What Lawer does

Lawer S.p.A. is a privately held Italian industrial equipment manufacturer founded in 1970 in Cossato (Biella), specializing in automated dosing and dispensing systems for powders and liquids. The firm designs, tests, and produces its entire product portfolio at a single 16,000+ m2 vertically integrated facility in Italy, employing approximately 150 people across R&D, fabrication (machine tools, carpentry, laser cutting, finishing, assembly), and a spare-parts department. All installations are described as '100% locally produced' at the Italian headquarters.

The product line centers on patented dosing and weighing systems (including the proprietary combined screw/vibration dosing system) covering core platforms such as SUPERCOLOR, DYEMATIC, DOS-CHEM, TD-MATIC, TD-LAB, and UNICA, complemented by modular add-ons (SILOS-DOS, SILOS-COL, MR/DOS-CONTROL, STK, BA/DOS-CONTROL) and sector-tuned variants for textile, technical rubber, tires, color master batch, food, cosmetics, and paint. Plant operations are orchestrated through the proprietary LEIMS software suite with integration into customer management systems, and bucket-level traceability is handled via the ID-TAG system. The firm holds patents filed across multiple jurisdictions and is a participating member of the ACIMIT Sustainable Technologies program.

Lawer monetizes primarily through one-time equipment sales of customized dosing plants sold on a quote basis to industrial manufacturers, supplemented by after-sales technical assistance (on-site and remote teleassistance through four service centers), spare-parts supply, and scheduled maintenance — generating a recurring service revenue stream on top of the installed base of more than 2,500 customers worldwide. The go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales from Italy, wholly-owned sales and service offices in China (Shanghai), Turkey (Istanbul), and the USA (Westlake, Ohio), and a network of over 50 sales agencies globally, supported by extensive international trade show participation (ITMA, Tire Technology Expo, Chinaplas, Arabplast, DKT, Fakuma, K Show) and industry association memberships (AMAPLANT, ACIMIT, Polo Cosmesi, UIB).

Name

Lawer

Legal name

Lawer S.p.A.

Website

https://lawer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Lawer S.p.A. is an Italian industrial equipment manufacturer, founded in 1970 and headquartered in Cossato, that designs, produces, and services automated dosing, weighing, and dispensing systems for powders and liquids used by manufacturers in textile, rubber, tire, food, cosmetic, and paint industries worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Dosing and Dispensing Equipment

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Filling & Dosing Equipment (Liquid, Powder, Aseptic) (IMALAOAB)

Keywords

• Industrial dosing systems
• Powder dispensing equipment
• Automated weighing systems
• Liquid dosing systems
• Industrial automation equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Cossato

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial dosing and dispensing equipment sales: Sale of industrial dosing and dispensing systems for powders and liquids, including weighing systems, compound preparation plants, and handling/packaging systems. Products are sold to industrial manufacturers across multiple sectors.
2. After-sales service and technical support: Technical assistance both remotely and on-site, spare parts supply, and scheduled maintenance services through 4 service centers and online teleassistance.
3. Spare parts supply: Supply of replacement parts for installed equipment, managed through the Spare Parts department.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lawer designs, manufactures, and services industrial dosing and dispensing systems for powders and liquids, including automatic weighing plants, compound preparation systems, handling and packaging equipment, and proprietary plant management software. Its systems serve recipe preparation, weighing, dissolution, and distribution processes across textile, rubber, tire, color master batch, food, cosmetic, and paint manufacturing.

Product overview

Lawer is an Italian industrial dosing and dispensing systems company founded in 1970, offering a portfolio of automated systems for powder and liquid weighing, dosing, dissolution, and distribution. The product line centers on core systems (SUPERCOLOR, DYEMATIC, DOS-CHEM, TD-LAB, TD-MATIC, SUPERCOLOR ID-TAG) that provide automated weighing and dispensing of powders and liquids for industrial recipe preparation. These are complemented by add-on modules including storage silos (SILOS-DOS, SILOS-COL), rotating warehouses (MR/DOS-CONTROL), dissolution systems (STK), and aspirating benches (BA/DOS-CONTROL). Sector-specific variants include UNICA/SUPERUNICA for food, UNICA TWIN/SUPERSINCRO for technical rubber, and COS-LAB for cosmetics. All systems are managed by Lawer's proprietary software (LEIMS) with connectivity to external company systems. The company also provides after-sales assistance and spare parts services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SUPERCOLOR: Automatic weighing plant for powders ensuring hygiene and safety in recipe preparation for textile sector.
• DYEMATIC
• MR/DOS-CONTROL
• STK
• SILOS-DOS
• DOS-CHEM
• TD-LAB
• TD-MATIC
• BA/DOS-CONTROL
• SUPERCOLOR ID-TAG

