What Investarm does

Investarm Srl is an Italian privately-held industrial manufacturer founded in 1982 and headquartered in Tavernole sul Mella (Brescia). The company specialises in powder metallurgy — the design, tooling, and production of sintered components formed by double-pressing metallic powders and heat-treated in controlled-atmosphere furnaces at temperatures above 1200°C. Its material set spans iron, alloy steel, stainless steel, brass, bronze, and copper, with both standard DIN formulations and bespoke powder mixes developed to customer specification. The technology platform supports downstream capabilities including copper infiltration, oil impregnation for lifetime lubrication, calibration to sub-0.05mm X-Y tolerances, and post-sintering machining, heat treatment, and galvanic finishing.

The business serves a diversified base of industrial OEMs across at least ten verticals: automotive (flanges, engine and transmission components), household appliances, sporting firearms, electric motors (flow diverters, pole expansions), textile machinery, windows/doors (serramentistica), garden furniture, watchmaking/horology, automated seating, and automation/domotics. Commercial engagement is direct, project-based, and engineering-led: Investarm works alongside customer technical staff during product industrialisation to optimise the quality/price trade-off inherent in powder metallurgy. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with economic advantages most pronounced for medium-high production volumes (1,500-2,000+ pieces) and complex X-Y geometries where mould cost and material waste would penalise die-casting or machining alternatives.

Revenue is generated through one-time product sales of customised components plus add-on services (tumbling, sandblasting, calibration, machining, heat treatment, galvanic finishing). The company operates a single production site in Italy supported exclusively by Italian partner firms for tooling and outsourced processing — a positioning the firm markets as '100% Made in Italy'. Distribution is single-country (Italy) via direct sales; there is no disclosed e-commerce channel, intermediary distribution, or named external equity ownership. The firm employs between 11 and 50 staff and reported ongoing operating status, with a 2019-2020 / 2022-era investment in an Industry 4.0-certified sintering furnace as its most recent disclosed capacity expansion.

Name

Investarm

Legal name

Investarm Srl

Website

https://investarmsinterizzati.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Investarm Srl, founded 1982 in Italy, designs and produces customised sintered (powder metallurgy) components in iron, alloy steel, stainless steel, brass, bronze, and copper for Italian industrial OEMs across automotive, appliance, firearms, electric-motor, textile, and watchmaking sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Marcheno

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sintered Component Manufacturing: Design, tooling, and production of customized sintered components from iron, alloy steel, stainless steel, brass, bronze, and copper. Revenue is generated through one-time product sales based on customer specifications, with additional services including post-sintering operations (machining, heat treatment, galvanizing).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Investarm designs and manufactures customized sintered metal components using powder metallurgy technology. The company produces parts in iron, alloy steel, stainless steel, brass, bronze, and copper, operating mechanical and hydraulic presses ranging from 4 to 200 tons and sintering furnaces with controlled atmosphere exceeding 1200°C. Services include post-sintering operations such as calibration, machining, heat treatment, and galvanic finishing, supplied directly to industrial manufacturers across automotive, appliance, firearms, electric motor, textile, and other sectors.

