Maer
Maer is a privately held Spanish manufacturer of patented spin trimming machinery that removes the dome from plastic blow-moulded bottles, serving dairy, food packaging, beverages, and blow-moulding customers in more than 30 countries via direct sales and a regional distributor network.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1990
- HeadquartersMassanés, Spain
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Maer does
Maer (legal name: Construcciones Mecánicas Maer, S.A.) is a privately held Spanish industrial machinery manufacturer specializing in spin trimming equipment that removes the moil or dome from plastic blow-moulded bottles. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Massanés, Girona, the company has built a 30+ year track record refining a patented fixed-blade carousel trimming method that uses a three-point neck grip to prevent bottle movement during cutting, eliminating chips and burrs on the sealing surface. Maer employs 11–50 people and operates a single manufacturing facility in Spain, distributing its equipment globally through direct sales and a network of regional agents and distributors across more than 30 countries.
Maer's product portfolio is organized into five spin trimmer series — SB (standard single bottles), NTN (neck-to-neck tandem bottles, reaching the segment-leading 80,000 bottles per hour), WM (wide-mouth PET/PP jars), ST (special geometries such as oval and rectangular), and the upcoming NR (non-round necks) — complemented by the Monoblock SB+LK (trimmer plus leak tester), aseptic and OEM turret integration modules, and peripheral conveying systems. The technology serves four primary verticals: dairy (the dominant segment, including ESL milk and drinking yogurt), food packaging (jars replacing glass), beverages (PET), and the horizontal blow moulding industry (OEM integration with filling-machine builders).
The business model is B2B capital equipment sales: Maer designs, manufactures, and sells custom-quoted trimmers, with revenue recognized on a one-time license/sale basis per unit, supplemented by spare parts and integration services. Go-to-market relies on direct enterprise sales from Spain combined with a layered regional channel (e.g., IMOCOM in Colombia, Kaeler in CIS, HMH/Evercan in the USA, HBM in Australia/NZ, ITAS in Israel, FILTEC in South Africa), supported by major trade fair participation (K Düsseldorf) and digital content marketing via YouTube and LinkedIn. Pricing is opaque and bespoke, driven by model, speed, configuration, and integration scope, with named enterprise customers including Friesland Campina, Airopack, E.M.P., and Plastiv Packaging.
Maer firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Maer
- Legal name
- Construcciones Mecánicas Maer, S.A.
- Website
- https://maer.es
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1990
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Maer is a privately held Spanish manufacturer of patented spin trimming machinery that removes the dome from plastic blow-moulded bottles, serving dairy, food packaging, beverages, and blow-moulding customers in more than 30 countries via direct sales and a regional distributor network.
- Ownership category
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Maer industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Packaging Machinery
- NAICS
- Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)
- SIC
- Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Blow Molding & Thermoforming Packaging Equipment (Bottle/Tray Making) (IMALAOAK)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF)
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Where Maer is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Massanés
- HQ country
- Spain
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Maer business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Bottle Spin Trimming Machinery Sales: Maer designs, manufactures, and sells spin trimming machinery for plastic blow-moulded bottles. Revenue is generated through the sale of proprietary bottle trimming equipment across multiple product series (SB, NTN, WM, ST, NR) with varying speed capacities and configurations. The company also supplies spare parts and provides integration services for blow moulding and bottling lines.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels4 records
Maer product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Maer designs, manufactures, and sells patented spin trimming machinery for cutting the moil or lost head (dome) of plastic blow-moulded bottles. The company offers multiple product series — SB, NTN, WM, ST — covering single standard bottles, tandem neck-to-neck bottles, wide-mouth PET jars, and special geometries, with processing speeds up to 80,000 bottles per hour. Maer also supplies aseptic/OEM trimming solutions, monoblock trimmer-leak tester systems, and peripheral/auxiliary equipment for blow moulding and bottling lines.
