Bendex

What Bendex does

Bendex AB is a privately held Swedish contract manufacturer founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hyltebruk, Sweden, operating as a turnkey supplier of welded structures and tube-based components. The company runs a single 8,500 m² production facility offering six integrated service lines — tube bending (round, square, and elliptical profiles), tube processing, MIG/MAG and TIG welding (both robotic and manual), fibre-optic laser cutting, edge pressing up to 150 tonnes, and post-processing (surface treatment, assembly, packaging) — supplemented by in-house fixture/tool design and prototype fabrication. Its manufacturing stack includes modern CNC machines with boost function for tight-radius bending and robotic welding cells that achieve documented cycle-time reductions of 66% or more versus manual welding. Bendex holds ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications and is registered as a subsidiary of Swedish industrial group Weland AB.

The company serves a diversified B2B customer base across five verticals: construction and facilities equipment (primary), fossil-free haulage and electric vehicles (primary), industrial catering/food-service equipment, medical devices, and agriculture and farming. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific, with revenue generated through custom one-off and serial-production orders spanning prototype through volume runs. Bendex employs 50+ people, with multiple long-tenure staff (including a 20+ year veteran) highlighting workforce stability in a niche metal-fabrication trade. The company is sales-led with direct phone/email engagement supported by trade-show participation (most recently Elmia Subcontractor 2025) and an active employee-story content marketing program; it maintains direct international sales into North America, South America, Belgium, Estonia, and Poland in addition to its Nordic home market. Reported annual turnover is approximately SEK 130 million.

Name

Bendex

Legal name

Bendex AB

Website

https://bendex.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bendex AB is a Swedish turnkey contract manufacturer of welded structures, tube-bent components, and sheet-metal fabrications serving B2B customers in construction machinery, electric vehicles, agriculture, medical devices, and industrial catering from its 8,500 m² Hyltebruk facility, with ~SEK 130M in annual turnover.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hyltebruk

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Welded Structure Manufacturing: Bendex generates revenue through the custom manufacture of welded structures, tube bending, tube processing, welding, laser cutting, edge pressing, and post-processing services. They act as a turnkey supplier offering everything from design through to serial production and delivery. Revenue is project and order-based, serving customers from initial concept through to finished product.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bendex is a turnkey supplier of custom welded structures and tube-based components for industrial customers. The company provides six integrated manufacturing services under one roof: tube bending, tube processing, welding (robotic and manual MIG/MAG and TIG), fibre-optic laser cutting, edge pressing, and post-processing (surface treatment, assembly, packaging). Production facilities span 8,500 m² and serve customers from prototype fabrication through to rational serial production.

Product overview

Bendex is a turnkey supplier of welded structures and manufacturing services. The company offers an integrated portfolio of six core manufacturing services: Tube Bending (Rörbockning), Tube Processing (Rörbearbetning), Welding (Svetsning), Laser Cutting (Laserskärning), Edge Pressing (Kantpressning), and Post Processing (Efterbehandling). These services are complemented by Prototype Fabrication and Fixture/Tool Production capabilities. The company provides everything from fixture and item design to production technology, prototype fabrication, and rational serial production—all under one roof. Their breadth of expertise ranges from custom craftsman-welded parts for restaurants and industrial kitchens to large components for construction machinery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tube Bending (Rörbockning) Cold bending services for round pipes, square tubes, and elliptical profile tubes using modern CNC machines with boost function. Supports fixed radius, free radius, and variable radius bending with mandrel support to prevent flattening, enabling tight radii and cost-effective production for industrial customers.
• Tube Processing (Rörbearbetning) Additional tube processing services including cutting machining, eccentric pressing, and end forming to deliver complete bent and machined tube structures ready for assembly.
• Welding (Svetsning) Welding services performed in robot cells or at manual welding stations using MIG/MAG and TIG methods for steel, stainless steel, and aluminium materials. Robotic welding achieves cycle time reductions of 66% or more compared to manual welding, suitable for small production runs and complex multi-weld parts.
• Laser Cutting (Laserskärning) Contactless laser cutting method for machining sheet metal using fibre optics to control high power laser beams. Produces very smooth surfaces and cut sections as narrow as a few tenths of a millimetre, with reduced heat-affected zones compared to traditional cutting methods.
• Edge Pressing (Kantpressning) Sheet metal shaping using presses capable of delivering forces up to 150 tonnes, enabling precision shaping of even the thickest and hardest sheet metals.
• Post Processing (Efterbehandling) Surface treatment, partial and complete assembly, and packaging services that complete the manufacturing process and deliver ready-to-use products to customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Robotic welding reduces cycle times by 66% or more compared to manual welding
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SSAB: Major Swedish steel manufacturer producing high-strength steel plate, sheet, and tubular products. Comparable as a Nordic metals industry incumbent whose steel products feed the welded structures and tube fabrication supply chain in which Bendex operates.
• Alfa Laval: Swedish industrial company specializing in heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling, with significant in-house fabrication of welded plate and tubular assemblies. Comparable as a Nordic industrial incumbent with substantial in-house welding and tube processing know-how.
• Sandvik: Swedish engineering group with operations in metal cutting, materials technology, and mining. Relevant as a broad Nordic industrial incumbent with deep capabilities in precision metalworking and tooling similar to those Bendex applies in fabrication.
• Outokumpu: Finnish stainless steel manufacturer and a major supplier of stainless plate, sheet, and coil. Comparable as a Nordic metals incumbent whose stainless steel output is welded and fabricated by downstream contract manufacturers like Bendex.
• Nibe Industrier: Swedish industrial group operating in heating, ventilation, and components, with a long history of acquiring and operating Swedish industrial businesses. Relevant as a broad Nordic industrial incumbent that overlaps in customer base and metal component supply dynamics.
• Voestalpine: Austrian steel and metal processing group with operations across steel manufacturing, automotive components, and railway systems. Relevant as a broad European incumbent in the same welded steel structures and metal processing value chain.

Regional players

• ProfilGruppen: Swedish aluminum extrusion specialist producing custom aluminum profiles for industrial customers. Comparable as a Nordic specialty metals processor with a similar customer base in industrial and construction end markets.

Direct peers

• BE Group: Swedish steel and metal service center providing steel distribution plus contract processing such as cutting, drilling, and fabrication. Comparable to Bendex as a Nordic contract metal processor serving industrial customers with value-added processing services.
• Tibnor: Nordic steel and metals distributor owned by SSAB, offering cut-to-length, slitting, and pre-processing services to industrial customers. Directly comparable as a Nordic supplier of processed steel and metal components to industrial end markets.

Emerging players

• Bodycote: UK-listed provider of heat treatment and metal joining services to manufacturers. Comparable in that surface treatment and process know-how for metals is a meaningful part of Bendex's service portfolio and a similar service-led model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BendexAB
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bendex-ab

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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