Pro-Tech Italia

What Pro-Tech Italia does

Pro-Tech Italia SRL a socio Unico is an Italian designer and manufacturer of industrial machinery and turnkey production plants for the food industry, founded in 2005 by Stefano and Roberto Rovati as the third-generation continuation of Costruzioni Meccaniche Rovati. The company operates from a single headquarters and production facility in Busalla, Genoa province, Italy, where all design, assembly, and testing is performed in-house. Its core offering is organized into two product lines: Transport and Storage systems (bucket elevators, conveyor belts, vibrating channels, cleaning sieves, vertical storage silos, silos loading/unloading systems, big-bag handling) and Semi-Automatic Production Lines for pasta (pasta presses, pre-drying trabatti, drying tunnels, static drying cells with the DRYLOGIC PLC control system, automatic tray feeders, stackers, unloaders, and long pasta spreaders and strippers). Design is carried out using AUTOCAD and SOLIDWORKS CAD systems, and plant automation is delivered via PLC-based control with customized supervision software.

The company's primary customer segment is pasta factories (pastifici), with secondary applications in breakfast cereals, snacks, dried fruit and pulses, confectionery, and pet food. Customers are enterprise-scale food manufacturers served through direct enterprise field sales and custom project quotations; no public pricing or volume licensing exists. Differentiators cited include monolithic-panel VERTI-L silos designed to eliminate contamination-prone internal metal profiles, the DRYLOGIC recipe-driven drying controller, the TALOS automatic tray unloader rated at 500 trays/hour, and metal-detectable ABS bucket options on the elevator series. The company emphasizes 100% Made in Italy production and three generations of family domain expertise, with plants installed worldwide and a multilingual corporate website (Italian, English, French) as the principal discovery and lead capture channel.

The revenue model is one-time capital equipment sales of custom-engineered plants and machines, with installation, commissioning, and customized automation software bundled into project delivery. No revenue figures, funding rounds, customer logos, or third-party distribution partnerships are disclosed in the source data; the company is privately held by the founding Rovati family with no evidence of institutional investment or public listing.

Name

Pro-Tech Italia

Legal name

Pro-Tech Italia SRL a socio Unico

Website

https://pro-techitalia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pro-Tech Italia designs and manufactures custom industrial machinery and turnkey plants for the food industry, specializing in storage, conveying, pressing, and drying equipment primarily for pasta factories, with additional applications in cereals, snacks, and pet food, sold globally through direct enterprise sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Busalla

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Food Processing Machinery and Plant Sales: Pro-Tech Italia designs, manufactures, and sells custom industrial machinery and turnkey production plants to food manufacturers. Revenue is generated through one-time capital equipment sales and installation services. Products include storage silos, conveyor systems, pasta presses, drying cells, and automated tray handling systems. The company also provides automation software and PLC-based control systems as part of plant delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Pro-Tech Italia designs, manufactures, and installs industrial machines and turnkey production plants for the food industry, with a specialization in pasta factories. The portfolio includes storage silos, pneumatic and mechanical conveyor systems, bucket elevators, pasta presses, drying cells, and automated tray handling systems, offered to industrial pasta and cereal manufacturers worldwide.

Product overview

PRO-Tech Italia offers a comprehensive portfolio of industrial food processing equipment organized into two main categories: Transport and Storage systems, and Semi-Automatic Production Lines for pasta. The Transport and Storage line includes ALFA/BETA/DELTA bucket elevators, ETA/OMEGA/SIGMA/FLEXY conveyor belts, CAV/DIVRA vibrating channels, SB cleaning sieves, VERTI-L/VERTI-I storage silos, silos loading/unloading systems, spaghetti conveyor systems (ALFA/L, BETA/L), and CBB/SBB big-bag handling systems. The Semi-Automatic Production Lines include PPC/PPL/PPM pasta presses, TAU pre-drying trabatto, WIND-L long pasta tunnel, DRO automatic tray feeder, TORO tray stacker, DRYSTAT static drying cells with DRYLOGIC control system, TALOS automatic tray unloader, STL spreaders, and SFL strippers. All equipment is designed, assembled, and tested at the company's production facility with a focus on 100% Made in Italy quality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Storage Silos Large-capacity storage silos designed for flour, semolina, and other raw materials used in industrial pasta and food production lines.
• Pneumatic and Mechanical Conveyor Systems Conveyor solutions engineered to move raw materials and intermediate products through pasta and food processing plants.
• Bucket Elevators Vertical bucket elevators used to lift bulk ingredients within pasta and food production facilities.
• Pasta Presses Industrial pasta press machinery for extruding pasta dough in continuous production lines.
• Drying Cells Industrial drying cells engineered to control humidity and temperature during the pasta drying phase, supporting high-volume production.
• Automated Tray Handling Systems Automated systems that manage the movement, stacking, and handling of trays throughout the pasta production cycle.
• Turnkey Pasta Production Plants Complete, integrated pasta production lines delivered as turnkey projects, covering raw material intake through finished product handling.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 500 trays/hour automatic unloading capacity with TALOS system
• +4 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fava: Italian manufacturer of complete pasta production plants and cereal/snack processing equipment. A direct competitor with overlapping product lines in presses, drying, and conveyor systems serving the same food manufacturing customers.
• Pavan: Italian-based manufacturer of pasta, snack, and cereal processing equipment, including extruders and drying systems. Closely comparable to Pro-Tech Italia in product portfolio and target customer segments within the Italian food machinery ecosystem.
• Storci: Italian manufacturer of pasta processing lines and equipment, including presses, dryers, and complete plants. Directly comparable to Pro-Tech Italia as a fellow Italian specialist serving the same pasta factory customer base with similar turnkey plant offerings.
• Clextral: French manufacturer of twin-screw extrusion equipment for pasta, snacks, and breakfast cereals. Comparable in serving the same pasta and granular food processing market with specialized extrusion and processing technology.
• Rademaker: Dutch manufacturer of dough processing and pasta equipment including sheeting lines and drying systems. Overlaps with Pro-Tech Italia in serving pasta and bakery producers with industrial-scale processing machinery.
• BMA Braunschweigische Maschinenbauanstalt: German manufacturer specializing in pasta and confectionery processing equipment, including presses and drying systems. Directly comparable as a specialist in pasta plant engineering with similar end customers.

Broad incumbents

• Marel: Iceland-based global leader in food processing equipment serving meat, fish, and prepared foods markets. A broad incumbent with significant food machinery capabilities, including handling and processing systems comparable to Pro-Tech Italia's portfolio.
• GEA Group: Large industrial equipment manufacturer with significant food processing and handling machinery divisions. Overlaps with Pro-Tech Italia in drying, conveying, and separation equipment but operates across many non-food verticals as well.
• Hosokawa Alpine: German manufacturer of processing and handling equipment for food and other industries, including drying and classification systems. Comparable in food processing machinery but with a broader industrial focus.
• Bühler Group: Global leader in food processing technology with broad portfolio spanning grain milling, pasta, snacks, and extrusion. A much larger incumbent operating across the same end markets as Pro-Tech Italia with substantially greater scale and R&D resources.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/PRO-Tech-Italia-srl-100063458231502
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pro-tech-italia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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