Proinno

What Proinno does

Proinno a.s. is a privately held Czech metallurgical technologies joint-stock company headquartered in Dobřany, Czech Republic. The company manufactures and supplies special metallic materials and semi-finished products — including forgings, castings, rolled bars and sheets, cold-drawn wire, rotary forged billets, composite clad sheets, die forgings, ECAP ultrafine-grained extrusions, and PBF 3D-printed metal parts — in small and flexible order volumes tailored to demanding industrial applications. Its core offering combines material supply with integrated service capabilities spanning heat treatment (vacuum hardening, induction hardening, annealing, carburizing, nitriding, boriding), accredited mechanical and metallurgical testing, computer modeling (CAx) for process optimization, and specialized testing equipment (miniaturized tensile machines, autoclaves for cyclic testing in simulated nuclear environments, thermal microscopy stages, and bending fixtures).

Proinno serves enterprise customers in energy (including nuclear), automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, defense, and chemical/process industries, with named clients including ŠKODA JS a.s., Škoda Electric, CZECH PRECISION FORGE, AGROSTROJ Pelhřimov, Wikov Gear, ZDaS, Doosan, Brush, and ESI Group. The company operates an ISO 9001:2015-certified quality management system and holds ŠKODA JS nuclear-industry supplier certification, with materials delivered to EN, ISO, DIN, ČSN, and GOST standards and accompanied by EN 10204:2004 inspection documents. Its technical differentiation rests on a close research partnership with COMTES FHT a.s., a Czech applied-research organization providing laboratory capabilities and equipment development that underwrite accredited testing and novel processing methods such as ECAP.

Commercially, Proinno runs a sales-led GTM with project-based engagements requiring engineering consultation and custom specifications. Pricing is quote-based with most prices not publicly disclosed (the e-shop uses symbolic 1 CZK placeholders for custom orders and lists standardized testing such as Optical Emission Spectrometry at 2,855 CZK). Distribution is direct to enterprise customers in the Czech Republic with implicit cross-border capability through international standards compliance, supported by a Shoptet-based e-commerce storefront (eshop.proinno.cz) and membership in the MECHATRONIKA industrial cluster. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and headcount is reported at 1–10 employees, consistent with a small specialist supplier rather than a large-scale industrial producer.

Name

Proinno

Legal name

Proinno a.s.

Website

https://proinno.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Proinno a.s. is a privately held Czech metallurgical company headquartered in Dobřany that supplies special metallic materials and semi-finished products in small volumes and provides accredited material testing, heat treatment, CAx computer modeling, PBF 3D metal printing, and ECAP processing to enterprise customers in energy, nuclear, automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, and defense industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dobrany

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Metal Materials and Semi-finished Products Sales: Sale of special metallic materials and semi-finished products including castings, forgings, bars, sheets, and precision-machined parts in various delivery conditions (annealed, hardened and tempered, solution annealed, etc.). Products are available in small volumes with flexible order processing.
2. Material Testing and Analysis Services: Accredited material testing services including quasi-static and dynamic mechanical testing, fatigue testing, fracture mechanics, microstructure analysis, optical emission spectrometry, and specialized testing (creep, hardness profiling, weld testing). Some tests provided with accredited protocols.
3. Heat Treatment and Processing Services: Heat treatment services including vacuum hardening and tempering, induction hardening, annealing (homogenization, stress relief, normalizing, soft, solution, precipitation, bright in N2/H2 atmosphere), thermochemical treatment (carburizing, nitriding, boriding), and ECAP processing.
4. 3D Metal Printing / Additive Manufacturing: Custom 3D metal printing using PBF (Powder Bed Fusion) technology, producing parts with high geometric complexity and accuracy, fine microstructure with negligible porosity, mechanical properties comparable to conventional pressed materials.
5. CAx / Computer Modeling Services: Optimization of metalworking technologies using computer simulation for process design and technological process optimization, helping customers improve material performance, increase efficiency and reduce costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Proinno a.s. is a Czech manufacturer and supplier of special metallic materials and semi-finished products, including very small delivery volumes, used in demanding industrial applications. The company also provides accredited material testing and analysis services (mechanical, fatigue, fracture mechanics, microstructure), heat treatment (vacuum hardening, induction hardening, annealing, nitriding, carburizing, boriding), computer modeling (CAx) for metalworking process optimization, and custom 3D metal printing using Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) technology. Proinno complements its offering with specialized testing equipment developed in cooperation with COMTES FHT (e.g., ECAP tooling, miniaturized tensile machines, autoclaves, thermal stages).

