Name

ŽĎAS

Legal name

ŽĎAS, a.s.

Website

https://zdas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

ŽĎAS is a 75-year-old Czech industrial engineering manufacturer producing heavy forming and forging equipment (hydraulic and mechanical presses, tyre curing presses), rolling-mill technology, and metallurgical semi-finished products (ingots, forgings, castings, ESR materials), serving heavy-industry customers in nearly 50 countries via direct B2B sales and EPC energy project delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Zdar Nad Sazavou

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Heavy Machinery and Equipment Sales: Design, manufacture, and sale of forming machines including hydraulic presses, mechanical presses, forging equipment, tyre curing presses, and equipment for rolling mills. Revenue is generated from custom-designed equipment sold to industrial customers globally.
2. Metallurgical Products: Production and sale of metallurgical products including ingots (500-20,000 kg), forgings (20-15,000 kg), castings (200-50,000 kg), and ESR materials. Sold as finished or semi-finished products to metallurgy and engineering customers.
3. Services and After-Sales Support: Comprehensive service including warranty and post-warranty service, spare parts supply, technical consulting, external assembly, maintenance, and technical calculations. Services offered throughout the entire service life of delivered products.
4. Energy EPC Turn-Key Supply: Complete 'EPC' (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) delivery of energy complexes and BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) arrangements for energy projects including gas power plants, combined cycle plants, and blast furnace/converter gas utilization.
5. Heat Treatment Services: Heat treatment services including annealing, hardening, thermal improvement, and chemico-thermal treatment for parts produced internally or for external customers.
6. Quality Testing and Laboratory Services: Accredited testing laboratory services including mechanical testing, chemical analysis, metallography, defectoscopy, metrology, noise/vibration measurements, dimensional measurements, and 3D optical scanning offered to external customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ŽĎAS, a.s. designs and manufactures heavy industrial forming and forging machinery (hydraulic presses, mechanical presses, forging equipment, tyre curing presses, rolling mill equipment) and produces metallurgical products (ingots 500–20,000 kg, forgings 20–15,000 kg, castings 200–50,000 kg, ESR materials, patterns and pressing tools). The company also delivers complete energy projects under EPC and BOT models, including its proprietary PROTUR bladeless rolling turbine, and provides supporting services such as heat treatment, accredited laboratory testing, external assembly, and engineering technical calculations.

Product overview

ŽĎAS is a Czech engineering company (75+ years) that operates as a manufacturer of heavy industrial machinery and metallurgical products. Its portfolio is organized into five interconnected areas: (1) Metallurgical production — ingots (500–20,000 kg), forgings (20–15,000 kg), castings (200–50,000 kg), electroslag-remelted (ESR) materials, and patterns; (2) Forming and forging equipment — open-die forging presses, hydraulic presses, mechanical presses, closed-die forging equipment, tyre curing presses, and hydraulics; (3) Rolling mill technology — straightening machines (2- to 15-roll), inspection and straightening lines for bars, pipe and bar saws, and individual rolling plant equipment; (4) Automation, digitalization, and robotics — electrical systems, PLC programming, SCADA, IoT, and Industry 4.0 solutions; and (5) Energy projects — the proprietary PROTUR bladeless rolling turbine and full EPC/BOT turn-key energy solutions. Supporting services include heat treatment, quality services (measurements, 3D optical scanning, accredited steel testing laboratories, defectoscopy, metrology), external assembly, servicing, hydraulic testing (HYDRA), material cutting and pickling, engraving and printing, reprographics, technical calculations, and accommodation. The company holds EN ISO 9001, ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17025 (laboratories), ISO 14001 (environmental), and ISO 27001 (information security) certifications. Products are supplied to nearly fifty countries worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HYDRA: Hydraulic Testing Center providing testing of hydraulic components on certified testing equipment.

