What E-Packaging does

E-Packaging S.r.l. is a privately held Italian designer and manufacturer of industrial self-adhesive labelling systems, headquartered in Desio (Monza-Brianza), Italy, with an 11–50 employee headcount and a self-described position as Italy's leading producer of industrial labelling machinery. The company operates from a three-level facility that combines production, technical development and commercial/administrative offices, and sells through a worldwide network of distributors and a direct quote-based sales motion via its multilingual (Italian/English) website. Its customer base spans enterprise multinationals across food & beverage (Barilla, San Pellegrino, Nestlé, Kraft, Giovanni Rana, Galbani, Beretta, Amadori, Fiasconaro, AIA, Concha y Toro), cosmetics and personal care (L'Oréal, Intercos, Chromavis, Davines, Avon, Fiabila), pharmaceuticals (Roche, Sanofi, Teva, Italfarmaco, Carlo Erba, Corden Pharma), chemicals and lubricants (Shell, Petronas, Total, Chevron, Texaco, Caltex, Sherwin-Williams), automotive and industrial components (Magneti Marelli, Valeo, Takata, BTicino) and consumer goods (LEGO, Henkel, Unilever, Colgate). The website references approximately 120+ customer logos, with no single customer disclosed as a concentration risk.

E-Packaging's product portfolio is organised into six families built on a modular platform architecture: manual/semi-automatic dispensers (Venus da banco, MARTE series), automatic labelling heads (Trito e Giove Smart System, EPK Advance), fully synchronised labelling lines (the Saturno family spanning Compact, Full Advance and EPK high-speed variants such as ST EPK 1120), real-time Print & Apply systems (Urano Power, N, Concorde, 90, Pivot, Spit, 2/3 Pallet integrating with TEC, Zebra, SATO and Datamax industrial printers), heat-shrink sleeve applicators (Sirio 150 reaching 9,000 bottles/hour and Sirio 250 up to 15,000 bottles/hour, plus Leister hot-air and steam tunnels for 35–60 micron sleeves), and an engineered-to-order Custom line (Saturno Ombretti/Make up, Saturno 4T, Sfogliatore Automatico, ST EPK 1120). The underlying technology stack uses brushless motors, encoder synchronisation, vacuum suction plates, ultrasonic photocells, PLC control with colour touch-screen HMI, recipe storage of up to 50 recipes, and camera-based logo centring for cosmetics containers as small as 10–30 mm in diameter.

E-Packaging generates revenue primarily through one-time/project-based capital-equipment sales, where each machine is engineered, configured and priced per customer specification, with a "Richiedi preventivo / Get a quote" funnel on the website rather than a public price list. The business model is supplemented by professional services (consulting, design, installation, customer care) and an aftermarket spare-parts stream supported by warehouse stock sized to deliver within 24–36 hours. Pricing is quote-based across the six product families, with optional features (HP/TTO print support, ultrasonic photocells, logo cameras) priced in, and multi-year contracts are noted in the pricing data. Geographic reach is described as worldwide via the distributor network, with active internationalisation reinforced by a 2025 EU/Lombardy Region grant supporting IPACK-IMA participation.

Name

E-Packaging

Legal name

E-Packaging S.r.l.

Website

https://epackagingsrl.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

E-Packaging S.r.l. is an Italian designer and manufacturer of industrial self-adhesive labelling systems — manual dispensers, automated lines, Print & Apply units and shrink-sleeve applicators — serving enterprise customers across food & beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, chemical and automotive packaging globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Labelling Machinery

NAICS

Packaging and Labeling Services (56191)

akta.pro primary industry

Labeling, Coding & Marking Equipment (Labelers, Inkjet, Laser) (IMALAOAD)

Keywords

• Industrial labelling machinery
• Self-adhesive label applicators
• Print and apply systems
• Shrink sleeve applicators
• Automated packaging lines

Headquarters

HQ city

Desio

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial labelling machinery sales (one-time/ project-based): E-Packaging designs and manufactures industrial labelling systems (manual dispensers, labelling heads, complete lines, Print & Apply units, sleeve machines, custom machinery). Revenue is generated primarily through one-time capital equipment sales with each machine engineered, configured and priced per customer project, supported by installation and customer-care services.
2. Professional services – design, consulting, installation, customer care: The company offers 'innovation, consulting, design and development of the product they need,' plus support during purchase/installation and rapid customer care. Replacement parts stock is sized to satisfy the most common customer and distributor needs within 24–36 hours, implying an aftermarket spares and service revenue stream.
3. Custom / bespoke labelling systems: A stated core strength is the 'construction of special systems, customised to specific customer requests' (Custom / Macchine customizzate), indicating an engineered-to-order revenue stream for non-standard lines such as Saturno Ombretti, Saturno 4T, Automatic Feeding System, Urano 2/3 Pallet, and ST EPK 1120 cosmetic line.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

E-Packaging S.r.l. designs, manufactures and services industrial self-adhesive and shrink-sleeve labelling systems for manufacturers in food & beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals/lubricants and automotive/industrial components. The portfolio spans manual/semi-automatic dispensers (MARTE, Venus), automatic labelling heads (EPK-Advance, Trito & Giove), fully synchronized multi-head labelling lines (Saturno Compact, Full Advance, EPK high-speed, ST EPK 1120), real-time Print & Apply units (Urano family), heat-shrink sleeve applicators and tunnels (Sirio 150/250, hot-air and steam tunnels), and engineered-to-order custom systems. All machines are built in-house in Desio (MB), Italy, configured per customer project and supported by consulting, installation and customer-care services with 24–36 hour spare-parts dispatch.