Product overview

Proinno is a Czech manufacturer and supplier of special metallic materials and semi-finished products for demanding industrial applications. The company operates as a unified product-service portfolio combining: (1) Semi-finished Products including forged bars/blocks, hot-rolled bars and sheets, cold-rolled sheets, cold-drawn wire, rotary forged billets, castings, ingots, composite sheets/clad materials, die forgings, 3D printed components, and ECAP extruded products; (2) Manufacturing Services including heat treatment (vacuum hardening, induction hardening, annealing, carburizing, nitriding, boriding), prototype production (casting, forging, 3D printing), and computer modeling (CAx); (3) Testing Services including comprehensive mechanical testing (tensile, impact, fatigue, fracture mechanics, creep), material analysis, microstructure analysis, and specialized testing equipment products (miniaturized testing machines, autoclaves, thermal stages, fixtures). The company differentiates through its collaboration with research organization COMTES FHT for advanced laboratory capabilities and offers products in various delivery conditions (annealed, hardened/tempered, solution annealed) with different surface finishes for aerospace, automotive, energy, and defense industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Semi-finished Metallic Products (Polotovary) Wide range of semi-finished metallic products for industrial applications, including forged bars/blocks, hot-rolled bars and sheets, cold-rolled sheets, cold-drawn wire, rotary forged billets, castings, ingots, composite (clad) sheets, die forgings, 3D printed components, and ECAP extruded products. Available in annealed, hardened/tempered, or solution-annealed conditions with various surface finishes (ground, polished, precision-machined). Sold to industrial manufacturers across energy, automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, and defense sectors.
• Special Metallic Materials (Steel and Alloy Product Lines) Special metallic materials including nickel and nickel alloys, stainless steels, structural steels, tool steels, automotive high-strength steels (AHSS), and heat-resistant steels. Designed to withstand high temperatures, corrosion, mechanical stress, and demanding industrial standards; supplied as sheets, bars, and precision-machined parts for aerospace, energy, chemical, automotive, and heavy machinery applications.
• Heat Treatment Services Heat treatment services ensuring optimal mechanical properties, wear resistance, and dimensional stability of steels and alloys. Includes vacuum hardening and tempering, induction hardening, annealing (homogenization, stress relief, normalizing, soft, solution, precipitation, bright in N2/H2 atmosphere), and thermochemical treatments (carburizing, nitriding, boriding). Also includes ECAP processing for ultrafine-grained structures. Sold to industrial manufacturers requiring certified metallurgical processing.
• Material Testing and Analysis Services Comprehensive material testing including quasi-static and dynamic tensile/compression tests, impact tests, fatigue tests, fracture mechanics tests (KIc, J-R curve, Master curve, crack growth rate), creep tests, microstructure analysis, fracture cause analysis, hardness profiling, weld testing, and accredited protocols per ISO/ASTM standards. Includes inspection documents per EN 10204:2004 (types 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2). Sold to industrial customers requiring certified quality verification.
• Mechanical Testing Services Detailed mechanical testing services including micro-tensile tests, instrumented impact bending tests, transition temperature evaluation (FATT), high-cycle and low-cycle fatigue tests, fracture mechanics (KIc, KId, J-R curve, Master curve, crack growth rate), creep tests, Forming Limit Curve (FLC), dynamic modulus of elasticity, material card measurements, weld testing, and equipment operability assessments. Sold to industrial customers and research organizations.
• Computer Modeling (CAx) Services Computer modeling (CAx) services for simulation and optimization of metalworking technological processes, including process design and technological optimization. Helps customers improve material performance, increase efficiency, and reduce costs. Sold to industrial manufacturers designing metal components and production processes.
• 3D Metal Printing (PBF Technology) Custom metal 3D printing using Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) technology, producing parts with high geometric complexity and accuracy and fine microstructure with negligible porosity. Mechanical properties are comparable to conventional pressed materials. Sold to industrial customers requiring complex, low-volume metal parts.