Products and services

• Open-Die Forging Equipment Heavy machinery for open-die (free) forging, including presses and rail-mounted manipulators (e.g., QKK 100), used to produce large forgings such as shafts, rings, and discs for industrial applications.
• Hydraulic Presses Hydraulic presses for forming, stamping, and metalworking operations across various industrial applications. Both water emulsion and oil hydraulic drives are produced for different press types.
• Mechanical Presses Mechanical presses for metal forming and stamping operations, including eccentric and crank presses, sold to industrial manufacturers.
• Closed-Die Forging Equipment Equipment for closed-die (impression-die) forging, producing precise forgings with complex shapes and tight tolerances for industrial customers.
• Tyre Curing Presses Specialized hydraulic and mechanical presses for vulcanizing and curing tires for trucks, tractors, and construction machinery, available in single-chamber (75–210"), dual-chamber (50–75"), and a new generation of gantry-type configurations for heavy tires.
• Material Straightening Equipment Straightening machines for rods, tubes, and bars, including 2-roll, 9-roll, 10-roll, and 15-roll straightening machines for diameters up to 350 mm, and 6-roll and 10-roll tube straightening machines for diameters up to 400 mm.
• Inspection and Straightening Lines for Bars Finishing Complete processing lines combining straightening, inspection, and finishing of bars, verifying straightness, detecting internal and surface defects, checking dimensional accuracy and surface quality, and issuing certificates.
• Saws for Cutting of Rolled Semi-Finished Products Pipe cutting saws for drawbenches (cutting up to 3 tubes simultaneously with deburring) and stationary disc saws with upper cutting for cutting rolled steel bars of round, square, hexagonal, and rectangular cross-sections.
• Supplies of Individual Equipment for Rolling Plants Individual machine components for rolling mills including unwinding and winding machines, sheet metal straightening machines, stationary and flying shears, coolers, and reducers, supplied as supplements to existing equipment or as part of complete projects.
• Automation, Digitalization and Robotics Systems Complete electrical systems, PLC programming (Simatic S7, SINUMERIK 840, Allen-Bradley, B&R), SCADA/WinCC/TiaPortal visualization, IoT, Industry 4.0 applications, machine vision, remote administration, and virtual twin solutions for industrial automation of forming machines and rolling mill equipment.
• Hydraulics Custom hydraulic drives (water emulsion and oil-based), hydraulic cylinders, valve blocks, power units, and complete hydraulic systems for presses and industrial applications, with project documentation, modernization, consulting, and FEM strength calculations.
• Scrap Shears, Baling Presses, Nuclear Waste Processing Equipment Equipment for processing metal waste, including scrap shears, baling presses for metal scrap, and specialized hydraulic shears for nuclear waste processing applications.
• Ingots from 500 to 20,000 kg Steel ingots (low, medium, high alloy, tool, ferritic, austenitic, duplex, martensitic grades, and nodular cast iron) weighing 500–20,000 kg, produced using electric arc furnaces, ladle furnaces, VD vacuum degassing, VOD decarburization, and electromagnetic stirring (EMS), in 40 ingot types and over 3,500 material grades.
• Forgings from 20 to 15,000 kg Steel forgings (low/medium alloy, tool, high alloy, ferritic, austenitic, duplex, martensitic) weighing 20–15,000 kg, in forms including shafts (up to 8,000 mm length), rings (up to D 2,250 mm), discs (up to D 1,850 mm), blocks, and custom shapes, produced on CKV 630, CKV 1250/1600, and CKV 1800/2250 presses with rail manipulators.
• Castings from 200 to 50,000 kg Steel castings (all grades including stainless) and nodular cast iron weighing 200–50,000 kg with maximum dimensions of 8,500 × 4,500 × 3,000 mm, with casting simulation performed using MAGMASOFT software and forming via hand molding and furan resin mixtures.
• Production of Electroslag-Remelted Materials (ESR) Electroslag remelting (ESR) process for producing high-purity steel with improved cleanliness, uniform structure, and enhanced mechanical properties for demanding metallurgical applications.
• Tooling Works – Pressing Tools Production Complete pressing tool manufacturing including forming technology development, tool design and construction, fabrication, tool testing on trial presses, and delivery with trial series at the customer's facility, capable of producing large pressing tools for automotive body structural parts including side members, roofs, doors, and hoods.
• PROTUR – Bladeless Rolling Turbine Proprietary bladeless rolling turbine technology developed by ŽĎAS for power generation applications, marketed through a dedicated division.
• Energy EPC Turn-Key Supply Complete energy project solutions under EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) and BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer) models covering gas power plants, combined cycle plants, blast/converter gas utilization systems, and biomass waste utilization, including project financing options and export credit support.
• Quality and Accredited Testing Services Accredited (ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018) measurement laboratory, 3D optical scanning (ATOS), steel testing laboratories, defectoscopy, and metrology services offered to external industrial customers, including mechanical testing, chemical analysis, metallographic examination, noise and vibration measurements, and dimensional measurements.
• External Assembly and Servicing Field assembly services including installation of ŽĎAS equipment, equipment relocation and transport, preventive inspections, annual maintenance, and major overhauls, with 43 qualified workers supporting projects globally and comprehensive warranty and post-warranty service throughout product life.
• Heat Treatment Services Heat treatment services including annealing (furnace dimensions up to 4,000 × 3,500 × 8,200 mm, 32,000 kg), hardening and tempering (parts up to Ø 750 mm × 1,800 mm, 2,500 kg), thermo-chemical treatment, and ion nitriding (vessels up to Ø 1,100 mm × 7,400 mm, 12,000 kg load).
• Manufacturing to Customer's Documentation Custom part manufacturing from customer drawings or 3D data, including 5-axis CNC machining centers (working area up to 4,500 × 14,000 × 4,200 mm, up to 100 t workpiece weight), turning (up to Ø 2,100 mm × 12,000 mm), boring, grinding, welding (MIG/MAG, TIG, submerged arc), surfacing, and heat treatment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Exports to nearly 50 countries worldwide
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GE PowercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGE Power is listed as a partner/reference in ŽĎAS energy EPC projects. The collaboration involves joint delivery of energy complexes including gas and combined cycle power plants. GE Power provides key power generation technology components while ŽĎAS handles manufacturing, assembly, and project delivery.
• SiemenscoreTechnology or IntegrationSiemens is listed as a partner/reference in ŽĎAS energy projects. The partnership involves integration of Siemens power generation technology and control systems (SINUMERIK 840) within ŽĎAS manufactured equipment and energy complexes.
• UNIS PowerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNIS Power is referenced as a partner in energy EPC projects, providing power generation equipment and technology integration for energy complexes delivered by ŽĎAS.
• IEI (Industrial Engineering International)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIEI is listed as a partner in ŽĎAS energy projects, collaborating on energy complex delivery and power generation technology solutions.
• Brno University of Technology (VUT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerŽĎAS cooperates with VUT in Brno for student collaboration, technical competitions, and graduate recruitment. The company organizes competitions for best graduation theses and offers scholarships to students from this university.
• VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerŽĎAS cooperates with VSB-TUO for metallurgical engineering talent development and student collaboration, particularly in metallurgy and materials engineering programs.
• CTU Prague (Czech Technical University)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerŽĎAS cooperates with CTU Prague as one of its partner universities for technical talent recruitment and student collaboration.
• Technical University of LiberecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerŽĎAS cooperates with Technical University of Liberec as part of its university partnership network for student recruitment and technical education collaboration.
• VOŠ and SPŠ Žďár nad SázavouminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerŽĎAS cooperates with higher vocational school and technical secondary school in Žďár nad Sázavou for regional technical education and student talent development.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Andritz: Andritz (Austria) is a broad industrial machinery group whose metals-forming and processing division (formerly ANDRITZ Kaiser / Sundwig) plus hydropower and pulp & paper businesses partially overlap ŽĎAS's forming equipment and energy EPC profile.
• Sumitomo Heavy Industries: Sumitomo Heavy Industries (Japan) is a large diversified heavy machinery maker whose industrial machinery division produces forging presses, hydraulic equipment, and metal-forming systems — broadly comparable to ŽĎAS in forming equipment.

