Galvano Weis

What Galvano Weis does

Galvano Weis, formally Galvano Weis, Weis GmbH & Co., Galvanische-Werkstätte KG, is a German family-owned job-shop surface finisher headquartered in Emmering near Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria. Founded in 1960 by Manfred Weis and now led by his son Markus Weis as Geschäftsführer, the company operates as a toll galvanizing service provider: industrial customers ship components to its 10,000 m² facility, and Galvano Weis applies specified coatings and returns the parts. The business serves approximately 380 customers across automotive (including e-mobility), mechanical engineering, electrical and electronics, medical technology, aerospace, and decorative/consumer applications, and employs roughly 90 staff across 8 production plants with 24-hour operations and an in-house logistics fleet.

The technical core is electroplating, anodizing, and passivation of steel, aluminum, copper, brass, and other substrates, delivered through a portfolio that spans metallic coatings (silver, gold, zinc and zinc variants, copper, electrolytic and electroless nickel, tin, trivalent chromium), aluminum treatments (Surtec 650 colorless passivation, Alodine 2040/1200, natural and colored anodizing, electrolytic bronze coloring, hard anodizing), and specialty processes (manganese phosphating, chromic acid anodizing). Two trademarked proprietary processes differentiate the offering: Passolux1000, a chromium-VI-free aluminum conversion layer registered in 2013 with ~300h salt spray resistance, and Ökoxal, a CO2-reduced hard anodizing process co-developed with the Fraunhofer Institut that delivers 25% lower CO2 emissions and oxide layers up to 200 µm. The facility is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified, and processes are Cr-VI-free, RoHS, and REACh compliant.

The revenue model is per-job toll processing: pricing is quote-based, varying with substrate, coating chemistry, part dimensions (up to 3500 x 1700 x 450 mm), and batch size, typically embedded in multi-year supply contracts with German industrial customers. Go-to-market is sales-led direct engagement with industrial OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers, supported by a dedicated technical consulting team and a corporate website that lists every process and a self-service product pilot tool. Sales channels are predominantly regional (Bavaria and broader Germany), with no disclosed international expansion. The company has executed one acquisition (Wittenhagen Oberflächentechnik GmbH in 1997) and remains wholly family-owned with no external institutional investors.

Name

Galvano Weis

Legal name

Galvano Weis, Weis GmbH & Co., Galvanische-Werkstätte KG

Website

https://galvano-weis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Galvano Weis is a German family-owned job-shop surface finisher (electroplating, anodizing, passivation) serving automotive, e-mobility, mechanical engineering, medical, and electronics customers from its Emmering facility with proprietary Cr-VI-free and CO2-reduced processes.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Emmering

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Surface Coating Services (Job Galvanizing): Galvano Weis operates as a toll galvanizing and surface coating service provider. Customers send parts to be coated and pay per job/batch. Revenue is generated through processing fees for surface treatments across a wide range of metals (steel, aluminum, copper, brass, etc.). The company handles everything from development and planning through to manufacturing in-house.

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Core offering

Galvano Weis is a family-owned German surface technology company that performs contract galvanic surface treatments for industrial customers. Its service portfolio covers electroplating, anodizing, passivation, and proprietary coating processes including Passolux1000 and Ökoxal, with capabilities ranging from prototypes to large-series production runs.

Product overview

Galvano Weis is a galvanic surface treatment company offering a comprehensive portfolio of surface coating and finishing services. The company operates as a full-service surface technology provider with two proprietary branded processes (Ökoxal for CO2-reduced hard anodizing and Passolux1000 for high-quality passivation) complementing a full range of standard surface treatments. Core offerings include: metallic coatings (silver, gold, zinc, copper, nickel, chrome/tin plating), aluminum treatments (passivation including Alodine variants, anodizing in natural/colored/black and hard anodizing variants, electrolytic coloring), and specialty processes (electroless nickel, phosphating). Services are delivered with in-house project management, quality control via CAQ systems, and company logistics. The portfolio serves automotive, e-mobility, mechanical engineering, medical technology, aerospace, and electronics industries.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electroplating services Contract galvanic electroplating of metal components for corrosion protection, decorative finish, and functional surface properties; serves automotive, mechanical engineering, electronics, and general industrial customers.
• Anodizing services Contract anodizing of metal parts (notably aluminum) to create a controlled oxide layer for corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and surface preparation; serves industrial OEMs across multiple sectors.
• Passivation services Passivation treatments for stainless steel and other alloys to enhance corrosion resistance by removing free iron and forming a protective oxide layer.
• Passolux1000 coating process Proprietary galvanic surface coating process developed in-house by Galvano Weis, offered as a differentiated premium surface treatment to industrial customers seeking enhanced finish performance.
• Ökoxal coating process Proprietary, environmentally optimized coating process developed in-house, positioned as a more sustainable alternative within the company's galvanic surface treatment portfolio.

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Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

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Direct peers

• KCH Group (KCH Oberflächentechnik): German surface treatment specialist with plants across Germany. Directly comparable as a German Mittelstand job-shop offering similar plating, anodizing and passivation services to automotive and industrial OEMs.
• HEF Group: French-headquartered specialist in surface engineering and tribology with global plant network. Directly comparable as a job-shop surface treatment provider for automotive, aerospace and mechanical engineering customers, with overlapping technology (nitriding, coatings, DLC) and similar customer profile.

Regional players

• Nippon Steel Surface Treatment / JS Galvanizing: Asian and other regional galvanizing service networks. Loosely comparable in service model (job-shop surface treatment) and customer verticals, but no direct website or specific single-firm identity is confidently identifiable for an exact peer — included only as a placeholder regional reference.
• Holvo Metallurgie / Holvo Galvanik: Benelux-based electroplating and surface treatment service provider. Comparable as a regional toll coater focused on automotive and industrial customers, but operating primarily outside Germany rather than competing head-to-head in Bavaria.

Broad incumbents

• Dörken MKS (industrial coatings): German manufacturer of corrosion-protection coatings and surface treatment chemistry used across automotive and industrial applications. Adjacent peer — supplies coating chemistry and pre-treatment systems comparable to those applied by Galvano Weis in its zinc plating and passivation lines.
• Aalberts Surface Technologies: European surface treatment service group operating multiple plants across Germany and beyond. Directly comparable as a multi-site toll coater and finisher serving automotive and industrial customers, but materially larger and broader in geography and process portfolio.
• SurTec (a brand of BASF): Surface treatment chemicals brand of BASF providing Cr-VI-free passivation, phosphating and pre-treatment chemistries. Closely related technology stack: Galvano Weis applies SurTec 650 passivation as a service, making SurTec both a supplier and a technology peer in the same chrome-free chemistry space.
• Atotech (MKS Instruments): Global supplier of chemistry, equipment and services for surface finishing, now part of MKS Instruments. Adjacent rather than direct — Atotech supplies chemicals and equipment used in processes similar to Galvano Weis's plating and anodizing lines, serving many of the same automotive and industrial customers.

Others

• Fachverband Galvanotechnik / ZVO Mitgliedsbetriebe: Collective of German Fachbetrieb der Galvanotechnik certified job shops, of which Galvano Weis is one. Useful as an ecosystem-level peer showing the broader competitive set of mid-market German galvanizing service providers competing for the same automotive and industrial contracts.
• ZVO Zentralverband Oberflächentechnik: German Surface Technology industry association of which Galvano Weis is a certified Ausbildungsbetrieb. Relevant as an ecosystem peer representing the broader German galvanizing community in which the company competes and from which it draws trained labor.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

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Funding overview

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