Eckel & Sohn

Name

Eckel & Sohn

Legal name

Eckel & Sohn Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://eckel-sohn.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Assembly & Sorting Machinery

NAICS

Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550)

akta.pro primary industry

Capping, Sealing & Closing Machines (IMAHAOAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Conveying, Feeding & Accumulation Systems (Packaging Lines) (IMAHAOAK), End-of-Line Integration & Packaging Line Systems (IMAHAOAN), Capping, Closing & Sealing Equipment (Capper, Induction, Heat Seal) (IMALAOAC)

Keywords

• Closure assembly machines
• Sorting feeders
• Bottle cap machinery
• Feeding machines
• Inspection systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Gau-odernheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Assembly Machine Sales: Sale of continuous motion and indexing assembly machines for multi-part closures. Machines are custom-fitted according to customer specifications with optional add-ons including labeling, video controls, hot glue equipment, and screwer drivers.
2. Sorting Machine Sales: Sale of vibratory bowl feeders, disc sorters, sport cap sorters, and vertical sorters for closure and tablet sorting applications.
3. Inspection System Sales: Sale of camera inspection and high voltage inspection systems for quality control.
4. Feeding Machine Sales: Sale of feeding machines and Bevorratung systems for closure parts or tablets.
5. Service, Repair and Spare Parts: Technical support, maintenance, repair services, and spare parts supply. Travel expenses and hourly rates charged for repair orders outside warranty.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Eckel & Sohn designs and manufactures industrial machinery for assembling, sorting, feeding, and inspecting multi-part closures (caps, seals, and similar container closures). Their portfolio covers continuous motion and indexing assembly machines, vibratory bowl feeders, disc sorters, sport cap and vertical sorters, feeding/bunker systems, and camera and high-voltage inspection systems. The machines are built to customer specifications and serve high-volume production lines in beverage, food, chemical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic container manufacturing.

