Stauff

What Stauff does

STAUFF is a family-owned, German-founded manufacturer and supplier of hydraulic and fluid power components, operating under parent LUKAD Holding and headquartered in Werdohl, Germany. The company designs, produces, and distributes more than 50,000 standard components across 12 product groups — including pipe and tube clamps, flanges, hose and tube connectors, quick release couplings, ball and flow control valves, filter housings, hydraulic accessories, and diagnostic measurement technology (STAUFF Diagtronics). It complements components with the STAUFF Line approach, which delivers ready-to-install, individually tailored pipe, tube and hose assemblies for OEMs, and with proprietary innovations such as RFID pressure sensors for hydraulic accumulators, IoT-enabled tube forming machines, and the LasPaC-3-P particle counter for hydraulic oil cleanliness.

STAUFF generates revenue through one-time sales of components and assemblies, supplemented by value-added professional services including application engineering, configuration, kitting, customised labelling, and lineside delivery management. Distribution combines direct regional sales units (in the UK, USA, Germany, Australia, India, Italy, Poland, Ireland, Singapore, New Zealand, and Brazil), an e-commerce digital platform (www.stauff.co.uk) for commercial customers, an Authorised Stockist / STAUFF Line System Partner programme, and trade distributors. Customer segments are predominantly mechanical and plant engineering firms and OEMs, with secondary demand from industrial maintenance, data centre cooling infrastructure, and the energy/renewables sector. Manufacturing is concentrated in Germany, Italy, Ireland, and Poland, with logistics centres undergoing modernisation; the firm remains privately held by the Menshen family and completed a CEO succession at STAUFF Germany in April 2026.

Name

Stauff

Legal name

STAUFF UK Ltd

Website

https://stauff.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

STAUFF is a family-owned German-founded manufacturer of hydraulic and fluid power components, offering 50,000+ standard parts across 12 product groups to mechanical engineering firms, OEMs, and industrial maintenance customers worldwide via direct sales, distributors, and an e-commerce platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hydraulic Components & Pipework Equipment

NAICS

Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing (332912), Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (332919)

SIC

Gaskets, Packg & Sealg Devices & Rubber & Plastics Hose (3050), Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530)

akta.pro primary industry

Hoses, Tubing & Fittings (Hydraulic/Pneumatic Lines & Connectors) (IMAHAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pipe Fittings, Couplings & Connectors (IMADALAD), Pipes & Tubing (Metal, Plastic & Composite) (IMADALAC), Hydraulic, Pneumatic & Fluid Power Systems MRO (Cylinders, Pumps, Valves, Hoses) (TLAKAHAI)

Keywords

• Hydraulic components
• Pipework equipment
• Fluid power solutions
• Tube fittings
• Hose assemblies

Headquarters

HQ city

Sheffield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 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. Component Sales: Sale of over 50,000 standard components across 12 product groups including pipe clamps, tube fittings, hose connectors, quick release couplings, ball valves, flow control valves, filter housings, and hydraulic accessories
2. STAUFF Line Assemblies: Ready-to-install pipe, tube and hose assemblies - individually tailored fluid power components assembled ready for installation along with complex line systems
3. Value-Added Services: Application engineering, configuration, optimisation, assembly and kitting to logistic panels and frames, customised labelling, packaging and management of lineside deliveries

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

STAUFF manufactures and distributes pipework components and hydraulic accessories for fluid power systems, offering over 50,000 standard components across 12 product groups including pipe clamps, tube fittings, hose connectors, quick release couplings, ball valves, filter housings, and diagnostic measurement systems. The company also provides ready-to-install pipe, tube, and hose assemblies (STAUFF Line) along with value-added services such as application engineering, configuration, kitting, and lineside delivery management for mechanical engineering companies and OEMs.