Product overview

E-Packaging S.r.l. is an Italian manufacturer whose offering is a multi-product portfolio (a platform-plus-modules architecture) of industrial labelling systems rather than a single unified product. At the top of the stack is the "Linee di etichettatura" (Labelling lines) family — comprising the Saturno Compact Smart System (wrapping for round products, top and side), Saturno Full Advance, and Saturno EPK alta velocità (high speed, including ST EPK 1120) — which are fully synchronized automated lines. These are powered by the "Teste Etichettatrici" (Labelling heads) product line, anchored by the EPK – Advance high-speed applicator and the Trito e Giove Smart System. Complementing these are the "Etichettatrici Manuali/Semiautomatiche" (Manual label dispenser) entry-level line, which includes Venus da banco, MARTE Dispenser per contenitori tondi, and MARTE 160 Dispenser manuale. The Print and Apply (Stampa e Applica) division supplies real-time label printing-and-application through the Urano family (Urano Power, Urano N, Urano Concorde, Urano 90, Urano Pivot, Urano Spit, and Urano 2/3 Pallet), integrating with Zebra, TEC, SATO and Datamax industrial printers. The Sleeve Machine line handles heat-shrink sleeve labels via Sirio 150/250 applicators plus Hot Air and Steam Shrinking tunnels. Finally, the Custom (Macchine customizzate) line provides bespoke systems including Saturno Ombretti, Saturno Make up, Saturno 4T, Saturno 1T C-wrap/3 facce, and the Sfogliatore Automatico (Automatic Feeding System).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Manual and Semi-automatic Label Dispensers (Etichettatrici Manuali/Semiautomatiche) Manual and semi-automatic labelling systems designed for small or medium production environments, facilitating the application of self-adhesive labels and speeding up decorative product operations. Includes Venus da banco (flat/oval labels), MARTE Dispenser per contenitori tondi (wraparound labels on cylindrical products), and MARTE 160 manual bench dispenser (self-adhesive labels in spool).
• Automatic Labelling Heads (Teste Etichettatrici) E-Packaging's most popular automatic self-adhesive label applicator line, designed to be combined with any production line for top, bottom and side label application. Known for ease of use and robustness of materials. Includes the EPK – Advance high-speed applicator and Trito e Giove Smart System.
• Saturno Labelling Lines (Linee di etichettatura) Automatic fully synchronized labelling lines developed to satisfy any type of request, with particular strength in "Doc" products. Includes Saturno Compact Smart System (wrapping for round products and top/side), Saturno Full Advance (1T/2T variants for wrapping, body and seal, top and bottom, C-wrap/3 faces, Make Up), and Saturno EPK alta velocità (high-speed with EPK Advance heads, including ST EPK 1120). Variable-speed conveyor 0–30 m/min, up to 50 stored recipes, colour touch screen, PLC control, brushless motors with encoder synchronization.
• Urano Print & Apply Systems (Stampa e Applica) Real-time print-and-apply applicators for self-adhesive labels, integrated primarily with TEC and Zebra industrial printers (SATO and Datamax available on request). Family includes Urano Power (spellblade for flat/irregular products), Urano N (side/top via cylinder suction plate), Urano Concorde (corner application on boxes), Urano 90 (90° rotation arm for box fronts), Urano Pivot (front+side or front+top with tilting pad), Urano Spit (spellblade for thermo-foldable packaging lines), and Urano 2/3 Pallet (cabin-protected system for moving pallets).
• Sirio Shrink-Sleeve Applicators (Sleeve Machine) Heat-shrink sleeve label applicators for total body application and/or cap security labels. Sirio 150 (up to 9,000 bottles/hour) and Sirio 250 (up to 15,000 bottles/hour) with PLC control, multi-language touch screen, 400V+N+T power supply, and optional Tetra-Help, warehouse double, ejector defective and control spool end modules. Sleeve materials 35–60 microns.
• Hot Air and Steam Shrinking Tunnels Stainless-steel sleeve-shrinking tunnels designed to operate with the Sirio sleeve applicators. The Hot Air Tunnel uses Six Leister heating for shrinkage of sleeve labels (35–60 microns at low speed). The Steam Shrinking Tunnel is a 2 or 3-stage tunnel with adjustable nozzles (2 mm / 8 mm), hinged/glass inspection doors, steam group settings, condensate drainers, thermocouple temperature control and high/low temperature alarms.
• Sfogliatore Automatico (Automatic Feeding System) Automatic feeding system for flat boxes, envelopes and paperboards with adjustable stock size and thickness. Features a sequential motorised conveyor belt with vacuum pump, variable speed, steel and aluminium structure, and PLC management with a 7-inch colour touch-screen operator interface. Throughput 60–70 m/min; power 200 W; 220/110 V 50/60 Hz. Designed to feed packaging lines upstream of labelling equipment.
