Helmut Rübsamen

What Helmut Rübsamen does

Helmut Rübsamen Gmb & Co. KG is a privately held German precision metal forming manufacturer founded in 1960 and headquartered in Bad Marienberg, Westerwald. Operating from two production sites in Bad Marienberg and Eichenstruth with approximately 350–360 employees, the company specialises in spanlose Metallverarbeitung — chipless cold-forming of sheet metal — anchored on Metalldrücken (metal spinning), Tiefziehen (deep drawing) up to 6,300 kN press force, and complementary processes including stamping, bending, welding (7 manual stations and 14 welding robots with approximately 50 fixtures), 2D and 3D laser cutting, CNC machining (3- to 5-axis), surface treatment, and in-house Werkzeugbau (tool design and construction). The company serves six industrial verticals — refractories, agricultural and construction machinery, mechanical and plant engineering, energy and HVAC technology, transport, and building fixtures — supplying bespoke components and sub-assemblies to OEM and Tier-1 customers across more than 40 countries.

The business model is B2B direct sales with engineering-led consultation across the full product lifecycle — from product development and prototyping through pilot runs to series production — using multi-year supply contracts and call-off orders under a custom project-to-order quoting model with no public pricing. In-house tool design and fabrication, combined with tool storage for repeat production, reduces dependence on external suppliers and accelerates retooling. Certifications under ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 50001 (energy), ISO 3834-3 / AD2000 (welding and pressure equipment), AEO (customs simplification), and EcoVadis (sustainability), alongside a Siemens Bronze Award for supplier performance, qualify the company for safety-critical and framework-supply roles within European OEM and Tier-1 supply chains.

Name

Helmut Rübsamen

Legal name

Helmut Rübsamen GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://helmut-ruebsamen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Helmut Rübsamen is a privately held German precision metal forming manufacturer (founded 1960, ~350 employees) that produces custom sheet metal components and sub-assemblies via metal spinning, deep drawing, welding, and laser cutting for OEM and Tier-1 customers across six industrial verticals in over 40 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Sheet Metal Forming & Manufacturing Services

NAICS

Forging and Stamping (33211), Forging and Stamping (3321), Turned Product and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing (33272)

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444), Metal Forgings & Stampings (3460), Rolling Drawing & Extruding Of Nonferrous Metals (3350)

akta.pro primary industry

Metal Forming & Fabrication Machines (Presses, Bending, Shearing, Stamping) (IMAHADAC)

Keywords

• Sheet metal forming
• Metal spinning services
• Deep drawing services
• Precision metal components
• Industrial welding services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Marienberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Metal Components and Assemblies Manufacturing: The company manufactures bespoke pressed, stamped, drawn, and welded sheet metal components and sub-assemblies to customer specifications. Revenue is generated through long-term supply contracts with industrial OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers across six vertical markets. The model is project-to-order with prototyping, pilot, and series production phases. Additional revenue derives from engineering and tool development services bundled with production orders. The business operates on a manufacturer-to-customer direct model without intermediaries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Helmut Rübsamen manufactures bespoke, precision sheet metal components and sub-assemblies to customer specifications, delivering the full cold-forming and processing value chain in-house: metal spinning, deep drawing, stamping, bending, welding (manual and robotic), laser cutting (2D and 3D), CNC machining, surface treatment, tool design and construction, and assembly. Output is shipped factory-direct to industrial OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers across six vertical segments, with exports to over 40 countries and multi-year supply contracts.

