CLAVEY

What CLAVEY does

CLAVEY (legal entity: Clavey Automobil Dienstleistungs GmbH) is a privately held German industrial services group founded in 1984 and headquartered in Braunschweig. The company supplies resident engineering, quality assurance, process optimization, production maintenance, technical cleaning, and industrial assembly services, primarily to industrial manufacturing customers, delivered through teams embedded directly at client production facilities in Germany and Poland. CLAVEY reports a workforce of over 600 specialized professionals (Fach- und Führungskräfte) operating across the parent entity and two principal subsidiaries: Clavey Luftfördertechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Braunschweig), which provides pneumatic conveying technology (Luftfördertechnik) for bulk material handling, and Clavey Maintenance Service sp. z o.o. (Psary Małe, Poland), which delivers regional maintenance operations.

The company's product portfolio combines industrial services with two notable product lines. The Formhand sub-brand offers flexible gripper cushions that adapt to varied component geometries, enabling a single gripper to handle multiple part shapes and reducing changeover times for logistics, automotive, and plastics customers. The Clavey Q-Portal provides a quality assurance platform for monitoring and managing quality processes at customer facilities. CLAVEY holds ISO 9001 quality management certification, GDPR compliance, and a WHG water protection certificate, alongside a worker dispatch permit supporting its embedded staffing model. A new Clavey Experience Center opened in Salzgitter in January 2026 to host customer demonstrations and events.

Revenue is generated through two streams: professional services delivered on-site at customer facilities via resident engineering teams, and hardware sales of Formhand grippers and Luftfördertechnik pneumatic conveying systems. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales, with direct relationships to industrial manufacturing customers; the company maintains marketing presence through its multilingual website (German, English, Polish), LinkedIn, and industry events such as IZB Wolfsburg, TechPart, and Formhand Demo-Days. Ownership remains private and family-influenced, with no external investors, public listings, funding rounds, or M&A activity disclosed.

Name

CLAVEY

Legal name

Clavey Automobil Dienstleistungs GmbH

Website

https://clavey.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

CLAVEY is a privately held German industrial services group that delivers resident engineering, quality assurance, process optimization, production maintenance, technical cleaning, and industrial assembly services to industrial manufacturers, alongside Formhand flexible gripper products and Luftfördertechnik pneumatic conveying systems, employing over 600 specialists across Germany and Poland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Maintenance Services

NAICS

Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance (811310)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

Vendor/Subcontractor & SLA Management (BPABAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Material Handling Protective Accessories (Slip Sheets, Corner Boards, Pallet Collars) (IMALAFAN)

Keywords

• Industrial plant maintenance
• Resident engineering services
• Process optimization services
• Flexible gripper systems
• Pneumatic conveying technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Braunschweig

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Services: Revenue generated through resident engineering, quality assurance, process optimization, production maintenance, technical cleaning, and industrial assembly services provided at customer sites.
2. Product Sales: Sale of flexible gripper solutions (Formhand) and pneumatic conveying equipment (Luftfördertechnik).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CLAVEY provides on-site industrial services — including quality assurance, resident engineering, process optimization, production maintenance, technical cleaning, industrial assembly, and pneumatic conveying — to manufacturing customers across Germany and Europe. The company also sells hardware products, notably the Formhand line of flexible adaptive grippers that handle diverse component geometries, and flexible handling technology for industrial automation. Services are delivered through embedded resident teams at customer facilities, supported by the Clavey Q-Portal for quality management.

Product overview

CLAVEY is an industrial services and automation company offering a portfolio of services and products. Services include quality assurance, resident engineering, process optimization, production maintenance, technical cleaning, industrial assembly, and pneumatic conveying technology. Products include flexible gripping solutions (Flexible Greiferlösungen) and flexible handling technology (Flexible Handhabungstechnik), with the Formhand sub-brand providing adaptive gripping pads that conform to various shapes for multi-product handling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Formhand: Flexible gripping solutions product line for handling diverse components with a single gripper system, serving logistics, automotive, and plastics industries.
• Clavey Q-Portal

Products and services

• Qualitätssicherung (Quality Assurance) Quality assurance services delivered at customer production facilities to ensure product quality and compliance with industry standards. Supported by the Clavey Q-Portal for quality management monitoring.
• Resident Engineering
• Prozessoptimierung (Process Optimization)
• Produktionsinstandhaltung (Production Maintenance)
• Technische Reinigung (Technical Cleaning)
• Industriemontagen (Industrial Assembly)
• Luftfördertechnik (Pneumatic Conveying Technology)
• Flexible Greiferlösungen (Flexible Gripper Solutions)
• Flexible Handhabungstechnik (Flexible Handling Technology)
• Formhand Flexible Gripping Pads

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FormhandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormhand is a related brand/product line for flexible gripper solutions. The Formhand technology provides adaptive gripper cushions that can handle diverse component shapes with a single gripper, complementing Clavey's industrial services portfolio.
• Automotive Center SüdwestfalenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner venue for Formhand Demo-Days events in Attendorn, where customers can experience product demonstrations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SALT Solutions: SALT Solutions provides IT and industrial services for manufacturing, including plant maintenance and process optimization — comparable to Clavey's resident engineering and process optimization services for industrial customers.
• Piab: Piab specializes in vacuum-based gripping and material handling solutions for industrial automation, a direct competitor in the flexible gripping and handling category where Formhand operates.
• Gimatic: Gimatic manufactures end-of-arm tooling, grippers, and industrial automation components, positioning it as a direct competitor in flexible gripping solutions for automotive, plastics, and logistics.
• Schunk: Schunk is a global leader in gripping systems and clamping technology for robotics and automation, directly comparable to Clavey's Formhand flexible gripper product line serving logistics, automotive, and plastics.
• Leadec: Leadec is a leading European industrial services provider offering technical services, facility management, and automation support to manufacturing plants — closely aligned with Clavey's resident engineering and plant maintenance model.

Broad incumbents

• Festo: Festo is a major German pneumatics and automation components supplier with a deep product portfolio in gripping and handling technology — comparable to both Clavey's Formhand products and pneumatic conveying (Luftfördertechnik) capabilities.
• Bilfinger: Bilfinger is a European industrial services provider for process industries, offering maintenance, engineering, and consulting — a broad incumbent comparable to Clavey's industrial plant maintenance and process optimization services.
• Dürr AG: Dürr AG is a major German industrial machinery and plant-services group with automation, painting, and environmental technology businesses — overlapping with Clavey's process optimization and industrial assembly services, though at a much larger scale.
• KUKA: KUKA is a major German industrial robotics and automation company with adjacent services and integration offerings, comparable to Clavey's industrial automation and assembly services.

Emerging players

• Hays Engineering: Hays Engineering provides technical workforce and resident engineering services to industrial clients in Germany, partially overlapping with Clavey's embedded engineering and resident service model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/claveyGROUP
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clavey-automobil-dienstleistungs-gmbh-co-kg
• Instagraminstagram.com/clavey_group

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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