What Alinco does

Alinco nv is a Belgian metal fabrication company founded in 1978, headquartered in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, operating from a 10,000m² workshop with 75+ experienced craftsmen. The company's core offering is custom sheet metal processing — laser cutting (stainless steel up to 30mm), bending, rolling, welding, and an extensive in-house finishing department (glass bead blasting, pickling, electrolytic polishing, mirror polishing, and the proprietary Sublimotion® treatment) — across stainless steel, aluminum, steel, copper, brass, and high-alloy materials including Inconel and Hastelloy. Its technology footprint includes a Bodor M350 12kW tube laser for tubes up to 6.5 meters, plate lasers, segment bending for conical forms, PMI testing for alloy verification, and EN1090-2 certification up to EXC2 (EXC4 for primary processing).

The business operates a sales-led B2B go-to-market serving four primary verticals: pharmaceutical and food (hygienic stainless steel cabinets, sterile and food-safe equipment), machine construction (semi-finished parts and enclosures), general industry (custom metal constructions), and a subcontracting channel selling laser/bend/roll capacity to other metalworking companies. Project-based, quote-driven pricing is the norm; the company does not publish price lists and visits are by appointment only. Service is organized around four branded modules — Alinco Fast (rapid laser and bending), Alinco Design (design support with 10 designers), Alinco Subcontracting (competitive laser/bend/roll), and Alinco Treatment (third-party finishing) — plus a 3D printing prototyping add-on. Leadership rests with Karine De Bie (business leader) and Peter Depraetere, who also co-lead sister company Deprest Chaudronneries, enabling joint bids on complex pressure vessel work via reciprocal bent-plate-for-welding exchanges.

Name

Alinco

Legal name

Alinco nv

Website

https://alinco.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alinco is a Belgian metal fabrication company, founded in 1978, that provides laser cutting, bending, rolling, welding, and finishing of stainless steel and other alloys for pharmaceutical, food, machine construction, and industrial customers from a 10,000m² facility in Sint-Niklaas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Temse

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Sheet Metal Fabrication: Project-based custom metal fabrication including laser cutting, bending, rolling, and welding of stainless steel, aluminum, steel and special alloys for industrial applications
2. Subcontracting Services: Subcontracting laser cutting, bending and rolling services to other metalworking companies at competitive prices
3. Finishing Services: Finishing services including glass bead blasting, pickling, Sublimotion, brushing, electrolytic polishing for third parties

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Alinco is a Belgian custom sheet metal fabricator that performs laser cutting (up to 30mm), bending, rolling, welding, and in-house finishing of stainless steel (inox), aluminium, steel, and special alloys for industrial B2B customers. The company offers both subcontracting services to other metalworking firms and full custom project work for pharmaceutical, food, machine construction, and general industry sectors. Specialized service brands include Alinco Fast (rapid turnaround), Alinco Design (design support with 10 designers), Alinco Subcontracting (competitive laser/bend/roll), and Alinco Treatment (glass bead blasting, pickling, and proprietary Sublimotion®).

Product overview

Alinco is a Belgian metal fabrication company specializing in stainless steel (inox) as their primary focus, offering both subcontracting services and custom project work. Their core products include laser cutting (up to 30mm thick), bending, rolling, and welding services. They provide two main service models: (1) Subcontracting - laser cutting, bending, and rolling from sheet to series production, and (2) Custom Project Work - fully realized stainless steel constructions for pharmaceutical, food, machine building, and industrial sectors. The product portfolio also includes specialized services: Alinco Fast (rapid laser and bending), Alinco Design (design support with 10 designers), Alinco Subcontracting (competitive pricing for metalworking companies), and Alinco Treatment (finishing services including pickling, glass bead blasting, Sublimotion). They work with stainless steel, aluminum, steel, copper, brass, and high-alloy materials including Inconel and Hastelloy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Alinco Fast: Priority/speed service for laser cutting and bending operations
• Alinco Design
• Alinco Subcontracting
• Alinco Treatment

