VERSTA

What VERSTA does

VERSTA s.r.o. is a privately held Czech industrial automation company headquartered in Zlín, founded in 2003, that designs and manufactures custom single-purpose machines, production lines, and associated control systems for industrial customers. The company operates as a turnkey engineering house, covering the full lifecycle from mechanical concept and 3D design (using PTC Creo) through PLC software development (Omron, Siemens, Allen Bradley), control-cabinet production, visualization programming (Control Web), commissioning, and after-warranty service. Its portfolio spans single-purpose machines for automotive and electrical engineering, extrusion and laminating lines for plastics and rubber (co-developed with partner Compuplast), high-pressure and mechanical testing machines (including pressure test systems up to 2,400 bar), robots and manipulators, welding machines, winding and wrapping machinery, weighing/filling/mixing systems with proprietary visualization control, and database applications that archive manufacturing process parameters for integration with enterprise systems.

The firm serves a diversified industrial customer base across verticals including automotive and electrical engineering, plastics and rubber manufacturing, construction and chemicals, and laboratory/materials testing, with project references spanning domestic Czech customers and international deliveries (including truck tyre production lines shipped worldwide). VERSTA's go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales — customers reach out via the multilingual website (Czech, English, German, Russian), phone, or email, and projects are scoped, priced, and executed on a custom basis typically under multi-year contracts. Revenue is generated through one-time hardware sales of custom equipment, professional engineering and design services, and the sale of industrial automation components bundled into solution offerings; pricing is project-specific with no published tiers and is not publicly disclosed.

Name

VERSTA

Legal name

VERSTA s.r.o.

Website

https://versta.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

VERSTA s.r.o. is a privately held Czech industrial automation firm that designs and builds custom single-purpose machines, production lines, PLC control systems, and testing equipment for industrial customers across automotive, plastics, rubber, and chemical sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation Equipment

NAICS

Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing (33351), Machine Tool Manufacturing (333517), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types (3541)

akta.pro primary industry

CNC Machine Tools (Turning, Milling, Machining Centers) (IMAHADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF), Metal Forming & Fabrication Machines (Presses, Bending, Shearing, Stamping) (IMAHADAC)

Keywords

• Industrial automation systems
• Custom machine manufacturing
• PLC control systems
• Production line engineering
• Single-purpose machines

Headquarters

HQ city

Zlin

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Machine and Equipment Manufacturing: Design and production of single-purpose machines, production lines, and equipment for industrial applications. Revenue generated from project-based custom manufacturing contracts.
2. Engineering and Design Services: Solution design, project documentation, software development, commissioning, and after-warranty service for industrial automation systems.
3. Industrial Automation Components Sales: Sale of industrial automation components as part of complete solution offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

VERSTA designs and manufactures custom single-purpose machines, production lines, and industrial automation equipment, including extrusion and laminating lines, testing machines, robots, welding machines, weighing/filling systems, and control cabinets. The company provides complete turnkey solutions from mechanical design (using 3D CREO software) and PLC programming (Omron, Siemens, Allen Bradley) through manufacturing, commissioning, and after-warranty service.

Product overview

VERSTA is an industrial automation company (Průmyslová automatizace) providing comprehensive solutions from design to realization of custom machines and production lines. The portfolio consists of single-purpose machines (custom-built according to customer requirements), extrusion and laminating lines for plastics/rubber industries (developed with partner Compuplast), testing machines for pressure/mechanical/environmental testing, control cabinets using Siemens/Omron/Mitsubishi PLCs with Lenze/SMC/Festo drives, robots and manipulators, welding machines, weighing and filling systems, winding and wrapping machinery, barcode/label/RFID marking systems, and database applications for manufacturing data collection. The company also develops PLC software (primarily Omron, Siemens, Allen Bradley) using Control Web visualization. Services span design, project documentation, software development, production, commissioning, warranty and post-warranty service, and industrial automation component sales. Founded in 2003 with experience in automation since 1989, VERSTA operates from Zlín, Czech Republic.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Single-Purpose Machines (Jednoúčelové stroje)

Quantifiable outcome

• Pressure testing up to 2400 bar capability in high-pressure test systems
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CompuplastcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVERSTA collaborates with Compuplast on extrusion line control systems and membrane manufacturing. Compuplast develops and manufactures extrusion lines including extrusion heads, while VERSTA provides control systems and automation solutions. Together they have built innovative membrane manufacturing lines with unique technology in the field.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Schuler Group: German press technology specialist building custom forming and production equipment for automotive and industrial customers. Comparable to VERSTA in delivering bespoke single-purpose manufacturing machinery to high-spec end users.
• ATS Corporation: Canadian-based provider of custom automated production lines and factory integration across multiple industries. Highly comparable to VERSTA in delivering project-based, customer-specific industrial automation systems.
• Bystronic: Swiss manufacturer of customized sheet metal processing machinery and automation systems. Comparable to VERSTA in designing and producing application-specific industrial machines with integrated control and software.
• Bühler Group: Swiss family-owned specialist in process engineering and custom production equipment for food, feed, and advanced materials. Comparable to VERSTA in delivering turnkey single-purpose machines and lines engineered to customer specifications.

Others

• Festo: German pneumatics and automation components supplier used by VERSTA in its custom machines. Adjacent peer: a key ecosystem provider rather than direct competitor, but representative of the broader industrial automation supply chain VERSTA operates in.

Broad incumbents

• Trumpf: German machine tool and laser technology major. Comparable to VERSTA in delivering custom machine tool and automation solutions, but with vastly greater R&D, sales, and international infrastructure.
• SMS group: German plant engineering specialist for metallurgical and process industries. Comparable to VERSTA in designing and building complex custom production lines for industrial customers.
• Krones AG: German global incumbent in beverage and packaging line engineering. Overlaps with VERSTA's weighing, filling, and labelling product lines but operates at much larger scale and serves primarily the beverage end market.
• IMA Group: Italian/German leader in packaging and processing machinery for pharma, food, and personal care. Comparable to VERSTA in providing custom filling, dosing, and assembly systems but at significantly larger scale and global footprint.

Regional players

• TOS Varnsdorf: Czech machine tool manufacturer based in the Czech Republic. Comparable to VERSTA as a fellow Central European builder of industrial machinery, with a comparable geographic base and heritage in the Czech engineering ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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