Felder Group

Name

Felder Group

Legal name

FELDER KG

Website

https://felder-group.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Woodworking Machinery

NAICS

Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing (33351), Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing (333515)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)

akta.pro primary industry

Metal Cutting Tools, Tooling & Workholding (Cutters, Inserts, Chucks, Fixtures) (IMAHADAB)

Keywords

• Woodworking machinery
• CNC machine centers
• Edgebanding machines
• Dust extraction systems
• Panel processing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

New Castle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Woodworking Machinery Sales: Sale of woodworking machinery and equipment including sliding table saws, jointers, planers, shapers, edgebanders, CNC centers, dust extractors, and presses. Products sold through direct sales, showrooms, and e-commerce channels with prices ranging from entry-level to high-end industrial machines.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Felder Group designs, manufactures, and sells woodworking and panel material processing machinery for industrial, commercial, and small workshop use. The product range spans sliding table saws, jointer-planers, shapers, combination machines, CNC machining centers, edgebanders, wide belt and stroke sanders, bandsaws, boring and mortising machines, beamsaws, heated veneer and vacuum membrane presses, dust extractors, power feeders, and workshop equipment. The company operates four brands (Felder, Format4, Hammer, Mayer) covering entry-level to premium industrial segments, and distributes globally through showrooms, e-commerce, and 270+ service centers.

Product overview

Felder Group is an Austrian woodworking machinery manufacturer operating since 1956, offering a multi-brand portfolio spanning four distinct lines: Felder (flagship quality brand since 1956), Format4 (premium industrial brand since 2001), Hammer (affordable brand since 1997), and MAYER (specialty panel-sizing saws since 1950). The product portfolio encompasses over 20 machine categories including sliding table saws, jointer-planers, shapers, CNC machining centers, edgebanders, wide belt sanders, heated veneer and vacuum membrane presses (HVP series, MVP 31.14 flex), dust extraction systems (AF series mobile/fixed and RL series clean-air extractors achieving H3 dust emission standards), power feeders, and workshop equipment. The company also offers F4Solutions software for project management and automation, along with material handling automation systems. A secondary marketplace (World4Machines) sells pre-owned machines. With over 270 sales and service locations worldwide and headquarters in Hall in Tirol, Austria, the company serves trade, commerce, and industry through complete woodworking solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Felder: Main brand since 1956, offering quality and precision for professional use with excellent ease of operation and reliability for small and medium-sized businesses.
• Format4
• Hammer
• Mayer

Products and services

• Sliding Table Saws Precision sliding table saws for accurate panel cutting and woodworking applications, sold across all Felder Group brand lines (Felder, Format4, Hammer, Mayer). Used by cabinet shops, millwork operations, and industrial manufacturers.
• Jointer-Planers Combined jointer-planer machines for flattening and squaring wood stock, including the Plan 51L model, for professional woodworking workshops.
• Shapers Shaper machines for profiled edge work and detailed woodworking operations, available across Felder Group brand lines.
• Saw-Shapers Combination machines integrating sawing and shaping capabilities in a single unit, for space-constrained workshops and versatile operations.
• 5-Function Combination Machines Multi-function machines combining five woodworking operations for versatile small workshop capability.
• CNC Machine Centers CNC machining centers for automated woodworking operations and complex cutting tasks, serving industrial manufacturers and high-volume production.
• Edgebanders Edgebanding machines for applying edge banding to panel materials with various adhesive technologies, used in cabinet and furniture production.
• Wide Belt Sanding Machines Wide belt sanders for calibrating and finishing panel surfaces to precise thicknesses in industrial panel processing.
• Stroke and Edge Sanders Stroke and edge sanding machines for finishing operations and surface preparation in cabinet and furniture making.
• Brushing and Brush Sanding Machines Brushing machines for surface cleaning and brush sanding machines for textured finishes on wood and panel materials.
• Bandsaws Bandsaw machines including models such as the FB 740RS, for curved and straight cutting in solid wood and panels, used by professional woodworkers.
• Boring and Mortising Machines Drilling and mortising machines for creating holes and mortises in wood components for joinery and furniture production.
• Beamsaw / Vertical Saw Panel saws and vertical saws for efficient panel material cutting and sizing in cabinet shops and industrial operations.
• Heated Veneer Presses and Vacuum Presses Heated presses and vacuum membrane presses for veneer application and form gluing, including the HVP series and the MVP 31.14 flex model with 700% expandability membrane and oil-lubricated vacuum pump.
• Dust Extractors Mobile and fixed dust extractors with chip collection systems (AF series and Hammer S 01), available with wall mounting and quick-change chip bag systems, capacities from 110-400 liters.
• Clean-Air Dust Extractors and Extraction Units High-performance clean air extraction systems (RL series: RL 125, RL 140, RL 160, RL 200, RL 300, RL 350, RL 350 perform) achieving dust emission below 0.1 mg/m³ (H3 category), with flow rates from 1,900-10,000 m³/h and filtration areas from 5-89.9 m².
• Power Feeders Power feeder attachments for automated material feeding through woodworking machines, used as accessories across the Felder Group brand portfolio.
• Workshop Equipment Workshop accessories, workbenches, clamping solutions, measuring tools, and other workshop essentials sold under the Felder Group brands.
• F4Solutions Software Software solutions from Felder Group for project management, automation, and material handling integration, used with Format4 industrial machinery and CNC systems.
• Automation and Material Handling Systems Automated systems and material handling equipment, including L-motion feeding units, for integrated industrial woodworking production workflows.
• World4Machines Used Equipment Marketplace Online marketplace for pre-owned woodworking machines, operated by Felder Group, enabling resale of used equipment.
• MVP 31.14 flex Membrane Vacuum Press Multi-functional membrane vacuum press for veneering, laminating, form gluing, wrapping, and edge gluing, with tilting worktable, HPL work surface with vacuum channels, 700% expandability membrane, oil-lubricated vacuum pump (40/48 m³/h), and 3,170 x 1,440 mm interior frame. Listed at $20,195.00 excluding VAT.

