AB-Tec GmbH & Co KG

What AB-Tec GmbH & Co KG does

AB-Tec GmbH & Co. KG is a German specialty materials manufacturer founded in 2001 and headquartered in Iserlohn, Germany, producing dry, solvent-free thermoplastic adhesive webs under the TecWeb® brand. The product is supplied in rolls and is heat-activated during industrial processing: when heated, the thermoplastic material melts and distributes evenly between the surfaces to be bonded, then solidifies on cooling into a durable adhesive bond without releasing solvents or requiring curing chemistry. Production is consolidated at a single German facility operating under DIN ISO 9001:2015 (certified March 2024) and IATF 16949:2016 (certified November 2023) quality systems, with OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 certification enabling supply into medical and functional textile applications. The company claims group-level annual production exceeding 100 million square meters, positioning it among the largest European manufacturers in this niche product category. AB-Tec operates as part of the Spunfab group, which provides a globally networked development footprint while concentrating European production and sales at the Iserlohn entity.

The company serves industrial customers across eight verticals: automotive & transport (described as the primary segment), aerospace, lightweight construction & filtration, security & defense, construction & engineering, medical & functional textiles, acoustics & insulation, and furniture & interior solutions. Products are configured per application — customers select grammage, roll width, and roll length via the Gluefinder online configuration tool, after which they are routed into direct consultative sales conversations. The sales motion is exclusively direct and consultative: there is no e-commerce channel, no public pricing, and no disclosed customer logos or revenue figures. Commercial outreach is multilingual, with sales coverage in Polish, Italian, Spanish, English, and German alongside the German home market.

Revenue is generated through configured-to-order hardware sales of adhesive web rolls, priced individually on a quote basis against customer specifications. The implied contract cadence is multi-year, consistent with serial production supply into automotive and aerospace programs. No funding rounds, M&A activity, public market activity, or disclosed revenue figures are recorded for the entity; the company is privately held under a GmbH & Co. KG structure with six disclosed employees.

Name

AB-Tec GmbH & Co KG

Legal name

AB-Tec GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://ab-tec.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AB-Tec GmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of dry, solvent-free thermoplastic adhesive webs (TecWeb®) supplied in rolls for industrial bonding, serving automotive, aerospace, construction, medical, and related sectors through direct consultative sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Adhesives

NAICS

Adhesive Manufacturing (32552), Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills (3133)

SIC

Adhesives & Sealants (2891)

akta.pro primary industry

Adhesives (Structural & Assembly) (IMAEAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Adhesives, Tapes & Bonding for Apparel (Seam Tape/Hot-Melt Films/Heat-Seal Tapes/Trim Attachment Adhesives) (IMAOALAJ), Tapes, Labels & Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives (IMAEAGAJ)

Keywords

• Thermoplastic adhesive webs
• Hotmelt adhesive films
• Industrial bonding solutions
• Composite material lamination
• Solvent-free adhesive manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Iserlohn-Iserlohnerheide

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Thermoplastic Adhesive Web Sales: AB-Tec develops and produces thermoplastic dry adhesive webs from rolls. Revenue is generated through the sale of these adhesive webs, which are individually configured for customer-specific applications. Products are delivered as rolls (with configurable grammage, roll width, and roll length) and sold to industrial customers across multiple sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AB-Tec develops and produces TecWeb®, a dry, thermoplastic, heat-activatable adhesive web supplied in rolls for industrial bonding applications. Each product is individually formulated in composition, grammage, roll width, and roll length to match customer-specific materials, processes, and quality requirements, with no solvents used in the chemistry. The adhesive web is supplied exclusively through direct, consultative sales to industrial manufacturers across automotive, aerospace, lightweight construction, filtration, security & defense, construction, medical & functional textiles, acoustics & insulation, and furniture & interior industries.

Product overview

AB-Tec GmbH & Co. KG is a specialized manufacturer of thermoplastic adhesive webs, offering a single core product line called TecWeb®. This dry, heat-activatable adhesive web is supplied on rolls and is customized in composition, grammage, roll width, and roll length to meet specific customer requirements. The company serves diverse industrial sectors including automotive, aerospace, lightweight construction, filtration, security and defense, construction, medical and functional textiles, acoustics and insulation, and furniture and interior solutions. All products are developed and manufactured in Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TecWeb®: Hotmelt thermoplastic adhesive web product line - dry, solvent-free adhesive solutions available in roll form for industrial applications including automotive, aerospace, lightweight construction, filtration, security/defense, construction, medical/functional textiles, acoustics/insulation, and furniture/interior solutions.

Products and services

• TecWeb® Thermoplastic Adhesive Web TecWeb® is a dry, thermoplastic, heat-activatable adhesive web supplied on rolls for industrial bonding applications across automotive, aerospace, lightweight construction, filtration, security & defense, construction, medical & functional textiles, acoustics & insulation, and furniture & interior industries. Each product is individually formulated in composition, grammage, roll width, and roll length to match customer-specific substrates, processes, and quality requirements, and is activated by heat during processing, melting to form an even bond layer that sets durably upon cooling.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 million m² adhesive web produced annually across the company group
• +2 more outcomes

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SpunfabcoreOthersAB-Tec operates as part of the Spunfab group. Through this affiliation, AB-Tec's development is globally networked. However, production and sales for Europe remain fully consolidated at AB-Tec's German facility.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ab-tec-gmbh-&-co-kg

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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