Meva

What Meva does

Meva a.s. is a Czech metal products manufacturer headquartered in Roudnice nad Labem, founded in 1898 and operating as a privately held joint-stock company (akciová společnost). The company produces metal waste bins, containers, underground containers, urban furniture (benches, bike racks, planters), metal barrels, propane-butane gas appliances, and breathing apparatus, serving primarily municipalities and cities across the Czech Republic and 40+ export markets, alongside industrial customers requiring contract metalworking. Manufacturing is fully in-house across two Roudnice divisions (Urbanka and Bezděkov) using pressing (10–800 ton), CNC machining (Emcoturn, CITIZEN CINCOM, EMCOMILL), metal spinning, laser cutting (TRUMPF 3030, DURMA HDF 3015), MIG/MAG/TIG welding, and powder coating; the company holds ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications valid through June 2027.

Meva operates a hybrid go-to-market combining direct enterprise field sales with regional branches in Moravia and South Bohemia, wholly-owned sales subsidiaries in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Bulgaria, exclusive commercial partners in additional countries, and a direct-to-customer e-commerce storefront at mevatec.cz, with a specialized platform for underground containers at podzemni-kontejnery.cz. Marketing is anchored on trade-show presence at IFAT Munich (2026), Caravaning Brno, Odpady a obce, and Kongres SKS. Revenue mechanics are catalog and project-based unit pricing (EXW Roudnice nad Labem, INCOTERMS 2010, 30-day payment terms), with bespoke products subject to a 100% cancellation fee; revenue is not publicly disclosed. The company is pursuing EU-funded digitalization of production and control processes, energy savings programs, and a photovoltaic installation, signaling active reinvestment in cost efficiency and ESG positioning.

Name

Meva

Legal name

MEVA a.s.

Website

https://meva.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1898

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Meva a.s. is a 125-year-old Czech manufacturer of metal waste containers, barrels, urban furniture, and gas appliances, serving municipalities and industrial customers across 40+ countries from its Roudnice nad Labem headquarters with 350+ employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Roudnice Nad Labem

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Metal Container and Waste Collection Products: Manufacture and sale of metal waste bins, containers, bins, and other waste collection products for municipalities, cities, and companies. Products include underground containers, municipal furniture, and industrial containers.
2. Metal Barrels and Drums: Production and sale of metal barrels for industrial and commercial use.
3. Propane-Butane Appliances: Design, development and manufacture of gas heating, cooking appliances and lamps.
4. Contract Manufacturing Services: Metalworking services including pressing, machining, metal spinning, welding, coating, and laser cutting for industrial customers.
5. E-commerce Sales: Direct consumer sales through e-shop at mevatec.cz for standard products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MEVA a.s. manufactures and sells metal waste bins, containers, underground containers, barrels, urban street furniture, propane-butane gas appliances, and breathing apparatus for municipalities, cities and industrial customers. The company also performs contract metalworking services including pressing, CNC machining, metal spinning, welding, laser cutting, and powder coating for industrial buyers, and distributes standard products direct to consumers via the mevatec.cz e-shop.

Product overview

MEVA a.s. is a Czech manufacturer with over 125 years of experience producing metal waste containers, barrels, urban furniture, and gas appliances. The company operates a platform-plus-services model, combining core product lines (metal waste bins/containers, underground containers, barrels, city furniture, propane-butane appliances, breathing apparatus) with manufacturing services (pressing, CNC machining, metal spinning, painting/coating, laser cutting, tool development). Products are offered through multiple catalogs (MEVA 2024, Underground Containers, Barrels, City Furniture, Propane-Butane Appliances, Bezděkov) and distributed via the MEVA-TEC e-commerce platform. The company serves municipal governments, businesses, and households across 40 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• meva-tec: E-commerce platform for MEVA products including containers, drums, and metal goods
• podzemni-kontejnery.cz

