At AREA 18, we provide custom steel profile processing, ensuring flexibility and precision for every industrial, construction, or automation application.
We manufacture C profiles, U profiles, omega profiles, asymmetrical, and special-shaped sections, directly from steel coils, with full customization based on the customer’s technical drawing.
Our coil cutting and roll forming technology is fully automated and managed by Industry 4.0 systems, ensuring:
Thanks to a fully integrated and continuous process, we can deliver:
All our products are made to order, mould-free, with the possibility of rapid prototyping, testing, and optimization.
Cold-rolled flat steel strip, produced directly from coil, used as a flat profile for industrial applications.
The material is punchable and workable, with wide use in the mechanical, construction and automotive sectors, as well as other industrial fields.
Thanks to the cold roll forming process, the flat strip ensures dimensional accuracy and geometric uniformity, making it suitable for subsequent processing and assembly.
The internal bending radius is 3 mm, a feature that ensures good repeatability along the entire length of the profile.
| FORMAT | MEASUREMENT RANGE (mm) * |
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Bandella flat |
MACHINE LIMIT: If in PROFILE 800x5 mm; L max 4 m If in PRESS BENDER Weight 100 kg; L max 9 m S: thickness from 1.5 to 5 |
* to be evaluated with A18 technicians
Processable steel grades:
Special cold-formed profile, designed to be used as a guide profile for automated warehouses and industrial automation systems.
The profile ensures dimensional accuracy and geometric continuity, which are essential requirements for the proper operation of automated handling and logistics systems.
Production is carried out directly from steel coil, with no predefined dimensional limits, allowing custom manufacturing based on the customer’s technical specifications.
The internal bending radius is 3 mm, a feature that ensures high repeatability along the entire length of the profile and excellent geometric quality.
| FORMAT | MEASUREMENT RANGE (mm) |
| Robot Guides |
A: profile height from 15 to 85 B: profile base from 60 to 550 S: thickness from 1.5 to 5 |
Processable steel grades:
Cold-formed C-shaped steel profile, customizable with punched holes at set pitches and technical markings, produced directly from steel coil.
The profile can be manufactured using different steel grades, depending on the application and the customer’s dimensional requirements.
Its use is mainly intended for the construction sector as a non-structural element, suitable for support systems, cladding, infill panels and auxiliary components.
The internal bending radius is 3 mm, ensuring consistent repeatability along the entire length of the profile.
| FORMAT | MEASUREMENT RANGE (mm) |
| C profiles |
A: profile height from 40 to 85 B: profile base from 60 to 500 C: flap from 15 to 36 S: thickness from 1.5 to 5 |
Processable steel grades:
Omega-shaped steel profile cold-formed, customizable with punched holes at set pitches and technical markings, produced directly from steel coil.
The Omega profile can be manufactured in different steel grades, depending on the application and the customer’s dimensional requirements.
It is suitable for industrial and construction applications, as a support and stiffening element.
The internal bending radius is 3 mm, ensuring good dimensional accuracy and repeatability along the entire length of the profile.
| FORMAT | MEASUREMENT RANGE (mm) |
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Ω profiles omega |
A: profile height from 89 to 107 B: profile base from 71 to 110 C: flap from 15 to 22.5 S: thickness from 1.5 to 5 |
Processable steel grades:
Structural Omega-shaped steel profiles are manufactured through cold roll forming from coil and are used as load-bearing elements in:
Typical applications include:
The Omega profile for silo uprights is designed to ensure rigidity, stability and dimensional accuracy, with the possibility of customization based on the customer’s technical drawings.
The internal bending radius is 3 mm, a feature that ensures good profile repeatability along the entire length and high geometric quality.
| FORMAT | MEASUREMENT RANGE (mm) |
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Ω profiles omega |
A: profile height from 15 to 85 B: profile base from 100 to 550 C: flap from 15 to 22.5 S: thickness from 1.5 to 5 Alpha angle: 110 °
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Processable steel grades:
Cold-formed U-shaped steel profile, produced directly from steel coil and customizable with punched holes at set pitches and technical markings, according to the customer’s specifications.
