POSIMAT

What POSIMAT does

POSIMAT (legal entity Posimat, S.A.) is a privately-held Spanish industrial machinery manufacturer specializing in equipment for handling, unscrambling, orienting, storing, transporting, and rinsing empty plastic containers at the front-end of bottling lines. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Barberà del Vallès (Barcelona), with 101–250 employees and 100% in-house manufacturing, the company reports over 6,000 equipment units installed globally across 40+ years of operation. Its customer base spans multinational enterprises in food, dairy, beverages, pharmaceuticals, personal care, home care, motor oil/lubricants, and packaging line integrators, with named references including Danone, L'Oréal/Cosmair, Unilever, Reckitt, Ajanta Pharma, Patanjali, Shell, and ExxonMobil.

The company's product architecture centers on a proprietary gravity-based rotary unscrambling platform — using movable ramps driven by pneumatic cylinders rather than hooks, vibrators, or belts — which it complements with a robotic line (COMPACTBOT, POSIROBOT, POSIBOT), the patented POSIFLEX automatic format-change system (tool-free changeover in under one minute), POSIPUCKS puck-based systems for unstable containers, POSIJET and VERTIJET air conveyors, POSISILO FIFO storage silos, orientors, cap sorters, depalletizers, and box tippers, plus dedicated pharma-grade variants (MICRO, ASEPTIC, POSIPHARMA) for GMP, sterile, and cleanroom applications. Throughput reaches 700 bottles per minute, with a guaranteed 98.5% unscrambling efficiency and documented equipment lifespans exceeding 25 years.

The business model is anchored on direct B2B enterprise sales of custom-engineered, quote-based capital equipment manufactured to each customer's URS specifications, supplemented by recurring spare parts and lifetime technical service contracts. Sales channels include a dedicated B2B portal (b2b.posimat.com), direct sales engineering, major trade shows (INTERPACK, PPMA, PACKEXPO), line integrator partnerships, and a wholly-owned India regional sales office (established 2019) covering India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; operations span Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia with GDPR-compliant EU data practices and no disclosed institutional investors or M&A activity.

Name

POSIMAT

Legal name

Posimat, S.A.

Website

https://posimat.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

POSIMAT is a Spanish manufacturer of industrial machinery for handling, unscrambling, orienting, and transporting empty plastic bottles. With 6,000+ units installed globally across 40+ years, it serves food, pharma, cosmetics, home care, and lubricant multinationals via custom-engineered B2B equipment sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Packaging Machinery

NAICS

Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Bottle unscrambling machines
• Packaging line automation
• Plastic container handling
• Industrial filling equipment
• Bottle conveying systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Machinery Sales: Sale of bottle unscramblers, robotic positioners, silos, air conveyors, cap sorters, orientors, depalletizers, box tippers, and rinsers to manufacturing and packaging companies worldwide.
2. Spare Parts and Replacement Components: Supply of spare parts for equipment maintenance throughout the lifecycle of installed machinery.
3. Technical Service and Support: Worldwide technical assistance, installation, startup, training, and ongoing support services for installed equipment.
4. Custom Engineering and URS Documentation: Custom design and engineering services including IQ/OQ documentation for pharmaceutical applications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

POSIMAT designs, manufactures, and sells industrial machinery for handling, unscrambling, orienting, storing, and transporting empty plastic bottles and containers on packaging filling lines. Its core offering spans rotary and robotic bottle unscramblers (including the POSIPUCKS puck-based system and COMPACTBOT robotic unscrambler), POSIJET air conveyors, POSISILO storage silos, orientors, cap sorters, depalletizers, box tippers, and rinsers, plus a dedicated pharma line (MICRO, ASEPTIC, POSIPHARMA). All equipment is custom-engineered to customer URS specifications and 100% manufactured at the company's Barberà del Vallès (Barcelona) facility, sold primarily to industrial packaging manufacturers in food, dairy, beverage, pharma, personal care, home care, and motor oil sectors.

