Floatex

What Floatex does

Floatex SRL is an Italian manufacturer of marine floating products, founded in 1976 and headquartered in Provaglio d'Iseo (Brescia), where it operates a 6,500 m² site with 3,700 m² of covered production space. The company uses rotational molding of polyethylene shells filled with closed-cell polyurethane foam to produce buoys, floats, fenders, and barriers engineered for offshore and coastal applications, including systems rated for deepwater use up to 9,000 meters and safe working loads up to 180 tonnes. Its product catalog covers mooring buoys (MMB series), anchor buoys, navigation aids compliant with IALA standards, pipe-laying floats, SPM accessories, dredging floats, fenders, floating barriers, and aquaculture solutions.

The firm operates a custom-engineered, project-based business model with quote-based pricing, selling directly to maritime, oil & gas offshore, dredging, port infrastructure, aquaculture, and environmental monitoring end markets. A wholly owned subsidiary in Dordrecht, Netherlands supports international distribution, and modular product design enables global shipping of buoy components to project sites. Floatex is a privately held Italian SRL, holds IALA industrial membership, and discloses no public funding rounds, M&A activity, or leadership changes in the input data.

Name

Floatex

Legal name

FLOATEX SRL

Website

https://floatex.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Floatex is an Italian rotational-molding manufacturer founded in 1976 that produces polyethylene and polyurethane marine buoys, floats, and navigation aids for offshore oil & gas, dredging, port infrastructure, and aquaculture customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brescia

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Marine Floating Products Manufacturing: Manufacture and sale of marine floating products including buoys, markers, floats, and accessories for coastal and offshore applications

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Floatex manufactures and sells marine floating products including modular mooring buoys, anchor buoys, navigation aids (light buoys, marine lanterns, elastic beacons), SPM (Single Point Mooring) accessories for oil & gas, pipe-laying floats, dredging floats, fenders, floating barriers, pontoon floats, and aquaculture solutions. Products are constructed using rotational molding technology combining UV-stabilized linear polyethylene shells with closed-cell polyurethane foam filling, serving maritime shipping, offshore oil & gas, dredging, aquaculture, port authorities, and environmental monitoring applications worldwide since 1976.

