ILPA srl

What ILPA srl does

ILPA srl (Industria Legno Pasotti) is an Italian family-owned manufacturer of wood-composite concrete formwork panels, headquartered in Nave, Brescia, and operating continuously since 1948 as part of the AMARO group. The company designs and produces formwork panels that combine traditional wood cores — primarily birch plywood and three-ply spruce — with proprietary polymeric coatings, most notably the STRATO-STOCK® polyolefin surface (patented 1994) and the PUR-STOCK® high-pressure polyurethane edge protection system (patented 2017). Product lines include STRATO-STOCK®, PUR-STOCK®, FIR-STOCK®, and 3-Ply Formworks, with semi-finished wood products (plywood, blockboard cores) offered alongside finished panels.

ILPA's commercial model is B2B contract manufacturing for industrial formwork groups. Two anchor customers — Doka (co-developer of the Xlife patent in 2004) and PERI (partner for the ROBU B panel launched at BAUMA 2022) — are explicitly named on the company's website, with global reach achieved through a network of distribution partners. Production is differentiated by 100% ultrasonic quality control, laser engraving, optional RFID tracking, and Statistical Process Control, supported by FSC and PEFC chain-of-custody certification and REACH compliance.

The operating footprint is small — 9 employees on a €500,000 registered share capital — but ILPA has been progressively extending its perimeter. ILPA Engineering was established in 2019 to broaden the manufacturing-services offering, a third generation of the Pasotti family joined in 2020, and a new photovoltaic-equipped warehouse was commissioned in 2023. Roughly 50% of electricity is sourced from on-site photovoltaics and 100% of thermal energy is recovered from production waste, indicating that sustainability investment is being coupled with capacity expansion rather than treated as a standalone initiative.

Name

ILPA srl

Legal name

ILPA Industria Legno Pasotti srl

Website

https://ilpalegno.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ILPA srl is an Italian family-owned manufacturer of wood-composite concrete formwork panels with proprietary polymeric coatings (STRATO-STOCK®, PUR-STOCK®), serving global formwork manufacturers including Doka and PERI since 1948.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Concrete Formwork Panels

NAICS

Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing (3212), Hardwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing (321211), Wood Product Manufacturing (321)

SIC

Millwood, Veneer, Plywood, & Structural Wood Members (2430), Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture) (2400), Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods (2851)

akta.pro primary industry

Engineered Wood Product Finishing, Coating & Overlay (Film-faced, HPL/LPL) (IMAMACAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hardwood Plywood & Decorative Panels Manufacturing (IMAMACAB), Softwood Plywood Manufacturing (IMAMACAA), Polyurethane (PU) Rigid Foam Manufacturing (IMANAIAD)

Keywords

• Concrete formwork panels
• Wood composite panels
• Formwork manufacturing
• Birch plywood panels
• Polyolefin coated panels

Headquarters

HQ city

Nave

HQ country

Italy

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. Formwork Panel Sales: Manufacture and sale of innovative formwork panels including STRATO-STOCK®, PUR-STOCK®, FIR-STOCK®, and 3-Ply Formworks to construction and formwork industry customers.
2. Semi-finished Wood Products: Production of semi-finished and finished wood products for international markets, including blockboard core, plywood, and special products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ILPA manufactures and sells innovative wood-composite concrete formwork panels used by formwork manufacturers and construction companies worldwide. Its portfolio centers on patented Strato-Stock® (birch plywood with polyolefin coating), Pur-Stock® (three-ply spruce with full-perimeter polyurethane edge protection), Fir-Stock®, and 3-Ply Formworks, complemented by semi-finished wood products (plywood, blockboard core) for industrial customers.