Direct peers

• SMS group: SMS group (Germany) is one of the world's largest suppliers of metallurgical plant and rolling-mill equipment, producing presses, forging lines, and continuous casting machinery — directly overlapping with ŽĎAS's forming/forging and rolling-mill equipment portfolio.
• Schuler Group: Schuler (Germany) is a leading global manufacturer of mechanical, hydraulic, and servo presses for metal forming and forging across automotive, industrial, and forging applications — competing head-on with ŽĎAS's presses and forging equipment lines.
• Ficep: Ficep (Italy) specializes in metalworking equipment including CNC machines and forming/processing lines for structural steel, directly adjacent to ŽĎAS's tooling and metal-forming machinery business.
• Danieli: Danieli (Italy) designs and manufactures equipment and plants for the metals industry, including presses, forging, rolling, and metallurgical services — closely comparable to ŽĎAS across forming equipment and metallurgical products.
• VÍTKOVICE MACHINERY GROUP: VÍTKOVICE (Czech Republic) is a domestic peer producing heavy forging equipment, hydraulic presses, and metallurgical components for steel and engineering customers — a direct regional competitor in heavy engineering.
• SARCLAD: SARCLAD (UK) supplies roll grinding, inspection, and condition-monitoring equipment for rolling mills — directly comparable to ŽĎAS's inspection and straightening lines for bars finishing business.

Others

• Siemens Energy: Siemens Energy (Germany) is a strategic partner of ŽĎAS in energy EPC projects and a supplier of power-generation technology integrated into ŽĎAS complexes — included as a key ecosystem reference for the energy EPC business.

Emerging players

• Wuxi Shenchong Forging Machine: Wuxi Shenchong (China) is an emerging Chinese OEM specializing in forging presses and hydraulic forging equipment, increasingly competing with European players like ŽĎAS in mid-tier press segments on lead time and price.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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