EBERLE - Tubes, Cores, Edgeboards & Paper Straws machinery

What EBERLE - Tubes, Cores, Edgeboards & Paper Straws machinery does

EBERLE (legally EBERLE SAS) is a family-owned French industrial machinery manufacturer founded in 1982 and headquartered in Reichstett, Grand Est, France, with a regional office in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada. The company specializes in spiral-winding production lines for four product categories: paper tubes and cores (diameters 4.2mm to 1,270mm), edgeboard/corner protectors (Flat, V, or U profiles), off-line core cutters (12mm to 850mm diameter, 1mm to 25mm wall thickness), and paper drinking straws. All machines are built on a shared spiral-winding mechanical platform with circular knife cutting systems and programmable cutting lengths, serving cardboard/paper packaging manufacturers globally.

The business operates on a capital-equipment sales model with three revenue streams: one-time industrial machinery sales (production lines sold as capital equipment), spare parts (maintained in large inventory stock), and after-sales service (technical support and maintenance). Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales through an export sales department split into two geographic zones — EBERLE Europe covering all countries except the Americas and Oceania, and EBERLE America covering North America, South America, and Oceania. Marketing is conducted via a 9-language multilingual website, email newsletter, and participation in major international packaging trade shows (EURASIA PACKAGING, INTERPACK, TOKYO PACK, Packaging Innovations & Empack). With 16 employees and a 16,000 m² production facility (including a 3,500 m² extension completed in 2024), EBERLE has sold several thousand machines across five continents over its 42-year history. The company remains privately held with no institutional investors, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed M&A activity.

Name

EBERLE - Tubes, Cores, Edgeboards & Paper Straws machinery

Legal name

EBERLE SAS

Website

https://group-eberle.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EBERLE is a 42-year-old French family-owned manufacturer of spiral-winding machinery for paper tubes, edgeboard protectors, and paper straws, serving cardboard packaging manufacturers globally through direct export sales across five continents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Reichstett

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Machinery Sales: Sale of production lines and machines for spiral-wound paper tubes, edgeboard/corner protectors, and paper straws. Machines are sold as capital equipment directly to manufacturers.
2. Spare Parts: Sales of spare parts for existing machines. The company maintains a large stock of spare parts.
3. After-Sales Service: Technical support, maintenance, and service for existing machines sold to customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

EBERLE manufactures and sells industrial machinery for the production of spirally-wound paper tubes, paper cores, protective edgeboard (corner protector) profiles, and paper drinking straws. The company offers complete production lines (spiral winders, core cutters, straw makers, edgeboard lines) along with spare parts and after-sales technical support to packaging manufacturers globally.

Product overview

EBERLE is a family-owned machinery manufacturer specializing in equipment for producing spiral-wound paper tubes, protective edgeboards, and paper straws. The product portfolio comprises four main production lines: Paper Tube Production Lines for manufacturing cores and tubes from 4.2mm to 1270mm diameter; Edgeboard Production Lines for protective corner profiles in various shapes; Off-Line Core Cutters for precision cutting of tubes; and Straw Production Lines for high-speed paper straw manufacturing. These machines serve the packaging and paper product industries with equipment designed for high output and reliability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Paper Tube Production Lines High-output spiral winding lines for manufacturing spirally-wound paper cores and tubes, handling diameters from 4.2mm to 1270mm with circular knife cutting systems and programmable cutting lengths. Designed for cardboard/paper packaging manufacturers.
• Edgeboard Production Lines Production lines for manufacturing protective edgeboard/corner protector profiles in various shapes (Flat, V, or U) using flat or corrugated cardboard, featuring programmable cutting lengths and very high output rates. Used by packaging manufacturers for product protection during shipping and storage.
• Off-Line Core Cutters Manual, semi-automatic, or fully automatic core cutting machines for tubes with diameters from 12mm to 850mm and wall thickness from 1mm to 25mm. Features clean precise cuts, high output rates, and optional feeder hoppers and depalletizers. Used by tube manufacturers for cutting finished tubes to length.
• Straw Production Lines Automated high-speed production lines for manufacturing paper drinking straws using spiral winding technology, producing round and rigid straws across a wide range of dimensions. Serves the eco-friendly paper straw manufacturing market as an alternative to plastic straws.

Quantifiable outcome

• Spiral winders for diameters from 4.2mm to 1270mm
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Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pasaban: Spanish manufacturer of sheeters and paper-converting machinery. Overlaps with EBERLE in paper processing machinery supplied to converters and packaging producers in Europe and Latin America.
• Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC): US-based supplier of converting machinery for tissue, paper, and packaging applications. Overlaps with EBERLE in paper-core/tube converting and broader paper-product converting machinery used by packaging converters.
• Holweg Group: French-based designer and builder of paper bag, sack, and converting machinery. Comparable mid-sized European family-owned industrial machinery maker serving paper-product converters, often to the same customers as EBERLE.
• Newlong Industrial Co., Ltd. Japanese manufacturer of automatic paper tube/core winding and cutting machinery with global sales. Direct overlap with EBERLE on spiral-wound tube production lines and core cutters, serving the same converter customer base.
• Maflex S.r.l. Italian manufacturer of rewinding, slitting, and converting machinery for paper, film, and foil. Comparable mid-sized specialized machinery peer serving paper and packaging converters in Europe.

Broad incumbents

• BOBST: Swiss global leader in packaging machinery and services for folding cartons, corrugated, labels, and flexible packaging. While not specialized in spiral winding, BOBST serves overlapping converter customers and could expand into EBERLE's niche from its broad platform.
• Körber (Business Area Technologies): German technology group whose machinery brands serve tissue, packaging, and converting industries globally. Competes for the same large converter customers as EBERLE through portfolio breadth rather than direct spiral-winding focus.
• Fosber (a BOBST company): Italian-based supplier of corrugated machinery and related lines, now part of BOBST group. Competes in adjacent paper-packaging machinery and shares the same European converter customer base as EBERLE.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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