Würschum

What Würschum does

Würschum GmbH is a family-owned German manufacturer of industrial metering systems and filling machines, headquartered in Ostfildern near Stuttgart and founded in 1961. The company operates two product divisions: (1) Metering Systems (Dosieranlagen) for the concrete industry, including granule dosing systems (COM series), powder dosing systems (FLEX, CSR, TFW), slurry scales and mixing tanks (MDI, AHM), admixture scales (AC, ES, KFW, FW types), metering cylinders, and gear pumps; and (2) Filling Machines (Abfüllanlagen) for the chemical, food, cosmetic, and paint industries, including fully automatic filling and capping lines (AFS series with 2–8 positions, up to 3,000 containers/hour), semi-automatic machines (PA/ESP, Touch Fill servo, Easyfill pneumatic), ATEX Zone 1/2 explosion-proof variants, manual devices, and OEM servo dosing units. Technical differentiation is anchored in precision dosing accuracy (e.g., ±1g at 20g for MINI-COM scales, ±0.5% volumetric repeatability for OEM servo units), patented granule dosing technology, and regulatory certifications including ISO 9001, EU Regulation 1935/2004 food-contact compliance, and ATEX explosion protection.

The business model is project-based capital equipment sales with custom-engineered solutions sold directly to manufacturing companies and through a global network of regional representatives across ~25 countries. The company serves as primary segment the concrete-products industry for dosing equipment and as secondary segments the food, chemical, cosmetic, and paint industries for filling machines. Revenue streams comprise one-time equipment sales plus spare parts and after-sales service. Pricing is quote-based with no public pricing disclosed; equipment throughput ranges from 300 to 3,000 containers per hour depending on configuration. By mid-2011 the company had built and sold over 120,000 individually counted machines, and export share exceeded 50% of revenue during the 1990s expansion. Würschum North America Inc., a 100%-owned subsidiary in New York established in 2017, supports North American sales directly. Leadership is in the third generation of the Würschum family, with Hubert Würschum and his son Tim Würschum (who joined management on July 1, 2021) as Managing Directors; the company has no external institutional investors and remains privately held.

Name

Würschum

Legal name

Würschum GmbH

Website

https://wuerschum.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Würschum GmbH is a family-owned German manufacturer founded in 1961 that designs and builds precision metering systems for the concrete industry and filling machines for the chemical, food, cosmetic, and paint industries, serving global manufacturing customers through direct sales and a representative network across ~25 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Metering and Filling Equipment

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Filling & Dosing Machines (Liquid/Powder/Solid) (IMAHAOAF)

Keywords

• Metering systems
• Filling machines
• Industrial dosing equipment
• Process automation equipment
• Bulk material handling

Headquarters

HQ city

Ostfildern

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Manufacturing and Sales: One-time capital equipment sales of dosing systems and filling machines for industrial applications. Products are customized solutions sold directly to manufacturing companies in concrete, food, chemical, cosmetic, and paint industries. Pricing is project-based with no standard pricing publicly disclosed.
2. Spare Parts and After-sales Services: Service, maintenance, and spare parts for installed equipment. Installation and commissioning services both domestically and internationally mentioned in career postings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Würschum develops and manufactures metering (dosing) systems and filling machines for industrial applications. The equipment is engineered for manufacturers across concrete, chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, and paint industries that require precise material metering and container filling within their production processes.

