What Steel Project does

Steel Project s.a.s. di Minghelli e C is an Italian third-party sheet metal processor (job-shop / lavorazione conto terzi) founded in 1998 and headquartered in Vignola, in the province of Modena, operating from a single 1,200 m² production facility. The company transforms customer-supplied drawings or its own stocked sheet metal into custom components for Italian industrial clients in ceramic automation, food processing, pharmaceutical, packaging, and general industrial manufacturing. Service offerings are organized around five core operations: CO2 and fiber laser cutting, CNC bending (press brakes), calendering, TIG/MIG welding, and CNC deburring and satin finishing, supported by downstream surface treatments (pickling, electropolishing, zinc plating, powder/liquid painting).

The technical setup includes two laser cutting machines (a CO2 unit and a fiber unit, each with a 1,500 × 3,000 mm work bed and automated load/unload systems), three press brakes (4 m/320-ton, 3 m/200-ton, 2 m/50-ton), calenders with 30 mm to 200 mm rollers capable of conical or cylindrical work up to 2,500 mm, and five assembly/welding stations (four TIG-ready) operating under UNI EN ISO 9606-1:2017 procedures for carbon steel and stainless steel, with segregated work areas to prevent contamination. An in-house technical office with three CAM workstations handles 2D files (DWG, DXF) and 3D models (STEP, IGES, IPT, IAM, IDW, e3), runs laser-cut nesting to minimize waste, and routes orders through integrated production management software. A separately maintained warehouse carries AISI 304/316 stainless steel (in 2B, F1, satin, scotch brite, BA, and mirror finishes), S235JR carbon steel, perforated/mesh/diamond plate, and rice-grain patterned sheet.

Steel Project is a private Italian partnership registered as s.a.s. di Minghelli e C (P.IVA 02483480360), with founder-family ownership and no disclosed venture or institutional capital. The go-to-market model is sales-led and quote-based, executed through direct phone (059 771359) and email ([email protected]) contact, with no public pricing, no API or SaaS offering, and a domestic Italian footprint concentrated in Emilia-Romagna. The company's most visible recent positioning is in high-precision steel detailing, exemplified by Chief Structural Engineer Pavlo Tkachenko's BIM-based detailing work on the $11 billion Amiral Petrochemical Complex ethylene facility in Saudi Arabia.

Name

Steel Project

Legal name

Steel Project s.a.s. di Minghelli e C

Website

https://steelproject.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Steel Project is an Italian job-shop sheet metal processor in Vignola (Modena) that provides contract laser cutting, CNC bending, calendering, TIG/MIG welding, and satin finishing to industrial clients in food, pharmaceutical, packaging, ceramic, and general manufacturing sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sheet Metal Fabrication Services

NAICS

Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing (332322), Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing (332312)

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444), Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440)

akta.pro primary industry

Steel Plate, Sections & Welded Assemblies (IMADACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Protective Coatings, Galvanizing & Metal Finishing for Structural Steel (IMADACAK)

Keywords

• Sheet metal fabrication
• Laser cutting services
• CNC metal bending
• TIG welding services
• Contract metal manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Vignola

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contract Manufacturing (Lavorazione conto terzi): Third-party sheet metal processing services where the company transforms customer-provided materials or materials from their warehouse into custom components. Revenue is generated on a project-by-project basis through job work operations. Services include cutting, bending, calendering, welding, and surface treatments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Steel Project is a contract sheet metal processor that performs third-party laser cutting, CNC bending, calendering, TIG/MIG welding, deburring, satin finishing, and surface treatments on stainless steel, carbon steel, and aluminum for industrial customers. Services extend from CAM-based 2D/3D design support through to finished custom components such as hoppers, tanks, frames, and conical reducers. Operations are anchored in a 1,200 mq facility in Vignola, Modena, Italy.

