Tabula

What Tabula does

Tambula GmbH is a German specialty manufacturer of pinned (spiked) components and complete perforation machinery, serving industrial customers in film and packaging, nonwoven, textile, wood processing, and general industrial machinery. Founded in 1945 as a lags specialist and acquired by the Koinzer family in 1995, the company now operates from Bebra in central Germany as an affiliated company of Georg Koinzer GmbH & Co. KG, sharing premises, CNC machinery, and administration. Its product portfolio splits into two pillars: tambour lags (wooden and aluminum) for fiber opening and tearing machines, and spiked rollers, segments, embossing rollers, and custom pinned parts for perforation and transport applications, with diameters from 10–400 mm, lengths up to 8+ meters, and pin densities up to 100 pins per cm².

The company's underlying technology is precision CNC machining of brass, steel, aluminum, and plastic pin carriers, combined with patented process know-how including a two-stage cold perforation method for elastic films and a three-mode hot perforation platform (infrared, electric inner heating, and heat-transfer oil heating) supporting working widths up to four meters. Most products are custom-manufactured to customer drawings and questionnaires; the company also sells plug-and-play hot, cold, and bag perforation machines as integrated systems. A patented cold perforation process is explicitly highlighted as a differentiator in elastic-film applications, where competing methods are described as causing tearing and dust.

Tambula runs a sales-led B2B motion with quote-based, one-off hardware sales and no disclosed recurring or subscription component. Distribution combines direct sales from the German headquarters with a network of agency partners in Belgium, India, New Zealand, Poland, and Portugal. The company is privately held by the Koinzer family, has 11–50 employees, has not raised external capital, and discloses no revenue or profitability figures.

Name

Tabula

Legal name

Tambula GmbH

Website

https://tambula.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tambula GmbH is a German specialty manufacturer of pinned (spiked) rollers, lags, and custom perforation machinery serving industrial customers in film/packaging, nonwoven, textile, wood processing, and industrial machinery sectors via direct sales and an international agency network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bebra

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Pinned Roller Sales: Revenue from manufacturing and selling custom spiked rollers and segments. Products include brass cylinders pinned with steel pins for fine perforation, with diameters 20-400mm and lengths 5-5000mm. Primarily custom orders based on customer specifications and drawings.
2. Lags and Tambour Beläge Sales: High-performance lags for tearing machines and fiber opening machines. Products include laminated wood lags (beech) and aluminum lags with various pin types (round, flat, sword-type). Custom manufactured per customer machine specifications.
3. Perforation Machine Sales: Complete perforation machines ranging from standard devices to custom machinery. Includes hot perforation machines (HPU2, HPU3, HPU4 models), cold perforation machines for elastic films, bag perforation machines, and special custom-built machinery. Plug-and-play systems with servo motors.
4. Perforation Device Sales: Standard perforation devices in module system with manual or automatic roller-distance setting. Custom devices adapted to specific machine requirements. Lower-cost solutions for easier integration.
5. Special Parts Manufacturing: Custom pinned or punched parts produced according to customer requirements. Roller and long parts up to 8+ meters in length using four-axis processing centers. Non-standard parts beyond regular delivery program.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tambula GmbH manufactures custom-engineered pinned parts and spiked rollers for industrial perforation, microperforation, embossing, transport, and fiber opening applications. The company produces complete perforation machines (hot, cold, and bag perforation systems) plus lags (Tambourbeläge) made from laminated beech wood and aluminum for tearing and fiber-opening machinery in textile, nonwoven, plastic film, and wood processing industries. Most products are custom-manufactured to customer specifications using CNC machining centers.