Product overview

POSIMAT is a manufacturer and world leader in equipment for handling, unscrambling, orienting, storing, and transporting empty plastic containers. The product portfolio centers on bottle unscramblers (rotary and robotic), complemented by air conveyors (POSIJET), storage silos (POSISILO), orientors, cap sorters, depalletizers, box tippers, and rinsers. A dedicated Pharma Division offers specialized unscramblers (MICRO, ASEPTIC, POSIPHARMA) for pharmaceutical applications. Format change systems (POSIFLEX) enable rapid changeovers across the unscrambler range. The company serves industries including food, beverage, dairy, pharma, personal care, home care, and motor oil, with over 6,000 equipment units installed worldwide and over 40 years of market experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• COMPACTBOT: Compact robotic unscrambler for empty plastic containers, designed for limited spaces and tight budgets with ultra-fast format changes.
• POSIROBOT
• POSIFLEX
• POSIBOT
• MONOCHUTE
• MULTICHUTE
• MASTER
• ACCESS
• MICRO
• ASEPTIC
• POSIPHARMA
• POSISILO
• POSIJET
• VERTIJET
• POSICAPS
• POSIRINSER
• DEPEMAT
• BTU
• POSIPUCKS
• GIRAMAT

Products and services

• Bottle Unscramblers Rotary bottle unscramblers that use a rotating disk and rotary force to align and orient empty plastic bottles before they enter the filling line. Capable of handling up to 700 bottles per minute with minimal maintenance and no skilled operators required; gravity-based design uses no hooks, vibrators, or belts. Sold to industrial packaging manufacturers in food, dairy, beverage, personal care, home care, and motor oil sectors.
• Robotic Unscramblers (COMPACTBOT and POSIROBOT) Robotic solutions for flexible empty plastic bottle unscrambling, including COMPACTBOT (compact robotic unscrambler) and POSIROBOT (linear robotic unscrambler). Designed for multi-format cosmetic and contract packaging lines with ultra-fast format changes and low energy consumption.
• POSIPUCKS Puck-Based Unscrambler Automatic unscrambler for unstable containers that uses pucks (godets) to hold and transport bottles through filling lines, guaranteeing 100% puck loading (all pucks exit with a bottle inside). Developed for cosmetics and personal care sectors with irregular bottle shapes.
• Cap Sorters

Quantifiable outcome

• 98.5% efficiency guaranteed
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Alliance for Child VaccinationminorOthers · 1 January 2022POSIMAT participates as Silver Sponsor in the Alliance for Child Vaccination program, a partnership between la Caixa, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The program has vaccinated more than 5 million children in vulnerable areas of Africa and Latin America since its launch over 10 years ago.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ProMach: US-based packaging machinery leader with broad portfolio across filling, capping, labeling, and conveying. Comparable as a packaging-line equipment supplier with overlap in bottle/conveyor handling for CPG and industrial customers.
• Krones AG: Global German packaging machinery incumbent offering complete bottling and packaging lines, including bottle handling. Comparable as a broad-line competitor in the same packaging equipment market, but much larger and more diversified than POSIMAT's niche focus.
• SACMI: Italian packaging and processing machinery group with capabilities in bottling, capping, and container handling. Comparable as a packaging equipment supplier serving food, beverage, and personal care with overlapping bottle-handling technologies.
• IMA Group: Italian packaging machinery major with strong pharma and food processing exposure. Comparable as a packaging equipment manufacturer serving overlapping CPG and pharma verticals, though IMA's portfolio is much broader.

Emerging players

• Serac Group: French manufacturer of filling and capping equipment for liquids in food, home care, and personal care. Comparable as a packaging line supplier for overlapping CPG verticals, though Serac focuses downstream of unscrambling.
• Rovema: German packaging machinery manufacturer with vertical-form-fill-seal and cartoning focus. Adjacent in packaging line equipment for CPG and food, with partial overlap in bottle/container handling.
• Arol Group: Italian manufacturer of capping and closure systems with line integration capability. Adjacent in packaging line equipment with overlap at the bottle-handling interface for beverages and personal care.

Direct peers

• SIPA (S.I.P.A. S.p.A.): Italian specialist in PET bottle production and packaging equipment, including preform handling and bottle conveying. Comparable as a specialist serving the same plastic bottle handling market as POSIMAT.
• Sidel Group: Direct peer specializing in PET bottle and packaging equipment, including blowing, filling, and line solutions for beverages, food, and personal care. Highly comparable to POSIMAT as both target plastic bottle handling and unscrambling in CPG/food/beverage markets.
• Gebo Cermex: Provider of packaging line solutions including conveyors, palletizers, and bottle handling equipment. Comparable as a direct competitor in empty-container handling and conveying for CPG filling lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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