Product overview

Floatex SRL is a marine floating product manufacturer founded in 1976, producing a comprehensive portfolio of polyethylene and polyurethane-based buoyancy solutions for coastal and offshore applications. The product portfolio centers on rotomolded polyethylene shells filled with closed-cell polyurethane foam, forming modular buoys and floats. The core offering comprises multiple mooring buoy series (MMB-12, MMB-16, MMB-18, MMB-22, MMB-4300, and RM16) and the giant EXA modular buoys for open-sea applications. Supporting the mooring systems is an extensive SPM (Single Point Mooring) accessories line including chain support buoys, chain-through buoys, hinged floats (SUPER, BOLTED, Turnbuckle), concentric and Y-piece reducers, and Winkerlight signal lights for offshore Oil & Gas operations. Pipe laying solutions include OVALE, PARAL, and PONT series floats for subsea pipeline installation. Additional product categories encompass navigation aids (light buoys, marine lanterns, elastic beacons) compliant with IALA standards, deepwater buoys rated to 9000m depth, dredging floats, fenders, floating barriers, pontoon floats, aquaculture/mussel farming solutions, and water monitoring floating platforms. The products serve maritime, Oil & Gas, dredging, aquaculture, and environmental protection sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Boe Ormeggio Serie MMB-4300 Mooring Buoy System Large modular mooring buoy system with standard 180-ton SWL, featuring interchangeable polyethylene modules filled with closed-cell polyurethane foam and polyurethane elastomeric fenders. Designed for large vessel mooring including cruise ships and commercial applications.
• Boe Ormeggio Serie MMB-22 Mooring Buoy Versatile mooring buoy configurable with pad-eyes on both sides or bollard on top, with SWL options of 17, 35, and 55 tonnes for various water depths.
• Boe Ormeggio Serie MMB-18 Mooring Buoy UV-stabilized linear polyethylene floating module with closed-cell polyurethane filling, featuring central steel end plates with bollard or pad-eyes and hot-dip galvanized hardware.
• Boe Ormeggio Serie MMB-16 Mooring Buoy Multi-purpose marine mooring buoy with configurable pad-eyes offering SWL options of 9.5, 17, 25, and 35 tonnes for various water depths.
• Boe Ormeggio Serie MMB-12 Mooring Buoy Compact mooring buoy series available with pad-eye configurations (SWL 6.5, 9.5, 12 tonnes) or swivel ring configurations (SWL 17 tonnes).
• Boe Ormeggio Tipo RM16 Mooring Buoy Medium-sized mooring buoy for vessels and yachts, featuring top ring for mooring operations, polyethylene fender covered with polyurethane, and standard 14-tonne SWL.
• Marker and Pickup Buoys for Small Moorings Marker and pickup buoys for marking chain positions, suitable for small vessels and barges, with depth options using rigid monocellular polyurethane or syntactic foam up to 4,000 meters.
• Catamaran Mooring Buoy Catamaran-style mooring buoy configuration for enhanced stability and mooring applications.
• Boa Gigante Serie EXA Giant Buoy Giant modular buoy series (EXA-48-56-40) designed for open-sea applications requiring large buoyancy, with interchangeable rotomolded polyethylene shells filled with closed-cell polyurethane foam.
• Boe Ancoraggio Anchor Buoys Pennant and Giant anchor buoys designed for severe working conditions with high collision exposure, available in single or multiple modules for required buoyancy.
• Boe Luminose e Segnaletiche Light and Marker Buoys Light and marker buoys for navigation aid applications, produced in compliance with IALA standards since 1976.
• Fanali Marini Marine Lanterns Marine lanterns for navigation marking, compliant with IALA international standards.
• Mede Elastiche Elastic Monitoring Beacons Elastic beacons and monitoring buoys for marine monitoring applications.
• Boe di Profondità Deepwater Buoys Deepwater buoys capable of operations up to 9,000 meters depth for both surface and subsea applications.
• Soluzioni di Dragaggio Dredging Solutions Dredging floats for dredging pipe tubes available in various diameters and volumes, including Bow Coupling floats with two methods to protect the system during connection operations.
• Parabordi Marine Fenders Fenders in elastomeric polyurethane in various shapes and sizes for port protection against collision damage from ships and small vessels.
• Barriere Galleggianti Floating Barriers Floating barriers for hydrocarbon spill containment, algae protection, and environmental protection, available in three types for permanent or emergency temporary use.
• Galleggianti per Pontili Pontoon Floats Floats for pontoon and platform support, with custom metallic structures available on request for complete solutions.
• Water Monitoring Floating Solutions Floating solutions for supporting monitoring sensors, marine-weather monitoring buoys, and water control systems, equippable with AIS, Racon, and various sensors.
• Aquaculture and Mussel Farming Solutions Floating solutions for aquaculture and mussel farming including depth floats for mussel farms, support floats, mooring buoys for cages, and light buoys for fish farms.
• SPM Chain Supporting Buoys (CBS Series) Chain supporting buoys designed for SPM (Single Point Mooring) applications in the Oil & Gas sector.
• Chain-Through Buoys for SPM Chain-through buoys for SPM applications enabling chain passage through the buoy structure.
• SUPER Hinged Floats SUPER series hinged floats for flexible connection in SPM hose string systems.
• Floating Concentric Reducers and Y-Pieces Floating concentric reducers and Y-pieces for hose string configuration in offshore applications.
• Pipe Laying Floats - OVALE Series Oval-shaped pipe laying floats for supporting pipe installation operations at various depths.
• Pipe Laying Floats - PARAL Series PARAL series pipe laying floats designed for pipe installation support at required depths.
• PONT Series Support Floats Support floats in PONT series for platform buoyancy (PONT 33, PONT 18), modular piling, and pontoon buoyancy (PONT 4), featuring UV-stabilized linear polyethylene shells filled with closed-cell polyurethane foam.
• Winkerlight WL 60 A-B Signal Lights Flashing signal lights (Winkerlights) for floating hose marking, available in low and high configurations, designed for easy mounting on floating hose flanges with 1 nautical mile illumination range.

Quantifiable outcome

• Maximum depth capability of 9000 meters for deepwater applications
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IALA (International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities)coreOthersFloatex has been an industrial member of IALA for many years. As a member, the company ensures its navigation aids (light buoys, signal towers, marine lanterns, and elastic beacons) comply with IALA regulations and standards.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tideland Signal: Tideland Signal is a long-established manufacturer of marine aids to navigation, including buoys, lanterns, and radar beacons, directly competing with Floatex in the IALA-compliant navigation aid segment globally.
• Mobilis: Mobilis is a French manufacturer of marine buoys, floats, and offshore accessories with a closely overlapping product range including mooring buoys, SPM accessories, and navigation aids — a direct European competitor to Floatex in nearly every product category.
• Polyform AS: Polyform is a Norwegian manufacturer of rotational-molded polyethylene buoys and floats for marine and offshore applications, using similar rotomolding production technology and competing directly with Floatex's mooring and marker buoys.
• JFC Marine: JFC Marine is an Irish manufacturer of rotational-molded marine floats, mooring buoys, and aquaculture equipment, using comparable polyethylene production processes and serving overlapping European aquaculture and port customers.
• Carmanah Technologies: Carmanah manufactures marine lanterns, navigation lights, and signaling equipment for ports and offshore applications, overlapping with Floatex's aids-to-navigation and Winkerlight product lines.
• FenderCare Marine: FenderCare Marine supplies marine fenders, buoys, and offshore equipment to ports and offshore operators worldwide, directly competing with Floatex's elastomeric polyurethane fenders and mooring buoy product lines.
• Sealite: Sealite is a leading global manufacturer of marine buoys, marine lanterns, and navigation aids, producing PE and foam-filled buoys across the same mooring, navigation, and offshore segments as Floatex — making it the closest like-for-like competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/floatex

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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