Product overview

Investarm produces sintered components using powder metallurgy technology since 1982. The core product portfolio includes sintered gears, appliance components, automotive components, sporting gun components, electric motor components, textile machine components, window/door components, garden furniture components, watchmaking components, and automatic seat components. The company operates mechanical and hydraulic presses (4-200 tons) and sintering furnaces with controlled atmosphere. Secondary services include tumbling, sandblasting, calibration, machining, grinding, heat treatments, and galvanic treatments. Materials used include iron, alloy steel, stainless steel, brass, bronze, and copper.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sintered Gears (Ingranaggi Sinterizzati) Sintered gears designed for various applications including motorized valves, actuators, and gearboxes. Features wear resistance without additional treatments and cost-effective complex shapes for industrial manufacturers.
• Household Appliance Sintered Components Sintered components for household electrical appliances ranging from economical mass-produced products to premium luxury items, supplied to production lines for both segments.
• Automotive Sintered Components Sintered automotive components including various flange models developed for the automotive spare parts market, as well as engine and transmission components and gears.
• Sporting Firearm Sintered Components Sintered components for hunting shotguns, antique weapon replicas, and clay pigeon shooting, produced both for Investarm's own firearms production division and for other Italian firearms manufacturers.
• Electric Motor Sintered Components Magnetic circuit components with particularly complex shapes including flow diverters and pole extensions for normal and self-braking electric motors, where sintering provides very competitive solutions.
• Textile Machine Sintered Components Various sintered components for textile machinery including pinions, rotors, stators, pole extensions, keys, and buttons requiring dimensional precision and wear resistance.
• Window and Door Hardware Components Safety components for heavy-duty applications supporting and moving glass and crystal sheets in windows and doors, featuring copper infiltration for enhanced mechanical properties and high stress resistance.
• Garden Furniture Sintered Components Heat-treated sintered cams for garden furniture requiring high mechanical strength and wear resistance, typically subjected to post-sintering heat treatment for outdoor durability.
• Watchmaking / Horological Sintered Components Precision components for the luxury watchmaking industry requiring elegance, precision, and suitability for galvanic finishing treatments such as nickel plating and chrome plating.
• Automated Seating Sintered Components Gear chains for automated movement of chairs and seats where sintering advantages are particularly valued for delivering strength exceeding die-cast alloys at medium-high production volumes.
• Post-Sintering Processing Services Secondary processing services including tumbling, sandblasting, calibration, chip-removal machining (milling and turning), grinding, heat treatments, and galvanic treatments (zinc plating, chrome plating, nickel plating, phosphatizing).
• Sintered Materials (Iron, Alloy Steel, Stainless Steel, Brass, Bronze, Copper) Sintered components produced in iron, alloy steel, stainless steel, brass, bronze, and copper, using standard DIN powder mixes or custom formulations to achieve customer-specific mechanical properties.

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Höganäs AB: Swedish-based world leader in metal powders for sintering and surface coating, with integrated parts production. Operates upstream and adjacent to Investarm's process (supplying powders) as well as in finished parts, making it both a supplier and competitor.
• Sumitomo Electric Industries (Powder Metallurgy division): Diversified Japanese industrial conglomerate with a significant powder metallurgy and sintered parts division serving automotive and industrial markets. Larger and broader than Investarm, but competes in the same PM technology space and product categories.
• GKN Powder Metallurgy: Global leader in powder metallurgy components (now part of Dowlais), serving automotive, industrial, and consumer markets at massive scale. Operates in the same technology and product category as Investarm but at much greater scale, breadth, and geographic reach — represents both competition and partnership potential.

Direct peers

• AMES Sintered Components: Spanish manufacturer of sintered components using powder metallurgy for automotive, power tools, and industrial sectors. Direct Southern European peer with comparable size, technology base, and multi-vertical customer mix.
• Miba AG: Austrian-headquartered manufacturer of sintered powder metallurgy components for automotive, industrial, and energy applications. Closely comparable mid-sized European specialty PM parts producer serving similar end-markets and customer types as Investarm.
• Capstan Inc. US-based powder metallurgy parts manufacturer serving automotive, industrial, and consumer markets with custom sintered components. Mid-sized specialty PM competitor with comparable process technology and multi-vertical customer mix.
• Stackpole International: Canadian manufacturer of powder metal components serving automotive, industrial, and consumer markets with presses and sintering furnaces. Comparable specialty PM producer with similar technology stack and global customer orientation.
• Porite Group: Japan-headquartered PM components producer with European manufacturing footprint serving automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. Comparable sintered-parts producer competing in similar European and global supply chains.
• FOMAS S.p.A. Italian producer of sintered components and powder metallurgy parts for automotive, hydraulics, and industrial applications. Domestic Italian peer with overlapping customer base and process technology, competing for similar local and European accounts.
• Schunk Group (Sintered Parts division): German industrial group with a dedicated sintered parts division producing structural and precision PM components for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. Highly comparable in process technology and end-market exposure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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