Gatta

What Gatta does

Gatta s.r.l. is an Italian family-owned contract manufacturer specializing in mechanical carpentry and precision sheet metal work, founded in 1920 by Antonio Gatta and now in its third generation of family management under CEO Silvia Gatta and co-owner Marco Gatta. The company operates from a 10,000+ square meter facility in Colleretto Giacosa, Province of Turin, processing approximately 4,000 tonnes of sheet metal annually across a uniquely wide thickness range of 0.5 mm to 300 mm, and offers four integrated service lines: heavy mechanical carpentry (structural components and electro-welded assemblies for industrial machinery), precision sheet metal semifinished products for various commodity sectors, cutting services (laser, plasma, and oxyfuel), and bending services (air, bottom, coining, and hemming).

The underlying technology stack centers on advanced CNC equipment from Amada (EML3610 combined laser-punching system, HG 220 4 ATC automatic tool-change bending), Salvagnini (L5 10 kW fiber laser with automated sorting), and FICEP (Kronos KR 32 SP automatic CNC gantry with plasma and ±45° bevel cutting), supported by an Industry 4.0 machine-to-information-system layer that has delivered 20-25% production time reductions. Operations are ISO 9001 and EN 1090 certified with qualified welding procedures, and over 65% of facility energy is self-produced via rooftop photovoltaic, signaling an active ESG posture.

Gatta's business model is a sales-led, direct B2B contract manufacturing (job shop) motion: quote-based custom orders for prototypes through small and medium series, with technical appointments promised within 24 hours and maximum 6-hour estimate response times, and free initial consultations. Revenue is generated through one-off project billing for custom fabrication and transaction-fee pricing for cutting and bending services. The customer base is a horizontal mix of industrial machinery manufacturers and various commodity-sector OEMs, with no disclosed segment split, no external capital (no funding rounds, fully family-owned), and primary geographic focus on Italy with some European and international reach.

Name

Gatta

Legal name

Gatta s.r.l.

Website

https://gattasrl.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Gatta s.r.l. is a third-generation Italian family-owned contract manufacturer in Colleretto Giacosa, providing heavy mechanical carpentry, precision sheet metal, cutting, and bending services to industrial machinery OEMs and various commodity sectors since 1920.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ginosa

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contract Manufacturing - Mechanical Carpentry: Custom fabrication of structural mechanical components for industrial machinery and electro-welded parts according to customer designs. Production ranges from small components to large multi-tonne structures.
2. Precision Sheet Metal Semifinished Products: Custom-made sheet metal semifinished products manufactured on contract for various industrial commodity sectors. Services include small and medium series production.
3. Cutting Services: Advanced sheet metal cutting using laser, plasma, and oxyfuel technologies offered as a service to customers.
4. Bending Services: Precision sheet metal bending services including air bending, bottom bending, coining, and hemming. Production capacity of bending machines is 250 hours per week.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gatta s.r.l. is an Italian contract manufacturer of mechanical carpentry and precision sheet metal components, producing custom-made semifinished products and structural mechanical parts for industrial machinery manufacturers and various commodity sectors. Offerings span heavy and light metalworking, from prototypes to small and medium series production, using CNC laser/plasma/oxyfuel cutting, precision bending, and electro-welded assembly on sheet metal from 0.5 mm to 300 mm thickness.