Product overview

Eckel & Sohn is a German industrial machinery manufacturer specializing in machines for processing closures (caps and seals). Their product portfolio includes four main machine categories: Assembly Machines (Continuous Motion and Indexing types for assembling multi-part closures), Sorting Machines (Vibratory Bowl Feeders, Disc Sorters, Sport Cap Sorters, and Vertical Sorters for positioning caps correctly), Feeding Machines (for dosed feeding of closure parts), and Inspection Systems (Camera Inspection EKTS and High Voltage Inspection EHST for quality control). These machines are designed for industries including beverages, food, chemical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics, and can be combined with each other. The company delivers to almost 60 countries worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Continuous Motion Assembly Machines Full automatic continuous motion assembly machinery for processing multi-part closures, achieving up to 120,000 pcs per hour with gentle handling, infinitely variable processing speed and quick format changes. Functions include screwing, pressing, crimping, riveting, impermeability testing, and ultrasound/induction fusing. Custom-fitted with optional add-ons such as labeling, video controls, hot glue equipment and screwer drivers. Customers are industrial manufacturers in beverage, food, chemical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.
• Indexing Assembly Machines
• Vibratory Bowl Feeders Sorting machines using electromagnetic vibration to transport materials through order systems to spiral lanes, sorting up to 30,000 pcs per hour and up to 1,000 tablets per minute per lane. IP54 protection from splashing water with noise-insulating hoods and synthetic springs. Used in industrial sorting of caps and small parts.
• Disc Sorters (HLS) High performance disc sorters designed for connection to printing and capping machines, with output up to 90,000 pcs. Particularly suitable for symmetrical caps whose diameter is greater than their height. Operates with little or no compressed air.
• Sport Cap Sorter Type C Unscrambler that gently aligns caps during high-output production of synthetic caps, reaching up to 65,000 pcs per hour. The 'Duo Type' configuration can process two different cap types with a sort selector carrying out the changeover. Used in beverage and cosmetics closure production.
• Vertical Sorter Type SSF Gentle sorter for flat caps that operates without compressed air and produces no plastic dust. Output of 250,000 caps is possible on a single lane, with the fastest vertical sorting feeder for beverage closures reaching 255,000 pcs/hour.
• Feeding Machines Bunker and stockpiling systems for dosed feeding of secondary line equipment, available in containers from 60 to 2,500 litres. Transport options include conveyor belts, longitudinal conveyors, or pipelines, plus the 'Jet Stream' airflow system for extreme distances. Designed for industrial closure and tablet feeding lines.
• Camera Inspection System EKTS Automatic optical quality control system using special cameras to check sealing caps for completeness, exact form, correct assembly and screwing, and material contamination, processing up to 120,000 caps per hour with automatic rejection of non-compliant parts. Used in industrial closure production lines.
• High Voltage Inspection System EHST High voltage inspection system that detects faults which pass optical inspection, including holes at injection points and leakage by ring-pull caps. Output of 72,000 inspections per hour; practically maintenance free. Used in industrial closure production.
• Service, Repair and Spare Parts Ongoing technical support, maintenance and repair services, and spare parts supply for Eckel & Sohn machines. Travel expenses and hourly rates are charged for repair orders outside warranty; service mechanics and electrics provide global support including 24-hour emergency response.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 120,000 pcs/hour output on continuous motion assembly machines
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SiemenscoreTechnology or IntegrationEckel & Sohn collaborated with Siemens to increase performance of assembly systems with reduced space requirements and streamlining of software engineering. The collaboration produced visible results in efficiency improvements documented in video and article published in Packaging Journal.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Krones AG: German global leader in beverage and packaging line equipment, including capping and closure processing machinery. Comparable as a Germany-based packaging machinery manufacturer competing for similar bottling/closure line capex, though Krones operates at vastly greater scale and scope across filling, labeling and complete lines.
• GEA Group: German industrial technology group with a packaging and filling machinery portfolio including aseptic filling and bottle/closure processing solutions for dairy, beverage and pharma. Comparable as a Germany-based packaging equipment supplier whose filling and closure processing capabilities overlap Eckel & Sohn's product scope, though GEA is a much larger, multi-segment conglomerate.
• Sidel (Tetra Pak): French supplier of PET bottling and packaging line solutions, including capping equipment, serving beverage customers worldwide. Comparable as a packaging line provider whose offerings intersect with Eckel & Sohn's closure processing and feeding/inspection scope, primarily for beverage end markets.
• Syntegon Technology (formerly Bosch Packaging Technology): German-headquartered packaging machinery incumbent offering processing, filling and inspection equipment, including capping solutions, for food, pharma and cosmetics. Comparable as a broad-line packaging machinery vendor overlapping Eckel & Sohn on closure assembly and inspection, though Syntegon is materially larger and more diversified.
• ProMach: US-based packaging machinery integrator with brands across filling, capping, labeling, and end-of-line. Comparable as a packaging machinery consolidator whose capping and closure processing brands compete in similar end markets to Eckel & Sohn, particularly across beverage, food and pharma.

Direct peers

• Ronchi Mario S.p.A. Italian manufacturer of filling and capping machinery for liquid products in the chemical, food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical sectors. Directly comparable to Eckel & Sohn as a mid-sized European specialist in capping/closing equipment serving overlapping end markets with similar customer profiles.
• Pester Pac Automation: German specialist in end-of-line packaging automation including case packing, palletizing and integrated line solutions for pharmaceutical and consumer goods customers. Comparable as a similarly sized German mid-market packaging machinery peer competing for pharma/cosmetics capex budgets that overlap Eckel & Sohn's customer base.
• Gernep GmbH: German manufacturer of labeling and packaging machinery for beverage and food containers, including rotary and in-line systems that integrate with capping equipment. Directly comparable as a Germany-based, mid-sized specialist serving similar bottling and food industry customers with adjacent processing technologies.
• Serac Group: French specialist in filling and capping equipment for bottles and containers, serving food, beverage, cosmetics and home-care markets. Closely comparable to Eckel & Sohn as a mid-sized, specialist machinery vendor focused on capping and container processing equipment.
• Sacmi: Italian manufacturer of machinery for closures, caps and containers — including cap production and assembly equipment. Directly comparable to Eckel & Sohn as a closure-processing machinery specialist serving beverage, food and cosmetics customers globally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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