What Moretto does

Moretto S.p.A. is an Italian industrial equipment manufacturer founded in 1980 and headquartered in Massanzago (Padua), Italy, specializing in automated auxiliary equipment for the plastics processing industry. The company designs and builds systems spanning material conveying, drying, dosing and blending, granulation, mold temperature control (thermoregulation), chilling, indoor and outdoor storage, and supervisory controls, serving twelve end-market verticals including automotive, beverage/PET, medical pharmaceutical, optical, packaging, white goods, electronics, technical molding, cables/pipes/profiles, blown film, recycling, and compounding. Moretto holds 171 patents covering its automation systems, with notable proprietary technologies including the OKTOMATIK octabin unloading system (up to 12 tonnes per hour), the SILCONTROL barcode-based material-to-silo identification system, and the MOWIS 4.0 supervisory and management platform that integrates all equipment modules via a Modbus network with SAP/ERP data export and remote e-service capabilities.

The business operates on a direct-to-manufacturer sales model through a wholly-owned global branch network spanning ten countries — Italy (HQ), Germany, Turkey, USA, Brazil, China, India, Russia, Mexico (Querétaro branch opened 2025), and East Europe. Product offerings range from individual process units to complete turnkey plant installations, with hardware sales as the primary revenue stream. Pricing is configured per customer via contact-based quotation rather than public list pricing, and the company supplements direct sales with industry trade show presence (FAKUMA, INTERPLAST, PLAST) and a multi-language digital marketing presence across ten languages. A Reserved Area customer portal and the "Moretto in Motion" mobile roadshow serve as post-sale engagement channels. The company employs 450+ people globally and operates from a 75,000 m2 production facility, with paid-in capital of EUR 4,000,000 and no public listing or disclosed parent company.

Moretto is privately held and founder/management-controlled, with no disclosed institutional investment, M&A activity, or leadership transitions in the source data. Recent strategic activity is concentrated in geographic expansion (Querétaro, Mexico branch in 2025) and direct-to-customer marketing initiatives (the Moretto in Motion 2026 roadshow) rather than M&A or capital markets activity, consistent with a stable, family-owned industrial OEM pattern.

Name

Moretto

Legal name

Moretto S.p.A.

Website

https://moretto.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Moretto S.p.A. is an Italian privately held manufacturer of automated auxiliary equipment and supervisory control systems for the plastics processing industry, serving twelve verticals including automotive, packaging, medical pharmaceutical, beverage/PET, and recycling across a global network of ten wholly-owned branches.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastics Processing Auxiliary Equipment

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339), Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, Nec (3569)

akta.pro primary industry

Conveying, Feeding & Accumulation Systems (Packaging Lines) (IMAHAOAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF)

Keywords

• Plastics auxiliary equipment
• Plastics processing automation
• Material handling systems
• Plastics conveying drying
• Industrial automation solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Padua

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Auxiliary Equipment and Automation Systems: Moretto generates revenue through the design, manufacture, and sale of auxiliary equipment and automation systems for the plastics processing industry, including conveying, drying, dosing, blending, granulation, thermoregulation, cooling, storage, and supervisory control systems. Equipment ranges from individual units to complete turnkey systems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Moretto designs, manufactures, and sells auxiliary equipment and automation systems for the plastics processing industry, spanning material conveying, drying, dosing, blending, granulation, thermoregulation, cooling, storage, and supervisory control. Equipment is offered both as individual units and as fully integrated turnkey plant systems, unified by the proprietary MOWIS Supervising and Management System 4.0. Products are sold directly to plastics manufacturers across automotive, beverage/PET, medical pharmaceutical, packaging, recycling, and other processing segments worldwide.

