Orved

What Orved does

Orved S.p.A. is an Italian designer and manufacturer of professional vacuum packaging, sous vide cooking, and tray sealing equipment, founded in 1984 by Marziano Salvaro and headquartered in Musile di Piave, Italy. The company builds a broad hardware portfolio spanning chamber vacuum machines (Cuisson, Bright/Power-Steel, Evox, Idea, VM, Pastry lines), sous vide cook-and-chill systems (SV-Lab and SV-Lab Pro), tray sealers (VGP, VGP Skin, Profi), external suction machines, and domestic-use appliances, supported by consumables (smooth, embossed, cooking, and compostable Natural Vacuum bags; CPET, compostable, Gastronorm, and PP trays) and accessories including the SYV valve for sous vide temperature monitoring. Core engineering is rooted in proprietary technologies such as vertical vacuum chamber architecture (Cuisson line), HIGH-FLEX chamber design (Evox), POWER-STEEL chambers with inert gas injection (Bright), and intelligent sensors for automated vacuum control; the company also developed the ARGOVAC space-qualified machine in collaboration with Argotec for the Futura mission.

The company serves professional foodservice operators — restaurants, hotels, caterers, pastry shops, butcher shops, dairy/cheese shops, food processing laboratories, and takeaway/delivery kitchens — alongside home consumers. Revenue is generated primarily through one-time hardware sales of machines and consumables (bags, trays, accessories), supplemented by Orved Academy training services; pricing is quote-based with no disclosed subscription model. Distribution combines wholly-owned subsidiaries in France (Orved France Sasu, Massy) and Spain (Orved Ibérica S.L., Barcelona), a channel partnership with Jestic Foodservice Solutions in the UK, and a global distributor network reaching 121 countries. The operating model is self-funded, founder-led, and ISO 9001 / ETL-certified for export markets, with no disclosed external investment or funding rounds.

Name

Orved

Legal name

Orved S.p.A.

Website

https://orved.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Orved is an Italian manufacturer, founded 1984, of professional vacuum packaging machines, sous vide cooking equipment, and tray sealers, serving restaurants, hotels, caterers, pastry and butcher shops, and home users across 121 countries via direct subsidiaries and distributors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vacuum Packaging Machinery and Sous Vide Cooking Equipment

NAICS

Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing (335210), Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing (33521), Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (333310)

SIC

Household Appliances (3630), Electric Housewares & Fans (3634)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Kitchen Appliances Retail (Sous Vide, Dehydrators, Ice Cream) (CRACADAF)

Keywords

• Vacuum packaging machines
• Sous vide cookers
• Chamber vacuum sealers
• Thermosealer equipment
• Vacuum bags and trays

Headquarters

HQ city

Musile Di Piave

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Vacuum Packaging Machines: Sale of professional vacuum chamber machines, external suction machines, and home use vacuum machines for food packaging and preservation.
2. Vacuum Bags and Trays: Sale of vacuum bags (smooth, channeled), cooking bags, cook and chill bags, and vacuum trays (CPET, compostable, Gastronorm, transparent PP) as consumables.
3. Heat Sealing Equipment: Sale of tray sealers including VGP, VGP Skin, and Profi lines for professional food packaging.
4. Sous Vide Cooking Equipment: Sale of sous vide cooking equipment including SV-Lab and SV-Thermo water baths for low-temperature cooking.
5. Accessories: Sale of vacuum accessories including Easy accessory, stainless steel funnels, inclined shelves, steel containers, wireless TAG printer, bag cutters, container vacuum devices, suction straws, carts, Skin kits, polypropylene film, compostable film, CPET tray film, Booster compressor, and SYV valve.
6. Training Services: Orved Academy provides training to help customers maximize the potential of their machines and understand all benefits of vacuum technology.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Orved designs, manufactures and distributes professional and domestic vacuum chamber packaging machines (PRIMA, IDEA, MAX, VERTICAL, SP and Domestica series), tray sealers/thermosealers (TMC, TMCV, TS-EVO, TS-V, TMCI), sous vide cookers, and consumables including vacuum bags, compostable bags (ComposNatura) and trays. The portfolio serves restaurants, hotels, catering, pastry shops, butchers and food retailers as well as home users across 121 countries.

Product overview

Orved is an Italian company founded in 1984 specializing in vacuum packaging and sous vide cooking technology. The company offers a comprehensive product portfolio centered on vacuum chamber packing machines (including Cuisson, Bright, Evox, Idea, VM lines), sous vide cooking and chilling equipment (SV-Lab series), tray sealing machines (VGP, VGP Skin, Profi lines), external suction machines, and home-use vacuum appliances. The product ecosystem extends to vacuum bags (including Natural Vacuum compostable bags), vacuum trays (CPET, compostable, Gastronorm), and accessories such as the SYV valve for temperature monitoring during sous vide cooking. Orved serves professional kitchens, restaurants, hotels, caterers, pastry shops, butchers, and domestic users across 121 countries. A notable achievement includes the ARGOVAC machine developed for space missions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Orved Academy: Training school helping customers maximize the benefits of vacuum technology and machine usage.
• Orved Hub
• Natural Vacuum
• Argovac

