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Melecs

Can a mid-sized Austrian E2MS provider scale globally by combining IATF-certified manufacturing excellence across three continents with supply chain digitalization and disciplined FX risk management?

HQSiegendorf, Austria (operational HQ: GZO-Technologiestrasse 1, 7011 Siegendorf); holding entity in Vienna (Handelskai 388/Top 421, 1020 Vienna)
FoundersFriedrich Pressl, Ernst Mayrhofer, Bernhard Pulferer
IndustryVertical SaaS / Electronics Manufacturing Services
The story

Melecs was founded as an electronics manufacturing services (E2MS) partner for premium European automotive OEMs and home appliance manufacturers, providing end-to-end electronics development and production. Over 25+ years it expanded from a single Austrian site to a three-continent manufacturing footprint (Austria, Hungary, China). Its financial complexity is driven by multi-currency supplier and customer contracts across 80+ countries, leading it to adopt FX hedging via Convera. It does not offer financial products to third parties and has no embedded finance product layer.

Last 12 months
2025-01
2025-02
2025-05
Product timeline
1999
Melecs founded as an electronics manufacturing services provider serving automotive and industrial customers in Austria.· pivot
2009
MELECS Holding GmbH established as the group holding entity in Vienna.· pivot
2017
Melecs EWS GmbH published its first formal Supplier Manual, reflecting growing supply chain complexity across 80+ supplier countries.· pivot
2023
Expanded global manufacturing footprint with production sites in Europe (Siegendorf, Györ), Asia (Wuxi, China), and Americas; IATF 16949:2016 certified across all three sites.· pivot
2024
Published first Sustainability Report (2024) and formal ESG Policy, reflecting regulatory pressure from automotive OEM customers and EU taxonomy requirements.· pivot
2025
Adopted rolling FX hedging strategy via Convera to mitigate multi-currency calculation risk across international operations.· pivot
The stack
FX & payouts
Convera
Accounting gap: none