Develops and manufactures high-tech training and analysis systems for football (skills.lab).

Anton Paar SportsTec GmbH

Wundschuh (AT)New on Amplifa

2016Founded

16–20Employees

Wundschuh (AT)Location

320 m² / ~20 m ØTraining area skills.lab Arena

About Anton Paar SportsTec

Anton Paar SportsTec GmbH develops and manufactures highly precise training and analysis systems for football under the skills.lab brand. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Wundschuh near Graz, the company is a subsidiary of Anton Paar Group AG and transfers the metrology principles of high-quality laboratory instruments to large-scale, interactive sports applications. The core product skills.lab Arena is a hexagonal mini stadium with a diameter of around 20 meters and an area of 320 m², in which cinema projectors display game situations, fully automated ball machines deliver balls at up to 130 km/h and up to 20 balls per minute, and laser sensors, high-speed cameras and image-based methods measure parameters such as passing and shooting accuracy, ball processing time, shot speed and player position in real time. More than 90 interactive exercises cover technical and cognitive performance dimensions. The compact skills.lab Cube (16 m²) serves sports entertainment and fan engagement in stores, shopping centers and fan zones. Customers include FC Bayern Munich, Lech Poznań, Legia Warsaw, FC Ingolstadt and the COPA Soccer Training Center in California; the systems are in use internationally.

Site: Wundschuh
Processes: Data-driven player scouting and development analysis, Objective talent identification (cognitive performance measurement), Personalized training / rehabilitation training, Sports entertainment / customer and fan engagement, Talent Development Summit event (Graz)
Materials: skills.lab Arena, skills.lab Cube / Cube GO
Certificates: ISO 50001:2018 (Energy Management), ISO 50001:2018
Founded: 2016
Employees: 16 (LinkedIn,
Industries: Football/Elite Sports, Talent Development/Academies, Sports Entertainment and Fan Engagement Systems, Events and Retail Activations, Sports Entertainment/Fan Engagement Systems

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Development and Engineering
02
Production
03
System Assembly
04
Software and Data Analysis
05
Sales and Customer Service

Technologies and Processes

AR-20M

skills.lab Arena

Hexagonal training stadium with 320 m² of area, ball machines (up to 130 km/h), laser sensor technology, high-speed cameras and cinema projectors for data-driven training.

CU-16

skills.lab Cube / Cube GO

Compact 16 m² system for interactive football experiences in stores, shopping centers, fan zones and brand events.

Locations

Wundschuh

Headquarters with development, production and assembly

Industries

Football/Elite SportsTalent Development/AcademiesSports Entertainment and Fan Engagement SystemsEvents and Retail ActivationsSports Entertainment/Fan Engagement Systems

Additional services

Data-driven player scouting and development analysisObjective talent identification (cognitive performance measurement)Personalized training / rehabilitation trainingSports entertainment / customer and fan engagementTalent Development Summit event (Graz)

Reference customers

FC Bayern MunichLech Poznań (POL)Legia Warsaw (POL)FC Ingolstadt (GER)COPA Soccer Training Center, California (USA)FC Bayern World Munich (Cube)

Quality and Certification

Anton Paar SportsTec GmbH is certified according to ISO 50001:2018 for its energy management.

Evidence	Wundschuh
ISO 50001:2018

History

2013
Anton Paar Group's first entry into the ball sports business
2016
Founding of Anton Paar SportsTec GmbH as an independent subsidiary of Anton Paar Group AG in Wundschuh (AT)
2019
FC Bayern Munich purchases the skills.lab football simulator for its youth performance center (in use from mid-2020)
2026
Third edition of the Talent Development Summit in Graz (17.–18.11.)