What Reifenhäuser Reicofil does

Reifenhäuser Reicofil is the nonwovens division of the privately held, family-owned Reifenhäuser Group, headquartered in Troisdorf, Germany. The business designs and builds complete nonwoven extrusion production lines used by industrial converters to manufacture filtration media, hygiene and medical products, agricultural fabrics, and consumer goods. Its core product platform comprises three line families: the RF Meltblownanlage (Singlerow and Multi-row technologies producing filaments below 1 micron for filtration applications including HEPA/N95-class respirators), the RF5 Spinnvlies high-speed spunbond line, and the RF5 Composite line combining spunbond and meltblown layers in SMS through SSMMMMSS configurations. Supporting technology differentiators include the proprietary Wechselkassette system for switching between Singlerow and Multirow meltblown configurations, BiCo biconstituent fiber processing, and a technology center with up to 10 high-tech pilot lines for customer trials, recipe development, and certification work.

Underlying performance specifications are central to the company's value proposition: RF5 composite lines reach up to 1,200 m/min on sieve belt and 1,400 m/min on winder, with annual output up to 40,000 tons per line and energy consumption of 1.0-1.4 kWh per kilogram of nonwoven - claimed as the most energy-efficient conversion in the market. Maximum capillary density reaches 75 hpi (Singlerow) and 178 hpi (Multi-row) for meltblown dies, and minimum basis weight extends to 8 g/m². Over 300 meltblown production lines have been installed globally across 20+ years of specialization, and plant widths range from 1,000 mm to 5,400 mm.

The business model combines enterprise-scale capital equipment sales with project-based pricing (consultation, configuration, installation, commissioning, training) and several recurring and professional-services revenue streams: original spare parts supply, on-site and remote technical support, modernization and upgrade programs (including RF 5.10-Upgrade retrofit), R&D and pilot-line services at the Troisdorf technology center, and training through the AR:DEL Academy. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales via wholly-owned regional subsidiaries in Germany, India, the United States, Italy, and China, supplemented by third-party representatives such as Bonifa Engineering in South Korea. Digital monetization is being layered through the Reifenhäuser NEXT platform, which includes the NEXT.AI chatbot, ExtrusionOS quality and OEE monitoring, and NEXT.Learning training services. Customer segments are vertically organized across filtration (air, liquid, blood dialysis, fuel), hygiene and medical (diapers, incontinence, surgical drapes, protective clothing), consumer goods, agriculture, and industrial/automotive applications.

Name

Reifenhäuser Reicofil

Legal name

Reifenhäuser GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik

Website

https://reifenhauser.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1911

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Reifenhäuser Reicofil designs and manufactures nonwoven extrusion production lines (RF Meltblownanlage, RF5 Spinnvlies, RF5 Composite) serving hygiene, medical, filtration, and industrial customers globally as the nonwovens division of the family-owned Reifenhäuser Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Troisdorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Capital Equipment Sales: Sale of complete nonwoven extrusion production lines and individual components. Revenue generated from initial capital investment in production equipment including installation, commissioning, and training services.
2. Aftermarket Services and Spare Parts: Technical support, original spare parts supply, modernization/upgrades, and lifecycle solutions for installed equipment. Remote service and on-site support.
3. Research and Development Services: Product development services using the company's technology center with up to 10 high-tech pilot lines for customer testing and recipe/process development.
4. Training Services (AR:DEL Academy): Professional training programs for machine operators, supervisors, and production managers. Face-to-face and digital training formats.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Reifenhäuser Reicofil designs, engineers, and manufactures complete nonwoven extrusion production lines — RF Meltblown, RF5 Spunbond, and RF5 Composite — used by industrial manufacturers to produce filtration media, hygiene, medical, and packaging fabrics. The company delivers end-to-end project support covering planning, pilot trials, installation, commissioning, certification, training via AR:DEL Academy, and aftermarket spare parts and service.

