What CMF does

CMF (C.M.F. Srl) is a privately held Italian precision mechanical machining and contract manufacturing company founded in 1975 in Calamandrana, Piedmont, by Pier Giorgio Fausone. The firm operates a 4,000 sqm covered production facility within a larger 18,000 sqm service area, employing approximately 35 staff split between office and factory roles, and reports having served 127 companies since inception. Its core business is third-party mechanical machining (conto terzi), executed on CNC machines tied to a centralized CAD-CAM system that accepts 2D and 3D customer files in DWG, DXF, IGS, STP and CAD formats. Production is supported by mechanical assembly, welding fabrication, and quality inspection using DEA three-dimensional measuring machines (DEA SWIFT A001MAN and DEA EPSILON AUTOM) running TUTOR M software, with check reports issued per part.

The company's service portfolio spans precision mechanical parts, mechanical assemblies for groups/sub-groups and special machines, small and medium welded fabrications, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and components manufactured from special alloys including titanium and Inconel 15.5 PH — with heat treatments, surface treatments, deep drilling, grinding and painting delivered through qualified partner networks. Sectors served include aerospace (aeronautical parts, equipment and test benches), machine tools (supply to world-leading manufacturers), industrial automation, food industry, automotive, oenological, and packaging. The firm holds UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 certification (originally certified 2003, upgraded July 2018) audited by Kiwa.

Commercially, CMF operates a sales-led B2B model with direct relationships to enterprise customers that supply drawings and specifications. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific, with no public rate card. The company maintains a registered office in Turin and operational headquarters in Calamandrana, positioned in the Torino-Milano-Genova industrial triangle with direct highway access (A21, A4, A7). Marketing footprint is limited to a bilingual company website (cmfonline.it) and a LinkedIn company page; customer identities are protected by an explicit industrial-secrecy posture, and stated strategic intent centers on organic foreign-market growth.

Name

CMF

Legal name

C.M.F. Srl

Website

https://cmfonline.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CMF is an Italian precision mechanical machining and contract manufacturer serving aerospace, machine tools, automation, food, automotive, and packaging customers with CNC parts, assemblies, special-alloy components, and quality inspection from its Calamandrana facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Mechanical Machining

NAICS

Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing (33351)

SIC

Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types (3541)

akta.pro primary industry

CNC Machine Tools (Turning, Milling, Machining Centers) (IMAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial Controllers & Control Systems (PLCs, PACs, CNC Controllers) (IMAHAHAH)

Keywords

• Precision mechanical machining
• CNC machining services
• Contract manufacturing
• Aerospace components
• Mechanical assembly services

Headquarters

HQ city

Calamandrana

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Third-party Mechanical Machining (Job Shop): Precision mechanical machining services performed to customer specifications and drawings. Services include mechanical parts manufacturing, assembly, welding fabrications, and finishing treatments. Revenue generated through custom project-based manufacturing contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

C.M.F. Srl performs third-party precision mechanical machining (lavorazioni meccaniche di precisione conto terzi) and contract mechanical assembly of groups, sub-groups, special machines, and industrial plants. Operations use CNC machines tied to a centralized CAD-CAM system and serve aerospace, machine tools, industrial automation, food, automotive, oenological, and packaging customers, with capabilities in special alloys (titanium, Inconel 15.5 PH), welding fabrications, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and quality testing with DEA 3D measuring machines.

Product overview

CMF (C.M.F. Srl) is a precision mechanical machining and contract manufacturing company founded in 1975. The company operates as a single integrated service offering comprising precision mechanical machining (lavorazioni meccaniche di precisione) as the core service, supported by mechanical assembly, quality testing and inspection, and supplementary manufacturing capabilities. The product portfolio includes: Precision Mechanical Machining Services (using CNC machines connected to a centralized CAD-CAM system capable of handling DWG, DXF, IGS, STP formats), Mechanical Assembling Services (for groups, sub-groups, special machines and industrial plants), Special Alloys Components (titanium and Inconel 15.5 PH with heat/surface treatments), and Quality Testing Services (using DEA 3D measuring machines). The company serves diverse sectors including Aerospace (aeronautical parts, equipment, test benches), Machine Tools, Industrial Automation, Food Industry, and produces welding fabrications with painting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully serves world-leading machine tool manufacturers as a component supplier
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Qualified Heat Treatment and Surface Treatment PartnerssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with highly qualified partners for heat treatments, surface treatments, deep drilling, grinding and painting operations to provide complete component manufacturing services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Plethora: US-based precision machining and assembly services provider serving aerospace, defense, semiconductor and industrial customers. Comparable to CMF in its focus on tight-tolerance machined parts, special-alloy work and contract assembly for demanding end markets.
• Protolabs: Global on-demand digital manufacturer offering CNC machining, sheet metal, and injection molding services. Highly comparable to CMF because both provide custom precision-machined parts to industrial customers, although Protolabs operates at much greater scale and with a fully digital front door.
• Fictiv: Digital manufacturing platform focused on CNC machining, 3D printing and injection molding for hardware companies. Comparable to CMF as a custom precision-machining service provider serving industrial and hardware customers with quick-turn and production runs.
• Hubs (formerly 3D Hubs): Global on-demand manufacturing network offering CNC machining, injection molding and 3D printing. Directly comparable to CMF as a supplier of custom-machined mechanical parts to enterprise customers, though with a marketplace rather than job-shop model.
• Xometry: On-demand manufacturing marketplace that aggregates CNC machining and related capacity for enterprise customers. Directly comparable to CMF's core contract-machining business model, with a similar focus on quoted, custom parts delivered to spec.

Broad incumbents

• Trumpf: German manufacturer of machine tools, lasers and automation systems, including CNC machining equipment. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the metalworking machinery space in which CMF operates as a contract user and component supplier.
• Sandvik: Swedish engineering group with a major machining solutions business (metal cutting tools, CNC software, digital manufacturing). Relevant as a much larger incumbent whose tooling and digital machining offerings overlap with CMF's core competency of CNC precision machining.
• GF Machining Solutions: Swiss provider of CNC milling, EDM, laser texturing and additive manufacturing systems plus related services. Broad incumbent peer active across the same precision machining and aerospace/industrial automation value chain as CMF.
• EMAG: German manufacturer of CNC turning, milling and grinding machines widely used in precision contract machining shops. Broad incumbent relevant to CMF both as a supplier of the type of equipment CMF runs and as a competitor for high-precision component work in automotive and aerospace.
• Kennametal: Global provider of metal-cutting tools and wear-resistant solutions used in CNC machining and metalworking. Relevant incumbent peer serving many of the same aerospace, automotive and industrial customers as CMF, though focused on tooling rather than finished parts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/c-m-f-s-r-l

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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