Product overview

Moretto S.p.A. provides a comprehensive portfolio of auxiliary equipment and automation systems for the plastics processing industry. The offering consists of core product categories—Conveying, Drying, Blending, Granulation, Mold Temperature Control (Thermo), Chilling, Storage, and Supervisory Controls—supported by the proprietary MOWIS supervising and management system 4.0. Key named products include GRAVIX gravimetric blenders, SILCONTROL material identification system, OKTOMATIK patent-protected octabin unloading system (12 ton/h), LIFTER bag manipulators, and M-series vertical mixers (200-20,000 dm³). Material handling solutions range from CLS thrust loading groups (12,000 kg/h) to CLK-CLD high-capacity systems (up to 50,000 kg/h). Storage solutions span indoor bins and silos (60-19,200 dm³ capacity range) to outdoor silos. The company also provides complete turnkey system integrations combining centralized conveying, drying, storage, and supervisory controls. With 171 patents protecting their technology, Moretto serves diverse industry segments including Automotive, Beverage/PET, Medical Pharmaceutical, Optical, Packaging, White Goods, Electronics, Technical Moulding, Cables/Pipes/Profiles, Blown Film, Recycling, and Compounding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MOWIS: Supervising and Management System 4.0 - self-configurable integrated supervising and management system with object-oriented programming for remote control of complex systems in real time
• BLUE & SKY Products
• Be Tomorrow
• Moretto in Motion
• MORETTO IN MOTION 2026
• MOWIS SUPERVISING
• MOWIS REPORTING
• MOWIS E-SERVICE
• SILCONTROL
• FLOWMATIK
• EUREKA PLUS
• MOISTURE METER
• GRAVIX
• GRAMIXO
• GRAVIKO
• KRUISEKONTROL
• LIFTER
• BAGGY
• OKTOBAG
• OKTOMATIK
• TILTER
• CLS Series
• CLK - CLD Series
• M Series
• SBB
• FILLBAG
• SILBOX
• SILTEX
• GP Series
• GLK

Products and services

• MOWIS Supervising and Management System 4.0 Self-configurable integrated supervisory and management system for remote real-time control of plastics processing plant equipment and systems across the Conveying, Drying, Dosing, Storage, Cooling, and Controls modules; supports a multi-user platform with password levels and exports data to ERP/SAP systems. Intended for plastics processing plant operators and engineering teams.
• SILCONTROL Material Decoding System Barcode-based raw material identification system that automatically matches incoming raw materials to storage silos to eliminate human error in silo loading. Equipped with STORZ standard connection, automatic valve closure, and dust-sealed standby. For plastics processors requiring traceable, contamination-free silo loading.
• Conveying Systems Equipment portfolio for transporting plastic materials within processing facilities, including hoppers, receivers, suction units, dust filters, centralized conveying systems, manifolds, and piping. For plastics processors requiring reliable resin and regrind transport from storage to processing machines.
• Drying Systems Dehumidification and drying solutions for plastic materials, including hot air dryers, mini dryers, insulated hoppers, drying-hopper configurations, and moisture measurement systems. For plastics processors needing precise moisture control for hygroscopic resins such as PET, PA, PC, and PMMA.
• Gravimetric Batch Blenders Gravimetric precision dosing and blending equipment for accurate material proportioning in plastics processing, including masterbatch and recycled material dosing. For plastics compounders and processors needing consistent recipe accuracy.
• Granulation Systems Grinding and granulation equipment including granulators and accessories for size reduction of plastic materials including sprues, runners, rejects, and post-consumer scrap. For plastics processors and recyclers requiring in-house granulation.
• Mold Temperature Control (Thermo-Regulators and Thermochillers) Thermo-regulation equipment, including thermoregulators and thermochillers, for precise mold and process temperature management in injection molding and extrusion. For plastics processors needing tight thermal control of molding tools.
• Chilling Systems Cooling equipment portfolio including portable chillers, centralized chilling plants, free coolers, and pumping groups for process and mold cooling in plastics manufacturing. For plastics processors requiring reliable chilled-water supply at plant scale.
• Indoor Storage Bins and Silos Range of indoor storage solutions for plastic granules including CS-CSP daily bins, CSR barcode bins, CS trolley series, SILBOX modular silos, SILTEX fabric silos, and SS series indoor silos (capacities 60-19,200 dm³). For plastics processors requiring in-plant granule storage with traceability and contamination protection.
• Outdoor Silos Large-capacity outdoor storage silos for bulk plastic material storage, available in stainless steel or aluminum, with loading system interfaces and air exhaust filters. For plastics processors needing outdoor bulk granule storage adjacent to production facilities.
• Material Handling Equipment Complete material handling product family including bag manipulators (LIFTER), big-bag unloaders (BAGGY, SBB), octabin and big-bag unloaders (OKTOBAG, OKTOMATIK), gaylord unloaders (TILTER), thrust loading groups (CLS/CLK-CLD), and vertical mixers (M-series). For plastics processors automating bag, octabin, big-bag, and tanker unloading at the production line.
• OKTOMATIK Octabin Unloading System Patent-protected Moretto design for automated, fast, and safe emptying of octabins at up to 12 tonnes per hour, featuring WAVE arm motion for bag emptying without material loss, intelligent controller with custom programs, Info Light status panel, and integration with MOWIS supervisory system. For plastics processors needing high-throughput, loss-free octabin emptying.
• CLK-CLD Series High-Capacity Thrust Loading Groups High-capacity thrust loading groups for filling large indoor silos from tankers, containers, and tanks at up to 40,000 kg/h (CLK) and up to 50,000 kg/h (CLD), with Roots pumps at up to 2 bar pressure and silo loading up to 20 meters height. For plastics processors requiring high-volume bulk material loading into large silos.
• M Series Vertical Mixers Vertical mixers for blending plastic granules with masterbatch or recycled material into homogeneous mixtures, available in 12 models with capacity from 200 to 20,000 dm³, optional stainless steel construction, internal containment tube for mixing quality, and adjustable inlet. For plastics compounders and processors needing homogeneous masterbatch/regrind dosing into virgin material.
• GP Series Pumping Groups High-performance pumping units for cooling liquid circulation in plastics processing plants, providing adaptive flow rates and pressures. For plastics processors needing efficient chilled-water distribution at plant scale.
• Moretto Turnkey Systems Complete turnkey plant integration services covering integration of processing machines, centralized resin conveying and drying, end-to-end storage to production systems, plantwide MOWIS supervisory controls, and full installation services. For plastics processors commissioning new or expanded manufacturing plants.

