4C

What 4C does

4C Srl is an Italian contract manufacturer specializing in mold design, mold fabrication, and injection molding of plastic materials and rubber. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Saccolongo in the province of Padua, the company operates from a single integrated facility in the Veneto industrial district, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. It is a privately held Italian limited liability company (Srl) with €30,000 fully paid share capital, described as a family business carrying three generations of accumulated expertise in the field.

The company's core offering is a full-lifecycle service: customer co-design, CAD-based mold engineering, CNC mold fabrication (up to 1000x800 mm dimensions), computer-controlled injection molding of technopolymers and rubbers (articles from a few grams up to 3 kg), rapid prototyping using FFF filament and resin 3D printing, and a range of secondary operations including ultrasonic welding, screen printing, painting, chrome plating, assembly, packaging, warehousing, and logistics. Production is supported by a proprietary automated raw-material transport and distribution system that software-controls quantities, temperatures, and continuous colorant mixing. The firm holds ISO 9001 quality certification (May 2023) and MOCA certification for food-contact materials (June 2023), with ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 planned for end of 2024.

Commercially, 4C generates revenue through project-based, quote-driven contracts for custom mold design, mold fabrication, injection molding runs, and ancillary finishing/logistics services. It sells exclusively through direct B2B channels — phone, email, and website contact — with no distributors, resellers, or field sales force. Customers span multiple verticals: indoor and outdoor furniture, water and coffee dispensers, household appliances, automotive interiors, electromedical devices, safety equipment, food-contact applications, and prototyping partnerships with startups. The company states that its products are used worldwide by end customers, but its direct commercial relationships are concentrated in Italy.

Name

4C

Legal name

4C Srl

Website

https://4csrl.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

4C Srl is a privately held Italian mold design and contract injection molding manufacturer serving Italian B2B customers across furniture, appliances, automotive, electromedical, safety, and food-contact verticals from a single facility in Saccolongo, Padua, with a 360-degree service from design through logistics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Injection Molding Services

NAICS

Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261), Industrial Mold Manufacturing (333511), Industrial Design Services (54142)

SIC

Plastics Products, Nec (3089), Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom Injection Molding & Contract Manufacturing (Job Shops/CMs) (IMANAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Polymer 3D Printing Service Bureaus (FDM/FFF, SLA/DLP, SLS/MJF) (IMAAADAA), Design-for-Additive (DfAM) & Prototype Optimization (IMAAAFAC)

Keywords

• Plastic injection molding
• Mold design services
• Custom mold manufacturing
• Rapid prototyping
• Plastic component production

Headquarters

HQ city

Saccolongo

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Mold Design and Manufacturing: Design and construction of custom molds for plastic materials. Pricing is project-based and determined by complexity, dimensions, materials, and production quantities. The company offers print-only, molding-only, or complete mold-and-stamping services.
2. Injection Molding Services: Production of plastic articles through injection molding process. Products range from small minimum weights up to 3 kg per piece. Materials include technopolymers, rubbers, and second-life plastics. Services include computer-controlled dimensional quality checks.
3. Supplementary Services: Additional services including ultrasonic welding, finishing, surface treatments (screen printing, painting, chrome plating), assembly, packaging, storage, and logistics. Services accompany customers from industrialization to end-user delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

4C Srl is an Italian contract manufacturer specializing in the design and construction of molds and injection molding of plastic materials (technopolymers and rubbers). The company offers an integrated 360° service covering mold design via CAD, mold creation through CNC machining (sizes up to 1000x800 mm), and injection molding of articles from a few grams up to 3 kg per piece. Supporting services include 3D printing rapid prototyping (filament and resin), CNC prototyping, ultrasonic welding, surface treatments, assembly, packaging, and logistics for complete product delivery.

Product overview

4C Srl is an Italian mold design and injection molding company offering an integrated service portfolio spanning the entire production lifecycle. The core offerings include Progettazione stampi (mold design using CAD technologies), Creazione stampi (mold creation via CNC machining up to 1000x800 mm), and Stampaggio (injection molding of technopolymers and rubber from minimum weights to 3 kg per piece). Supporting these core services, the company provides Prototipazione rapida (rapid prototyping via FFF filament and resin 3D printing plus CNC), and Servizi accessori (ancillary services including ultrasonic welding, finishing, assembly, packaging, and logistics). The company serves diverse sectors including indoor/outdoor furniture, electronics, water and coffee dispensers, automotive, electromedical devices, and food-contact materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mold Design (Progettazione stampi)

Quantifiable outcome

• Products used globally
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Röchling Group: Large German plastics processor with broad industrial and medical product lines. Operates at much greater scale in custom-molded plastic and rubber parts; competes with 4C in automotive, medical, and industrial verticals across Europe.
• Ensinger: German-based processor of engineering plastics (semi-finished products, machined components, injection molded parts). Serves similar industrial OEM customers with broader portfolio and deeper geographic reach.

Emerging players

• Xometry: Global on-demand manufacturing marketplace connecting buyers with CNC, injection molding, and 3D printing suppliers. Adjacent business model to 4C's contract-manufacturing offering; competes for the same digital-native customer base.
• Fast Radius: On-demand digital manufacturing provider combining additive manufacturing with traditional injection molding for low-volume production. Comparable custom-manufacturing offering targeting industrial customers with short lead-time requirements.

Regional players

• Piovan Group: Italian-headquartered supplier of auxiliary equipment and automation for plastics processing. Adjacent peer: serves plastics processors (like 4C's customers and the company itself) in the same Italian and broader European market.
• BMB S.p.A. Italian manufacturer of injection molding machinery. Adjacent rather than direct peer, but shares the Italian plastics-manufacturing ecosystem and serves overlapping Italian plastics customers who operate injection lines.

Direct peers

• Stratasys Direct Manufacturing: Service bureau arm of Stratasys offering FDM, PolyJet, and SLA 3D printing plus production services. Direct overlap with 4C's polymer prototyping offering and increasingly with low-volume production.
• Protolabs: On-demand digital manufacturer offering injection molding and CNC/3D printing prototyping with short lead times. Directly comparable service model (rapid prototyping to serial production), though at much larger scale and global footprint.
• Hubs (Protolabs Network): Manufacturing platform aggregating prototyping and injection-molding service providers. Offers comparable custom part production services, especially for European small-batch and prototyping customers similar to 4C's startup segment.
• Materialise: Belgian 3D printing service bureau offering polymer and metal additive manufacturing plus industrial prototyping. Comparable on the rapid-prototyping / on-demand manufacturing side that 4C serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/4CSRL
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/4c-srl
• Instagraminstagram.com/4csrl_progettazione_stampi

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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