Product overview
Maer is a world leading manufacturer of spin trimming machinery for cutting the lost head (moil/dome) of plastic blow moulded bottles. The core product portfolio consists of five main spin trimmer series: SB Series for standard single bottles, NTN Series for tandem neck-to-neck bottles, WM Series for wide mouth jars, ST Series for special geometries (oval, square, rectangular), and NR Series (upcoming) for non-round necks. These trimmers operate on patented technology using a fixed cutting system with bottle rotation and carousel orbital movement. Maer also offers integrated solutions including the Monoblock SB+LK Series (trimmer + leak tester), NTN Trimmer-Combiner systems, aseptic/OEM solutions for sterile environments, and peripherals (conveyors, pneumatic transport). The technology processes up to 60,000 bottles per hour and is used primarily in dairy, food packaging, beverages, and blow moulding industries across more than 30 countries.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- SB Series Range of rotary spin trimmers for cutting single plastic bottles with standard geometries. Designed as a complement to blow moulding and for in-house operations and dairy filling lines, with vacuum-assisted belt conveyor, rotary trimming unit, and quick format changeover with no special tools.
- NTN Series Spin trimmers for cutting tandem neck-to-neck bottles joined at the dome, processing bottles in horizontal position over stationary adjustable cutting blades at up to 60,000 bottles per hour, including optional up-righter and combiner units.
- WM Series Wide-mouth jar trimming systems for Blow-Trim technology that process PET jars with neck diameters from 45mm to 110mm, producing unbreakable lightweight jars as a cost-effective alternative to glass for mayonnaise, sauces, and solid foods.
- ST Series Spin trimmers for oval, square, rectangular handle-ware, and off-set neck bottles requiring orientation. Adapts the SB Series rotary trim technology to non-round bottle geometries, with Ultraclean and Aseptic versions available for ESL dairy applications.
- Monoblock SB+LK Series Combined trimmer turret attached to a leak tester integrated within the same block, providing inline trimming and leak testing for bottles at 10,000 bph in dairy and beverage applications.
- NTN Trimmer-Combiner Mono-block system for trimming, handling, and transporting neck-to-neck tandem bottles including B.T.U. transfer, up-righter system, and combiner unit to merge bottles into a single row, handling up to 60,000 bottles per hour.
- Aseptic Systems and O.E.M. Bottle Trim Solutions Food-grade rotary trimmers for integration within aseptic and sterile filling lines, with stainless steel construction and CIP-compatible materials, including customized OEM trimming turrets with adjustable turret height (manual or motorized) for mono-block manufacturers.
- Peripherals and Auxiliary Equipment for Blow Moulding Conveying systems for plastic scrap including belt conveyors, slat conveyors, pneumatic conveyors, and venturi systems, plus bottle buffers, cooling systems, and leak testing equipment for blow moulding and bottling lines.
Quantifiable outcome
- OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) significantly increased for Friesland Campina's dairy filling lines after SB410 trimmer implementation.
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Companies that use Maer
Customer profileNamed customers5 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Maer technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature6 records
Maer partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- IMOCOM S.A.coreIMOCOM S.A. is a leading Colombian machinery distributor serving over 10,000 companies in sectors including blow moulding and filling. With more than 60 years of experience and over 500 collaborators, IMOCOM represents Maer in Colombia and broader Latin America. Maer's bottle dome cutting machines complement IMOCOM's product range of blow moulding and filling equipment.
- Blomo Tech BVBAminorBlomo Tech BVBA serves the PET packaging sector in Benelux as a sales agent for Maer's neck trimming machinery.
- RalotminorRalot is a sales agent serving the blow moulding sector in Russia, representing Maer's bottle trimming solutions in the Russian market.
- Kaeler Engineering CISminorKaeler Engineering CIS serves the dairy sector in Moscow, Russia, as a sales agent for Maer's neck trimming machinery for dairy applications.
- HMH Packaging Systems, IncminorHMH Packaging Systems, Inc covers the blow moulding sector in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania (USA) as a sales agent for Maer's trimming solutions.
- Evercan Technology CorpminorEvercan Technology Corp, based in Millwood, NY, USA, serves as a sales agent for Maer's trimming machinery.
- Hispak MexicanaminorHispak Mexicana, based in Mexico City, serves as a sales agent for Maer's bottle trimming equipment in Mexico.
