FISCHER Maschinenfabrik

What FISCHER Maschinenfabrik does

FISCHER Maschinenfabrik GmbH is a privately held German industrial machinery manufacturer founded in 1933 and headquartered in Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company designs and builds custom-engineered equipment for the handling of long goods (Langgüter) made of wood, plastic, and metal, organized into five product categories: separation/sorting (Vereinzelung), bundle formation and packaging (including shrink-foil, cardboard carton, strapping, brochure placers, and labelling), stacking/destacking, conveyor technology (roller conveyors, belts, heavy roller, scissor lifts, feed/removal systems), and special machines such as pallet magazines and miter saws. Underlying technology relies on electro-pneumatic and frequency-controlled drive systems integrated with SPS (PLC) controls; notable proprietary lines include the SFV series of high-performance shrink-foil packaging machines, the VES vacuum destacking system, and Kartondeckelaufleger/Kartonagen-Füllstation carton-forming equipment. A separate sub-brand, HAFICO, supplies high-pressure tincture presses to the pharmaceutical and chemical industries via a dedicated website.

The company operates a consultative, direct enterprise sales motion: initial contact is followed by on-site analysis at the customer's facility, custom machine development, installation, and commissioning. Revenue derives from one-time machinery sales, custom engineering and integration services, and aftermarket installation/maintenance support; all pricing is handled through direct consultation with no public price list. The primary customer segment is the woodworking industry, particularly sawmills (Sägewerke) and planing mills (Hobelwerke), with secondary exposure to industrial manufacturers processing long goods in other materials; customers are enterprise accounts and customer references are only disclosed upon request. The company is family-controlled, currently managed by Dirk Berg and Thorsten Kaffee, and operates as FISCHER Maschinenfabrik GmbH alongside the parallel entity H. Fischer & Co. KG following a January 1995 Betriebsaufspaltung. It maintains a strongly export-oriented posture with bilingual German/English commercial presence and employs 11-50 staff with active technical and apprentice hiring.

Name

FISCHER Maschinenfabrik

Legal name

FISCHER Maschinenfabrik GmbH

Website

https://www.fischer-maschinenfabrik.de/

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FISCHER Maschinenfabrik is a privately held German industrial machinery manufacturer in Neuss that designs and builds custom sorting, packaging, stacking, and conveyor systems for woodworking sawmills, planing mills, and other long-goods producers, complemented by HAFICO high-pressure tincture presses for pharmaceutical and chemical customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Woodworking Production Machinery

NAICS

Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993), Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing (333243)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

End-of-Line Integration & Packaging Line Systems (IMAHAOAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wrapping & Bundling Equipment (Shrink/Stretch) (IMAHAOAD), Bundling, Overwrapping & Shrink Packaging Equipment (IMALAOAI)

Keywords

• Woodworking machinery
• Packaging machinery
• Industrial automation
• Material handling
• Conveyor systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuss

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, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Machinery Sales: Sale of sorting, packaging, stacking, and conveyor machines for industrial long goods processing. The company manufactures complete mechanization solutions including custom special machines.
2. Custom Engineering and Integration Services: Individual problem-solving and custom machine development based on detailed customer analysis. Includes consultation, design, and implementation of complete mechanization solutions.
3. Aftermarket Services: On-site installation, commissioning (Inbetriebnahme), and maintenance services for sold machinery. Customer references indicate ongoing service relationships for existing installations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

FISCHER Maschinenfabrik designs and manufactures industrial special-purpose machinery for destacking, separating, sorting, bundling, packaging, stacking, and conveying long goods (wood, plastic, and metal). Its core output is a complete line of production equipment — from automatic destackers and sorters through shrink-film packaging machines to pallet magazines and cross-cut saws — engineered primarily for the woodworking industry and sold to manufacturing businesses worldwide.

Product overview

FISCHER Maschinenfabrik is a German industrial machinery manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio of specialized machines for processing long goods (wood, plastic, metal). The product range centers on five core categories: (1) Separation/Sorting (Vereinzelung) including trough separation systems, straightening devices, and classification units; (2) Bundle Formation & Packaging including manual/automatic bundling machines, cardboard packaging systems (KSS, KSR, KAM/KF, KDA), shrink foil packaging machines (SFV 800, 800 cont, 900, 1000, 1100), strapping machines, brochure placers, and labelling equipment; (3) Stacking including destacking solutions (tilting lift tables, vacuum systems), stacking automatons (ASG 4-7), and cross-layer placers (LB 2-3); (4) Conveyor Technology including roller conveyors, transport belts, crossing belt/chain conveyors, heavy roller conveyors, scissor lifts, and feed/removal systems; (5) Special Machines including pallet magazines and miter saws. Products are designed for the woodworking industry (sawmills, planing mills, laminate/flooring, painting lines) and can be integrated into complete mechanization solutions. The company also offers HAFICO high-pressure tincture presses as a related product line.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HAFICO - Tinkturenpressen: High-pressure tincture presses for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.

