What Bisol Group does

Bisol Group is a privately-held Italian industrial conglomerate headquartered in Pieve di Soligo, Treviso province, specializing in hot-dip galvanizing (HDG) services for steel corrosion protection. The group operates seven subsidiaries—Bisol S.p.A. (parent), B&B S.p.A., De Lucchi S.p.A., Mita S.p.A., Zardini S.r.l., ITACOR (Bisol Zincoimpianti engineering division), and Soprin S.r.l.—plus italikacink d.o.o. in Croatia. Combined operations span more than 34,000 m² of covered facilities and over 320,000 m² of uncovered material-handling yards across Northern Italy, with galvanizing kettles ranging from 4m small-parts lines up to a 16x1.5x3.2m large-structure kettle at B&B, enabling the group to accept articles of virtually any size, from small fasteners to oversized shipbuilding and power-transmission components.

The group's core technology is hot-dip galvanizing, which involves immersing steel articles in molten zinc at approximately 450°C to form a protective zinc-iron alloy coating with cathodic (electrochemical) corrosion protection. Specialized capabilities include spinning/centrifuge lines for small parts (Bisol, Zardini), external-only galvanizing for hollow structures such as tanks and heat exchangers (De Lucchi), and integration of forging with galvanizing for forged energy-transmission accessories (Zardini). ITACOR, established in 1985 with forty years of HDG industry experience, designs, manufactures, and installs complete galvanizing plants, recovery plants, energy-saving plants, and ecological treatment systems for both the group and external customers worldwide. Multiple group companies hold ISO 9001 quality management certifications.

Bisol generates revenue through three streams: (1) transaction-fee-based HDG services priced per kilogram of galvanized weight, with pick-up and delivery logistics to and from customer workshops; (2) one-time project and licensing revenue from ITACOR's plant engineering and installation services globally; and (3) chemical consumables and technical support via Soprin S.r.l. Customer demand is segmented horizontally across construction carpentry, industrial manufacturing, agriculture, road safety infrastructure, power transmission, advertising/urban infrastructure, and shipbuilding. No public financial statements, investor disclosures, or headcount data are available; the group remains family-controlled with no institutional investors identified.

Name

Bisol Group

Legal name

BISOL S.p.A.

Website

https://bisolzinco.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bisol Group is a privately-held Italian industrial conglomerate providing hot-dip galvanizing services for steel corrosion protection through seven subsidiaries across Northern Italy and Croatia, serving construction, industrial, agricultural, road safety, power transmission, and shipbuilding customers, plus an in-house engineering arm (ITACOR) that designs and installs galvanizing plants worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Metal Finishing Services (Hot-Dip Galvanizing)

NAICS

Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities (33281), Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers (332812)

akta.pro primary industry

Protective Coatings, Galvanizing & Metal Finishing for Structural Steel (IMADACAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Coated & Plated Steel (Galvanized, Galvalume, Tinplate, Electrogalvanized, Color-Coated) (IMAKABAG)

Keywords

• Hot-dip galvanizing
• Corrosion protection
• Steel galvanizing
• Zinc coating services
• Galvanizing plant engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Pieve Di Soligo

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hot-dip galvanizing services: Core revenue from hot-dip galvanizing processing services for steel components. Pricing is based on weight after galvanizing (per kg). Services include pick-up and delivery from customer workshops, packing, packing-lists, warranty certificates, and testing.
2. Galvanizing plant engineering and construction: ITACOR (engineering division) generates revenue from designing, building and installing complete hot-dip galvanizing plants, waste recovery systems, and ancillary equipment for both group companies and external customers worldwide.
3. Chemicals and consumables for galvanizing industry: Soprin srl supplies chemicals and services for the galvanizing industry, providing technical support as part of the group's service offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bisol Group provides hot-dip galvanizing services for steel components across seven facilities in Northern Italy and Croatia, processing articles ranging from small parts to very large structural elements (kettle sizes up to 16 x 1.5 x 3.2h m). Through its ITACOR engineering division, the group also designs, builds, and installs hot-dip galvanizing plants, energy-saving plants, and ecological treatment systems for customers worldwide. Supplementary offerings include chemicals and consumables for the galvanizing industry (Soprin) and integrated forging plus galvanizing for power-transmission accessories (Zardini).

Product overview

Bisol Group is a partnership of companies providing hot-dip galvanizing services for steel corrosion protection. The group operates multiple galvanizing facilities across Northern Italy and Croatia, each with different kettle sizes and specializations. The core offering consists of Bisol spa, De Lucchi spa, B&B spa, mita spa, and zardini srl as galvanizing service providers, with ITACOR (Bisol Zincoimpianti) as the engineering division designing and building galvanizing plants. Additional group companies include soprin srl (chemicals and services for galvanizing industry) and italikacink doo (Croatian joint venture). The group offers hot-dip galvanizing for general steel structures, structural metal products for construction, industry, agriculture, road safety, advertising installations, urbanization, power transmission, and naval shipbuilding, complemented by post-galvanizing services such as pickup/delivery, packing, warranty certificates, and testing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hot-Dip Galvanizing Services

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ArcelorMittal: World's largest integrated steel producer with continuous hot-dip galvanizing lines across Europe producing coated flat steel; represents the broad-incumbent benchmark against which service galvanizers like Bisol compete on flexibility and customization.
• ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe: Major European integrated flat-steel producer with hot-dip and electrolytic galvanizing capacity serving automotive, construction, and industrial customers; broader in scope and integrated upstream versus Bisol's pure-service model.
• Tata Steel (Europe): Integrated European steel producer (IJsselmuiden, Port Talbot, etc.) with continuous galvanizing lines supplying construction and industrial markets; an incumbent comparator rather than a like-for-like service galvanizer.
• voestalpine AG: Large integrated Austrian steel producer operating its own galvanized and coated steel lines for automotive, construction, and industrial markets; serves as a broad incumbent reference point for steel-coating scale rather than a direct service competitor.

Direct peers

• Tenova: Italian industrial engineering group supplying technologies and plants for metals processing, including surface treatment and environmental systems — competes with ITACOR's HDG plant, recovery, and ecological treatment system offerings.
• Danieli Group: Italian-headquartered metallurgical plant engineering company that designs and builds complete steelmaking and finishing plants worldwide — directly comparable to Bisol's ITACOR division, which designs and installs hot-dip galvanizing plants globally.
• ZINKPOWER Group (Voigt & Schweitzer): One of Europe's largest hot-dip galvanizing service networks, operating dozens of kettles across multiple countries with a comparable transaction-fee service model targeting construction, infrastructure, and industrial fabricators.
• SMS group GmbH: German metallurgical plant engineering group supplying equipment, plant design, and lifecycle services for steel and non-ferrous metal production including surface-treatment lines — a direct engineering competitor to ITACOR.
• Primetals Technologies: Global metallurgical plant engineering company (Japan/Austria/UK heritage) that supplies continuous galvanizing lines and hot-dip galvanizing equipment, overlapping with ITACOR's plant-design scope and end customers.
• Wuppermann Stahl GmbH: Family-owned European steel processor with integrated hot-dip galvanizing lines serving construction, automotive, and industrial customers across multiple plants. Closely comparable to Bisol's multi-plant, multi-kettle galvanizing service model and family-ownership structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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