What IAF Holding GmbH does

IAF Holding GmbH is an Austrian, privately held industrial plant engineering group headquartered in Frauental, Styria, with a manufacturing subsidiary in Mursko Središće, Croatia, established in 2005 to serve Southeast Europe. The company operates three integrated divisions: IAF Process Engineering delivers custom-made plants and process engineering services from conceptual design through basic and detail engineering, process simulation, and turnkey EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) delivery; IAF Industrieanlagentechnik manufactures pressure vessels, shell-and-tube and air-cooled heat exchangers, rectification/absorption/extraction columns, and falling film evaporators using in-house CNC machinery capable of handling specialty alloys (titanium, Inconel, Hastelloy); and IAF Automation & Control provides complete EI&C (Electrical, Instrumentation & Control) technology, including SPS/PLC programming (Siemens S7, Mitsubishi, Omron), process control systems (Siemens WinCC, Citect HMI, Schraml Aqasys), control cabinet manufacturing, and service & support. Notable proprietary capabilities include falling film evaporator technology (described as a European market leader, designed for heat-sensitive substances at 3–8°C temperature differences), heat recovery systems using HTRI calculation software, and skid-mounted containerized turnkey process plants in 20'/40' formats.

The company serves industrial customers across chemical, petrochemical, pulp & paper, energy, environmental engineering, and pharmaceutical end-markets, with a disclosed reference list that includes Andritz, Lenzing, OMV, GEA Lyophil, Clariant, Borsodchem, DINA Petrokemija, Xyrofin, Lurgi, and Freudenberg. Revenue is generated through three streams: project-based EPC contracts, custom equipment manufacturing (one-time sales), and ongoing EI&C automation services including maintenance and troubleshooting. The company holds an extensive portfolio of international pressure-equipment certifications — ASME U-Stamp (USA), TÜV Austria Class I, TÜV Süd AD HP 0, China pressure vessel license Level A1, Lloyd's Register, Swiss SVTI, and Swedish Arbetarskyddsstyrelsen — qualifying it to bid on pressure vessel contracts across Europe, North America, and Greater China. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales with a single point of contact managing projects from concept through commissioning; the company has no intermediaries, resellers, or marketplace channels. Public revenue is not disclosed, and the firmographic headcount figure is inconsistent (1–10 in firmographics vs. 50 reported in the equipment manufacturing facility), but the 13,500 m² Austrian facility plus 1,600 m² Croatian workshop indicate a small-to-mid-sized specialty industrial manufacturer.

Name

IAF Holding GmbH

Legal name

IAF Holding GmbH

Website

https://iaf.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IAF Holding GmbH is an Austrian industrial plant engineering group that designs, manufactures, and automates custom process equipment — pressure vessels, heat exchangers, falling film evaporators, and turnkey chemical, petrochemical, and pulp & paper plants — for enterprise customers across Central, Southeast, and Western Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Equipment and Plant Engineering

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Machinery Manufacturing (333)

SIC

Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Process Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAF)

Keywords

• Process engineering services
• Pressure vessel manufacturing
• Heat exchanger manufacturing
• Industrial plant EPC
• Automation and control

Headquarters

HQ city

Frauenbach

HQ country

Austria

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, Others

Revenue model

1. EPC Project Contracts: Engineering, Procurement and Construction contracts for complete industrial plants. Revenue earned through project-based engagements from conceptual design through turnkey delivery.
2. Equipment Manufacturing: Custom manufacturing of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, columns, falling film evaporators, air-cooled heat exchangers, and special machinery. One-time product sales based on customer specifications.
3. Automation & Control Services: Complete EI&C technology services including electrical equipment, instrumentation, control technology, and special plant equipment. Ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

IAF Holding GmbH delivers custom-designed industrial plants and process equipment as a single-source EPC contractor, combining three integrated divisions: Process Engineering (conceptual, basic, and detail engineering through turnkey plant delivery), Equipment Manufacturing (pressure vessels, heat exchangers, columns, falling film evaporators, air-cooled heat exchangers, special machinery), and Automation & Control (EI&C technology, control cabinet construction, SPS/PLC programming, and plant automation). The company serves industrial enterprises in the chemical, petrochemical, pulp & paper, energy, and environmental engineering sectors from facilities in Austria and Croatia.

Product overview

IAF Holding GmbH operates as an industrial plant engineering company with three integrated divisions: IAF Process Engineering provides comprehensive custom-made plant design and process engineering services from conceptual design through turnkey completion; IAF Industrieanlagentechnik manufactures pressure equipment, heat exchangers (shell-and-tube, air-cooled, falling film evaporators), columns, and pressure vessels; and IAF Automation & Control delivers complete EI&C technology services including control cabinet systems, software development, and plant automation. The company also specializes in environmental technologies including exhaust gas treatment, heat recovery systems, and skid-mounted containerized process plants. Together, these divisions provide everything from a single source for the chemical, hydrometallurgical, petrochemical, and pulp and paper industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IAF Process Engineering: Provides custom-made plants and process engineering services for chemical industry, refineries, petrochemistry, and pulp and paper industry.
• IAF Industrieanlagentechnik
• IAF Automation & Control

Products and services

• IAF Process Engineering

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kelvion: Specialist in industrial heat exchangers (shell-and-tube, plate, air-cooled) with a comparable focus on chemical, petrochemical, and energy applications. Direct competitor in IAF's core heat exchanger product line.
• Ziemann Holvrieka: European process plant engineering firm specialising in tanks, vessels, and turnkey process plants for brewing, beverage, chemical, and pharma customers. Comparable custom process plant engineering and pressure vessel manufacturing focus with similar European market positioning.
• GEA Group: Process engineering and equipment supplier for food, pharma, and chemical industries with strong evaporator and separation technology. Closely overlaps with IAF's falling film evaporator focus and process engineering services for heat-sensitive substance applications.
• Alfa Laval: Global leader in heat exchangers, separation equipment, and fluid handling. Directly comparable to IAF's shell-and-tube heat exchangers, falling film evaporators, and process equipment manufacturing serving chemical, food, and pulp & paper customers worldwide.
• Chart Industries: Manufactures cryogenic and process heat transfer equipment including air-cooled heat exchangers and pressure vessels. Overlaps with IAF's air-cooled heat exchangers, pressure vessels, and special alloy process equipment serving similar industrial customers.
• BORSIG GmbH: German manufacturer of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, columns, and process equipment with similar international certification profile (ASME, TÜV) and comparable focus on chemical, petrochemical, and energy customers. Direct peer in custom pressure equipment manufacturing.

Broad incumbents

• ANDRITZ Group: Global supplier of pulp & paper, hydrometallurgical, and chemical process equipment with significant EPC capability. While IAF is a supplier to Andritz's pulp and hydro divisions, both companies serve overlapping process equipment and EPC customer needs in paper, hydropower, and chemicals.
• thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions: Large German industrial engineering and EPC contractor serving chemical, petrochemical, fertilizer, and mining customers. Comparable EPC project delivery model but at much larger scale, serving as a broad incumbent IAF may partner with or supply to.
• SMS group: German metallurgical and process plant EPC contractor providing engineering, equipment, and commissioning for metals, chemical, and process industries. Comparable full-service EPC and equipment manufacturing model but focused on metallurgical markets.
• Linde Engineering: Division of Linde plc executing large-scale EPC contracts for chemical, petrochemical, and gas processing plants. Broader incumbent in the same EPC space IAF serves, though typically competing for much larger projects than IAF's niche custom equipment focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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