What Dicar Global does

Dicar Group S.p.A. is a privately held Italian industrial engineering company founded in 1988 by Carmine Dicataldo and headquartered in the Barletta industrial zone (Apulia region). The company operates across three integrated business lines: (1) Progettazione e Costruzioni Meccaniche (Mechanical Design and Construction), producing custom bulk material handling equipment including bucket elevators (Elevatori a tazze), belt conveyors (Nastri trasportatori), Redler chain conveyors, plate conveyors, screw conveyors (coclee), and extraction systems; (2) Manutenzione ed Assistenza (Maintenance and Assistance), deploying approximately 30 specialized technicians for on-site mechanical maintenance on customer production lines plus installation and post-sale service for in-house manufactured plants; and (3) Ricambistica e Forniture Industriali (Spare Parts Distribution and Brokerage), distributing industrial components from brands such as Mahle, Donaldson, Ebara, Grundfos, ABB, Rexroth, Camozzi, and Berarma. The manufacturing base spans over 2,000 sqm of covered surface plus outdoor loading/unloading area.

The company serves enterprise B2B customers across multiple industrial verticals — chemical, food and beverage, energy, naval, cement/materials, railway, automotive, lighting, environmental, salt, and glass manufacturing — with disclosed enterprise logos including Enel Energia, Sorgenia, Ansaldo Energia, Gazprom, Iveco, FCA, Bosch, SKF, Prysmian, Danieli, Barilla, Birra Peroni, Cargill, Buzzi Unicem, Italcementi, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, and others (33+ named accounts). The facility holds UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 and UNI EN 1090-1:2012 certifications.

The business model is project-based B2B industrial services and equipment manufacturing with quotes handled through direct commercial contact. Revenue is generated through one-time equipment sales, recurring maintenance service contracts, and transaction-based industrial component brokerage. The go-to-market is direct enterprise sales, with technical staff embedded from design through installation and a commercial division processing orders with rapid delivery. With 55 total employees, family ownership concentrated with the Dicataldo family, and no disclosed external funding, the company operates as a self-financed industrial SME with geographic concentration primarily in Italy.

Name

Dicar Global

Legal name

Dicar Group s.p.a.

Website

https://dicargroupspa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Family-owned Italian industrial manufacturer (founded 1988) of custom bulk material handling systems, mechanical constructions, and on-site maintenance services, serving enterprise clients across chemical, food, energy, cement, railway, and naval sectors from its Barletta facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barletta

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Spare Parts Distribution (Ricambistica): Distribution of spare parts for industrial machinery, serving as the original business foundation since 1988.
2. Custom Mechanical Construction: Design and production of custom industrial plants and mechanical constructions including lifting systems, transport systems, and storage/extraction systems.
3. Maintenance and Technical Assistance: Maintenance services and mechanical assistance with daily presence of technicians performing ordinary mechanical service on production lines, plus installation and post-sale service for company-manufactured plants.
4. Industrial Component Brokerage: Commercial brokerage service for industrial components, processing customer requests quickly with competitive prices and fast delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Dicar Group S.p.A. designs, manufactures, and installs custom industrial material handling plants and mechanical constructions — including bucket elevators, conveyor systems (belt, plate, Redler), extraction systems for powder and chunk materials, and medium-heavy steel fabrications (hoppers, silos, industrial piping). The company complements this with on-site mechanical maintenance and assistance services delivered by 30 specialized technicians, plus industrial spare parts distribution and brokerage for major component brands. It serves enterprise customers in chemical, food, energy, naval, and general mechanical sectors from its Barletta production facility.

Product overview

Dicar Group S.p.A. is an industrial mechanical engineering company offering a integrated portfolio of products and services centered on bulk material handling systems. The core offering includes Progettazione e Costruzioni Meccaniche (Mechanical Design and Construction) — a range of material handling equipment including bucket elevators (Elevatori a tazze), conveyor systems (Nastri trasportatori, Trasportatori a piastre, Trasportatori Redler), extraction systems, and heavy metal fabrication (tramogge, silos, piping industriale). This is complemented by Manutenzione ed Assistenza (Maintenance and Assistance) services providing 30 specialized technicians for on-site mechanical assistance and after-sales service. The third pillar is Ricambistica e Forniture Industriali (Spare Parts and Industrial Supplies), offering industrial components from major manufacturers. The company operates from its Barletta production facility spanning over 2,000 m² and serves sectors including chemical, food, energy, naval, and general mechanical industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mechanical Design and Construction Service (Progettazione e Costruzioni Meccaniche) End-to-end design and construction of customized industrial material handling plants and mechanical constructions for enterprise production facilities in chemical, food, energy, naval, and general mechanical sectors. Includes project-based manufacturing at the Barletta facility, commissioning, and installation support.
• Bucket Elevators (Elevatori a tazze) Lifting systems including bucket elevators designed for vertical transport of bulk materials in industrial processes. Custom-built to client specifications for production facilities.
• Conveyor Systems (Belt, Plate, Redler, Roller) Transport systems including belt conveyors (nastri trasportatori), plate conveyors (trasportatori a piastre), Redler chain conveyors, and roller conveyors (rulliere) for horizontal and inclined material transport in industrial production lines.
• Extraction Systems for Powder and Chunk Materials

Quantifiable outcome

• Thirty years of experience since founding in 1988
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers32 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Magaldi Group: Italian-headquartered manufacturer of industrial conveyors including screw conveyors for ash handling and heavy-duty bulk material systems. Closest Italian peer to Dicar, addressing the same energy and industrial customers with overlapping technologies (e.g., coclee trasporto ceneri).
• FAM Group: German-based designer and builder of conveyor systems and stockyard equipment for bulk materials. Comparable in custom-engineered material handling projects (conveyors, hoppers, silos) for cement, mining and power plant applications.
• Bedeschi: Italian supplier of bulk material handling and processing equipment for cement, mining, fertilizer and power industries. Overlaps directly with Dicar's conveyor, crushing and storage/handling equipment portfolio serving Italian heavy industrial customers.
• Beumer Group: German-based global manufacturer of conveying and loading systems including bucket elevators, belt conveyors and palletizing equipment for bulk materials. Directly competes with Dicar in the same bucket elevator and conveyor product categories serving cement, mining, power and food customers.
• Flexicon Corporation: Specialist in bulk material handling equipment including screw conveyors, bucket elevators and flexible mechanical conveyors. Comparable product set to Dicar's range of conveyors and custom powder/granular handling systems.
• AUMUND Group: Specialist in bucket elevators, chain conveyors and storage equipment for bulk materials in cement, power, steel and mining industries. Highly comparable to Dicar's core product portfolio of bucket elevators, Redler conveyors and silo/hopper fabrication.
• Schenck Process: Global supplier of material handling, weighing, feeding and screening equipment for bulk solids. Overlaps with Dicar in conveying, extraction and industrial weighing/feeding systems for cement, steel and food industries.

Broad incumbents

• Metso: Large global incumbent serving mining, aggregates and metals processing with crushing, conveying and material handling equipment. Adjacent to Dicar in conveyor and bulk material handling but operates at vastly larger scale across the full processing value chain.
• Sandvik: Diversified global engineering group with material handling, mining and process equipment divisions. Indirect overlap with Dicar through bulk material handling and wear-resistant components for industrial customers.

Emerging players

• Cimbria Unigrain: Specialist in grain and seed handling equipment including conveyors, bucket elevators and storage systems. Comparable in product category to Dicar's bucket elevators and conveyors, with particular overlap in food/feed end markets such as Cargill and Barilla.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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