Masias Maquinaria

What Masias Maquinaria does

Masias Maquinaria, S.L. is a privately held Spanish industrial machinery manufacturer founded circa 1948 and headquartered in Sant Joan Les Fonts, Girona. The company specializes in designing, manufacturing, and commissioning turnkey production lines for fiber treatment across four end-markets: home textiles (pillow filling, quilts/duvets, mattress layers, upholstery cushions), non-woven fabrics (felts and waddings, up to 2,000 kg/h), textile recycling (RECYFOAM foam cutting and DF defibering/shredding), and outdoor/technical clothing (lightweight fiberfill pads from 30–100 g/m2). Its proprietary stack includes the patented ROLLPILLOW rolled-pillow system, the Q-Connect accessory for quilting-machine integration, and the newly introduced Flexipad technology for circular-economy waddings and Foam Replacers. The core engineering is mechanical and process-driven — aspiration, carding, cross-lapping, needle-punching, foam cutting, and defibering — supported by an in-house pilot plant and R&D laboratory.

The business model is principally hardware sales through enterprise field sales, complemented by multi-year service revenue streams: equipment upgrades and modernization, technical support and maintenance, a guaranteed 10-year spare parts supply, technical training, and fee-based pilot plant testing. GTM is direct, supplemented by multilingual digital presence (website in Catalan, Spanish, English, French; catalogs in English, Chinese, Russian), an online meeting scheduling system, and trade show participation (e.g., ForMóbile São Paulo). The company is part of the MASIAS group, with MASIAS INVEST, S.L. as the holding company and FLUVITEX, S.L. as a wholly-owned textile-sector subsidiary. Ownership appears family-influenced (Patrícia Masias in management and sales), with no disclosed external institutional or PE backers. Customer segments are B2B industrial — home-textile OEMs, non-woven fabric producers, textile recycling operations, and outdoor/technical clothing manufacturers — served via custom quote-based pricing with multi-year contract cadence.

Name

Masias Maquinaria

Legal name

MASIAS MAQUINARIA, SL

Website

https://masiasmaquinaria.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Masias Maquinaria is a privately held Spanish industrial machinery manufacturer (founded c. 1948, Sant Joan Les Fonts) that designs and commissions turnkey fiber-treatment production lines for home textiles, non-wovens, recycling, and outdoor clothing OEMs, earning revenue from equipment sales plus long-tail services and spare parts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Textile Machinery

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331), Textile Furnishings Mills (3141), Nonwoven Fabric Mills (31323), Textile Product Mills (314)

SIC

Textile Mill Products (2200)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Textile Filling & Stuffing Manufacturing (Polyfill/Down/Feather/Batting) (IMAOAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Upholstery & Furniture Textiles Manufacturing (Upholstery Fabrics/Slipcovers) (IMAOAKAD), Textile-to-Textile Feedstock Preparation (De-trimming/De-buttoning/De-zipping/Contaminant Removal) (IMAOAMAE), Decorative & Soft Furnishings Manufacturing (Cushion Covers/Throws/Quilts) (IMAOAKAG)

Keywords

• Textile machinery manufacturing
• Fiber filling equipment
• Non-woven production lines
• Pillow manufacturing systems
• Textile recycling equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Sant Joan Les Fonts

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Machinery Manufacturing: Design, manufacture, assembly, and start-up of production lines for textile fiber treatment. Includes pillow filling machines, quilt production lines, mattress layer machines, felt and wadding production lines, recycling equipment, and outdoor clothing filling systems. Turnkey project delivery model.
2. Equipment Upgrades and Modernization: Machine upgrade services including updating electrical or main mechanical parts, reducing maintenance costs and optimizing production processes.
3. Technical Services and Maintenance: Technical support, maintenance, and spare parts supply. Spare parts guaranteed available for minimum 10 years for any machine in their portfolio.
4. Pilot Plant and Testing Services: Testing laboratory and pilot plant services for product development and market testing. Small production runs for market testing purposes.
5. Training Services: Technical training for staff to increase efficiency and reduce error rates, helping clients stay updated with industry trends.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Masias Maquinaria designs, manufactures, and commissions industrial machinery and complete production lines for textile fiber treatment. Its portfolio covers automatic pillow filling lines, quilt/duvet and mattress layer production systems, felt and wadding production lines, foam and textile waste recycling equipment (RECYFOAM, DF defibering machines), and lightweight fiberfill systems for technical outdoor clothing. The company delivers turnkey projects from design through assembly and start-up, complemented by an in-house pilot plant for testing and validation.

