What Schade Maschinenbau does

Schade Maschinenbau, legally Ing. Kurt Schade GmbH & Co. KG, is a family-owned German mechanical-engineering job shop headquartered in Wildeshausen/Bar\u00dfel, Lower Saxony, with operating history dating to 1969/1970. The firm runs four tightly integrated service lines: Heavy Steel Construction (Schwerer Stahlbau) producing welded assemblies up to 10 meters in length and 40 tons in weight; CNC Machining (CNC Zerspanung) of large steel components, castings and forgings in a 1,800 sqm heavy-machining hall to tolerances of 0.01 mm using CNC boring, milling and turning machines; Assembly (Baugruppen Montage) of complete ready-to-operate subassemblies; and Repair & Restoration (Reparatur & Instandsetzung) with emergency response to minimize customer downtime. Customers are unnamed medium-sized enterprises and large corporations across heavy machinery, plant engineering, aviation, automotive supply, mining, shipbuilding, press and compressor construction, wind power, and steelworks. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certification from T\u00dcV Rheinland, is a member of BDSV and BVMW, and in 2024 secured approximately \u20ac2.5 million of capex partly subsidized at 20% under an EU individual-company investment promotion scheme.

The business model is project-based B2B contract manufacturing: each order is quoted to customer specifications on materials, complexity and tolerances, with no public pricing or recurring SaaS/software-style revenue. The go-to-market is direct sales-led, relying on industry reputation, referrals and trade-association visibility rather than digital marketing. Revenue streams are four professional-services lines (CNC machining, heavy steel construction, assembly, and repair), with steel construction occasionally framed as one-time project revenue. Operating geography is Germany-only; there is no disclosed overseas footprint. Leadership rests on second-/third-generation family ownership: Managing Director and shareholder Dirk Schade (Dipl.-Ing.) together with Technical Managing Director Patrick Arkenau, with Petra Sohmen as authorized signatory (Prokuristin); the broader team includes a Stahlbaueister, technical sales/costing, procurement/construction and shop-floor staff.

Name

Schade Maschinenbau

Legal name

Ing. Kurt Schade GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://schade-maschinenbau.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Schade Maschinenbau is a family-owned German mechanical-engineering job shop in Lower Saxony providing heavy steel construction, precision CNC machining, assembly, and repair services to medium-sized and large industrial customers across machinery, aviation, automotive, mining, shipbuilding, wind power, and steelworks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Steel Construction and CNC Machining Services

NAICS

All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (33299), Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3329), Machinery Manufacturing (333)

SIC

Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440)

akta.pro primary industry

Structural Steel Fabrication (IMADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Metal Airframe Structures & Machined Parts (IMABAEAC)

Keywords

• Heavy steel construction
• CNC machining services
• Industrial metal fabrication
• Precision machining
• Mechanical engineering services

Headquarters

HQ city

Barßel

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. CNC Machining Services: Precision CNC machining of large steel components, cast parts, and forged parts for industrial applications. Revenue generated through job-shop manufacturing based on customer specifications.
2. Heavy Steel Construction: Custom steel construction and welding assemblies for industrial applications up to 40 tons weight and 10m length.
3. Assembly Services: Complete assembly of ready-to-operate groups and subsystems for machinery and plant engineering.
4. Repair and Overhaul: Repair, overhaul, and restoration services for machine components and complete systems to minimize customer downtime.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Schade Maschinenbau (legal name: Ing. Kurt Schade GmbH & Co. KG) is a German industrial metalworking company that performs heavy steel construction, CNC precision machining (down to 0.01 mm tolerance), industrial assembly, and repair and restoration of large mechanical components. The firm manufactures and processes parts weighing up to 40 tonnes and measuring up to 10 metres for industrial customers across heavy machinery, shipbuilding, automotive, mining, aviation, wind power, press/compressor construction, and steel industries.

Product overview

Schade Maschinenbau operates as a traditional machine building company offering an integrated portfolio of heavy steel construction, CNC machining, and assembly services. The company operates a 1,800 sqm production hall for heavy machining and a new steel construction workshop, serving customers from single component manufacturing to complete, ready-to-operate assemblies. Their core services include Heavy Steel Construction (Stahlbau) for structures up to 10m length and 40 tons weight, CNC Machining (Zerspanung) with precision up to 0.01mm, Assembly Services (Montage) for complete plant construction, and Repair Services (Reparatur) for maintenance and restoration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Heavy Steel Construction Custom heavy steel fabrication and welded structural assemblies for industrial customers in sectors such as heavy machinery, mining, shipbuilding, press/compressor construction, wind power, and steel plants. Components up to 40 tonnes and 10 metres.
• CNC Machining (Boring, Milling, Turning) Contract CNC boring, milling and turning services for metal components delivered to tolerances of 0.01 mm, performed on a modern machine park that has been upgraded with EU funding investment. Targeted at industrial OEMs and operators needing precision-finished metal parts.
• Industrial Assembly Services On-site and in-house assembly of large mechanical and steel-built subassemblies for industrial customers, integrated with the firm's fabrication and machining capabilities to deliver single-source assembled units.
• Repair and Restoration Repair, refurbishment and restoration of large worn or damaged industrial mechanical and steel components, including re-machining and re-fabrication. Targets operators of heavy industrial equipment needing to extend the service life of expensive parts.

Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Heller GmbH: Heller is a German manufacturer of 4- and 5-axis CNC machining centers and turnkey production systems; it is a relevant incumbent operating in the same German metalworking machinery ecosystem.
• Schuler Group: Schuler is a German press and automation manufacturer serving automotive and industrial customers; it is both a potential customer of Schade's press-component work and an adjacent incumbent operating in the same press-construction customer base.
• Trumpf SE + Co. KG: Trumpf is a major German manufacturer of metalworking machinery (laser cutting, punching, bending); it operates in the same metalworking machinery category relevant to Schade's CNC machining services and is a benchmark German Mittelstand industrial brand.
• EMAG GmbH & Co. KG: EMAG is a German manufacturer of CNC turning, grinding, and gear-cutting machines — a broad incumbent serving the same heavy-machinery and automotive-supplier customers as Schade.
• Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA: Voith is a German mechanical engineering conglomerate serving energy, paper, and mobility markets with large-scale industrial equipment; it operates in a comparable heavy-engineering customer base and represents the scaled incumbent benchmark for German Mittelstand suppliers.
• INDEX-Werke GmbH & Co. KG: INDEX is a German manufacturer of CNC turning machines and production systems; it sits in the same German Mittelstand metalworking category as Schade and serves overlapping heavy-machinery customers.
• DMG MORI AG: DMG MORI is one of the world's largest manufacturers of CNC machine tools (lathes, machining centers, milling machines) — the same category of equipment Schade operates — and a relevant incumbent for benchmarking the German/European metalworking ecosystem.
• Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau: Siempelkamp is a German heavy machinery and plant engineering group producing large presses, press lines, and industrial equipment; it shares Schade's heavy steel construction and large-component manufacturing domain.
• SMS group GmbH: SMS group is a leading German plant engineering and metallurgical equipment manufacturer; it sources heavy steel fabrication and large precision-machined components of the type Schade produces, making it a comparable incumbent in the same industrial customer ecosystem.
• Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG: Hermle is a German manufacturer of precision machining centers; it is a comparable incumbent in the German precision-metalworking category relevant to Schade's CNC boring and milling operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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