Products and services

• Metal waste bins, containers and baskets (popelnice, kontejnery, koše) Metal waste bins, containers and baskets for municipal and sorted waste collection, manufactured by MEVA a.s. for Czech and European municipalities, cities and companies as its flagship product line.
• Underground / subterranean waste containers (podzemní kontejnery) Underground / buried waste containers with above-ground collection points, designed for modern municipal waste management systems and sold through the dedicated podzemni-kontejnery.cz site.
• Metal barrels (sudy) Metal barrels manufactured using pressing, welding, grinding and painting technologies for storage and transport of various materials by industrial and commercial customers.
• Urban street furniture (městský mobiliář) Urban street furniture including benches, bike racks, planters and other metal public-space installations sold to municipalities and cities.
• Propane-butane gas appliances (propan-butanové spotřebiče) Propane-butane gas cookers, lamps and lanterns designed and manufactured by MEVA for household and industrial heating, cooking and lighting applications.
• Breathing apparatus (dýchací přístroje) Air respiratory / breathing apparatus devices designed, developed, manufactured and serviced by MEVA, sold under its pressure-vessel and safety-equipment scope.
• Pressing services (lisování) Contract pressing services using crank, eccentric, hydraulic and progressive presses with capacities from 10 to 800 tons for shearing, drawing and bending of strips, blanks and coils up to 500mm width and 1.5mm thickness for industrial customers.
• CNC machining services (kovobrábení) Contract CNC turning and milling services using Emcoturn E45, Emcoturn E65, CITIZEN CINCOM L20X and EMCOMILL E350 machines for industrial customers needing precision metal parts.
• Metal spinning services (kovotlačení) Contract metal spinning forming hollow rotational bodies from steel, stainless steel, aluminum and copper sheets up to 5mm thickness (3mm stainless, 6mm aluminum) via edging, flanging, expanding and tapering.
• Laser cutting services (dělení materiálů) Contract laser cutting service using CNC TRUMPF 3030 and fiber laser DURMA HDF 3015 to deliver precise, non-contact material cutting for industrial customers.
• Powder coating / painting services (lakování) Contract powder coating services using an automatic booth with curing oven (515x400x30mm / 400x300x200mm / 30kg) and a manual booth for parts up to 1200x800x800mm and 1000kg for industrial customers.
• Tool development and manufacturing (vývoj a výroba nástrojů) Contract design, development and manufacturing of press tools (including complete technical documentation and ongoing service) using AutoCAD and SolidWorks for industrial customers.
• MEVA-TEC e-shop direct retail channel MEVA-TEC online store (mevatec.cz) operated by subsidiary meva-tec, s.r.o. that sells standard MEVA products including containers, drums and metal goods directly to end customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 125+ years of manufacturing excellence
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 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

Feature5 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Schütz GmbH & Co. KGaA: Global manufacturer of industrial packaging including steel drums, IBCs, and plastic containers. Broader incumbent offering overlapping barrel and container products sold to industrial customers similar to MEVA's industrial segment.
• IPL Global (formerly IPL Plastics): Ireland-based manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging, containers, and consumer products. Adjacent peer producing waste and industrial containers, with overlapping municipal customer base though different core material (plastic vs. metal).
• Mauser Packaging Solutions: Global industrial packaging manufacturer of steel and plastic drums, IBCs, and reconditioning services. Larger incumbent with overlapping barrel/drum product lines serving industrial customers similar to MEVA.
• Plastic Omnium (Environmental Solutions): French-listed global automotive and environmental solutions group with a waste-container division producing bins and underground systems. Larger incumbent that competes with MEVA in European municipal tenders, though broader portfolio overall.

Direct peers

• Otto Waste Handling: German producer of metal and plastic waste containers, including underground systems. Comparable target segment (municipalities) and product overlap with MEVA's metal bins and underground-container lines.
• SULO Group: German-headquartered manufacturer of wheeled waste bins, containers, and underground systems serving municipalities across Europe. Closest direct competitor to MEVA in metal waste-container manufacturing for the municipal segment.
• SCHÄFER Container Systems: German manufacturer of metal barrels, drums, IBCs, and custom metal containers. Directly comparable to MEVA's barrel product line and contract-manufacturing offering for industrial customers.
• ZOELLER Group: German family-owned manufacturer of wheeled bins, refuse containers, and waste-collection systems. Competes with MEVA across Central Europe on metal waste containers and mobile bin systems for municipal customers.
• ESE World B.V. Netherlands-based manufacturer of wheeled bins, underground containers, and waste-collection products for European municipalities. Direct competitor in both above-ground and underground container categories.

Emerging players

• Tosca Services (Reusable Packaging): Provider of reusable plastic containers, pallets, and waste-handling solutions for industrial and retail customers. Emerging competitor addressing the same industrial-container use cases as MEVA with reusable plastics, partially overlapping MEVA's industrial segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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