What Lantz Teknik does

Lantz Teknik AB (operating as Lantztech) is a Swedish industrial machinery manufacturer headquartered in Halmstad, founded in 1988 by Urban Lantz and now led by the second generation of the Lantz family (Daniel Lantz as CEO since 2023). The company designs and builds high-volume production equipment for the automotive hose and tube industry, organized around eight machine series — CRIMPER (electric crimping, 30-80 tons), LEAKMASTER (leak and pressure testing), POWERFLUSH (flushing up to 4,000 bar), WORKFLOW (assembly), FLEXICUT (automated hose cutting), VERIFY (quality control), DIMENSION (2D and 3D vision/scanning), and APTO (custom-engineered machines) — all unified by the proprietary ARC Control System built on Beckhoff Industrial PCs and EtherCAT.

Nearly 100% of machine production is performed in-house at the Halmstad facility, including CNC machining of components, assembly, and testing, supporting close quality control and IP retention. The company serves tier-1, tier-2, and tier-3 automotive suppliers (Continental, Parker, Valeo, Hutchinson, Vibracoustic, TI Automotive) and OEM end-customers (BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, Volvo Cars, Ford), as well as adjacent industrial accounts (Caterpillar, Scania), with an installed base operating across more than five continents.

Lantztech sells exclusively through direct enterprise field sales led by the CEO and a Key Account Manager, with custom quote-based pricing on capital equipment and multi-year project contracts. The company holds ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications (zero non-conformities across annual audits) and operates two Swedish legal entities — Lantztech Machines AB and Lantztech Dimension AB — under family ownership with no external institutional investment disclosed.

Name

Lantz Teknik

Legal name

Lantztech Machines AB

Website

https://lantztech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lantz Teknik (Lantztech) is a Halmstad, Sweden-based industrial machinery manufacturer serving global automotive hose and tube suppliers and OEMs with eight in-house-built machine series — crimping, leak testing, flushing, assembly, cutting, quality verification, vision/3D scanning, and custom machines — all unified by a proprietary ARC control system, sold direct via enterprise field sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Halmstad

HQ country

Sweden

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, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Industrial Machine Sales: Sale of high-volume industrial machines and equipment for automotive hose and tube production, including crimpers, leak testers, flushing machines, assembly machines, hose cutters, quality control systems, and custom machines. One-time capital equipment sales with potential for aftermarket service and support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lantz Teknik (Lantztech) engineers and manufactures industrial machines and equipment for high-volume production, primarily serving the automotive sector. The portfolio spans eight machine series covering crimping (CRIMPER), leak and pressure testing (LEAKMASTER), flushing (POWERFLUSH), assembly (WORKFLOW), hose cutting (FLEXICUT), quality verification (VERIFY), vision and 3D scanning (DIMENSION), and custom engineered machines (APTO), all unified by the proprietary ARC Control System. Nearly 100% of machine production is performed in-house at the Halmstad facility, including CNC-machined components, assembly and testing.

Product overview

LANTZTECH is a premium industrial machinery manufacturer based in Halmstad, Sweden, serving the automotive industry with high-volume production machines built entirely in-house. The product portfolio centers on eight distinct machine series—CRIMPER (crimping), LEAKMASTER (leak testing), POWERFLUSH (flushing), WORKFLOW (assembly), FLEXICUT (hose cutting), VERIFY (quality control), DIMENSION (vision/3D scanning), and APTO (custom machines)—all unified by the proprietary ARC Control System. Nearly 100% of machine production is performed in-house using CNC machining, ensuring superior quality, functionality, and long-term reliability. The ARC system serves as the central platform across all machines, providing unified control, data communication, and traceability for the complete production workflow.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CRIMPER Series: Fully electric hose and tube crimping machines for high-volume automotive production, available in 30-80 ton configurations
• LEAKMASTER Series
• POWERFLUSH Series
• APTO Series
• FLEXICUT Series
• VERIFY Series
• DIMENSION Series
• WORKFLOW Series
• ARC Control System