Product overview

Gatta s.r.l. is an Italian family-owned metalworking company founded in 1920, offering four interconnected service lines: Heavy Mechanical Carpentry (structural components and electro-welded assemblies), Precision Sheet Metal Work (custom semifinished products), Cutting Services (laser, plasma, and oxyfuel cutting), and Bending Services (various metal forming techniques). The company operates from over 10,000 sqm of industrial facilities and processes approximately 4,000 tonnes of sheet metal annually, serving diverse industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Heavy Mechanical Carpentry (Carpenteria Meccanica Pesante)
• Precision Sheet Metal Work (Lamieristica di precisione) Custom-made semifinished sheet metal products manufactured on contract for a wide range of commodity sectors, with thickness capability from 0.5 mm to 300 mm.
• Cutting Services (Centro Servizi Taglio) Sheet metal cutting services utilizing advanced technologies and state-of-the-art machinery, including laser, plasma, and oxyfuel systems, offered on a pay-as-you-go basis.
• Bending Services (Centro Servizi Piegatura) Sheet metal bending services using diversified techniques including air bending, bottom bending, coining, and hemming, performed by skilled operators using advanced equipment such as Amada HG 220 4 ATC.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20-25% production time reduction with HG-ATC automatic tool-change bending technology
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BomancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024Boman is a company founded in 1999 that designs and manufactures metal containers for automotive logistics. Gatta collaborated with Boman using manipulators for lifting and handling heavy semi-finished products (5-30 tons), improving productivity and safety in their mechanical carpentry workshop.
• AmadacoreTechnology or IntegrationAmada is a leader in bending machine manufacturing. Gatta has a long-standing relationship with Amada spanning years of trust and collaboration. Gatta uses Amada equipment including the HG 220 4 ATC bending machine with automatic mold change capability.
• SalvagninicoreTechnology or IntegrationSalvagnini is an equipment manufacturer providing high-automation fiber laser cutting systems. Gatta invested in the L5 Salvagnini fiber laser cutting machine with automated sorting devices as part of their technology upgrade.
• FICEPcoreTechnology or IntegrationFICEP is a manufacturer of gantry CNC systems. Gatta invested in the Kronos KR 32 SP automatic CNC gantry line from FICEP, featuring plasma cutting and bevel cutting capabilities for heavy mechanical carpentry.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Danieli: Italian-based global supplier of metalworking equipment and steelmaking plants serving industrial customers worldwide. Adjacent rather than directly competing; comparable as an Italian industrial metals equipment leader.
• FICEP: Italian manufacturer of metalworking systems (gantry CNC, drilling, cutting, coping) supplying the heavy structural fabrication industry. Gatta is a FICEP customer; closely linked through Gatta's heavy mechanical carpentry capabilities.

Direct peers

• Marcegaglia: Italy's largest privately-held steel service centre and contract metal processor, family-owned across generations, processing flat steel, sheets and tubes for industrial customers. Both companies share an Italian family-ownership, multi-generation heritage and contract-manufacturing service model in industrial metals.

Broad incumbents

• Amada: Japanese metalworking machinery manufacturer with global presence and a long-standing relationship with Gatta. Comparable positioning in industrial laser cutting, punching and bending equipment; broader portfolio beyond contract fabrication.
• BLM Group: Italian-Canadian manufacturer of tube processing and sheet metal machinery. Comparable as an Italian-rooted metal-processing-industry player with international reach; operates as an equipment maker rather than job shop.
• Trumpf: Global leader in sheet metal processing machinery (laser cutting, punching, bending, automation). Sits upstream of Gatta in the value chain, supplying similar industrial customers with comparable laser/plasma/bending capabilities at OEM level.
• Prima Power: Sheet metal fabrication machinery manufacturer with Italian-Finnish heritage, covering laser cutting, punching, bending and automation. Sells equipment to the same industrial customer base that Gatta serves through contract fabrication.
• Salvagnini: Italian-headquartered global manufacturer of sheet metal working machinery (fiber laser cutting, panel bending, FMS). Gatta is a Salvagnini customer; both are Italian sheet-metal-processing specialists, though Salvagnini operates upstream as an equipment OEM rather than a job shop.
• Bystronic: Swiss-headquartered provider of sheet metal processing solutions covering laser cutting, bending and automation. Comparable ecosystem positioning, serves the same industrial fabricator customers that Gatta supplies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GATTA.CARPENTERIA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gatta-srl

Compliance4 records

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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