Product overview

ILPA srl (Industria Legno Pasotti) is an Italian manufacturer of innovative concrete formwork panels, operating as part of the AMARO group since 1948. The company offers a portfolio of formwork panel products including Strato-Stock® (birch plywood with polyolefin coating), Pur-Stock® (three-ply spruce with polyurethane edge protection), Fir-Stock®, and 3-Ply Formworks. The product portfolio has evolved from traditional wooden panels to increasingly complex composite materials combining wood with polymeric coatings, representing a paradigm shift where panels support metal frames rather than being contained by them. ILPA also produces semi-finished wood products including plywood and blockboard cores. All products are manufactured at the company's production facility in Nave, Brescia, Italy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Strato-Stock®: Birch plywood formwork panel with polyolefin coating, patented in 1994
• Pur-Stock®
• Fir-Stock®
• 3-Ply Formworks

Products and services

• Strato-Stock® Birch plywood formwork panel with polyolefin plastic coating, patented in 1994. First composite panel with polyolefin coating in the formwork industry, enhancing the positive qualities of wood while limiting its weaknesses. Used by formwork manufacturers and construction companies for concrete casting.
• Pur-Stock® Three-ply spruce formwork panel with full perimeter edge protection through high-pressure polyurethane injection moulding, patented in 2017. Achieves a paradigm shift where the panel supports the metal frame instead of the traditional metal frame containing the panels.
• Fir-Stock® Formwork panel product line made from fir/spruce wood materials for concrete casting applications in construction.
• 3-Ply Formworks Three-ply formwork panels for concrete casting applications used by formwork manufacturers and construction companies.
• Plywood Multi-layered plywood panels for construction and industrial applications, supplied as a semi-finished product to international markets.
• Blockboard Core Blockboard core panels for formwork and construction use; production of blockboard (paniforte listellare) started in 1962 and continues as a semi-finished wood product.
• Special Products Specialized custom panel products developed for specific industrial applications, supporting tailored customer requirements in formwork and construction markets.

Quantifiable outcome

• Concrete casting without imperfections
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DokacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004Joint patent development resulting in the Xlife patent, presented at BAUMA 2004. This collaboration represents ILPA's flagship partnership with a major global formwork manufacturer.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Garnica: Garnica (Spain) is a European plywood manufacturer with a dedicated formwork panel line, producing lightweight birch and poplar plywood panels for concrete casting — directly comparable to ILPA's birch-based STRATO-STOCK® and competing on the same OEM customer base.
• Plyterra: Plyterra (Russia) specializes in birch plywood for construction, including coated formwork panels sold to European OEMs. Its focus on film-faced and structural plywood for concrete casting makes it a direct product-line competitor to ILPA.
• Metsä Wood: Metsä Wood (Finland) produces Wisa formwork plywood panels, including coated phenolic-film and structural plywood grades that directly compete with ILPA's STRATO-STOCK® and PUR-STOCK® offerings in concrete formwork applications. Both companies serve European and global formwork OEMs through B2B distribution.
• Koskisen: Koskisen (Finland) manufactures KoskiForm formwork panels and other engineered plywood products for construction. Its specialty plywood offering and European B2B distribution channels make it a direct comparable to ILPA's coated panel portfolio.
• Stora Enso: Stora Enso's Wood Products division manufactures Wisa formwork plywood and engineered wood panels for the construction industry, overlapping directly with ILPA's coated panel portfolio. As a major Nordic forest-products incumbent, it competes at scale across multiple construction panel categories.

Regional players

• Panguaneta: Panguaneta is an Italian poplar plywood manufacturer producing formwork and construction panels. As a fellow Italian specialty plywood producer, it is a regional peer competing for similar European OEM customers but operating at a different scale and product mix than ILPA.

Others

• Doka: Doka (Austria) is a leading global formwork manufacturer that co-developed the Xlife patent with ILPA (BAUMA 2004). As a major customer and joint-IP partner, Doka is a critical ecosystem participant rather than a direct panel competitor, but operates in the same construction-supply value chain.
• PERI: PERI (Germany) is one of the world's largest formwork system manufacturers and a key ILPA customer — the PERI ROBU B panel is produced by ILPA. While PERI sells complete formwork systems rather than standalone panels, it is both a partner and an adjacent participant in the value chain ILPA serves.

Broad incumbents

• Kronospan: Kronospan is one of Europe's largest wood-based panel manufacturers, producing a wide range of plywood, OSB, and specialty panels. While not specializing in formwork, its construction panel offering and global scale make it a broad incumbent overlapping with ILPA's customer base.
• Binderholz: Binderholz (Austria) is a major engineered wood producer (CLT, glulam, solid wood panels) with broad construction-industry exposure. Its scale and European footprint overlap with ILPA's market context, though it focuses on structural timber rather than coated formwork panels.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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