Quantifiable outcome

• Oktomatik processes up to 12 tonnes of material per hour
• +4 more outcomes

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Motan Colortronic: German manufacturer (now integrated into Wittmann Group) of plastics auxiliary equipment including drying, conveying, blending, and control systems. Long-standing direct competitor to Moretto across European and global markets.
• Novatec: US-headquartered manufacturer of plastics auxiliary equipment including drying, conveying, blending, and granulation systems. Directly comparable to Moretto in core product categories and serves the same plastics processing end markets in North America.
• Wittmann Group: Austrian/German-headquartered global leader in plastics auxiliary equipment, encompassing Wittmann Battenfeld, Motan, and AEC brands. Competes head-to-head with Moretto across conveying, drying, dosing, and supervisory controls, with broader portfolio and stronger M&A capacity.
• Matsui Mfg. Japanese manufacturer of plastics auxiliary equipment including dryers, dehumidifiers, blenders, granulators, and temperature controllers. Comparable product breadth to Moretto with strong Asian market presence.
• Conair: US-based manufacturer of auxiliary equipment for plastics processors, offering conveying, drying, blending, granulation, and temperature control systems. Directly comparable product portfolio and target customer base to Moretto, with strong North American presence.
• Plastic Systems S.p.A. Italian competitor providing auxiliary equipment for plastics processing including drying, conveying, and temperature control. Direct peer in Moretto's home market with overlapping customer base among Italian plastics processors.
• AEC (Applied Energy Company): US-based plastics auxiliary equipment manufacturer (now part of Wittmann Group) specializing in drying, conveying, blending, granulation, and temperature control. Direct competitor with overlapping product portfolio and customer segments.
• Piovan: Italian-headquartered, publicly listed competitor offering auxiliary equipment for plastics processing including conveying, drying, dosing, granulation, and storage systems. Closest direct peer given shared Italian heritage, similar product breadth, and overlapping end-market exposure.

Emerging players

• Movacolor: Dutch manufacturer specializing in gravimetric dosing, blending, and material handling for plastics processing. Overlaps with Moretto's GRAVIX/GRAVIKO/GRAMIXO dosing line but with a narrower product focus and emerging global footprint.
• Labotek: Danish supplier of plastics auxiliary equipment including drying, conveying, and dosing systems. Comparable to a subset of Moretto's offering with strong Northern European presence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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