STIWA Group is a family-owned Austrian specialist in automated production, precision manufacturing and manufacturing software. Founded in 1972, STIWA supplies automation systems and battery component production solutions for automotive, energy storage, electronics and medical sectors.
STIWA Group, founded in 1972 by Walter and Herta Sticht and headquartered in Attnang-Puchheim, Austria, is a family-owned specialist in high-performance automation, manufacturing, and software. With more than 2,200 employees across multiple countries, STIWA delivers fully digitalized, automated production solutions for automotive, electronics, medical technology, and energy storage markets. The company’s mission focuses on enabling fast, high-quality, cost-efficient industrial production through integrated engineering, manufacturing and software services while maintaining long-term, partnership-based customer relationships.
STIWA’s core technology combines high-speed mechanical systems, precision stamping and machining, laser welding, injection molding and inline quality testing with software-driven process control. Notable differentiators include an award-winning electrolyte filling process, integrated busbar and cell contacting solutions, and machine-learning-assisted inline inspection. These technologies reduce cycle times, material waste and defect rates, improve electrical and thermal performance of battery housings, and support safe, compliant production under IATF 16949 and ISO 9001/14001 standards.
STIWA offers automated assembly and conveyor systems, battery cell housings and cap assemblies, precision subcomponents, and manufacturing software for real-time process management. Solutions include stamping, laser welding, plastic injection, and inline inspection tailored to EV battery production, stationary energy storage, automotive components, electronics and medical-device manufacturing.
In 2025 STIWA won the State Award for Innovation for its electrolyte filling process and received the E-Mobility Production Award alongside BMW for process innovation. In FY 2024/25 the company secured multiple battery cell manufacturing projects and supplier nominations with international battery makers, including serial nominations for prismatic cell cap assemblies exceeding 30 million parts per year and presentations at Battery Show North America 2025.
STIWA Group is 100% family-owned and operates under STIWA Holding GmbH. Leadership is managed by family members Peter and Raphael Sticht; the holding structure supervises operational subsidiaries focused on automation, advanced products and software. There are no public venture funding rounds or external equity investors disclosed.