Product overview

Steel Project s.r.l. is a third-party sheet metal processing service provider founded in 1998 in Vignola, Modena, Italy. The company operates a single integrated production unit with three press brakes, two laser cutting machines (CO2 and Fiber), five welding stations, and a CNC deburring/satin finishing department. The core offering is sheet metal processing (laser cutting, bending, calendering, TIG welding, and surface finishing) for stainless steel, carbon steel, and aluminum, offered as a job-shop service for third parties. Supporting operations include an immediately-available sheet metal and profiles warehouse (stocks AISI 304/316 stainless steel and S235JR carbon steel), an internal technical office for CAM programming and 2D/3D design, and custom manufacturing of hoppers, tanks, frames, and conical reducers. The company also produces specialized products such as rice-grain patterned (chicco di riso) stainless steel sheets and insulated vessels. Surface treatment capabilities include pickling, electropolishing, zinc plating, and powder/liquid painting. No unified software platform or SaaS product is offered; the business model is pure manufacturing services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lavorazione Lamiera Conto Terzi (Third-Party Sheet Metal Processing) Complete third-party sheet metal processing services including cutting, bending, calendering, and welding of steel (stainless, carbon), aluminum, and galvanized materials for industrial clients in Italy.
• Taglio Laser (Laser Cutting) Laser cutting services using CO2 and Fiber laser machines with 1500x3000mm work tables and automated loading/unloading systems for iron (up to 20mm), stainless steel AISI 304/310/430/316 (up to 12mm), and aluminum (up to 8mm).
• Piegatura e Calandratura Lamiera (Sheet Metal Bending and Calendering) Sheet metal bending using three CNC press brakes (4m/320 tons, 3m/200 tons, 2m/50 tons) and calendering with rollers from 30mm to 200mm diameter for cylindrical or conical shapes up to 2500mm length.
• Saldatura T.I.G. (TIG/MIG Welding) TIG and MIG welding services certified under UNI EN ISO 9606-1:2017 for carbon steel and stainless steel, with five assembly stations (four TIG-ready) and surface treatment capabilities including pickling, electropolishing, and zinc plating.
• Sbavatura e Satinatura (Deburring and Satin Finishing) CNC-controlled satin finishing for stainless steel surfaces (satin, scotch brite, brushed finishes) and automatic deburring of sheet metal edges and holes with dimensional tolerances of 90-1350mm width and up to 100mm height.
• Magazzino Lamiere e Profilati (Sheet Metal and Profiles Warehouse) Warehouse services providing immediate availability of sheet metals in 1500x3000mm commercial format including stainless steel AISI 304/316 (various finishes: 2B, F1, satin, scotch brite, BA, mirror), carbon steel S235JR, perforated/mesh/diamond plate steel, and rice-grain (chicco di riso) patterned sheets.
• Produzione Tramogge (Custom Hopper Production) Custom manufacturing of hoppers and decanters in stainless steel with square or round connections, used in food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.
• Riduzioni Coniche ed Eccentriche (Conical Concentric and Eccentric Reducers) Custom-manufactured conical reducers in stainless steel or carbon steel that connect pipes of different diameters, available in concentric (aligned centers) or eccentric (offset centers) configurations for hydraulic industrial installations.
• Ufficio Tecnico (Technical Office — CAM Programming and 2D/3D Design) Internal technical office with three CAM workstations for laser cutting program management and nesting optimization, handling 2D (DWG, DXF) and 3D (STEP, IGES, IPT, IAM, IDW, e3) design files, with production management software integration.

Quantifiable outcome

• High-precision KMD drawings reduced site rework and eliminated steel waste on billion-dollar projects
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Voestalpine: Austrian steel and metal processing group with extensive contract fabrication capabilities — broad European incumbent operating in adjacent sheet metal processing value chains.
• Marcegaglia: Italy's largest private steel processor with extensive fabrication, processing, and contract manufacturing capabilities across stainless, carbon, and aluminum — the dominant domestic incumbent in the same broad sheet metal value chain.
• SSAB: Swedish specialty steel producer with strong presence in heavy plate and structural steel — a major upstream supplier of the input material Steel Project processes into fabricated components.

Others

• BLM Group: Italian manufacturer of tube and sheet metal processing equipment (laser, bending) — same Modena/Northern Italy industrial cluster and similar customer base of contract fabricators.
• Bystronic: Swiss-headquartered global supplier of laser cutting, bending, and automation systems for sheet metal fabrication — directly relevant as the equipment ecosystem Steel Project operates within.
• Prima Industrie: Italian maker of laser systems for cutting and welding (including 3D laser for metalworking) — Turin-based equipment supplier in the same Italian advanced manufacturing cluster.
• Salvagnini: Italian maker of panel benders, press brakes, and integrated FMS lines for sheet metal — same customer ecosystem and many of the same job-shop buyers in Italy.
• Trumpf: German global leader in laser cutting, bending, and welding equipment for sheet metal — supplier to the same Italian job-shop segment and reference for the technology Steel Project deploys.
• Danieli: Italian global supplier of plant and machinery for the steelmaking and metalworking industries — same Northern Italian industrial ecosystem and shared customer base of steel fabricators.
• FICEP: Italian manufacturer of structural steel and plate fabrication machinery — adjacent technology stack serving the same Italian steel-fabrication customer segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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