Product overview

Masias Maquinaria is an industrial machinery manufacturer with over 75 years of experience specializing in fiber treatment technologies and textile production. The company provides turnkey production lines for comfort textiles (pillows, quilts, mattresses, cushions), non-woven fabrics (felts and waddings), recycling equipment for textile waste and foam, and technical fiber fillings for outdoor clothing. Key products include automatic pillow filling lines with patented ROLLPILLOW technology, quilts/duvets production systems, felt/wadding lines (up to 2,000 kg/h capacity), RECYFOAM foam recyclers, and DF defibering machines for textile waste. The company also offers pilot plant testing, machine upgrades, technical training, and spare parts services. The Flexipad technology enables circular manufacturing of waddings and foam replacers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Flexipad: New technology for manufacturing waddings and Foam Replacers to promote circularity

Products and services

• Pillow Filling Lines (Aspiration/Carded) Automatic pillow filling production lines for home textile manufacturers producing pillows from polyester, microfibers, foam, wool, and natural fibers, with single-operator capacities from 1,000 to 4,000 pillows per shift.

Quantifiable outcome

• Production capacity: up to 4,000 pillows per shift with single operator
• +5 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Andritz: Andritz is a global industrial machinery group with a dedicated Nonwoven & Textile division producing complete lines for nonwovens, needling, and recycling. It is comparable to Masias as a much larger, broad-line incumbent serving overlapping customer segments (nonwoven fabric producers, home-textile and recycling operations) globally.
• Rieter: Rieter is a Swiss-based global leader in textile machinery, primarily for spinning and yarn preparation, with a much broader portfolio than Masias. It is a broad incumbent operating in the same textile-machinery ecosystem and serving some overlapping fiber-preparation customers.
• Karl Mayer Technische Textilien: Karl Mayer is a German textile-machinery leader producing warp-knitting, technical-textile and composite lines. It is a broad incumbent comparable to Masias as a European textile-machinery specialist with R&D-driven proprietary technology, though focused on different end-applications (technical textiles vs. comfort fillings).

Others

• Lectra: Lectra supplies software, cutting-room and Industry 4.0 solutions for fashion, furniture and technical textiles. It is adjacent/thematically related to Masias as a digital industrial-equipment vendor serving the broader textile-and-home-furnishings manufacturing ecosystem, though not directly competing in filling/recycling hardware.

Direct peers

• Dilo Group: Dilo Group supplies complete needling lines and nonwoven production systems including fiber opening, carding, cross-lappers and needling machines for felt and wadding end-uses. It directly competes with Masias in nonwoven felt/wadding production lines, particularly for mattress and automotive applications.
• Autefa Solutions: Autefa Solutions is a European nonwoven machinery specialist producing complete lines for fiber preparation, carding, cross-lapping and needle-punching used in mattress felts, waddings, automotive carpeting and cleaning materials. It directly overlaps with Masias' nonwoven fabric and felt/wadding production line offerings.
• Italpro: Italpro is an Italian manufacturer of machinery for pillow filling, bedding production and fiber opening/blending, serving the home-textiles industry. It directly competes with Masias in pillow-filling and home-comfort production lines with overlapping customer segments and a similar SME-to-mid-market profile.
• Trützschler Nonwovens: Trützschler Nonwovens (part of the Trützschler Group) manufactures complete nonwoven lines including fiber preparation, carding, cross-lapping and needling for felts and waddings. It is a direct competitor to Masias' non-woven fabric production lines for mattress felts, waddings and automotive/cleaning applications.

Emerging players

• Pellenc ST: Pellenc ST designs and builds optical sorting and recycling equipment for textiles, including textile-to-textile feedstock preparation lines that align with the EU circular-economy agenda. It is comparable to Masias' RECYFOAM and DF defibering/shredding equipment as an emerging player in the textile recycling machinery segment.

Regional players

• Lakshmi Machine Works: Lakshmi Machine Works is an India-based textile-machinery manufacturer serving spinning mills and textile producers primarily across South Asia. It is a regional peer comparable to Masias as a textile-machinery specialist, though geographically focused and product-line broader than Masias' filling/recycling niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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