What Secin does

Secin S.A. is an Argentine privately held capital goods manufacturer founded in 1978 and headquartered in Quilmes Oeste, Buenos Aires Province, with a secondary fabrication site in Lanús Oeste. The company engineers, fabricates, and constructs process equipment, including reactors, separation columns, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, slug catchers, and skidded modular units, in stainless steel and special metallurgies (Alloy 20, Duplex, clad steels), and delivers complete turnkey industrial plants. SECIN holds ISO 9001/14001/45001, ASME U and U2 code stamps, and nuclear-quality certification enabling fabrication for Argentina's CNEA, INVAP, and NA-SA nuclear program, and operates dedicated process control and El Galeón (metal forming presses) divisions.

The firm's commercial model is project-based EPC delivery to enterprise clients: pricing is quote-based, sales cycles align with industrial capex, and revenue is generated through a mix of one-time equipment sales, full-lifecycle EPC contracts, standalone engineering and project management services, process control system integration (Siemens, Rockwell, GE), and the El Galeón press product line. Customers include major Latin American and international operators across Oil & Gas (YPF, Chevron, Total, Shell, Pluspetrol, Petrobras), Chemicals (Profertil, MERICHEM, CODELCO, ENAMI, Xstrata Copper), Nuclear (INVAP, CNEA, NA-SA), Beverages (AMBEV, Quilmes, CCU, Cervecería Chile), and heavy industry (SIDERCA, SIDOR, SIDERAR, General Motors). Strategic alliances with LANDALUCE S.A. (20+ years, brewery plants) and major licensors (Outotec, UOP, MERICHEM, Shell Global Solutions, EMTROL) underpin repeat project flow.

SECIN maintains a 251-500 employee organization with 50+ engineers across all disciplines and 20+ process control professionals. Marketing is relationship-driven and event-led (OTC Houston, Argentina Oil & Gas), supported by Argentine government trade promotion. The company has demonstrated capability for outsized fabrication, including a 480-ton, 37m catalytic converter for MA'ADEN Saudi Arabia shipped directly from the Domecq García shipyard, positioning it as one of the few South American fabricators able to compete globally in heavy capital goods.

Name

Secin

Legal name

Secin S.A.

Website

https://secin.com.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Secin S.A. is an Argentine private capital goods manufacturer founded in 1978, engineering and fabricating process equipment and turnkey industrial plants in stainless steel and special metallurgies for oil & gas, nuclear, chemical, mining, and beverage clients across Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Quilmes

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Fabrication & Sales: Fabrication and sale of custom process equipment (reactors, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, distillation columns, slug catchers, cranes) as one-time or repeat project orders. Revenue is lumpy and project-dependent, driven by capital expenditure cycles of industrial clients. Pricing is quote-based for large capital equipment.
2. EPC / Turnkey Plant Projects: Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and commissioning (EPC) of complete industrial plants including Gas & Petroleum, Breweries, Sulfuric Acid, Ammonia/Urea, and others. Provides full project lifecycle revenue including engineering fees, equipment procurement margins, and construction services. Represents a major share of revenue for large projects.
3. Project Management & Engineering Services: Standalone engineering (conceptual, basic, detail), project management, procurement, and construction management services for clients who do not require full EPC. Also includes pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up assistance services.
4. Metal Forming Machines (Prensas El Galeón Division): Sale of mechanical and hydraulic presses (up to 1000 strokes/min mechanical, 800 tons hydraulic), special sheet metal forming machines, and automated stackers. Division 'El Galeón' with 50+ years and 2,500+ machines placed in market.
5. Process Control Systems: Turnkey process control systems including engineering, hardware supply, software development, and commissioning for brewery, oil & gas, and chemical plants. Integrated by 20+ professionals with I/O scales from 1,000 to 11,000 per installation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Secin S.A. is an Argentine capital goods manufacturer that engineers, fabricates, procures, constructs, and commissions custom process equipment in stainless steel and special metallurgies — including reactors, separation columns, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, and skidded modular units — and delivers complete turnkey industrial plants for Oil & Gas, Energy (including nuclear), Mining, Chemicals, and Food & Beverage (especially breweries) clients. The portfolio is supported by ASME U/U2 code stamping, ISO 9001/14001/45001 certifications, nuclear-quality fabrication clearance, and a dedicated Prensas El Galeón division for cold sheet-metal forming machinery.

Product overview

Secin S.A. is an Argentine capital goods manufacturer offering integrated industrial solutions through a portfolio of engineering, fabrication, procurement, construction, and project management services. The core offering centers on manufacturing process equipment (reactors, heat exchangers, separation columns, pressure vessels) and delivering turnkey plants for sectors including Oil & Gas, Energy (including nuclear), Mining, Chemicals, Food & Beverages (particularly breweries), and light/heavy industries. Specialized divisions include 'El Galeón' for metal forming presses and a Process Control Systems department for automation. The company operates under ISO quality, environmental, and safety management systems and holds ASME pressure vessel certifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• El Galeón: Press division of Secin S.A. dedicated to the design and manufacturing of machines and devices for cold sheet metal forming. More than 50 years of experience with over 2,500 equipment units placed in national and international markets.

