MB Bäuerle

Name

MB Bäuerle

Legal name

MB Bäuerle GmbH i.L.

Website

https://mb-bauerle.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1863

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Paper Folding Machinery

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, Nec (3569)

akta.pro primary industry

Cartoning & Case Packing Systems (IMAHAOAB)

Keywords

• Paper folding machines
• Inserting systems
• Mail processing equipment
• Document folding machines
• Industrial folding systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Sankt Georgen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations

Core offering

MB Bäuerle developed and manufactured machines for paper folding and inserting systems. The company's former offering centered on folding machine solutions (marketed under the PerfectFold line) used in document and mail processing workflows for business customers. The company and its subsidiary MB-TecSolutions GmbH have permanently ceased business operations within insolvency proceedings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PerfectFold Folding Machines

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Böwe Systec: German-headquartered manufacturer of mailroom inserting systems, paper folding machines, and document processing equipment. Competes directly with MB Bäuerle in the document inserting and paper folding category, particularly for transactional mail and billing applications.
• Martin Yale Industries: US-based manufacturer of paper handling and office equipment including paper folding machines. Overlaps with MB Bäuerle's paper folding category, particularly for office, mailroom, and small-business use cases.
• Francotyp-Postalia: Germany-based manufacturer of franking, mailing, folding, and inserting equipment for office and mailroom environments. Direct competitor to MB Bäuerle in the paper-handling equipment niche, with overlapping product scope in folding and document processing machines.
• Kern GmbH: German manufacturer of document inserting, folding, and mailroom processing equipment. Competes with MB Bäuerle in the DACH region's paper folding and inserting machinery market for transactional and bulk mail applications.
• Formax: US-based manufacturer of paper folding, inserting, and addressing equipment for mailrooms, offices, and print environments. Directly comparable product offering to MB Bäuerle's PerfectFold-style paper folding and inserting systems.
• Plockmatic International: Swedish manufacturer of paper folding, booklet-making, and print-finishing equipment. Comparable to MB Bäuerle in the industrial paper folding category, serving print shops, in-house print rooms, and document finishing operations.
• Duplo International: UK/Japan-headquartered manufacturer of print finishing equipment including paper folding machines and document processing systems. Directly comparable to MB Bäuerle in the paper folding and finishing machinery segment.
• GUK-Services GmbH / GUK-Falzmaschinen: German manufacturer of folding machines and paper-processing equipment. Explicitly cited on the MB Bäuerle website as the independent market participant now serving MB Bäuerle's former customers, making it the closest direct substitute for the company's PerfectFold product line.

Broad incumbents

• Quadient: France-based global provider of mail-related equipment, folder-inserter systems, and customer communication management solutions. Overlaps with MB Bäuerle in the folder-inserter segment while operating across a much broader software and services portfolio.
• Pitney Bowes: US-headquartered incumbent in mailing, shipping, and document processing equipment, including paper folding and inserting solutions. A broad incumbent whose mailroom equipment line directly overlaps with MB Bäuerle's core product category.

Market position

Customer concentration

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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