Product overview

Würschum GmbH is a specialist manufacturer of metering systems and filling machines founded in 1961, headquartered in Ostfildern, Germany. The company operates two main product divisions: (1) Metering Systems (Dosieranlagen) for the concrete industry, including granule dosing systems (COM series), powder dosing systems (FLEX, CSR, TFW), slurry scales and mixing tanks (MDI, AHM), admixture scales (AC, ES, KFW, FW types), metering cylinders, and gear pumps; and (2) Filling Machines (Abfüllanlagen) for chemical, food, and cosmetic industries, including automatic filling lines (AFS series), semi-automatic machines (PA/ESP series), ATEX explosion-proof machines, manual filling devices, capping machines (AV, SPH, SEH, SPA series), and OEM servo dosing units. The products enable precision dosing of pigments, chemicals, and additives for concrete products, and filling/capping of containers for various liquid, viscous, and chunky products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Metering (Dosing) Systems Precision metering and dosing systems engineered for industrial use across multiple manufacturing sectors. Configured to handle diverse material types (powders, granules, liquids, pastes) and integrated into customer production lines to ensure accurate, repeatable dosing of raw and intermediate materials.
• Filling Machines Industrial filling machines used to dispense measured quantities of product into containers as part of a manufacturing line. Engineered to accommodate different container formats, fill volumes, and material characteristics across concrete, chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, and paint industry applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Precision dosing accuracy of +/- 1g at 20g minimum quantity (MINI-COM system)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Wuerschum North America Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017100% owned subsidiary established in 2017 to better serve North American customers. Headquartered at 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5220, New York, NY 10018. Contact: +1 (646) 286 0014, [email protected]

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• GEA Group AG: GEA is a German-listed process technology group with filling, homogenization and dosing systems spanning food, dairy, chemical and pharma. Its dosing/metering modules and engineered filling equipment overlap directly with Würschum's metering systems and food/chemical filling machines.
• KHS GmbH: KHS, headquartered in Germany, specializes in filling and packaging systems for beverages and liquid food. Its modular filling and capping platforms address comparable use cases to Würschum's AFS automatic lines and ATEX-certified filling machines.
• ProMach Inc. ProMach is a US-based packaging solutions integrator bundling filling, capping, labeling and conveying equipment for chemical, food and personal-care customers. Its broad product portfolio, North American footprint and custom-engineering culture make it a directly comparable incumbent, especially relative to Würschum North America Inc.'s addressable market.
• Coesia S.p.A. Coesia is an Italian-owned group of packaging machinery specialists (including GDM, ACMA and others) covering filling, capping and cartoning. Its diversified portfolio overlaps Würschum's filling and capping line business, making it a broad incumbent benchmark in industrial filling equipment.
• Krones AG: Krones is the German global leader in beverage filling and packaging machinery, with full-line filling/capping systems serving food, beverage and adjacent liquid-product manufacturers. Its scale, global service network and full-line integration set the competitive ceiling against which smaller specialists like Würschum are benchmarked in industrial filling lines.
• Syntegon Technology (formerly Bosch Packaging Technology): Syntegon, the former Bosch Packaging Technology carve-out headquartered in Germany, supplies filling, processing and packaging machinery to pharmaceuticals, food and chemicals. Its broad portfolio and large installed base of liquid/viscous filling lines make it a directly comparable incumbent to Würschum's filling-machine division.

Direct peers

• Serac Group: Serac is a French privately-held filling machine specialist focused on liquid, viscous and aseptic applications in food, dairy, personal care and chemicals. Its product portfolio and custom-engineering approach make it one of the closest direct peers to Würschum's filling-machine division in terms of customer segments and technology.
• Groninger & Co. GmbH: Groninger is a German manufacturer specializing in filling and capping lines for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, including ATEX and CIP-capable machines. Its niche focus on regulated liquid/viscous applications closely mirrors Würschum's cosmetic and chemical filling machine business.
• Bausch + Strobel Machine Company: Bausch + Strobel is a German specialist in aseptic and liquid filling machines for pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications, including ATEX-style hazardous-area operations. Its specialized focus and custom-engineered approach mirror Würschum's filling machine division targeting cosmetic and chemical end markets.
• Optima Packaging Group GmbH: Optima is a German manufacturer of filling and packaging machinery for pharma, consumer and cosmetics customers, with strong expertise in ATEX and cleanroom-capable filling lines. Its custom-engineered filling systems for viscous/liquid products match Würschum's chemical/cosmetic filling machine portfolio almost line-for-line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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