In short
- What does Kodo do?
- Kodo finds machine and plant builders that are investing right now and delivers them to your sales team every Monday with contact person and source.
- Who is it for?
- For companies selling to machine builders: components, drives, automation, metrology, service.
- What does it cost?
- Self-serve from €290 a month, full service from €1,790, the first 10 companies free.
Click through
The investment window.
An investment announces itself months before the order. If you only call when the request comes in, you are usually third in line.
Announcement
The company announces a new hall, a new line or a large order.
How we spot it
- Press release
- News page
- Local press
Budget
Building application, funding notice or growth in the annual accounts: the money is there.
How we spot it
- Public notices
- Funding programmes
- Federal Gazette
Staff
Maintenance staff, setters and production managers are hired before the line runs.
How we spot it
- Careers page
- Federal employment agency job board
Order
Machines and equipment are being selected. Calling only now is usually too late.
How we spot it
- Tender
- Supplier request
How Kodo sees that someone is buying.
Investments are announced in public: on the company website, in the commercial register, in job ads. Kodo reads along and adds the source to every reason.
What does not fit is dropped, with a reason: dealers without own production, groups with their own purchasing machine, your existing customers.
Occasions
Investment Open positions Growth New management Trade fair appearance
- 01New hall, new lineThe company itself announces that it is building or modernising. Source: press release, news page.
- 02Open jobs in productionHiring maintenance staff and machine setters means the next line is coming. Source: careers page.
- 03Growth in the annual accountsMore revenue and more staff over several years. Source: Federal Gazette.
- 04New managementNew leadership reviews its suppliers. Source: commercial register.
- 05Trade fairExhibitors at EMO, AMB or Hannover Messe are open to talk right now. Source: exhibitor list.
- 06Competitor machine on siteFrom Pro: which competitor machines are installed there. Source: website, references.
How we check every statement.
Kodo puts nothing on the list that we cannot back up. This is the record behind a single line.
- FoundThe source with its date. Not a directory, the source itself.
- QuotedThe sentence the statement rests on, taken word for word.
- CheckedA second step checks whether the quote appears word for word on the page. If it does not, the statement is dropped.
- ContactFrom the legal notice, team page or commercial register, with role. We check whether the person still works there.
- KeptContacts we cannot confirm again within 24 months are deleted.
Spot checks by Marcel Reinbold, PhD in mechanical engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Team
Wiesmeier Anlagenbau GmbH Investment
“With the new assembly hall we are expanding our production space for special machines.”
- Found
- Press release, 2 Oct 2026
- Checked
- ✓ found word for word
- Contact
- Management per legal notice
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What people ask first.
Who in machine building is Kodo for?
For companies selling to machine and plant builders: components, drives, automation, metrology, tools, service. And for machine builders looking for new industrial customers themselves.
Where do the reasons come from?
From public sources: the company website and press releases, commercial register, Federal Gazette, job ads, exhibitor lists. Every statement has a link and a date. What we cannot back up does not go on the list.
How fast do I see whether it works for us?
With the free trial list: tell us your target companies, and within 24 hours you have 10 companies with reason, contact and source.
Do I also get companies that are already our customers?
No. You send us your existing customers once as a list or CRM export, and those companies are dropped. Only new ones are on the list.
How early does Kodo spot an investment?
As early as it becomes public: with the announcement, the building application, the first job ad. That is usually months before the order.
Other industries.
Kodo reads machine parks, certificates and manufacturing processes, not just industry codes.
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