loading systems, unloading systems, palletizing, sorting, bin picking with 3D vision, and image-based inspection for manufacturing companies.
• Single-screw Injection Extruder Single-screw extrusion equipment configured for injection applications in plastics processing.
• Twin-screw Injection Extruder Twin-screw configuration extruder for injection extrusion applications in plastics processing.
• Single-screw Extruder Standard single-screw extruder for various extrusion applications in plastics processing.
• Unloading System HS-4-1000 (Compact) Compact unloading system for small to medium-sized workpieces with vision-guided robotics for automatic workpiece localization and palletizing.
• Unloading System HS-6-2000 (Large) Large unloading system for medium to large workpieces with industrial robot-based unloading capabilities.
• Loading System Compact Compact loading system for automated machine loading operations in manufacturing environments.
• Technical Support and Service Technical support, spare parts, machine checks, technical trainings, retrofits, and field service with 365-day availability and 80% first-contact resolution.
• Wear Protection (Verschleißschutz) Wear protection solutions, services, wear parts, and spare parts for extrusion equipment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of technical support inquiries resolved during initial contact
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Heesemann: German manufacturer of wide-belt sanding and grinding machines for wood and metal processing, directly overlapping WEBER's WEBER Sanding division across solid wood, lacquer, and metal surface finishing applications.
• Bütfering (HOMAG Group): German maker of wide-belt sanding machines for wood and metal, now part of HOMAG/Dürr; competes head-to-head with WEBER Sanding in industrial surface-finishing lines.
• Kündig: Swiss manufacturer of wide-belt sanding machines for wood and metal — a focused, premium specialty competitor with a similar product profile to WEBER Sanding.
• Timesavers International: Global supplier of metal grinding, deburring, and edge-rounding machines, directly competing with WEBER's metal grinding technology portfolio for sheet metal and heavy plate applications.
• Lissmac: German manufacturer of metal-processing machines for deburring, edge rounding, and surface finishing; comparable mid-sized peer in the metal grinding segment.
• Leistritz: German maker of twin-screw extruders and extrusion systems for plastics processing, a closely comparable niche peer to WEBER's extrusion division in scale and specialization.

Broad incumbents

• Coperion (Hillenbrand): Large global supplier of compounding and extrusion systems, including twin-screw extruders — overlaps WEBER Extrusion but operates at much larger scale across broader plastics and chemical processing.
• KraussMaffei: Major German machinery group producing extrusion and plastics processing equipment, alongside injection molding and reaction process machinery — a much larger incumbent overlapping WEBER's extrusion line.
• HOMAG Group: Global leader in woodworking machinery (part of Dürr Group), with broad sanding and surface-finishing offerings; a large incumbent that competes with WEBER Sanding in wood applications.
• KUKA: Major German industrial robotics and automation provider; competes broadly with WEBER Automation in robotic loading, palletizing, and vision-guided handling for industrial production lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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