• Prototyping and Custom Production Prototype production of machine components using casting, forging, 3D printing and other technologies. Includes ingot and casting production and custom manufacturing per customer specification. Sold to industrial customers requiring low-volume, custom metal parts.
• Miniaturized Testing Machine (MTM) Compact and mobile miniaturized testing machine (MTM) for quasi-static tensile testing of additively manufactured metal specimens, compliant with ISO/ASTM 52909:2022. Enables rapid verification of mechanical properties (force-displacement and stress-strain curves) and can be extended with DIC systems. Sold to laboratories and manufacturers using additive manufacturing.
• Autoclave for Cyclic Testing Autoclave enabling cyclic testing of flat metallic specimens at precisely defined temperatures and pressures in corrosive environments. Maximum operating pressure up to 12 MPa, temperature up to 350°C in 0.018% boric acid environment; integrated with external load cell and DCPD measurement. Sold to nuclear energy and research organizations for material qualification.
• Four-Hammer Forging Machine Module Innovative add-on module enabling standard hydraulic presses (25 MN rated force) to operate as specialized high-speed forging machines for nickel superalloys. Capable of forming materials with cross-section sizes of 50–350 mm. Sold to forging operations producing nickel-superalloy components for aerospace and power generation.
• Thermal Stage for Light Microscope Thermal stage enabling observation of conductive samples at elevated temperatures (max 950°C at heating rates up to 100°C/s) under protective atmosphere, with in-situ deformation capability. Used to monitor thermally and deformationally induced phenomena in microstructure including twinning, bainitic/martensitic transformations, slip band formation, and crack propagation. Sold to materials research laboratories and metallurgical institutions.
• 3-Point Bending Test Fixture Fixture designed to expand the portfolio of mechanical tests for compiling material damage models; measures damage values for plane strain state in bending with DIC system evaluation. Sold to laboratories compiling material damage models.
• Clamping Jaws for Miniaturized Specimens Clamping jaws developed by COMTES FHT for dynamic tensile testing on metallic and non-metallic materials, with integrated strain gauge sensors directly in the jaw body for stable force signal under extreme dynamic conditions. Sold to laboratories conducting dynamic tensile tests.
• Optical Emission Spectrometry (OES) Complete elemental analysis service using optical emission spectrometry for material characterization and quality control. Sold to industrial customers needing verification of chemical composition, with per-analysis pricing (e.g., 2,855 CZK).
• Licenses and Metallurgical Technologies Licensing and technology transfer services for specialized metallurgical processes and equipment developed in-house, including custom-designed tooling and testing equipment. Sold to industrial customers and partners seeking access to proprietary metallurgical technology.

Quantifiable outcome

• First company on Czech market offering integrated material testing, CAx simulation, heat treatment, and small-volume metallurgical production
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• COMTES FHT a.s.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOMTES FHT is a research organization providing technology development, materials research, measurement and testing, consulting, and training services. Proinno leverages COMTES FHT's laboratory facilities and know-how for high expertise in metallurgical technologies, accredited material testing, and specialized testing equipment development. Proinno describes this close cooperation as providing access to state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and specialized know-how for meeting demanding customer requirements.
• Klastr MECHATRONIKA, z.s. (MECHATRONIKA Cluster)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProinno a.s. is a member of the MECHATRONIKA Cluster, a Czech industrial technology cluster focused on mechatronics, manufacturing, and related technologies. Cluster membership provides networking and collaboration opportunities within the Czech and Central European industrial ecosystem.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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