TUBE-TEC

What TUBE-TEC does

TUBE-TEC Rohrverformungstechnik GmbH is a German family-owned industrial manufacturer specializing in pipe forming and pipe welding technology. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Nistertal, Rhineland-Palatinate, the company operates from three locations in Germany and Poland (Nistertal HQ, a Bending Competence Center in Westerburg-Sainscheid, and a branch in Opole), employing approximately 160 people across more than 11,000 square meters of production space. The company is wholly owned and led by Managing Directors Claudia Seiler and Natascha Maria Sommer, alongside co-founder and shareholder Ute Brisch.

The product portfolio centers on custom-fabricated tube components organized under the "Rohr Welten" (Tube Worlds) umbrella: round pipe coil systems, half-pipe coils, flat coils/spirals, pipe elbows and bends, U-tubes, complete systems with casing, heating/cooling registers, shell-and-tube heat exchangers, and finished assemblies. Underlying manufacturing capabilities include CNC-driven tube bending (up to Ø 406.4 mm, wall thicknesses to 30 mm), tube laser cutting in 2D, CNC 5-axis milling and drilling (DMG DMF 360 Linear, 120-tool magazine), and welding technology with over 120 welding procedure qualifications in TIG, plasma, orbital, and MAG processes for demanding materials including high-temperature, austenitic CrNi, nickel-based, and duplex steels. In-house testing infrastructure includes an X-ray bunker, ultrasonic, dye penetrant, magnetic particle, hardness, pressure, leakage, and optical 3D measurement capabilities.

TUBE-TEC operates a sales-led B2B project model with no e-commerce or self-service channel; all work is quote-based, custom-engineered, and delivered under multi-year contracts to enterprise customers in the chemical, petrochemical, power plant, food and pharmaceutical, oil and gas, and apparatus engineering sectors. The company holds an unusually broad stack of international certifications — ASME U, U2 + S stamps; AD 2000 HP0/W0; DIN EN ISO 9001:2015; DIN EN ISO 3834-2; EN 1090-2 EXC4; DNV GL; Bureau Veritas Mode II; EAC (Eurasian); KGS (Korea); EN 15085-2 railway welding; DIN 2303; TÜV Austria; and NK (Japan) — which collectively act as a regulatory gateway for export-grade pressure equipment. Distribution is direct-to-customer via website forms, phone, email, and a 24-hour hotline for urgent power plant repairs.

Name

TUBE-TEC

Legal name

TUBE-TEC Rohrverformungstechnik GmbH

Website

https://tube-tec.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TUBE-TEC is a German family-owned industrial manufacturer producing custom pipe coils, bends, heat exchangers, U-tubes, and assemblies for chemical, petrochemical, power plant, oil and gas, and food and pharmaceutical customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Tube Forming and Pipe Components Manufacturing

NAICS

Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (332996), Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel (33121), Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing (332410)

SIC

Steel Pipe & Tubes (3317)

akta.pro primary industry

Pipes & Tubing (Metal, Plastic & Composite) (IMADALAC)

Keywords

• Tube forming manufacturing
• Pipe bending services
• Industrial heat exchangers
• Pipe coil systems
• Custom metal fabrication

Headquarters

HQ city

Nister

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Industrial Manufacturing: B2B custom manufacturing of pipe components and systems. Customers provide specifications and TUBE-TEC manufactures customized products including tube coils, pipe bends, heat exchangers, and complete assemblies. Revenue is generated through project-based manufacturing orders with pricing based on complexity, materials, and specifications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

TUBE-TEC is a B2B industrial manufacturer specializing in pipe forming and welding technology. It produces custom-engineered pipe coil systems, pipe bends and elbows, U-tubes, shell-and-tube heat exchangers, complete systems with casing, and assemblies for power plant, chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas, food and pharmaceutical customers. Manufacturing is supported by in-house capabilities including CNC tube bending, tube laser cutting, CNC 5-axis milling, and qualified welding (TIG, plasma, orbital, MAG).

Product overview

TUBE-TEC is a leading manufacturer of pipe forming and welding technology offering complete solutions for industrial applications. The product portfolio centers on the 'Tube Worlds' (Rohr Welten) product line comprising pipe coil systems, flat coils, half-pipe coils, pipe elbows, pipe bends, U-tubes, heat exchangers, heating/cooling registers, and complete systems with casing. These products are supported by in-house manufacturing capabilities including welding technology, tube laser cutting, CNC bending, and CNC milling/drilling. The company serves the large-scale chemical and petrochemical industries, chemical apparatus supply, oil and gas, food and pharmaceutical industries, and power plant technology. TUBE-TEC operates from its headquarters in Nistertal, Germany with approximately 160 employees on over 11,000 square meters of production area, offering both standard products and custom-engineered solutions tailored to individual customer requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Round Pipe Coils (Rohrschlangensysteme)

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 50% savings in welded joints when using single-piece U-tubes vs DIN elbows
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves19 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Schwering & Hasse Elektrodrahtwerk GmbH (SHM): Specialist fabricator of heat exchangers, pressure vessels and welded components in Germany, with overlapping customer mix in chemical, petrochemical and power-plant industries. Comparability is highest on welding-driven custom fabrication for pressure-bearing equipment.
• API Heat Transfer: US-based industrial heat-exchanger specialist offering shell-and-tube, plate, air-cooled and welded designs for chemical, petrochemical, power and process industries. Comparable on engineered-to-order heat-transfer equipment serving heavy industry.
• Butting Group: German family-owned producer of stainless steel pipes, spools, manifolds and prefabricated piping systems for chemical, petrochemical, food and shipbuilding — directly overlapping TUBE-TEC's pipe-bend, elbow and subassembly offering and customer verticals.
• Funke Wärmetauscher und Apparatebau GmbH: German manufacturer of shell-and-tube heat exchangers, plate heat exchangers and process apparatus serving chemical, petrochemical, power and marine customers. Highly comparable to TUBE-TEC's heat-exchanger and apparatus-engineering segment with shared AD 2000 / ASME-aligned certification profiles.

Broad incumbents

• Chart Industries: Public industrial-equipment maker with a substantial heat-transfer and process-systems portfolio serving LNG, petrochemical, hydrogen and power customers. Larger and broader than TUBE-TEC but overlapping in pressure-bearing thermal and welded assemblies.
• Kelvion Holding GmbH: One of the world's largest independent heat-exchanger manufacturers, offering gasketed plate, brazed, shell-and-tube, welded and hygienic exchangers across industrial, energy and HVAC. TUBE-TEC's tube-coil and heat-exchanger products serve the same process-industry end markets.
• Hamon Thermal: Global supplier of heat-exchange and cooling solutions for power generation, oil & gas and process industries. Comparable on the engineered heat-transfer and coil-systems side of TUBE-TEC's portfolio.
• BENTELER Steel/Tube: Major European steel and tube manufacturer producing seamless and welded steel tubes plus formed components for automotive, energy and industrial customers. TUBE-TEC overlaps on tube forming and component fabrication for industrial applications.
• Wieland Group: Global manufacturer of copper and copper-alloy semi-finished products including heat-exchanger tubes, headers and components. Comparable on the materials/alloy and tube-fabrication interface even though Wieland is upstream from TUBE-TEC's bending/welding operations.
• Salzgitter Mannesmann Line Pipe: European mill-level producer of seamless and welded steel line pipe, OCTG and process pipe for energy and industrial users. Comparable at the upstream pipe-and-tube level that supplies TUBE-TEC's bending and welding operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TubeTecRohrverformungstechnik
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tube-tec-rohrverformungstechnik-gmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/tubetec_rohrverformungstechnik

Compliance17 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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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