What Cibo Abrasives does

Cibo Abrasives (legal entity N.V. CIBO) is a privately held Belgian manufacturer of coated and unitized abrasive products serving professional metalworking industries. Founded circa 1950 and headquartered at Deugenietstraat 5, Tildonk, Belgium, the company operates in-house R&D and production from a single Belgian site, manufacturing the majority of its catalogue in-house. Its portfolio spans more than 10,000 SKUs across abrasive belts, discs, sheets, rolls, flap discs, fibre discs, cutting and grinding discs, abrasive wheels, mounted points, polishing materials, brushes, foam abrasives, sleeves, hard metal burrs, and related accessories, plus its own Finitools brand of metal-finishing machines (Finimaster, Finitube, Finipower, Finit-easy) and Cibo Bristles brushes. Proprietary technology is the core technical asset: the XCF resin bonding system, six automated belt-weld types (Overlap-ST, BB-ZZ, Overlap-EX, BB-EX, BB, BB-SO), the patented Combi unitized disc (hard aluminum-oxide core plus soft silicon-carbide exterior for one-step grinding and finishing), the RCD flap disc, and the proprietary Rebel One Unitized family in S, S+, M, M+, F, T, Combi and X densities. The Rebel One range is 100% solvent-free, VOC-free, bisphenol-A-free and iron-free, enabling stainless-steel-, titanium- and cobalt-alloy-safe finishing.

Cibo sells to professional metalworking customers across multiple verticals — aviation, medical devices, pharmaceutical equipment, food-processing equipment, stainless-steel furniture, sheet metal processors, welding and construction, and maintenance/tank/pipe contractors. Go-to-market combines a direct B2B customer portal (built on OroCommerce, with Salesforce.com as the back-office and customer-administration engine, ActiveCampaign and Mailchimp for email, and Formstack for forms) with a worldwide network of specialised distributors; UPS handles parcel delivery with 2-day (Belgium), 3-day (NL/FR/DE) and 5-day (rest of world) fulfilment, supported by tiered shipping fees (€12–€30) and free shipping above €300 ex-VAT. Pricing is quote-based and gated behind portal login, with individually assigned discount rates per customer; tailor-made solutions are deliverable within five working days. A related entity, Cibo Robotics, extends the group into automated/robotic abrasive finishing. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, or financial figures; it participated in VOKA's VCDO sustainability programme in 2025 and is GDPR-compliant.

Name

Cibo Abrasives

Legal name

N.V. CIBO

Website

https://cibo.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cibo Abrasives (N.V. CIBO) is a Belgian manufacturer of coated and unitized abrasive products serving professional metalworking industries worldwide, producing 10,000+ SKUs across belts, discs, sheets, and proprietary unitized lines via a B2B portal and specialised distributors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tildonk

HQ country

Belgium

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. Product sales (abrasives & accessories): Direct sales of more than 10,000 abrasive products (belts, discs, sheets, rolls, flap discs, fibre discs, brushes, mounted points, wheels, etc.) via B2B customer portal and through specialized distributors worldwide. Customer-specific discount rates are assigned upon registration.
2. Tailor-made / custom-manufactured products: Bespoke abrasive solutions developed and produced in-house for specific customer applications, with delivery possible within 5 working days for tailor-made production.
3. Shipping & handling fees: Tiered shipping fees based on destination country (e.g., €12 Benelux, €18 Germany, €20 France, €25 selected EU, €30 other European). Free shipping on orders over €300 ex-VAT. Administrative charge of €10 on orders below €100 ex-VAT.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Cibo Abrasives is a Belgian manufacturer of coated and unitized abrasive products (belts, flap discs, fibre discs, quick-change discs, brushes, mounted points, wheels, sheets and rolls) sold to professional metalworkers worldwide under proprietary brands such as RCD, Rebel One Unitized, Finitools, and Cibo Bristles. The company also develops tailor-made abrasive solutions and sells them through a B2B customer portal and a network of specialized distributors, with more than 10,000 products in its catalogue.

Product overview

Cibo Abrasives offers a single integrated B2B platform built around its Belgian-manufactured abrasive product portfolio rather than a modular SaaS architecture. The commercial core is the Cibo Customer Portal, an online shop that handles account administration, ordering (online, quick order form, and Excel/CSV bulk upload), invoicing, returns, and UPS shipment tracking for customers worldwide. The product portfolio feeding this portal spans the company's sub-brands and product families: RCD Flap Disc for single-step weld grinding and finishing; Rebel One Unitized, the proprietary 3D-web nylon-fiber line with sub-lines S, S+, M, M+, F, T, Combi and the new ceramic-grain X-line; Finitools Machines (Finimaster, Finitube, Finipower, Finit-easy) for satining and finishing; Cibo Flap Discs; Quick Change Discs; and Cibo Bristles. These sit alongside extensive consumable categories — abrasive belts (with six weld types), discs, sheets and rolls (including die-cut custom shapes), fibre discs, cutting and grinding discs, abrasive wheels, mounted points (unitized SAUS/MAUS/TAUS and RCMP), polishing materials, brushes, foam, sleeves, hard metal burrs, and related accessories and spare parts. A related entity, Cibo Robotics, extends the group's automated finishing offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rebel One Unitized: Cibo's own unitized abrasive product line, encompassing S-line, S+, M-line, M+, T-line, F-line, Combi and X-line sub-ranges. Marketed as the company's own unitized product family.
• RCD
• Finitools
• Cibo Bristles

Products and services

• RCD Flap Disc Cibo-branded flap disc that grinds and finishes weld seams in a single step, delivering a flawless finish while removing the weld bead. Sold to professional metalworkers via the Cibo customer portal and distributor network.
• Rebel One Unitized Cibo's proprietary line of 3D-web nylon-fiber unitized abrasive products for cool, forgiving grinding and finishing. Encompasses S, S+, M, M+, F, T, Combi and X sub-lines covering densities from 2SF to 10, with VOC-free, iron-free, animal-derivative-free formulations suitable for stainless steel, titanium and cobalt alloys.
• Rebel One Unitized X-line Ceramic-grain unitized line (densities 3AM, 5AM, 7AM) combining material removal and finishing in a single disc; uses XCF resin technology for cooler grinding and is suitable for stainless steel, metal, aluminum, and non-ferrous metals.
• Finitools Machines Cibo's own brand of abrasive-processing machines developed for professional metalworkers, including Finimaster, Finitube, Finipower and Finit-easy product lines for satining, brushing and finishing.
• Cibo Flap Discs General-purpose flap disc range for grinding and finishing of metal surfaces, marketed as among the best flap discs on the market.
• Quick Change Discs Quick-change abrasive discs (e.g., QLXA, QSXA) for use on quick-change backing pads and angle grinders, including ceramic-grain X-line variants.
• Cibo Bristles Industrial bristle brush product line for surface brushing and cleaning applications in metalworking.
• Abrasive Belts Flexible abrasive belts on paper, cloth and polyester backing with six available weld types (Overlap-ST, BB-ZZ, Overlap-EX, BB-EX, BB, BB-SO), including Kevlar-reinforced options tailored to abrasive parameters, grain choice and use case.
• Cibo TP-banden (Webrax replacement abrasive belts) Fully-fledged, tested Cibo-developed replacement for the former Hermes Webrax MSG/MAG abrasive belts, leveraging Cibo's in-house abrasive belt technology.
• Abrasive Discs, Sheets and Rolls Flexible abrasive discs, sheets and rolls offered in a wide range of die-cut shapes, perforations and dimensions, including custom shapes on request.
• Fibre Discs, Cutting and Grinding Discs, Abrasive Wheels Rigid-backed abrasive consumables including fibre discs, cutting and grinding discs, and abrasive wheels (unitized wheels and combination flap wheels) for angle grinders, bench grinders and satinizing machines.
• Mounted Points Unitized (SAUS, MAUS, TAUS) and reinforced cotton (RCMP) mounted points plus mounted felt points for use on straight grinders, flexible-shaft drivers and air pressure tools to finish weld seams and workpieces with limited accessibility.
• Polishing Materials, Brushes, Foam, Sleeves and Hard Metal Burrs Consumables for polishing and surface conditioning, including polishing materials, brushes (industrial), foam abrasives, abrasive sleeves, and hard metal burrs, complemented by accessories, mandrels, holders, back-up pads, shafts, spindles, flanges and spare parts.
• Tailor-made Custom Abrasive Solutions Bespoke abrasive solutions developed and produced in-house in Belgium for specific customer applications, with delivery possible within 5 working days for tailor-made production.

