What Finder does

Finder S.p.A. is an Italian privately held specialist manufacturer of electrical and electronic components, headquartered in Alt Caleppio di Settala near Milan, operating as a sole proprietorship under FINDER S.p.A. (VAT IT05732610018). The company produces over 14,500 distinct products across relays, timers, movement detectors, dimmers, terminal blocks, and LED panel lights, serving residential, commercial building automation, industrial automation, and energy management use cases. Its portfolio includes differentiated offerings such as the 7S SERIES relays with forcibly guided contacts for safety-critical applications, high-current terminal blocks for power distribution within enclosures, and 7L SERIES LED panel lights for control-panel illumination, supported by IECEx, ATEX, and HazLoc certifications for hazardous-location environments.

Finder generates revenue through one-time hardware sales of electrical components to industrial customers, OEMs, and distributors. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, and go-to-market is executed primarily through global industrial electrical wholesalers and direct OEM embedding into control panels and electrical enclosures built by third-party manufacturers. The company also operates a US subsidiary, Finder Relays, Inc., to serve the North American market, and supports its channel with digital assets including the findernet.com corporate website and two mobile applications (Finder Toolbox for installer configuration and Finder YOU for end-user interaction). Marketing is predominantly catalog-, technical documentation-, and channel-partner-driven, consistent with its position as a B2B industrial component manufacturer rather than a consumer-facing brand.

Name

Finder

Legal name

FINDER S.p.A. sole proprietorship

Website

https://findernet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Finder S.p.A. is an Italian specialist manufacturer of over 14,500 electrical components, including relays, timers, sensors, dimmers, terminal blocks, and LED lighting, sold through industrial distributors and OEM channels to residential, building-automation, and industrial-automation customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Suwanee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Electrical Component Sales: Finder generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of over 14,500 different electrical and electronic products including relays, timers, movement detectors, dimmers, terminal blocks, and LED panel lights. Products are sold as one-time hardware purchases to industrial customers, distributors, and OEM manufacturers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Finder manufactures and sells over 14,500 electromechanical and electronic components for electrical control systems, including relays, timers, movement detectors, dimmers, terminal blocks, and LED panel lights. Products are sold as one-time hardware purchases to industrial customers, distributors, and OEM manufacturers serving residential, building automation, and industrial automation markets. Safety-critical variants (forcibly guided contacts) and hazardous-location certifications (IECEx, ATEX, HazLoc) address high-reliability applications.

Product overview

Finder is a specialist manufacturer of over 14,500 different products for residential installations, building automation, energy management, industrial applications and automation. The product portfolio includes core categories of Relays, Timers, Movement Detectors, and Dimmers, complemented by specialized product lines such as the 7L SERIES LED Panel Lights for illumination applications, 7S SERIES Relays featuring forcibly guided contacts for safety-critical applications, and High Current Terminal Blocks designed for power distribution within control panels and electrical enclosures. The company also holds certifications including IECEx, ATEX, and HazLoc for hazardous location applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Finder YOU: A mobile application offered by Finder for user interaction and control.
• Finder Toolbox
• 7L SERIES
• 7S SERIES RELAYS

Products and services

• Relays Electromechanical and electronic relays for switching and controlling electrical circuits across residential, commercial, and industrial applications, including the 7S SERIES safety-critical relays with forcibly guided contacts.
• Timers Time-delay devices for automating electrical operations in building management and industrial control systems.
• Movement Detectors Motion sensors for lighting control and security applications in residential and commercial buildings.
• Dimmers Light control devices for adjusting brightness levels in residential and commercial lighting installations.
• High Current Terminal Blocks Terminal blocks designed for power distribution within control panels and electrical enclosures, supporting high-current applications.
• 7L SERIES LED Panel Lights LED panel lights providing illumination for industrial and commercial applications within electrical enclosures and control panels.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Siemens: Industrial automation giant whose SIRIUS and SIRIUS ACT relay/terminal block portfolios directly overlap with Finder's industrial control component offering, plus broader automation systems.
• TE Connectivity: Global supplier of connectivity and electronic components including industrial relays and terminal blocks, overlapping with Finder's product lines but addressing a much broader component portfolio.
• Eaton: Large electrical component manufacturer with industrial relays, contactors, and timers targeting similar industrial automation and building management customers as Finder.
• ABB: Global industrial electrical equipment leader offering relays, contactors, terminal blocks, and automation components across the same industrial, building, and residential verticals as Finder, but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Schneider Electric: Major industrial electrical and automation supplier with overlapping product lines in relays, timers, and dimmers for building automation and industrial control, competing with Finder through its Zelio and Harmony ranges.

Direct peers

• Weidmüller: German-headquartered specialist in industrial electrical connectivity (terminal blocks, relays, signal conditioning) that competes head-to-head with Finder in European industrial automation and panel builder channels.
• Phoenix Contact: Specialist in industrial electrical connectivity and automation including terminal blocks, relays, and signal conditioning, with a comparable product breadth and channel-driven model targeting the same industrial OEM and panel builder customers as Finder.
• Wieland Electric: Mid-sized European manufacturer of industrial relays, terminal blocks, and electrical installation products with a similar scale, channel-partner distribution model, and European industrial automation customer base as Finder.
• Omron Industrial Automation: Manufacturer of industrial relays, timers, sensors, and control components serving the same industrial automation and building automation verticals as Finder, with comparable channel-partner distribution.
• Finder-distributor peers such as Wago: Specialist in electrical interconnection and automation (terminal blocks, relays, I/O systems) serving the same industrial control panel and building automation OEM customers as Finder through a comparable distribution-led go-to-market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FinderRelaysUS
• Facebookfacebook.com/FinderRelaysUSA

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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