• Custom / Engineered-to-Order Labelling Systems (Macchine customizzate) E-Packaging's bespoke engineered-to-order service that designs and builds customized and special labelling systems according to customer requirements and packaging. Includes Saturno Ombretti (eyeshadows, double body-and-bottom labelling on 10–30 mm containers with logo-reading camera), Saturno Make up (cosmetic double labelling), Saturno 4T (quadruple labelling configuration), Saturno 1T C-wrap/3 facce (three-face labelling), and ST EPK 1120 (high-speed cylindrical/conical/hexagonal line).
• Labelling System Design, Consulting, Installation and Customer Care Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Spare parts and replacement materials delivered within 24–36 hours for the most common customer and distributor needs.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers42 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Zebra TechnologiescoreTechnology or IntegrationE-Packaging's Print & Apply systems (Urano 90, Urano Concorde, Urano N, Urano Power) are explicitly offered 'also available with Zebra printers' alongside TEC printers. The 'Print and Apply' page states the Urano family is 'intrigue[d] with TEC-ZEBRA printers mainly SATO and Datamax or on request.' Zebra industrial printers are therefore a primary technology integration partner for E-Packaging's real-time print-and-apply product line.
• TEC (Toshiba TEC)coreTechnology or IntegrationIdentified as a primary printer supplier for E-Packaging's Print & Apply systems. The company describes its Print & Apply division as developed over five years with applicators integrated primarily with TEC and Zebra printers, with SATO and Datamax available on request.
• Worldwide distributor networkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorE-Packaging operates a 'worldwide network of customers and distributors' that the company states enables it to acquire and share experience, know-how and culture, and to maintain local spare-parts stock capable of satisfying customer/distributor needs within 24–36 hours.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Krones AG: Global German-based packaging and bottling machinery leader with dedicated labelling and Print & Apply product lines (e.g., Contiroll, Autocol). Comparable as a broad incumbent serving the same enterprise F&B and cosmetics customers; significantly larger and broader in scope than E-Packaging.
• ProMach: US-based packaging-machinery holding company with multiple labelling and end-of-line brands (e.g., ID Technology, P.E. Labellers USA). Comparable as a broad incumbent consolidator whose labelling brands compete with E-Packaging's Urano Print & Apply and Saturno lines in North American enterprise accounts.
• MULTIVAC: Global German packaging-machinery manufacturer with labelling and end-of-line capabilities primarily serving food, medical and consumer-goods customers. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same F&B, pharma and consumer-goods verticals as E-Packaging.
• KHS GmbH: Major German manufacturer of filling and packaging systems for beverages, including labelling modules and shrink-sleeve applicators. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose shrink-sleeve and labelling equipment competes with E-Packaging's Sirio sleeve lines and Saturno labelling lines in beverage accounts.
• Sacmi Imola: Large Italian packaging machinery group with broad capabilities in labelling, bottling, caps and end-of-line. Comparable because it sells into the same Italian and international F&B/cosmetics customers as E-Packaging, though Sacmi is a multi-billion-euro group with a far wider portfolio and global service network.
• Sidel Group: Global packaging solutions provider (formerly part of Tetra Laval) covering blowing, filling, capping and labelling for beverages, food and personal care. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose equipment competes with E-Packaging's lines in enterprise beverage and personal-care plants.

Direct peers

• Herma GmbH: German specialist in self-adhesive labelling technology, including labelling heads and label applicators integrated into production lines. Direct peer given the overlap on labelling heads (vs. E-Packaging's EPK Advance / Trito e Giove) and shared target verticals in pharma, F&B and cosmetics.
• PE Labellers: Italian manufacturer of industrial self-adhesive labelling machinery (rotary and linear), serving F&B, cosmetics, pharma and chemicals with global installations. Closest head-to-head direct peer to E-Packaging given shared Italian origin, similar customer verticals and overlapping product scope in self-adhesive labelling lines.
• Novexx Solutions: European-headquartered supplier of industrial labelling systems, print-and-apply modules and label printers. Direct peer with overlapping Print & Apply and labelling head product scope and similar mid-market European customer base.
• Espera GmbH: German specialist in industrial labelling and Print & Apply systems for the food industry. Direct peer with overlapping product scope in weigh-price labellers and Print & Apply, competing in similar F&B customer accounts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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