The U profile can be manufactured in different steel grades, depending on the application and dimensional requirements.
It is used in industrial and construction applications as a support, containment and guide element.
Thanks to the cold roll forming process, the profile ensures dimensional accuracy, geometric uniformity and repeatability along the entire length.
The internal bending radius is 3 mm, ensuring consistent geometric quality of the profile.
| FORMAT | MEASUREMENT RANGE (mm) |
| U profiles |
A: profile height from 15 to 85 B: profile base from 60 to 550 S: thickness from 1.5 to 5 |
Processable steel grades:
Cold-formed U-shaped steel profile, produced directly from steel coil and customizable with punched holes at set pitches and technical markings, according to the customer’s specifications.
The U profile can be manufactured in different steel grades, depending on the application and dimensional requirements.
It is suitable for industrial and construction applications as a support and containment element.
The internal bending radius is 3 mm, ensuring dimensional accuracy, repeatability and consistent geometric quality along the entire length of the profile.
| FORMAT | MEASUREMENT RANGE (mm) |
|
U profiles asymmetric |
A: profile height from 15 to 85 B: profile base from 60 to 550 S: thickness from 1.5 to 5 |
Processable steel grades:
Cold-formed U-shaped steel profile with a 165° angle, produced directly from steel coil and designed for applications in the metal fabrication, construction and automotive sectors.
The profile ensures dimensional accuracy and geometric uniformity, making it suitable for subsequent processing and industrial assembly systems.
The internal bending radius is 3 mm, ensuring profile repeatability and consistent geometric quality along the entire length.
| FORMAT | MEASUREMENT RANGE (mm) |
|
U profiles sloping |
A: profile height from 15 to 85 B: profile base from 60 to 550 S: thickness from 1.5 to 5 Alpha angle: 165 ° |
Processable steel grades:
Cold-formed S-shaped steel profile, produced directly from steel coil and customizable with punched holes at set pitches and technical markings, according to the customer’s specifications.
The S-shaped profile can be manufactured in different steel grades, depending on the application and technical and dimensional requirements.
Production is carried out with no predefined dimensional limits, allowing fully custom profiles, including for special applications.
The internal bending radius is 3 mm, ensuring dimensional accuracy, profile repeatability and consistent geometric quality along the entire length.
| FORMAT | MEASUREMENT RANGE (mm) |
|
S-profiles |
Weight: 100 kg Lunghezza pezzo: 9 mt S: spessore da 1,5 a 5 |
Processable steel grades:
Wide range of cold-formed Z-shaped profiles, produced directly from steel coil and customizable with punched holes at set pitches and technical markings, according to the customer’s specifications.
The Z profile can be manufactured in different steel grades, depending on the application and technical and dimensional requirements.
Production is carried out with no predefined dimensional limits, allowing fully custom profiles, including for special applications.
Z-shaped profiles are used in various industrial sectors, including mechanical, electronic, construction, household and automotive.
The internal bending radius is 3 mm, ensuring dimensional accuracy, repeatability and consistent geometric quality along the entire length of the profile.
| FORMAT | MEASUREMENT RANGE (mm) |
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Z profiles |
Weight: 100 kg Piece length: 9 m S: thickness from 1.5 to 5 |
Machinable steels:
Pickled hot rolled steel S355 GD
Cold rolled and hot dip galvanized steel S355 GD + Z600
Cold rolled and hot dip galvanized steel HX 420 LAD - UNI EN 10346 + Z600
The value of an integrated process: from concept to production.
One of the key strengths of Area 18 is its ability to deliver a complete engineering and industrialisation process, enabling the transformation of any design requirement into a customised component, ready for large-scale production.
Throughout this process, we place great emphasis on optimising production, assembly and maintenance times, to ensure long-term efficiency and quality.
Our designers analyse the architectural drawings and the client’s needs, turning initial concepts into feasible technical solutions.
A phase of rapid prototyping allows us to verify the product’s shape, functionality and assembly feasibility, making any necessary adjustments before moving on to final engineering.
Once approved, the component is industrialised and moved into series production using our automated systems.
Some examples of products: