Rosas Maschinenbau Gmbh

What Rosas Maschinenbau Gmbh does

Rosas Maschinenbau GmbH is a privately held, second-generation German engineering company founded in 1980 (originally as Rosas-Engineering) and headquartered in Diedorf, Bavaria. The company designs and manufactures customized high-performance tabletop rewinder, inspection, finishing, and RFID serialization machines for the label converting, mail production, and paper/film processing industries. Its primary customer segment is enterprise label and forms printers, with secondary adoption among pharmaceutical label manufacturers (GMP-compliant inspection lines such as Gepard 500 Pharma GS1 Securpharm), cosmetic and wine label producers, and paper/film converters.

The product portfolio centers on a modular tabletop rewinder platform — Gazelle II/III/500, Cheetah 500 and 1000, Leopard 300, Gepard 500, Viper 750 Anniversary Edition, Gorilla Serie — integrated with AI-based print inspection (Infinity 4K line scan camera, deep-learning defect detection to 0.8mm), RFID UHF/NFC encoding and serialization modules via partnership with Lake Image Systems, and digital inkjet printing via Graph-Tech's Epson S3200-based heads. The company holds at least one granted patent (DE 10 2012 002 110.0, RSB 1000 IML die cutting), and offers retrofit services to modernize legacy converting equipment across pneumatics, hydraulics, and drives.

Rosas generates revenue through quote-based custom hardware sales and retrofit / special-engineering services. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales led by David Rosas Wolf (Managing Director), supplemented by Rotocon for sub-Saharan Africa, and relies heavily on the Labelexpo trade-show circuit (Americas, Europe, and the upcoming 2025 Barcelona edition), plus LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, and a website blog for top- and mid-funnel demand. Operating without external investors, the company opened a second production facility in Diedorf in May 2025 with central storage of 20 tons of components to enable just-in-time manufacturing.

Name

Rosas Maschinenbau Gmbh

Legal name

ROSAS Maschinenbau GmbH

Website

https://rosas-maschinenbau.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rosas Maschinenbau GmbH designs and manufactures customized high-performance tabletop rewinder, inspection, finishing, and RFID serialization machines for label converters, mail producers, and pharmaceutical and consumer-goods label printers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Printing and Converting Machinery

NAICS

Printing and Related Support Activities (3231), Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111)

SIC

Printing Trades Machinery & Equipment (3555)

akta.pro primary industry

Labeling, Coding & Marking Equipment (Labelers, Inkjet, Laser) (IMALAOAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Production & High-Volume Printing Systems (HDACAEAJ), Specialty & Functional Labels (Linerless, RFID/NFC, Braille, Smart) (IMALAKAK), Security, Tamper-Evident & Track-and-Trace Printing (IMALAKAJ), Receipt, Label & Card Printers (Thermal/Impact) (HDACAKAD)

Keywords

• Label converting machines
• Tabletop rewinder machines
• Print inspection systems
• RFID label serialization
• Flexo printing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Diedorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Machine Manufacturing: Design and manufacture of customized high-performance tabletop rewinder and inspection machines for label printing and converting applications
2. Retrofit and Modernization Services: Modernization of existing production machinery including complete replacement of pneumatics, hydraulics, and electrical drive equipment with latest technology
3. Special Engineering Solutions: Custom machine concept development for printing and processing paper and film, from planning, designing, programming, and commissioning to service

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Rosas Maschinenbau designs, manufactures, and services customized high-performance tabletop rewinder and inspection machines for label printing and converting. The portfolio spans digital printing machines (Gazelle series), inspection rewinders (Cheetah, Leopard, Gepard, Viper, Gorilla), AI-based print inspection cameras, flexo printing units, die cutting and stacking equipment, RFID encoding/serialization lines, and bespoke special engineering solutions, sold primarily to label converters, mail producers, and pharmaceutical label manufacturers.