Product overview

STAUFF is a premium manufacturer and supplier of fluid power and hydraulic port-to-port solutions, offering over 50,000 standard components across 12 product groups from own design and production. The product portfolio centers on original STAUFF hydraulic and fluid power components including pipe clamps, tube connectors, flanges, hose connectors, quick release couplings, ball valves, flow control valves, hydraulic filters, and diagnostic/measurement technology (STAUFF Diagtronics). The company provides ready-to-install pipe, tube and hose assemblies through the STAUFF Line approach, enabling mechanical engineering companies and OEMs to procure individual components or complete fluid power systems. Digital resources including an Online CAD Database (integrated with TraceParts), Online Filter Calculator, and Online Filter Exchange complement the product offering. Recent innovations include the LasPaC-3-P particle counter, RFID pressure sensor systems for contactless hydraulic accumulator monitoring, and IoT-enabled STAUFF SFO tube forming machines with cloud connectivity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• STAUFF Line: Mechanical engineering companies and OEM delivery of individual components with option of procuring individually tailored fluid power components, assembled ready for installation along with complex line systems.
• STAUFF Digital Platform
• STAUFF Now
• Diagtronics

Products and services

• STAUFF Clamps
• STAUFF Connect (Tube Connectors)
• STAUFF Flanges
• STAUFF Hose Connectors
• STAUFF Hose
• STAUFF Adaptors
• STAUFF Tube
• STAUFF Quick Release Couplings
• STAUFF Valves
• STAUFF Test
• STAUFF Diagtronics
• STAUFF Filtration Technology
• STAUFF Hydraulic Accessories
• LasPaC-3-P Particle Counter
• STAUFF Form EVO (Tube Forming Machines)
• STAUFF Line Assemblies
• STAUFF Digital Platform
• STAUFF SFO IoT Tube Forming Machine
• ACT-MLC Multiple Pipe Fastening System
• QRC-FG Quick Release Coupling Series (Extended)
• STAUFF E-Learnings
• Pyplok Non-Weld Tube Connectors

Quantifiable outcome

• Direct deliveries on next day standard delivery (conditions apply)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability1 record

Feature6 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Parker Hannifin: Parker Hannifin is one of the world's largest motion and control technology providers, offering hydraulic hoses, fittings, valves, filtration, and diagnostic instrumentation across all of Stauff's primary categories. It is a broad incumbent whose Win Strategy division directly overlaps Stauff's component and assembly business.
• Bosch Rexroth: Bosch Rexroth is a broad incumbent in factory automation, mobile applications, machinery applications, and engineering, supplying hydraulic valves, pumps, motors, cylinders, and fittings. It directly competes with Stauff on tube fittings, hose lines, and fluid power components in OEM and mobile equipment.
• Danfoss Power Solutions: Danfoss Power Solutions supplies hydraulic components including hoses, fittings, valves, and motors for mobile and industrial machinery. It competes with Stauff particularly in mobile hydraulics and OEM supply to construction and agricultural equipment makers.
• Eaton: Eaton is a broad incumbent in power management and fluid power, offering hydraulic hoses, fittings, couplings, valves, and filtration for industrial and mobile equipment. Its Hydraulics Group directly competes with Stauff's core component categories and serves similar OEM and aftermarket customers.

Direct peers

• Walvoil: Walvoil is a direct competitor in hydraulic valves, directional controls, and integrated hydraulic systems for mobile and industrial applications. It competes with Stauff particularly in mobile equipment OEMs and offers a similar integrated component + assembly model.
• HYDAC: HYDAC is a direct competitor in hydraulic accumulators, filtration, hose and tube fittings, clamps, and condition monitoring diagnostics. Like Stauff, HYDAC emphasises condition monitoring and integrated fluid power solutions, making it the closest one-to-one peer.
• BIBUS AG: BIBUS is a European-headquartered distributor and supplier of hydraulic, pneumatic, and fluid power components including hoses, fittings, and filtration. It is a relevant peer given similar product portfolio focus, European presence, and customer overlap with mechanical engineering and mobile equipment OEMs.
• Festo: Festo is a direct competitor in pneumatic and fluid power components, fittings, tubing, valves, and automation, with strong positions in industrial automation and a global manufacturing footprint. It overlaps with Stauff in connectors, tubing, and valve categories.
• Sun Hydraulics (Helios Technologies): Sun Hydraulics, a Helios Technologies company, manufactures hydraulic valves, manifolds, and integrated circuits that overlap with Stauff's hydraulic components portfolio. It is a relevant direct peer in fluid power cartridge valves and integrated solutions.
• IMI Precision Engineering: IMI Precision Engineering (formerly IMI Norgren) supplies pneumatic and fluid control components, fittings, valves, and automation solutions to industrial OEMs. It is a comparable direct peer in fluid power connectors and line components serving mechanical engineering customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/stauff
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stauff
• Xx.com/stauffuk

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries9 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 →

Frequently asked questions about Stauff