Products and services

• Automatic Separator Type VA (Vereinzelungsautomat Typ VA) Automatic separator that individualizes and aligns stacked long goods from the destacker for the next processing station. Designed for woodworking and long-goods production lines requiring continuous separation of planks and boards.
• Straightening Station Type EZS (Entzerrstation Typ EZS) Straightening station that aligns separated long goods into a controlled orientation for accurate downstream sorting and packaging. Used in industrial production lines for wood, plastic, and metal long goods.
• Sorting Unit Type STH (Sortiereinheit Typ STH) Sorting unit that classifies long goods by quality, length, or other criteria for downstream grading and packaging. Used by woodworking manufacturers to automate quality grading in production lines.
• Automatic Bundling Machine Type PAK (Paketierautomat Typ PAK) Automatic bundling machine that compiles sorted long goods into uniform packages ready for packaging or shipment. Designed for industrial woodworking and long-goods manufacturers with high bundle throughput.
• Manual Bundler (Manueller Paketierer) Manually operated bundling station for compiling long goods into packages. Suited to lower-throughput production environments or specialized bundle configurations.
• Carton Protective Strip Machine Type KSS (Kartonagen-Schutzstreifenautomat Typ KSS) Automatic machine that applies protective cardboard strips to cartons to protect long goods during transport. Used in packaging lines for wood, plastic, and metal long goods.
• Carton Protective Strip Machine Type KSR (Kartonagen-Schutzstreifenautomat Typ KSR) Variant of the KSS carton protective strip machine with different strip-application mechanics. Applies protective cardboard strips to cartons for long-goods shipping applications.
• Carton Filling Station Type KF with KAM (Kartonagen-Füllstation Typ KF mit KAM) Carton filling station with companion KAM component that loads long goods into cartons automatically. Integrated into packaging lines for long-goods manufacturers.
• Carton Lid Applicator Type KDA (Kartondeckelaufleger Typ KDA) Automatic applicator that places lids onto filled cartons after the filling station. Completes the top of the carton for long-goods packaging lines.
• Shrink-Film Packaging Machine SFV 800 N/M/H (Schrumpffolien-Verpackungsmaschine SFV 800 N/M/H) Shrink-film packaging machine available in three variants (N, M, H) for fully sealing long-goods bundles with shrink film. Suited to industrial packaging lines where weatherproof, tamper-evident bundling is required.
• Shrink-Film Packaging Machine SFV 800 cont (Schrumpffolien-Verpackungsmaschine SFV 800 cont) Continuous-flow variant of the SFV 800 shrink-film packaging machine for non-stop packaging of long-goods bundles. Designed for high-throughput industrial packaging lines.
• Shrink-Film Packaging Machine SFV 900 (Schrumpffolien-Verpackungsmaschine SFV 900)

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Dürselen GmbH & Co. KGminorOthersPartner company located in Mönchengladbach. FISCHER publishes job openings on behalf of Dürselen for apprentices (Zerspanungsmechaniker/Frästechnik) starting summer 2026. Relationship appears to be a staffing/recruitment partnership rather than technology or business collaboration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• HOMAG Group: Germany-headquartered global leader in woodworking machinery and integrated production lines for the wood-processing industry. Highly comparable given FISCHER's focus on long-goods processing for sawmills and planing mills, though HOMAG is vastly larger and serves the full furniture/woodworking value chain.
• Michael Weinig AG: German manufacturer of solid wood processing machinery for sawmills and planing operations. Comparable as a vertical specialist serving the same Hobelwerke/Sägewerke customer base as FISCHER, with broader portfolio in moulding and profiling machines.
• IMA Schelling Group: Industrial machinery group producing panel processing and woodworking production lines. Overlaps with FISCHER on automated material handling and end-of-line integration for wood-based panel production (relevant to FISCHER's laminate-line offerings).
• Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau: German manufacturer of complete production lines for the wood-based panel industry (MDF, particleboard). Comparable to FISCHER's laminate and panel-line packaging/bundling equipment sold into the same downstream customer base.
• Krones AG: Global leader in packaging and bottling machinery, primarily for beverages and food. Comparable as a packaging-machinery manufacturer offering end-of-line integration (wrapping, bundling, conveying), though operating in different verticals and at much larger scale.
• Trumpf: German global leader in machine tools and laser technology, with growing involvement in industrial automation and connected manufacturing. Comparable as a German industrial machinery incumbent, though specializing in metalworking rather than long-goods packaging.
• ProMach: US-based packaging machinery integrator with broad portfolio in filling, labeling, wrapping, and end-of-line systems. Comparable as a packaging-machinery provider offering integrated line solutions, though focused on different verticals and geography than FISCHER.

Others

• Beckhoff Automation: German PC-based automation and PLC technology supplier. Comparable as an enabling control-systems provider whose SPS/PLC technology underpins FISCHER's automated machinery; adjacent rather than direct competition.

Emerging players

• LEUCO Ledermann GmbH: Precision tooling manufacturer for wood and panel processing. Comparable as a German supplier serving the same woodworking customers as FISCHER (sawmills, planing mills, panel producers), though focused on tooling rather than packaging/conveying machinery.

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Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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