Products and services

• Subcontracting (Toelevering) Laser cutting, bending, rolling, and related sheet metal subcontracting services offered to other metalworking companies and industrial customers, from single parts to series production.
• Pharmaceutical and Food Industry Projects Custom stainless steel fabrications for pharmaceutical and food industry customers, including hygienic cabinets, sterile enclosures, rinsing areas, and equipment meeting food-safety and sterility requirements.
• Machine Construction Projects Custom semi-finished products, enclosures, and machine parts produced from stainless steel, aluminium, and steel for machine builders and industrial OEMs.
• Food Sector Projects Stainless steel fabrications designed for food-safe applications in the food processing sector, including equipment enclosures, processing surfaces, and hygienic components.
• General Industry Projects Custom metal constructions and fabrications for general industrial customers, covering a broad range of stainless steel, aluminium, and steel projects outside the pharmaceutical, food, and machine construction verticals.
• Interior and Kitchen (Custom Kitchen Worktops) Bespoke stainless steel kitchen worktops and splashbacks fabricated for private clients (with a noted exception to Alinco's B2B focus), featuring directionless brushed sheets typically 3-5mm thick installed with a shadow gap.
• Alinco Fast (Rapid Service) Priority/rapid service for laser cutting and bending operations aimed at customers with urgent orders requiring short delivery times.
• Alinco Design In-house design and design support service (with 10 designers) that reviews customer designs, assesses feasibility, and recommends small improvements from concept to finished product.
• Alinco Treatment (Finishing Services) Standalone finishing services for stainless steel and other metals performed for third parties, including glass bead blasting, pickling, brushing, electrolytic polishing, and the proprietary Sublimotion® surface treatment.
• 3D Printing Service In-house 3D printing service used for prototyping and production of custom parts to complement Alinco's sheet metal fabrication offering.

Quantifiable outcome

• Laser cutting of stainless steel up to 30mm thick with standard stock maintained
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DeprestcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company relationship with Deprest Chaudronneries. Alinco provides bent plates and components while Deprest supports Alinco with specialized welding services including plasma keyhole welding (PAW). The companies collaborate on complex industrial projects such as pressure vessels requiring seismic compliance. Alinco's bent plates are used in Deprest's construction of stainless steel saddles for pressure vessels.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Voestalpine: Austrian integrated steel and metal-processing group with downstream contract manufacturing and special sections. Owns material supply and finishing capabilities that overlap with Alinco's specialty alloy processing (Inconel/Hastelloy-grade work) and serves many of the same industrial customers.
• Bystronic: Swiss sheet metal processing equipment maker (laser cutters, press brakes, automation). Like Trumpf, Bystronic sets the technology baseline Alinco competes against and also runs its own contract manufacturing footprint, making it both a supplier-domain and a competitor peer.
• Trumpf: World-leading German manufacturer of sheet metal processing machines (lasers, punching, bending, automation). Defines the equipment, automation, and software ecosystem that Alinco's modern machine park operates in; partially overlapping through Trumpf's own contract manufacturing services and Service Centers.
• VDL Groep (VDL Steelweld): Dutch industrial conglomerate whose VDL Steelweld and related subsidiaries perform heavy metal fabrication, machine building, and structural steelwork. A much broader portfolio than Alinco, but it owns a directly relevant fabrication arm serving Benelux industrial customers.
• Aalberts Industries: Dutch specialty industrial group with surface-treatment, metal-processing, and finished-product subsidiaries (including former Mifa precision parts). Comparable in mid-market European industrial fabrication footprint and service diversification, though at considerably greater scale and breadth.
• Mubea: German global manufacturer of precision-engineered metal components (disc springs, chassis parts, forming technology) for automotive and industrial customers. Operates at much greater scale than Alinco but exemplifies the broader European fabricated-metal-product peer set with overlapping materials and customer verticals.
• thyssenkrupp Steel Europe: Major German flat-steel producer and processor. Primarily an upstream supplier to fabricators like Alinco, but its downstream processing and service-center activities compete for higher-value-added stainless and special-grade work that overlaps with Alinco's niche.

Direct peers

• Voortman Steel Group: Dutch plate and profile processor running its own machine park with laser cutting, drilling, coping, and shot blasting for steel subcontractors and industrial customers. Operates the same subcontracting-plus-project fabrication model as Alinco, in a directly comparable geographic market.
• Welser Profile: Austrian producer of special steel profiles and section work, serving construction, machinery, and industrial customers across Europe. Shares the same custom metal-fabrication DNA, specialty-alloy processing capability, and B2B industrial customer mix as Alinco.
• Peddinghaus: German specialist in CNC plate and profile processing equipment and structural fabrication. Combines machine-tool manufacturing with a structural steel contracting business, making it both an equipment-domain peer and an active competitor for industrial structural work of the kind Alinco pursues with its Bodor M350 tube line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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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