- HBM AustraliaminorHBM Australia serves as a sales agent for Maer's neck trimming machinery, covering the Australian market from Norwest Business Park, NSW.
- HBM New ZealandminorHBM New Zealand serves as a sales agent for Maer's neck trimming machinery in New Zealand, based in Auckland.
- ITAS Ltd.minorITAS Ltd. serves the Israeli market from Rosh Ha'ain Industrial Park as a sales agent for Maer's bottle neck trimming solutions.
- FILTEC AutomationminorFILTEC Automation serves the South African packaging sector from Mount Edgecombe Industrial Estate, KwaZulu-Natal, as a sales agent for Maer's trimming equipment.
Scale indicators5 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Maer competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Bekum Maschinenfabrik: German manufacturer of extrusion blow molding machines for plastic containers, with downstream handling and finishing offerings. Comparable to Maer in serving blow-molders producing HDPE and specialty plastic bottles.
- Aoki Technical Laboratory: Pioneer of stretch blow molding technology, producing PET bottle forming equipment used in dairy, beverage, and personal care. Indirectly competes with Maer where integrated finishing replaces standalone trimming.
- Nissei ASB: Japanese manufacturer of blow molding machines and integrated finishing systems for PET and other plastic containers. Provides trimming and downstream modules that compete with Maer's standalone trimming portfolio.
- Magic MP: Italian producer of PET stretch blow molding and integrated filling lines. Competes in the same PET bottle production ecosystem as Maer and offers integrated trimming/finishing modules.
- Sipa: Italian manufacturer of stretch blow molding and integrated filling systems for PET containers. Competes directly with Maer in bottle-forming-and-finishing solutions and offers some integrated trimming functionality.
Broad incumbents
- Krones AG: Large German packaging and bottling machinery group covering filling, labeling, and PET line integration. Provides integrated solutions that can absorb trimming functions and competes for the same dairy and beverage capex budgets.
- Sacmi: Italian machinery group producing packaging equipment including PET preforms, blow molding, and capping lines. Overlaps with Maer in PET bottle production and finishing for beverage and food applications.
- Sidel: Global provider of PET beverage packaging equipment, including blow molding and downstream finishing modules. Overlaps with Maer in PET bottle finishing and competes indirectly as blow-molding OEMs increasingly integrate trimming in-house.
Emerging players
- Tech-Long Packaging Machinery: Chinese manufacturer of blow molding and filling equipment for PET packaging. Comparable in product category, primarily competing on cost in emerging-market dairy and beverage installations where Maer also wins.
- Procomac: Italian aseptic filling specialist within the packaging machinery space, particularly for dairy and ESL applications. Adjacent to Maer since Maer's aseptic/ESL trimmer technology is integrated into similar filling lines.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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Trust signalCompliance1 record
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Frequently asked questions about Maer
What does Maer do?
Maer designs, manufactures, and sells patented spin trimming machinery for cutting the moil or lost head (dome) of plastic blow-moulded bottles. The company offers multiple product series — SB, NTN, WM, ST — covering single standard bottles, tandem neck-to-neck bottles, wide-mouth PET jars, and special geometries, with processing speeds up to 80,000 bottles per hour. Maer also supplies aseptic/OEM trimming solutions, monoblock trimmer-leak tester systems, and peripheral/auxiliary equipment for blow moulding and bottling lines.
Is Maer a public or private company?
Maer is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Maer founded?
Maer was founded in 1990. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Maer based?
Maer is headquartered in Massanés, Spain, in the Europe region.
How does Maer make money?
One revenue line is on record: bottle Spin Trimming Machinery Sales.
Who are Maer's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Bekum Maschinenfabrik, Aoki Technical Laboratory, Nissei ASB, Magic MP and Sipa. Broad incumbents are Krones AG, Sacmi and Sidel. Emerging players are Tech-Long Packaging Machinery and Procomac.
Does Maer have an API?
No public API is recorded for Maer.
What industry is Maer in?
Maer's product category is Industrial Packaging Machinery. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMALAOAK, Blow Molding & Thermoforming Packaging Equipment (Bottle/Tray Making), with a secondary code of IMAHAOAF, Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid). Its NAICS code is 3339 and its SIC code is 3559.