Glüpker Blechtechnologie

What Glüpker Blechtechnologie does

Glüpker Blechtechnologie GmbH is a German B2B contract manufacturer specialising in custom sheet metal fabrication for industrial customers. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Neuenhaus, Lower Saxony, the company operates two production sites — Neuenhaus and Rathenow (opened early 2023 in the Havelland region) — spanning over 42,000 m² of highly automated production and logistics space. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Neuenhauser Gruppe, a diversified German industrial conglomerate with approximately 20 production sites, and operates under the management of Jürgen Gerst (Geschäftsführer).

The company's core offering is an integrated sheet metal production stack: laser cutting and CNC punching using Trumpf machinery (12 laser systems, 9 stamping centres, working up to 4,000 x 2,000 mm and 0.2–25 mm thickness), CNC bending with Beyerle hydraulic press brakes (up to 4,100 mm length, 4,000 kN press force), robotic and manual welding using 28 Cloos systems (42 arms) certified to DIN EN ISO 9606/14732, a fully automatic Salvagnini S4 P4 punching/swing-bending line, surface coating (KTL cathodic dip priming, powder coating, galvanising), and in-house design/programming via Pro/Engineer and Radan 3D CAD/CAM. End-to-end logistics — ERP-controlled warehousing, JIT, JIS, Kanban, and milk-run — is delivered with a capacity of approximately 500,000 orders per year and 60 trailers dispatched daily.

Glüpker serves enterprise customers across eight disclosed verticals: automotive, commercial vehicles, agricultural machinery, packaging, chemical, furniture, electro-technology, and mechanical engineering. The business model is direct B2B sales with project-specific, quote-based pricing; the company explicitly positions itself as a "system partner for industry" enabling customers to outsource sheet metal production. Go-to-market is direct sales led by a named sales management function (Vertriebsleitung), supported by a multilingual corporate website (German, English, Dutch) and certification-driven credibility (DIN ISO 9001, ISO 14001, DEKRA, DIN EN ISO 3834-2, DIN EN 15085-2 CL1). No revenue, funding, or pricing is publicly disclosed.

Name

Glüpker Blechtechnologie

Legal name

Glüpker Blechtechnologie GmbH

Website

https://gluepker-blechtechnologie.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Glüpker Blechtechnologie GmbH is a German B2B contract manufacturer of custom sheet metal components, providing laser cutting, CNC bending, robotic welding, surface coating, and JIT/JIS logistics to industrial customers across automotive, commercial vehicle, agricultural machinery, and related sectors since 1981.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sheet Metal Fabrication

NAICS

All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (33299)

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444)

akta.pro primary industry

Sheet Metal Machinery (Laser/Plasma/Waterjet Cutting, Punching) (IMAHADAD)

Keywords

• Sheet metal fabrication
• Laser cutting services
• CNC bending
• Robotic welding
• Industrial surface coating

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuenhaus

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Sheet Metal Fabrication: One-time transaction-based revenue from custom manufacturing of sheet metal components. The company produces laser-cut, stamped, bent, welded, and coated parts according to customer specifications. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific. The company also offers contract manufacturing services (Lohnauftrag) and complete turnkey manufacturing solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Glüpker Blechtechnologie GmbH is a B2B contract manufacturer that produces custom sheet metal components and assemblies for industrial customers. Its offering spans laser cutting and stamping, CNC bending with edge robots, manual and robotic welding, a fully-automatic Salvagnini production line, industrial surface coating (KTL, powder, galvanizing), 3D CAD/CAM design and programming, and ERP-controlled JIT/JIS logistics, delivered from two German production sites covering 42,000+ m².

Product overview

Glüpker Blechtechnologie is a B2B sheet metal processing services provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of manufacturing services organized as an integrated production ecosystem. The core offering centers on four main manufacturing processes—laser cutting and punching (using Trumpf equipment), bending and edge processing (using Beyerle hydraulic presses), welding (both manual MAG/MIG/TIG and automated robot welding with Cloos systems), and a fully-automatic Salvagnini production line for series components. These manufacturing services are supported by complementary offerings including surface coating (KTL, powder coating, galvanizing), design and programming (using Pro/Engineer and Radan 3D), customer consultation and planning, and integrated logistics with JIT/JIS strategies. The company operates from two locations in Germany (Neuenhaus headquarters and Rathenow) across over 42,000 m² of highly automated production and logistics space.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Laser Cutting and Punching

Quantifiable outcome

• High repeatability with hydraulic press brakes achieving consistent quality in sheet metal forming
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mubea: World-leading manufacturer of automotive metal components including precision steel tubes, springs, and formed parts with significant German/European production footprint. Overlapping customer base in commercial vehicles and automotive with broader industrial product range.
• BENTELER International: Global Tier-1 automotive supplier with a substantial steel and aluminum processing division operating across multiple European production sites. Comparable to Glüpker as a broad incumbent in automotive metal processing — same end market, much larger scale, broader product portfolio.

Direct peers

• Allgaier Group: German automotive supplier of stamped and formed metal parts with press-shop and welding capabilities for European OEMs. Comparable Mittelstand contract-manufacturer profile to Glüpker with similar automotive-tier customer base.
• Leiber Group: German Mittelstand specialist in aluminum and steel components for automotive and commercial vehicle applications, with in-house tooling, casting, and machining. Adjacent to Glüpker's process integration model and shared customer base.
• Kirchhoff Automotive: German automotive supplier specializing in metal forming and sheet metal body-in-white components for global OEMs. Directly comparable to Glüpker's automotive vertical — large-volume stamped and welded assemblies with similar customer base and Tier-1/Tier-2 positioning.
• GEDIA Automotive Group: German-headquartered automotive supplier of stamped and welded metal assemblies for body-in-white and chassis applications. Operating model of integrated press, welding, and surface treatment closely matches Glüpker's laser/punch/weld/coating stack.
• Welser Profile: Austrian/German manufacturer of cold-rolled special steel profiles and complex sheet metal components for automotive and industrial customers. Similar Mittelstand scale, similar mix of laser cutting/forming/welding services, similar end-market exposure.
• Hirschvogel Holding: Family-owned German metal forming specialist serving automotive and industrial markets with forged and formed steel/aluminum components. Comparable Mittelstand profile, German footprint, automotive and commercial-vehicle customer overlap.
• Westfalia Metall GmbH: German sheet metal fabrication specialist offering laser cutting, bending, welding, and surface treatment for industrial customers. Closely comparable in scale, service portfolio, and contract-manufacturer positioning to Glüpker.

Regional players

• Vossloh AG: German rail infrastructure and metal components manufacturer with substantial German and European welding and fabrication operations. Comparable in regional German industrial footprint and overlap on rail-certified welding work — the DIN EN 15085-2 CL1 area where Glüpker is qualified.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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