Product overview

Reifenhäuser Reicofil is a division of the Reifenhäuser Group specializing in nonwoven extrusion lines and systems. The product portfolio comprises three main nonwoven production lines (RF Meltblownanlage for filtration-grade meltblown fabrics, RF5 Spinnvlies for spunbond materials, and RF5 Composite for multi-layer barrier nonwovens), supported by the broader Reifenhäuser Group's blown film lines (EVO GEN3, Aqua Cool, Agriculture, Fusion), cast/flat film lines (EVEREX with Barrier Cast and Sheet Special variants), and a comprehensive components business (extruders, screws, barrels, dies, spinnerets). Digital capabilities are delivered through the Reifenhäuser NEXT platform (NEXT.AI chatbot, NEXT.Data analytics, NEXT.Learning training), while services include technical support, after-sales service, spare parts, and the AR:DEL Academy training program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EVEREX: New generation of cast film lines featuring automated, material-efficient, and intuitive operation
• EVO GEN3
• EVO Fusion
• RF5
• RF Meltblown
• RF5 Composite
• NEXT (re-digital.io)
• PAM
• AR:DEL Academy

Products and services

• RF Meltblownanlage (RF Meltblown Line) Complete meltblown nonwoven extrusion line that produces fine-fiber webs for filtration media, hygiene products, medical fabrics, and packaging applications; targeted at industrial nonwoven manufacturers seeking energy-efficient, high-speed production.
• RF5 Spinnvlies (RF5 Spunbond) High-speed spunbond nonwoven extrusion line for producing strong, uniform nonwoven fabrics used in hygiene, medical, and industrial applications; offers very high throughput and energy efficiency.
• RF5 Composite Composite nonwoven extrusion line that combines spunbond and/or meltblown technologies on one platform to produce multilayer nonwoven fabrics with customized properties; for manufacturers needing flexible, multi-product nonwoven output.
• ExtrusionOS / NEXT.AI Digital Production Platform Software platform for real-time monitoring, data analytics, and AI-based optimization of Reicofil nonwoven extrusion lines, designed to be integrated into customer production environments to improve OEE and product consistency.
• Original Spare Parts (Originale Ersatzteile)

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy consumption of 1-1.4 kWh per kg of nonwoven produced - most energy-efficient conversion from granules to nonwoven on the market
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Karl Mayer: Karl Mayer is a broad German textile-machinery incumbent (warp knitting, technical textiles) with adjacent nonwoven activities, serving overlapping textile-industry customers though its core product portfolio differs from Reicofil's spunbond/meltblown lines.
• Rieter: Rieter is a broad Swiss textile machinery incumbent with activities that touch the nonwoven and yarn processing space, providing broader textile-machinery scale but not specializing as deeply in meltblown/spunbond as Reicofil.

Others

• Starlinger: Starlinger is an Austrian plastics- and textile-machinery maker whose weaving and packaging-film lines overlap thematically with Reifenhäuser's blown film and component businesses, though it does not directly compete in spunbond/meltblown nonwovens.
• Leistritz: Leistritz is a German manufacturer of extruders and compounding systems, a component-level peer to Reifenhäuser Extrusion Systems within the broader plastics-extrusion equipment value chain rather than a direct competitor in nonwoven lines.

Regional players

• A.Celli Nonwovens: A.Celli Nonwovens is an Italy-based equipment maker focused on winding, slitting, and converting for nonwoven lines, serving similar nonwoven producers in Europe with complementary (rather than directly competing) downstream process technology.

Emerging players

• NIPPON Nozzle: NIPPON Nozzle is a Japanese niche manufacturer of meltblown spinnerets and related nonwoven equipment components, overlapping with Reicofil's meltblown spinning beam and spinneret technology for filtration and medical nonwovens.

Direct peers

• Andritz: Andritz is a major direct competitor in nonwoven production lines (aXcess, neXline spunbond, wetlaid, and needlepunch technologies), serving the same hygiene, filtration, and medical nonwoven end markets as Reicofil.
• Trützschler Nonwovens: Trützschler is a German-based direct peer manufacturing nonwoven lines (spunbond, meltblown, airlay, wetlaid) for similar hygiene, filtration, and automotive end-markets with comparable technology depth and engineering scale.
• Dilo Group: Dilo Group is a German direct peer specializing in needlepunch nonwoven machinery lines, overlapping with Reicofil in nonwoven production equipment supply to automotive, filtration, and geotextile producers.
• Oerlikon Nonwoven (Neumag): Oerlikon Nonwoven (formerly Neumag) directly competes with Reicofil in polymer-based nonwoven systems for filtration and industrial applications, including meltblown and spunbond process technology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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