Products and services

• Process Equipment (Reactors, Separation Columns, Heat Exchangers, Pressure Vessels, Skidded Modules) Custom-fabricated process equipment in stainless steel and special metallurgies (Alloy 20, Duplex, clad steels), designed and built to ASME/AD codes for downstream industrial clients in oil & gas, chemicals, nuclear, mining, and food & beverage sectors.
• Turnkey Industrial Plants (Plantas Llave en mano) Full EPC turnkey delivery of complete industrial plants including gas & petroleum plants, breweries, and chemical plants with all engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning responsibilities bundled.
• Oil and Gas Plants (Plantas Gas y Petróleo) Turnkey oil & gas process plants for upstream, midstream, and downstream operators including gas sweetening, dehydration, LPG and NGL recovery, separation trains, dew point units, and petroleum dehydration plants; delivered to YPF, Chevron, Total Austral, Pluspetrol, Shell, and Petrobras among others.
• Brewery Plants (Plantas Industria Cervecera) Turnkey brewery plants covering fermentation tanks, cooking rooms, CIP systems, yeast propagation, pasteurizers, and complete plant monitoring and control systems for large regional brewers such as AMBEV, Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes, CCU, Cervecería Chile, Cervecería Paraguaya, and Cervecería Kaiser, delivered in strategic alliance with LANDALUCE S.A.
• Sulfuric Acid Plants (Plantas de Ácido Sulfúrico) Turnkey sulfuric acid plant equipment including catalytic converters, heat exchangers, and absorption towers delivered to mining (copper smelting) and chemical customers such as MA'ADEN Saudi Arabia, CODELCO, ENAMI, Xstrata Copper, and ENAP Chile.
• Nuclear-Quality Equipment for Reactors and Fuel Storage Nuclear-quality equipment and devices fabricated for CNEA, INVAP, and NA-SA — including RA10 reactor pool (4.5m diameter × 14m, 100 Tn), service pool (4.5m × 9m), spent fuel storage racks (72 Tn), and CAREM 25 containment embedded frames (17 Tn) — meeting nuclear quality standards for the Argentine nuclear program.
• Heavy Bridge and Gantry Cranes (Puentes Grúa) Heavy-duty bridge cranes and gantry cranes for industrial plants — including main hook up to 2x40 Tn, auxiliary 20 Tn, bridge span 37m, AISE 6 class 4 service — supplied to steel, hydroelectric, thermal, nuclear, and automotive plants.
• Process Control Systems (Sistemas de control de proceso) Turnkey process control systems for breweries, oil & gas, and chemical industries — covering engineering, hardware supply, software development, and commissioning — on Siemens PCS7, Rockwell, and GE platforms, integrated as part of plant projects or standalone upgrade initiatives (e.g., Quilmes 11,000 I/O upgrade, Cervecería Paraguaya 9,000 I/O).
• Prensas El Galeón — Metal Forming Presses Cold sheet-metal forming machines — mechanical presses up to 1,000 strokes/minute and hydraulic presses up to 800 tons, including special purpose presses and automated stackers — supplied to automotive, white goods, and general manufacturing customers.
• Engineering Services (Ingeniería Conceptual, Básica y de Detalle) Standalone multidisciplinary engineering services — conceptual, basic, and detail engineering including process, mechanical, instrumentation, automation, and electrical disciplines — delivered independently or as part of EPC projects across oil & gas, energy, mining, chemicals, and food & beverage sectors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully manufactured and exported one of the world's largest catalytic reactors (480 tons, 37m height, 17m diameter) to Saudi Arabia for MA'ADEN, demonstrating extreme scale fabrication capability
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers33 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LANDALUCE S.A.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecin S.A. and LANDALUCE S.A. operate a strategic and technological alliance spanning 20+ years, focused on brewery plant projects across Argentina, MERCOSUR, and Latin America. LANDALUCE provides brewery process technology while SECIN provides engineering, fabrication, procurement, construction, and project execution. Together they hold a leadership position in the Latin American brewery market, executing projects for AMBEV, Quilmes, CCU, Cervecería Chile, Cervecería Paraguaya, and others. The alliance combines LANDALUCE's process technology expertise with SECIN's manufacturing and project management capabilities.
• EMTROL LLC (USA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSECIN and EMTROL LLC of the United States collaborated on multiple Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit repairs and internal component supply projects. Joint execution covered Shell CAPSA, Repsol YPF Refinería Luján de Cuyo (2008), and Repsol YPF Refinería La Plata (2007). EMTROL provided FCC technology while SECIN handled fabrication and partial engineering. The repeated award from Merichem (two consecutive projects) following successful completion of the first project demonstrates strong operational partnership satisfaction.
