EZM Edelstahlzieherei Mark

What EZM Edelstahlzieherei Mark does

Ezm GmbH (EZM Edelstahlzieherei Mark) is a German custom manufacturer of cold-drawn steel and titanium profiles, bars, and wires, headquartered in Wetter/Wengern with two production sites in Germany and approximately 120 specialized employees. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the RISA Group, a global leader in special steel profiles, and reports over 60 years of accumulated expertise in cold-drawing and cold-forming technology. Its core methodological capability is the production of complex, customer-specified profile geometries, supported by in-house quality assurance using ultrasonic testing, eddy current testing, and internal grinding processes. Greensteel solutions are offered as part of a stated sustainability program.

Ezm serves B2B industrial customers across seven primary verticals: automotive and driveline engineering, machine construction, medical equipment, defence, tool industry, furniture/fittings, and energy engineering. The product portfolio is organized into four lines: custom profiles, medical equipment components, bright steel bars and wires, and contract work (custom manufacturing services). The company operates a sales-led, direct-to-customer go-to-market model, with customers engaging for quote-based custom manufacturing supported by consultation through delivery and worldwide short-term delivery capability.

The business model is hardware sales of custom-manufactured products; pricing is quote-based and determined by project specifications, material, complexity, and volume. Revenue is generated through one-time product sales with potential for recurring orders from established customers. No public pricing, MRR, or revenue figures are disclosed. The company is led by three Managing Directors — Laura Zatti, Jan Felix Lohmann, and Matthias Hartmann — and incorporated as a private limited company (GmbH) in Hagen, Germany (HRB 13554).

Name

EZM Edelstahlzieherei Mark

Legal name

Ezm GmbH

Website

https://ezm-mark.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Ezm GmbH is a German custom manufacturer of cold-drawn steel and titanium profiles, bars, and wires serving B2B industrial customers across automotive, medical, defence, machinery, tooling, energy, and furniture sectors. It operates two German production sites as a subsidiary of the RISA Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wetter

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Steel and Titanium Profile Manufacturing: Manufacture and sale of customized cold-drawn profiles, bars, and wires made of steel and titanium according to customer specifications and drawings. Revenue generated through one-time product sales with potential for recurring orders from established customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Ezm GmbH manufactures customized cold-drawn profiles, bars, wires, and bright steel products made of steel and titanium according to customer specifications and drawings. Operating across two German production sites as part of the RISA Group, the company leverages over 60 years of cold-drawing expertise along with ultrasonic and eddy current testing to deliver precision components for automotive, medical, defense, machine construction, tooling, furniture/fittings, and energy engineering applications.

Product overview

EZM is a steel and titanium profile manufacturer offering cold-drawn customized profiles, bars, and wires. The product portfolio comprises four main offerings: Profiles (customized cold-drawn profiles for complex geometries), Medical equipment (precision components for medical applications), Bright steel (bars and wires with precision tolerances), and Contract work (custom manufacturing services). All products are manufactured to customer specifications using over 60 years of cold-forming expertise, with state-of-the-art testing technologies including ultrasonic and eddy current testing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Profiles Cold-drawn customized steel and titanium profiles manufactured to precise specifications, implementing complex shapes and geometries from customer drawings. Used by industrial buyers in automotive, machine construction, medical, defense, tooling, furniture/fittings, and energy engineering.
• Medical Equipment Components Precision steel and titanium components for medical equipment applications, including diagnostic equipment, surgical instruments, and medical devices, meeting the highest quality and reliability requirements of the medical industry.
• Bright Steel Cold-drawn bright steel bars and wires with precision tolerances and high-quality surface finishes for industrial applications.
• Contract Work Custom manufacturing services including toolmaking, production, and quality assurance for customer-specific steel and titanium profile requirements.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• RISA GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEzm GmbH is part of the RISA Group, described as a global leader in the design and manufacture of special steel profiles and a key player in the metalworking industry. This parent-subsidiary relationship provides Ezm with access to extensive industry expertise, global leadership in special steel profiles, and the backing of a major player in the metalworking sector.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Leiber Group: German stainless steel profile manufacturer producing cold-drawn special profiles for industrial applications. Highly comparable as a German-based competitor in cold-drawn stainless profiles with a similar custom manufacturing approach.
• BGH Edelstahlwerke: German specialty stainless steel long products producer serving similar European industrial customers. Comparable in stainless steel profile and bar manufacturing and German-market positioning.
• Ovako: Specialty steel long products manufacturer focused on engineering steel for the automotive, industrial, and bearing sectors. Directly comparable as a European cold-drawn and bright steel bar supplier with overlapping end markets.
• Swiss Steel Group (formerly Schmolz + Bickenbach): European specialty long steel producer with cold-drawn, peeled, and ground steel bar capabilities serving automotive, engineering, and tool industries. Highly comparable to Ezm in product (precision steel profiles and bars) and customer base (industrial OEM and automotive).

Broad incumbents

• Voestalpine: Austrian-headquartered global steel and technology group with significant specialty steel, automotive components, and tool steel operations. Overlaps with Ezm in specialty long products and serves overlapping automotive and industrial customers from a much broader portfolio.
• Sandvik: Swedish engineering group with a materials technology division producing specialty alloys and powder materials for medical, aerospace, and industrial customers. Comparable through specialty alloy processing for high-end medical, aerospace, and defense end markets.
• Outokumpu: Finnish stainless steel producer with a broad product portfolio and global footprint. Comparable through stainless steel long product capabilities and similar European industrial customer base, though at much larger scale.
• Carpenter Technology: US specialty alloys producer focused on titanium, stainless, and high-performance alloys for medical, aerospace, and defense. Comparable through titanium profile and bar capabilities and shared medical and defense customer focus.

Regional players

• Saarstahl: German steel long products manufacturer focused on wire rod, bar, and special steel for automotive and industrial customers. Comparable in German-based steel long product manufacturing with overlapping automotive customer base.

Others

• RISA Group: Parent company of Ezm and described as a global leader in special steel profiles. Directly comparable as the corporate parent and broader portfolio entity; relevant for benchmarking scale, capabilities, and group-level positioning in the special steel profile market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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