Quantifiable outcome

• Doubling of production capacity and reduction of operating costs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Biesse Group: Biesse is an Italy-based, publicly listed manufacturer of machinery and systems for processing wood, glass, stone, plastic, and metal — directly overlapping with Felder's CNC machining centers, edgebanders, and panel processing lines for industrial woodworking customers.
• Striebig: Striebig is the Swiss specialist in vertical panel saws, directly competing with Felder's beamsaw/vertical saw category for professional workshops. Highly focused on the same precision panel-sizing use case at premium quality.
• SCM Group: SCM Group is a major Italian industrial group producing a complete range of woodworking machinery — from entry-level to industrial CNC — across categories that mirror Felder's Felder/Format4/Hammer/Mayer stack, including panel sizing, edgebanding, and CNC processing.
• HOMAG Group: HOMAG is the global market leader in woodworking machinery and plants, with overlapping product categories across panel processing, edgebanding, CNC machining, and surface finishing. As the largest direct competitor to Felder, HOMAG is the most relevant benchmark for industrial woodworking capital equipment.
• Leitz: Leitz is a leading German manufacturer of precision tooling for the woodworking industry — saw blades, cutters, and tool accessories that complement or compete with Felder's bandsaw and saw lines and the company's world4machines tooling ecosystem.
• Weinig Group: Weinig is a German specialist in solid wood and window/scantling processing machinery, with overlapping technology in moulders, planers, and cross-cut saws. Felder's jointer-planers and sliding table saws compete most directly with Weinig in the solid wood processing segment.
• Holz-Her (Weinig Group): Holz-Her specializes in edgebanders, vertical panel saws, and CNC processing centers — directly overlapping Felder's edgebander, beamsaw, and CNC product categories. Now under the Weinig umbrella, it is a closely matched competitor in panel processing equipment.

Emerging players

• Maka Products: Maka specializes in CNC machining centers for wood, plastic, and aluminum — directly overlapping Felder's CNC machine center category and material processing range (aluminum processing in particular). A focused emerging competitor in the automated machining space.
• Masterwood: Masterwood is an Italian CNC machining center manufacturer for nested-based woodworking, panel processing, and plastic — overlapping with Format4's premium CNC positioning. A focused competitor in nested-based and throughfeed CNC applications.

Regional players

• Wintersteiger: Wintersteiger is an Austrian industrial machinery manufacturer with comparable heritage, family ownership, and global distribution model. While focused on ski/saw/wood band-saw and sports equipment machinery, it shares Austria/Germanic Mittelstand DNA and operating model with Felder.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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