Product overview

Tambula GmbH is an industrial manufacturing company producing pinned/spiked components and perforation machines. Its product portfolio consists of two main categories: (1) Spiked components — including spiked roller segments, complete spiked rollers, embossing rollers, special rollers, and special pinned parts; and (2) Tambourbeläge (lags) — wooden lags made from beech laminated wood and aluminium lags for tearing cylinders and fibre-opening machines. These are complemented by a range of machines including perforation devices, hot perforation machines (HPU2/HPU3/HPU4), a patented cold perforation machine for elastic films, bag perforation machines, and custom special machinery. The company operates a modular systems approach, offering products from simple components through to complete plug-and-play machines, with the lagging products and spiked roller products forming the two production pillars.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Spiked Roller Segments Pinned brass/steel/aluminum/plastic segments used in perforation and microperforation of foils. Available with diameters 10-400 mm, lengths 5-200 mm, pin sizes 0.3-8 mm, and pin densities up to 100 pins per cm². For industrial manufacturers requiring precision perforation components.
• Complete Spiked Rollers Complete spiked rollers assembled from segments mounted on shafts or tubes, designed for perforation and transport applications, with shaft extensions engineered for bearing and drive systems. For industrial perforation and material transport applications.
• Embossing Rollers Special embossing rollers with round pins ground to desired diameter, used for foil and hygiene product manufacturing, representing any figure with minimum 0.3 mm material between pins. For foil and hygiene product manufacturers.
• Special Rollers
• Special Parts
• Perforation Devices
• Bag Perforation Machines
• Hot Perforation Machines
• Cold Perforation Machines
• Special Machinery
• Wooden Lags (Tambourbeläge aus Holz) High-performance lags for tearing cylinders and fibre opening machines, made from beech laminated wood with round, flat, or sword-type pins inserted radially or diagonally, offering long durability and precise CNC-machined hole arrangement. For textile machinery manufacturers and processors.
• Aluminium Lags (Tambourbeläge aus Aluminium) Aluminium carrier lags for tearing machines with pins up to 3 mm diameter, using pressed-in or glued pins with swelling embossments for optimal hold, CNC-machined for precise pin arrangement. For textile machinery manufacturers and processors.
• Cylinders / Tambour Rolls Complete cylinders consisting of a base body with spiked lags of aluminium or laminated wood, used in recycling or opening machines to open or tear fibres; available as pre-finished units or for repair/rebuilding. For textile recycling and fiber opening machine operators.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pin densities up to 100 pins per cm² achievable
• +3 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Georg Koinzer GmbH & Co. KGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1995Tambula GmbH is an affiliated company (sister company) of Georg Koinzer GmbH & Co. KG. Tambula is situated in their rooms and uses their infrastructure and administration. This arrangement provides cost advantages enabling economic operation as a smaller company. Both companies share CNC machines and machining centers.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Reifenhäuser Group: Leading German manufacturer of extrusion lines and components for film production, including systems that integrate perforated film technology. Comparable as a precision German industrial machinery supplier serving the film/packaging value chain.
• Sandvik AB: Global industrial engineering group producing specialized materials and components including hardmetal pins, wear parts, and precision components used in industrial processing equipment. Comparable in producing engineered steel pins and wear-resistant components for industrial processing, though at far greater scale and breadth.
• Andritz AG: Global industrial machinery group with divisions serving pulp, paper, film, and nonwoven processing—including perforated rollers, drying cylinders, and similar precision components. Comparable in that it supplies custom-engineered rotating equipment to packaging and nonwoven manufacturers, but at much greater scale and with broader portfolios.
• Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA: Large German industrial technology company supplying machinery and components to paper, textile, and nonwoven processing industries—including rollers, cylinders, and engineered surfaces. Comparable for its custom-engineered rotating components for fiber and web processing applications similar to Tambula's lag and roller products.
• Brückner Group GmbH: German-based machinery manufacturer specializing in film and sheet extrusion lines for the packaging industry, where perforated films are used. While not a direct roller competitor, its customers overlap with Tambula's packaging-film customer base and represent similar precision-engineered industrial equipment.

Direct peers

• Bohncke GmbH: Specialized German manufacturer of perforation rollers and pinned cylinders for the film, paper, and textile industries. Closest functional peer to Tambula's spiked rollers and perforation device product line, serving similar European customers.
• Großenhain Rollers (GRS): German precision roller manufacturer producing industrial rollers, cylinders, and customized roll products for paper, film, and textile processing. Comparable to Tambula in size, geography, and engineering-driven custom roller offerings.
• Georg Koinzer GmbH & Co. KG: Sister/parent company sharing Tambula's premises, CNC machinery, and administration in Bebra. Operates in adjacent precision-machined components and industrial parts, with overlapping capabilities in CNC turning, milling, and custom industrial manufacturing for German Mittelstand customers.
• DIENES Werke für Maschinenteile GmbH & Co. KG: German manufacturer of industrial knives, blades, and slotted/perforated blades used in film, foil, and nonwoven converting. Comparable as a German Mittelstab specialist supplying engineered industrial components for material perforation and cutting applications.
• Trützschler Nonwovens & Man-Made Fibers: German manufacturer of textile and nonwoven machinery, including fiber opening, tearing, and web forming equipment that uses pinned lags and spiked rollers as wearing components. Direct customer overlap with Tambula's lag and roller products and a credible competitor in machinery for the same end markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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