Product overview

Helmut Rübsamen GmbH & Co. KG is a medium-sized metalworking company offering a comprehensive portfolio of sheet metal forming and processing services under one roof. The core manufacturing services include Metalldrücken (metal spinning), Tiefziehen (deep drawing), Stanzen (stamping), Kanten (bending), Schweissen (welding), and Laserschneiden (laser cutting), supported by Mechanische Bearbeitung (mechanical machining), Werkzeugkonstruktion (tool design/construction), Oberflächenbehandlung (surface treatment), and Baugruppenmontage (assembly). The company serves industries including fireproof, agricultural and construction machinery, mechanical and plant engineering, energy and climate technology, transport and logistics, and building equipment. With over 60 years of experience and approximately 350-360 employees at locations in Bad Marienberg, Langenbach, and Eichenstruth, the company exports to over 40 countries worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Metaldrücken (Metal Spinning) Cold-forming process producing rotationally symmetric hollow bodies and half-shells from sheet metal with nearly arbitrary contour, on CNC-controlled automatic spinning and hand-spinning machines. Capable of forming blanks up to 1,200 mm diameter and material thicknesses up to 12 mm in steel, stainless steel, aluminium, zinc, copper, and brass. Designed for industrial OEMs needing large-format, complex rotationally symmetric parts.
• Tiefziehen (Deep Drawing) Sheet metal forming process producing seamless single-open hollow bodies with constant wall thickness in large quantities on modern hydraulic presses with automation up to 6,300 kN press force. Capable of manufacturing parts up to 3,000 mm length and 2,500 mm width from ferrous, non-ferrous metals, and exotic alloys. For industrial OEMs needing high-volume, dimensionally consistent deep-drawn parts.
• Stanzen (Stamping) Fast and precise sheet metal cutting using hydraulic and mechanical presses with custom stamping tools to produce holes and various contours with consistent tolerances and high repeatability in high-volume production. For industrial OEMs needing high-volume, dimensionally stable stamped components.
• Kanten (Bending) Flexible sheet metal bending using press brakes for bending parts of material thicknesses up to 8 mm and bending lengths up to 3,000 mm in steel, stainless steel, brass, copper, and aluminium. For industrial OEMs needing post-formed sheet metal parts.
• Schweissen (Welding) Joining processes including resistance welding, gas-shielded welding, flash welding, laser welding, and stud welding using 7 manual welding workstations, 14 welding robots, and approximately 50 welding fixtures, certified per ISO 3834-3 / AD2000 for safety-critical components. For industrial OEMs requiring certified welded sub-assemblies in stainless steel, aluminium, and other steels.
• Laserschneiden (Laser Cutting) High-precision 2D flat-bed laser cutting (up to 4,000 × 2,000 mm) and 3D laser cutting (up to 3,000 × 1,000 mm) using CO2 and fibre laser systems for alloyed and unalloyed steels up to 25 mm, stainless steel up to 12 mm, aluminium up to 10 mm, and non-ferrous metals. For industrial OEMs needing precision laser-cut blanks and 3D-cut parts.
• Mechanische Bearbeitung (Mechanical / CNC Machining) CNC-controlled machining including turning, drilling, milling, planing, sawing, and reaming on 3-, 4-, and 5-axis milling centres and 3-axis turning centres, producing precision parts in small to medium batch sizes from steel, stainless steel, copper, brass, and aluminium. For industrial OEMs needing precision finish-machined components.
• Werkzeugkonstruktion, -entwicklung und -bau (Tool Design, Development and Construction) In-house design, engineering, and manufacture of custom forming and stamping tools, spinning forms, drawing dies, and fixtures, with storage for rapid reproduction. Enables rapid prototyping, in-house tool modifications, and on-demand retooling without external dependencies. For industrial OEMs needing short development cycles and reliable retooling.
• Oberflächenbehandlung (Surface Treatment) Surface treatment technologies including galvanizing, phosphating, pickling, coating (KTL, powder, wet paint), conversion coating, zinc plating, grinding, polishing, anodizing, electropolishing, nickel plating, engraving, and shot blasting, delivered in partnership with certified surface treatment specialists. For industrial OEMs requiring finished, corrosion-resistant or decorative surfaces.
• Baugruppenmontage (Sub-Assembly) Manual, semi-automated, and fully automated assembly of manufactured components into finished products and sub-assemblies, including MAG welding, TIG welding, spot welding, bonding, screwing, flanging, and polishing. Delivers the complete value chain from a single source. For industrial OEMs requiring pre-assembled modules ready for integration.

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe: Germany's largest flat steel producer, supplying input material and serviced steel into many of the same industrial OEM value chains. Overlaps via shared downstream customers in machinery, transport, and construction, but operates at vastly different scale and scope.
• TRUMPF SE + Co. KG: Global leader in machine tools and laser technology, including flatbed and 3D laser cutting systems used in similar sheet metal workflows. Helmut Rübsamen is a customer/user of comparable laser technology, but TRUMPF operates as a much larger capital equipment manufacturer.
• Schuler AG: World's largest manufacturer of presses, automation, and tooling for metal forming. Connected via the metal forming process stack that Helmut Rübsamen employs, but Schuler primarily builds the equipment rather than producing end-parts.
• SMS Group GmbH: Global leader in metallurgical plant and rolling mill engineering for steel and nonferrous metals. Overlaps via metal processing capabilities and customer base but operates as a much larger equipment and plant engineering group rather than a custom parts fabricator.
• Aalberts Industries N.V. Dutch-listed industrial group with surface technologies, fluid handling, and precision components divisions serving industrial OEMs across Europe. Comparable as a multi-vertical European industrial components supplier with similar export-oriented footprint, though far larger and more diversified.
• Bystronic Group: Swiss-based supplier of laser cutting, bending, and automation systems for sheet metal processing. Comparable technology overlap through laser cutting and adjacent to Helmut Rübsamen's customer base, though Bystronic sells equipment rather than custom parts.

Direct peers

• Stüken GmbH & Co. KG: German precision deep drawing specialist with a similarly diversified industrial customer base across automotive, electrical, and industrial applications. Directly comparable in core forming technology (deep drawing of seamless hollow bodies) and end-market breadth.
• Hirschvogel Umformtechnik GmbH: German specialist in forging, cold forming, and machined metal components serving automotive, mechanical engineering, and industrial markets. Comparable as a vertically integrated precision metal forming parts supplier with similar end-market exposure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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