Products and services

• CRIMPER Series Fully electric hose and tube crimping machines available in open and closed head configurations with 30 to 80 tons of crimping force, designed for high-volume automotive production. Features automatic assembly, stroke and force verification, and integration with the ARC control system. PE crimp heads are claimed to be the smallest and quickest on the market, with cycle times of 5-6 seconds including assembly.
• LEAKMASTER Series Leak and pressure testing machines for tubes and hoses, operational since 1995. Uses differential pressure or mass flow sensors for reliable testing, available in single or twin chamber configurations, with support for multiple parts testing in one cycle using exchangeable WORKFLOW fixtures.
• POWERFLUSH Series Flushing and pressure testing machines for tubes and hoses offering liquid cleaning, flow/pressure testing, and dry-air blowing for high-volume production up to 4000 bar. Includes twin chamber FP-10-8100, standalone FS-100, and revolving R-500 tube flushing machines.
• WORKFLOW Series Assembly machines available in three configurations (WF-TM, WF-TD, WF-TI) for complex automotive assemblies. Features quick-connect tooling plates, integrated torque wrenches and screwdrivers, barcode scanner for production orders, and HMI-guided operations including the 'Battleship' coordinate-based manual tooling solution.
• FLEXICUT Series Automatic hose cutting machines for high-volume production. The CM-6000-10 features dual bobbins, automatic measuring and length cutting up to 2 inches, five color marking modules, optional inkjet printing, and automatic bundling, all controlled via ARC for seamless operation and traceability.
• VERIFY Series Quality control and verification machines for high-volume production. Includes VERIFY 1700-14: HiloHex (thread verification with vibration feeder and servo-driven thread tap), VERIFY 1640-FR (3-axis vision control for welding seams), and VERIFY 3000-28 (vision-based ferrules verification).
• DIMENSION Series Vision and 3D scanning systems for quality assurance. DIMENSION 2 provides rapid 2D measurement for tube end forming and industrial applications; DIMENSION 3 delivers 360-degree 3D scanning for precise dimensional analysis and defect detection. Both can be integrated into automated cells or operate standalone.
• APTO Series Fully custom-engineered machines built collaboratively with clients since the early 1990s. Includes APTO 3000-VI with laser scanning, SCARA robots, shuttles and index tables, and APTO 7000-EL for trimming, pressing, weighing, and sorting molded rubber parts. All supported remotely via ARC Control System.
• ARC Control System Proprietary in-house developed control system powering all Lantztech machines. Built on Beckhoff Industrial PC with EtherCAT bus and touch-screen HMI. Features visual operator instructions, cycle counters, alarm handling, remote support, event logs, and flexible data communication (SQL, SMB, OPC, REST). Supports 5 user levels with unlimited user accounts and optional RFID login.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cycle time of 5-6 seconds for crimping including assembly
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stauff Group: German manufacturer of hydraulic accessories including clamping systems, tube/pipe connectors, and hose-related assembly equipment. Comparable as a European specialist in industrial fluid-system hardware serving automotive and heavy machinery OEMs with adjacent product lines.
• Uniflex AB: Swedish manufacturer of hydraulic hose crimping machines and assembly equipment. Closest geographic and product analog to Lantztech — also Sweden-based, also focused on high-volume hose crimping for fluid power applications, serving overlapping tier-1 automotive and industrial customers.
• CEJN: Swedish manufacturer of high-pressure hydraulic couplings, quick-connect systems, and associated crimping equipment. Comparable as a Nordic peer serving automotive and industrial fluid-system customers with precision assembly/crimping tools and complementary proprietary technology.
• Lillbacka Powerco (Finn-Power): Finnish manufacturer of hydraulic hose crimping machines and related tooling under the Finn-Power brand. Direct competitor in the same niche of high-volume automotive/industrial hose assembly equipment, with similar product positioning and customer overlap in European OEM supply chains.

Broad incumbents

• Danfoss: Global supplier of power and motion solutions including hydraulic hose fittings, crimping equipment, and fluid-system components. Comparable in serving automotive and industrial fluid-system OEMs, with significantly broader portfolio and global footprint.
• Festo: Global industrial automation and pneumatic/electrical control technology company. Comparable as an automation supplier to automotive OEMs and a partner-adjacent to Beckhoff (which Lantztech's ARC system runs on), with broader scope and resources than Lantztech's specialty machines.
• Bosch Rexroth: Global industrial automation, factory, and assembly technology provider. Adjacent to Lantztech in automotive factory automation and assembly machinery (WORKFLOW series), with vastly greater scale, Industry 4.0 capabilities, and global service infrastructure.
• Gates Industrial: Global manufacturer of industrial and automotive hoses, belts, and related fluid-power components. Comparable customer base to Lantztech in automotive hose systems, with broader product reach but less focus on dedicated hose-processing machinery.
• Parker Hannifin: Global motion and control technologies conglomerate with a dedicated Parker Crimp Division supplying hose crimpers, fittings, and assembly tooling. Overlaps with Lantztech's CRIMPER and hose-processing offering but as part of a much broader fluid-system portfolio serving the same OEM customers.
• Eaton: Global power management company with a strong industrial hose and crimping equipment line. Serves many of the same heavy-duty automotive and industrial OEMs as Lantztech, with substantially greater scale, geographic reach, and cross-sell capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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