AFEMA Automatisierungs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH

What AFEMA Automatisierungs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH does

AFEMA Automatisierungs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH is a German private limited company headquartered in Marktredwitz, Germany, operating as a subsidiary brand within the SCHERDEL Group's Machine Building division. AFEMA itself is a micro-entity with approximately 5 employees, focused on automation and control technology that complements the group's broader metal-processing capabilities. It sits alongside other group brands including Kanya, SMB, Zarian, and Hamuel, which collectively form the group's machine engineering portfolio.

The SCHERDEL Group, the parent and primary operating context for AFEMA, is a family-owned industrial enterprise with more than 130 years of history. The group employs over 6,800 people across 34 global locations and operates 6 producing plants. Its core competencies span forming technology, assembly and joining technology, surface technology, and machine, tool, and plant engineering. Products include assemblies, plastic-metal connections, media-carrying lines, stamped-bent parts, and technical springs. The group offers complete solutions covering coating, numerical simulation, product development, series production, and special processes.

AFEMA and the broader SCHERDEL Group generate revenue through B2B direct sales of manufactured precision metal components, assemblies, and engineering services. Customer segments are diversified across Automotive, E-Mobility, Mechanical and Plant Engineering, Medical Technology, and Tool Manufacturing, with Automotive and E-Mobility identified as primary verticals. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, consistent with project-based, specification-driven B2B manufacturing. The group reaches customers globally through direct enterprise sales relationships and maintains a multilingual corporate website plus LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram channels for brand presence and employer branding.

Name

AFEMA Automatisierungs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH

Legal name

AFEMA Automatisierungs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH

Website

https://afema.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AFEMA Automatisierungs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH is a small automation and control technology subsidiary within the SCHERDEL Group, a 130+ year German family-owned manufacturer of precision metal components, assemblies, and engineering services serving Automotive, E-Mobility, Medical, and Industrial sectors across 34 global locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Metal Components Manufacturing

NAICS

Machinery Manufacturing (333), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, Nec (3569)

akta.pro primary industry

Control System Integration & Engineering Services (Design, Commissioning, Retrofits) (IMAGABAK)

Keywords

• Metal forming technology
• Automation control systems
• Industrial manufacturing services
• Electromobility components
• Medical technology parts

Headquarters

HQ city

Marktredwitz

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, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Manufacturing and Engineering Services: AFEMA and the SCHERDEL Group generate revenue through manufacturing of precision metal components, assemblies, and providing engineering services. The Group covers forming technology, assembly and joining technology, surface technology, and machine, tool and plant engineering.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AFEMA Automatisierungs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH is a subsidiary within the SCHERDEL Group's machine-building division, contributing automation and control technology expertise to support metal wire and strip processing, forming, assembly and joining, surface treatment, and machine, tool, and plant engineering. Its offerings are delivered as part of the group's broader portfolio of precision metal components, assemblies, and complete production solutions for industrial customers.

Product overview

AFEMA Automatisierungs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH is one of six companies within the SCHERDEL group (which also includes SCHERDEL, Kanya, SMB, Zarian, and Hamuel). The SCHERDEL group offers a broad spectrum spanning forming technology, assembly and joining technology, surface technology, and machine, tool, and plant engineering. The group produces assemblies, plastic-metal connections, media-carrying lines, stamped-bent parts, and technical springs, alongside complete solutions including coating, numerical simulation, product development, series production, and special processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AFEMA Automation and Control Technology AFEMA automatisierungs- und Steuerungstechnik GmbH provides automation and control technology competencies that support the metal processing, forming, assembly, joining, and surface technology operations of the SCHERDEL Group. It is positioned among the SCHERDEL group's machine-building companies (alongside Kanya, SMB, Zarian, and Hamuel), serving industrial customers in automotive, e-mobility, mechanical and plant engineering, medical technology, and tool manufacturing.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SCHERDEL GroupcoreOthersAFEMA is a subsidiary/brand within the SCHERDEL Group, which encompasses multiple companies including SCHERDEL, AFEMA, Kanya, SMB, Zarian, and Hamuel operating in the machine building sector. The group provides comprehensive metal processing solutions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Helukabel: German Mittelstand cable, wire, and connectivity solutions supplier serving industrial automation customers. Comparable as a regional specialist serving German Mittelstand industrial customers, though it operates in cabling/wiring rather than control systems.

Broad incumbents

• Festo: Global German-headquartered automation and pneumatic components supplier with motion/control products. Comparable as a factory automation peer serving German industrial OEMs, though Festo is significantly broader in product line than AFEMA's automation & control focus.
• Phoenix Contact: German family-owned industrial automation specialist (controls, connectivity, PLCs). Comparable to AFEMA in control-technology orientation and Mittelstand DNA, but at much larger scale and with a broader portfolio than AFEMA's automation/control niche.
• KUKA: German-headquartered robotics and automation systems integrator. Comparable as an automation technology peer serving German industrial OEMs, though KUKA focuses on robotics/cell-level automation rather than AFEMA's likely focus on subsystems and control integration.
• Mubea (Muhr und Bender): Globally operating German metal forming specialist (springs, stampings, stabilizer bars) supplying automotive and industrial customers. Comparable in core technology and customer verticals to SCHERDEL/AFEMA, but with substantially larger global scale.
• Siemens Digital Industries: Global incumbent in industrial automation (SIMATIC PLCs, SCADA, motion control, drives). Operates in the same automation & control category as AFEMA, but at enterprise scale across many sectors rather than serving a focused Mittelstand machining/automation niche.

Direct peers

• Schuler Group: German press and automation technology provider for metal forming. Combines forming machinery with control/automation — directly comparable in industrial automation & control for metal processing, the same domain SCHERDEL/AFEMA targets via machine and plant engineering.
• Beckhoff Automation: German Mittelstand automation technology company specializing in PC-based control (PLC) and motion systems. Closest direct peer in automation & control technology with similar owner-led family characteristics and German industrial customer base.
• Stüken (Friedrich Stüken): German family-owned deep-drawing and precision metal stamping specialist supplying Automotive and Industrial customers. Comparable as a fellow Mittelstand precision-metal company serving automotive/e-mobility buyers and integrating automated production.
• Witzenmann: German specialist for metal flexible elements, media-carrying lines and assemblies — overlapping directly with SCHERDEL/AFEMA's product portfolio and customer base in automotive and industrial. Comparable in Mittelstand, family-owned heritage, and metal-component specialization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/afema-automatisierungs--und-steuerungstechnik-gmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/scherdeldeutschland

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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