Products and services

• SUPERCOLOR Automatic weighing plant for powder dyes used in the textile sector, composed of independent storage silos on a modular structure with an electronic weighing scale cart, combined screw/vibration dosing system (Lawer patent), and dust extraction.
• DYEMATIC Modular automated system for weighing, movement, dissolution, and transfer of powder dyes with robotic bucket handling, paired with SUPERCOLOR or DOS-CONTROL for maximum automation in textile operations.
• DOS-CHEM System for automating rapid, precise and safe dosing of liquid chemical and auxiliary products, equipped with a high-resolution inductive magnetic liter counter.
• TD-LAB Laboratory dispensing system for preparation, dosing, and distribution of dye and chemical solutions using volumetric measurement via calibrated glass mono-pipette with 0.01 g precision and a multifunction robotic arm.
• TD-MATIC Automatic weighing and dissolution system for powder dyes that automatically weighs small quantities, dissolves dyes, and prepares liquid solutions for laboratory, sampling, and production equipment.
• SUPERCOLOR ID-TAG Automatic weighing plant with ID-TAG bucket identification and tracking system for the cosmetics sector, with recipe data printed on identification receipts and enclosed in a total closure box for isolated operation.
• UNICA TWIN Twin system for automatic powder weighing in the technical rubber sector with extremely high productivity.
• SUPERSINCRO Synchronized weighing system designed for technical rubber compound preparation, providing accurate recipe control, repeatability, traceability, and safety in handling powder products.
• UNICA Automatic micro-ingredient powder weighing system for the food sector, providing precision weighing, repeatability, traceability, and safety in handling.
• SUPERUNICA Enhanced automatic powder weighing system for the food sector offering very high productivity, precision, quality, repeatability, hygiene, and safety.
• COS-LAB Automatic powder weighing system for the cosmetic sector, particularly for hair dye production, providing accurate recipe preparation, repeatability, traceability, and safety in handling powder products.
• LEIMS Proprietary software dedicated to managing an entire Lawer plant, connecting management systems and programmers for integrated operation of dosing, weighing, and dispensing systems.
• After-sales service, technical assistance, and spare parts After-sales technical assistance (remote and on-site), spare parts supply, and scheduled maintenance services for installed Lawer dosing and dispensing systems, delivered through 4 service centers and online teleassistance.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SigeaminorOthersPartner company shown in Lawer's partner logo section
• TecnoblendminorOthersPartner company shown in Lawer's partner logo section
• WaguminorOthersPartner company shown in Lawer's partner logo section
• BESminorOthersPartner company shown in Lawer's partner logo section
• FramesiminorOthersPartner company shown in Lawer's partner logo section
• SeedbleminorOthersPartner company shown in Lawer's partner logo section
• AMAPLANTcoreOthersIndustry association member - Italian association of machinery manufacturers
• ACIMITcoreOthersIndustry association member - Associazione Costruttori Italiani Macchinario per il Tessile. Lawer participates in ACIMIT's Sustainable Technologies project.
• Polo CosmesiminorOthersIndustry association member - Cosmetics industry cluster/association
• UIBminorOthersIndustry association member - Unione Italiana Bowling/Industry association

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• GEA Group: GEA supplies large-scale processing and dosing equipment into food, dairy, and cosmetics customers — segments where Lawer also plays — making it a broader incumbent that bundles dosing into complete process lines.
• Siemens: Siemens is a broad industrial-automation incumbent whose process automation portfolio (including weighing and dosing modules under SIMATIC and Milltronics) competes with Lawer on integrated plant-level projects where dosing is bundled with larger control systems.
• ABB: ABB's Process Automation division offers weighing, dosing, and control solutions as part of broader plant electrification and automation packages, overlapping with Lawer when customers seek single-vendor automation suites.

Direct peers

• Gericke: Gericke specializes in pneumatic conveying, feeding, and dosing systems for powders and bulk materials, directly overlapping with Lawer's dosing and weighing portfolio across food, chemical, and detergent manufacturing.
• Brabender Technologie: Brabender Technologie designs and builds gravimetric and volumetric feeders and dosing systems for powders and bulk solids, competing in similar plastics, chemical, and food processing applications as Lawer.
• Schenck Process: Schenck Process is a global direct competitor in industrial weighing, feeding, and dosing systems for powders and bulk solids, serving similar end markets including chemicals, food, and plastics with a comparable engineered-to-order equipment model.
• Coperion (K-Tron): Coperion, including the K-Tron product line, is a leading manufacturer of powder and bulk-solid feeding and dosing equipment, competing head-to-head with Lawer in plastics, chemicals, food, and tire compounding applications.
• Marchante: Marchante is a focused industrial dosing systems supplier for textile and chemical applications, directly comparable to Lawer's SUPERCOLOR and DOS-CHEM product lines and customer base in dyeing operations.

Emerging players

• Tecan: Tecan manufactures precision liquid handling and dosing instruments for laboratory and diagnostic workflows, with technological overlap to Lawer's TD-LAB pipetting and dosing system in micro-quantity dispensing applications.
• Promix Solutions: Promix Solutions provides inline liquid dosing and mixing systems for food, beverage, and chemical customers, an emerging specialist competitor in adjacent liquid-dosing segments where Lawer's DOS-CHEM operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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