Product overview

Rosas Maschinenbau GmbH is a German second-generation family business specializing in customized high-performance label converting and inspection machines. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio organized into product categories: Digital Printing (Gazelle II, Gazelle 500, Gazelle III, Labelrunner 500, Hippo 200, DDT 520), Table Top Rewinders/Inspection (Cheetah 500, Cheetah 1000, Leopard 300, Gepard 500, Viper 750, Gorilla Serie), Inspection Cameras (Infinity 4K, Easy Scan, SmartScan, Code Verifier), Flexo Printing (FP III Series), Die Cutting (RSB 1000, Card Punching), Stacker (Turbo FF840, NON-Stop Star Wheel), Winder Series, and Special Engineering/custom machines. The product lineup includes AI-powered inspection systems, RFID encoding/serialization solutions, and specialized converting equipment. The company also provides retrofit services to modernize existing production machinery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gazelle II Second-generation high-speed bidirectional tabletop rewinder for digital imprinting of labels, with 650mm unwind diameter, web widths 40-330mm, print width up to 200mm, speeds up to 45 m/min color and 130 m/min monochrome, with Corona treatment, flexo primer station, and LED UV curing.
• Gazelle 500 Smart digital imprinting machine with DOD UV Inkjet at 600 dpi, web width 254mm, carbon rollers, bidirectional winding, splicing table with clamping stations, optionally configurable with inkjet systems up to 10" web width in monochrome and color.
• Gazelle III Third-generation high-speed bidirectional tabletop rewinder with 6-color digital printing, unwind diameter 650mm, web widths 40-330mm, print width up to 200mm, with Corona treatment, flexo primer station, and LED UV curing.
• Labelrunner 500 High-speed bidirectional tabletop rewinder integrated with Graph-Tech eZ-Colorjet 4-Color Process UV Inkjet printer for variable data printing including graphics and over 80 different barcodes. Production rates up to 110 m/min monochrome, up to 40 m/min with 4 colors.
• Hippo 200 Digital printing machine with speed 200 m/min, X-Dot system for printing transparent braille codes, and LED UV curing system.
• DDT 520 Inkjet printing module for inline integration into printing machines, with Domino K600 (480mm print width), water-cooled LED dryer, and servo buffer for uninterrupted printing after stop.
• Cheetah 500 High-performance tabletop rewinder with AI technology for label inspection, advanced RFID HF & UHF tag serialization module with code verifier, backside serialization, and TIJ printer for numbering/coding. Inspection speeds up to 160 m/min with BST camera or 180 m/min with SmartScan.
• Cheetah 1000 High-speed tabletop inspection rewinder with camera AI technology, inspection speed up to 1000 m/min, defect detection from 0.8mm.
• Leopard 300 Versatile tabletop rewinder with multiple configurations: 2MP camera with UHF tag inspection at 300 m/min, NFC encoding, UHF frequency analysis; 12MP camera with AI technology; SmartScan at 180 m/min with 2K resolution; or Easy Scan at 180 m/min. Includes optional Labelshifter and RFID serialization.
• Gepard 500 High-speed inspection tabletop rewinder with BST camera up to 500 m/min, integrated Single Pen printer for inline numbering/serialization, carbon rollers, web width 254mm, web tension 0.3-21 N. Available in Cosmetic Line and Pharma GS1 Securpharm variants.
• Viper 750 Anniversary Edition Limited anniversary edition flagship tabletop rewinder celebrating the 25th anniversary of Rosas Maschinenbau GmbH. Limited to 25 units worldwide. Features 750 m/min processing speed, variable web tension 0.1-21 N, exclusive black/gold design with carbon elements. Fully customizable with cameras, printers, label dispensers, RFID/NFC.
• Gorilla Serie

Quantifiable outcome

• UHF encoding speeds up to 40 m/min (25000 tags/hour)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and regional.

• Graph-Tech USAcoreTechnology or Integration · 20 July 2022Strategic technology partnership where Graph-Tech USA provides the EZ 202 DOD color inkjet head based on Epson S3200 technology for integration into Rosas' Gazelle digital printing machines. Graph-Tech also serves as local US agent for Gazelle rewinders.
• Lake Image SystemscoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration of Lake Image's Discovery RFID solution with Rosas' Leopard 300 rewinder for RFID serialization and encoding capabilities. The solution enables UHF and NFC tag encoding synchronized with camera verification.
• RotoconregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRotocon serves as Rosas Maschinenbau's representation in sub-Saharan Africa for sales and service of label converting equipment.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Daco Solutions: UK-based manufacturer of label converting machinery including rewinders, inspection systems, and digital finishing, competing in the same European mid-market segment as Rosas.
• Rotoflex (BARBERAN): Rotoflex (a brand within Barberan) manufactures high-speed inspection rewinders and finishing equipment for the label converting industry, directly competing with Rosas's Cheetah, Leopard, and Viper tabletop rewinders.
• Grafotronic: European manufacturer of modular converting, inspection, and digital finishing machines for label and packaging converters; overlaps directly with Rosas's modular rewinder/inspection platform.
• Brotech Digital Graphics: Manufactures rewinders, inspection machines, and digital finishing equipment for the label and packaging industry, comparable in product category to Rosas's tabletop rewinders.
• ABG (A B Graphic International): Supplies inspection, slitting, rewinding and finishing machinery for label converters worldwide; competes with Rosas across tabletop rewinders and digital finishing.
• SMAG Graphical Solutions: German-based manufacturer of special machinery and finishing equipment for the printing and label industry, including inspection and screen printing machines; competes directly with Rosas's special engineering and rewinder lines.

Broad incumbents

• Gallus (Heidelberg): Part of the Heidelberg Group, Gallus is a major supplier of label printing presses (including the RCS platform, which Rosas's FP III flexo integrates with); broad incumbent across the entire label converting workflow.
• Bobst: Swiss-based manufacturer of packaging and label converting machinery including rotogravure presses (Rosas integrates Domino K600i onto Bobst Lemanic Riviera); broad incumbent with overlapping finishing and inspection capabilities.
• Mark Andy: Global supplier of narrow-web flexo and digital label presses with finishing integration; competes indirectly with Rosas by offering combined press-plus-finishing solutions.

Others

• Lake Image Systems: Supplier of print inspection and RFID verification systems; Rosas integrates the Lake Image Discovery RFID solution into the Leopard 300, making it both a partner and an adjacent technology provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCbvNKsGUCSTejJKUf9H9evQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/rosas.maschinenbau
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rosas-maschinenbau

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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