Products and services

• PRIMA Series Vacuum Chamber Machine Professional-grade vacuum chamber packaging machine designed for restaurants, hotels, catering companies and other foodservice operators needing reliable vacuum sealing for food preservation and sous vide preparation.
• IDEA Series Vacuum Chamber Machine Professional vacuum chamber packaging machine in the Orved Professional range, targeted at foodservice operators that require robust, repeatable vacuum sealing performance.
• MAX Series Vacuum Chamber Machine Higher-capacity professional vacuum chamber packaging machine in the Orved Professional range, aimed at foodservice operations with heavier packaging volumes.
• VERTICAL Vacuum Chamber Machine Vertical-format professional vacuum chamber machine in the Orved Professional range, designed for kitchens and shops where vertical loading and footprint optimisation are required.
• SP Vacuum Chamber Machine Professional vacuum chamber machine in the Orved Professional range developed specifically for in-store supermarket and food retail packaging applications.
• Domestica Line Vacuum Chamber Machines Compact, user-friendly vacuum chamber machine line (in PRIMA, IDEA and MAX variants) from Orved Domestica, designed for home consumers who want to vacuum-pack food and cook sous vide at home.
• Thermosealers (TMC, TMCV, TS-EVO, TS-V, TMCI) Professional tray-sealing machines (TMC, TMCV, TS-EVO, TS-V, TMCI) for foodservice and food retail operators who need to seal food into pre-formed trays for display, storage or transport.
• Sous Vide Cookers Sous vide cooking equipment offered by Orved as a complement to its vacuum packaging machines, enabling controlled low-temperature cooking for both professional and domestic users.
• Vacuum Bags, Pouches and Trays Consumable vacuum bags, pouches, trays and containers sold by Orved for use with its vacuum chamber machines and thermosealers, including compostable ComposNatura bags for sustainability-focused customers.
• Orved Academy Training Programme Training programme (Orved Academy) offered by Orved to teach users and partners how to operate its vacuum packaging, sous vide and thermosealing equipment, supporting customers across the Professional and Domestica ranges.

Quantifiable outcome

• Shelf life extended 3-4 times compared to non-vacuum storage
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Jestic Foodservice SolutionscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 2 February 2026Jestic Foodservice Solutions has added Orved to its brand portfolio, representing Orved's vacuum technology offerings across the UK market. The partnership includes vacuum bags and trays, vacuum packing systems, sous vide cooking equipment, and regeneration systems manufactured in Italy. Steve Morris, Sales Director at Jestic, stated the partnership strengthens their vacuum offering and provides customers with world-class solutions.
• ArgotecflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Collaboration with Argotec, the company responsible for European astronauts' food on the International Space Station, to develop a special ARGOVAC vacuum machine for packaging food for the Futura space mission, attended by Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Orved also designed and produced ideal vacuum bags for food preservation in space.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sammic: Sammic is a Spanish manufacturer of food preparation, vacuum packaging, and sous vide equipment for the foodservice industry. It directly competes with Orved in southern Europe and Latin America, including in sous vide circulators and chamber vacuum machines.
• Multivac: Multivac is a global leader in vacuum packaging, thermoforming, and tray sealing equipment for food, medical, and industrial markets. It directly competes with Orved across chamber vacuum, tray sealing, and consumables, and operates at significantly greater scale across more geographies.
• Henkelman Vacuum Systems: Henkelman is a Dutch manufacturer of professional chamber vacuum packagers and tray sealers serving foodservice, retail, and industrial customers. It is one of the most direct competitors to Orved's chamber machine portfolio (Idea, VM, Bright, Evox lines) across Europe and beyond.
• VacMaster (ARY VacMaster): VacMaster manufactures chamber and external suction vacuum packaging machines for commercial and prosumer use. It overlaps with Orved's Evox, Idea, and Domestica lines, particularly in the Americas and UK where Orved has limited direct presence.
• Laica: Laica is an Italian manufacturer of home health, wellness, and small kitchen appliances, including vacuum sealers. It is a direct Italian competitor in the consumer-grade vacuum packaging segment where Orved sells its Domestica line.
• PolyScience (sous vide): PolyScience makes professional sous vide immersion circulators and is now part of the Breville group. It competes with Orved's SV-Lab/SV-Lab Pro line in the professional sous vide segment, particularly in fine-dining and Michelin-starred kitchens.

Broad incumbents

• Robot Coupe: Robot Coupe is a French manufacturer of professional food preparation equipment (blenders, cutters, slicers) sold globally through foodservice dealers. It shares Orved's professional kitchen customer base and dealer channels, though its product set is complementary rather than direct.
• Cryovac (Sealed Air): Sealed Air's Cryovac brand is a global leader in vacuum packaging films, bags, and trays for food and industrial markets. It is not a direct machine competitor but competes with Orved's consumables business (Natural Vacuum Bag, vacuum bags, CPET trays) and often bundles with competitor equipment.
• Breville Group: Breville is a global premium small appliance group (Breville, Sage, PolyScience) with a broad kitchen appliance portfolio that includes vacuum sealers and sous vide circulators. It competes with Orved at the high end of home and prosumer use cases.

Emerging players

• Anova Culinary: Anova is a leading consumer and prosumer sous vide brand, known for its precision cookers and connected kitchen strategy. While focused on consumer sous vide rather than vacuum packaging, it competes indirectly with Orved's Domestica line in the home kitchen.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/orved
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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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