• Outotec (Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOutotec (now Outotec Oyj before merger with Metso), the German global leader in sulfuric acid plant engineering, awarded SECIN the fabrication of one of the world's largest catalytic converters for MA'ADEN Saudi Arabia (4,500 tons/day H2SO4 capacity). SECIN also built prior converters for Outokumpu (predecessor) and Fleck Chemical Industries. Outotec provided the process design and technology license; SECIN executed the detailed engineering and fabrication of massive equipment that could not be transported overland.
• Profertil (Agrium Group)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSECIN was selected by Profertil (Bahía Blanca, Argentina, part of Agrium/Nutrien group) to provide repair services and fabricate replacement equipment for major maintenance of its Ammonia/Urea complex. Work included carbamator stripper repair (2004, operating at 110% capacity post-repair) and fabrication of E504 heat exchanger (185 Tn, 11,000mm long, designed for 225 kg/cm² pressure). Represents long-term relationship for critical maintenance and upgrade services.
• Domecq García (Astillero Domecq García)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDomecq García shipyard provided the facilities for assembling the massive catalytic converter for MA'ADEN Saudi Arabia (17m diameter, 480 tons). The shipyard's proximity to port and large open area enabled direct ocean loading, bypassing impossible overland transport from SECIN's Quilmes facility. This collaboration allowed SECIN to compete for globally significant projects requiring outsized fabrication.
• MERICHEM Company (Houston, TX, USA)coreTechnology or IntegrationMERICHEM Company awarded SECIN two consecutive contracts for the fabrication of Sodium Treatment Units (STU) based on MERICON technology: one for Petrobrás refinery in Brazil and one for Petrozuata in Venezuela. Both units were fully packetized with Alloy 20 and Duplex materials, with ASME 'U' stamps. The consecutive award demonstrates MERICHEM's satisfaction with SECIN's execution quality.
• Agencia Argentina de Inversiones y Comercio InternacionalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerArgentina's official investment and trade promotion agency supported SECIN's participation at the Offshore Technology Conference 2023, providing the Argentine pavilion platform. This government partnership enables SECIN to gain international visibility and connect with global energy professionals at reduced cost, supporting Argentine industrial exporters.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Saipem: Italian oil & gas EPC and offshore contractor that designs, procures, and often fabricates process equipment. Competes with SECIN for upstream, midstream, and downstream project scope globally and in Latin America.
• Techint Engineering & Construction: Argentine-based heavy industrial EPC and fabrication arm of the Techint Group. Competes with SECIN in oil & gas, power, and mining process equipment and turnkey plant delivery across Latin America, with similar stainless-steel and special-metallurgy capabilities.
• Doosan Enerbility: Korean heavy fabricator and EPC contractor for power, desalination, and process plants. Competes with SECIN in large-scale pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and EPC scope, often at lower cost on international tenders.
• Maire Tecnimont: Italian EPC contractor for oil & gas, petrochemicals, and fertilizers, often procuring large pressure vessels and reactors from regional fabricators. Competes with SECIN for the same turnkey plant scopes and the same end customers (YPF, ENI-equivalents, etc.).
• AESA (Aceros y Equipos S.A.): Argentine fabricator of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and process equipment serving oil & gas, petrochemical, and power customers. Closest domestic head-to-head competitor to SECIN in stainless-steel and special-alloy process equipment for the Southern Cone.
• Larsen & Toubro (L&T Heavy Engineering): Indian EPC and heavy engineering conglomerate manufacturing reactors, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and complete process plants for oil & gas, petrochemicals, and nuclear — directly comparable to SECIN's EPC + fabrication model.
• Chart Industries: US-based process equipment maker for cryogenic, industrial gas, and energy applications, including heat exchangers and pressure vessels. Competes with SECIN in fabricated process equipment for oil & gas, petrochemical, and energy customers.
• Metso: Finnish process equipment and plant supplier for mining, metals, and aggregates, formed via the Metso-Outotec merger. Direct overlap with SECIN in sulfuric acid plants, mining process equipment, and EPC services to copper and gold majors (CODELCO, Xstrata, ENAMI).

Broad incumbents

• Alfa Laval: Global leader in heat exchangers, separation equipment, and fluid handling with a much broader product portfolio. Overlaps with SECIN's heat exchanger and process equipment business across oil & gas, chemical, and brewery customers but is a multi-product incumbent rather than an EPC specialist.
• Fluor Corporation: Global EPC incumbent with broad energy, chemicals, mining, and power project capabilities, sometimes including self-performed fabrication. Competes with SECIN for turnkey plant scopes and for the same blue-chip IOC, NOC, and mining customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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