Quantifiable outcome

• Combi unitized enables up to 30% faster work by combining two grinding steps into one disc
• +2 more outcomes

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ORO (OroCommerce)coreTechnology or IntegrationEngaged by Cibo for web development. OroCommerce powers the Cibo e-commerce platform and customer portal (referenced via /bundles/cibotequilatheme assets).
• CombellcoreTechnology or IntegrationEngaged by Cibo for hosting of the cibo.be website and customer portal.
• UPScoreOthersShipping/logistics partner. Used to deliver all Cibo parcels worldwide, Monday-Friday, with track-and-trace functionality and 2/3/5 business-day delivery by region.
• Salesforce.comcoreTechnology or IntegrationEngaged by Cibo for administration — supports customer relationship management, customer portal, account creation in ERP, and discount-rate assignment.
• Cibo RoboticscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister/related entity with separate website ciborobotics.com, promoted from the main Cibo navigation and footer as a connected offering within the Cibo group.
• VOKA (VCDO - Vlaams Centrum voor Duurzaam Ondernemen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCibo participates in VOKA's VCDO (Flemish Centre for Sustainable Entrepreneurship), a regional sustainability programme of the Flemish Chamber of Commerce.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• 3M: Global diversified industrial conglomerate with a large Abrasive Systems division offering coated, bonded and non-woven abrasives. Directly competes with Cibo across unitized, flap discs and belts, but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Norton Abrasives (Saint-Gobain): Saint-Gobain's Norton brand is one of the largest global abrasive manufacturers, with a comprehensive coated, bonded and non-woven range that overlaps directly with Cibo's product catalogue. Explicitly cross-referenced by Cibo as a benchmark.

Direct peers

• Hermes Schleifmittel: German manufacturer of coated abrasives with comparable belt, disc and sheet products. Cibo's 2025 launch of TP-banden explicitly positions itself as a replacement for the discontinued Hermes Webrax MSG/MAG belt range.
• Tyrolit: Austrian manufacturer of bonded and coated abrasives serving metalworking, machining and surface finishing. Comparable product range and European manufacturing footprint.
• VSM Abrasives (Vereinigte Schmirgel- und Maschinen-Fabriken): German mid-market coated-abrasives specialist with comparable belts, discs, sheets and rolls portfolio, focused on metalworking and industrial finishing customers.
• August Rüggeberg (Pferd): German manufacturer of abrasives and finishing tools for metalworking, with a comparable catalogue of belts, discs, unitized wheels and brushes and a similar mid-market industrial customer base.
• Bibielle: Italian specialist in non-woven, unitized and surface-conditioning abrasives, directly cross-referenced by Cibo. Comparable product formats (unitized wheels, discs, hand pads) and similar target customers in professional metalworking.
• sia Abrasives (Bosch): Swiss-origin coated abrasives specialist now part of the Bosch group, offering a comparable range of belts, discs, sheets and rolls for metal, wood and composites finishing.
• Klingspor: German mid-market specialist in coated abrasives (belts, discs, sheets, rolls) with strong European distribution. Closely comparable to Cibo in product mix, customer base and 75+ year manufacturing heritage.
• SA Standard Abrasives: Specialist manufacturer of unitized and non-woven abrasive products that is directly cross-referenced by Cibo's Rebel One product line, indicating head-to-head competition in the same unitized niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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