Custom racks and enclosures in sheet metal, built to your drawing.

Send us the drawing. We laser cut, form, weld, coat and assemble custom racks, containment and enclosures for data center OEMs. Banja Luka to Germany, Austria and Italy by truck in 1–2 days.

Talk to our engineers Our technologies

350 people
20,000 m² in two plants
30+ technologies in-house
3,000 m² assembly area
Since 1994
Series in 4–8 weeks
Bending up to 4 m
EUR.1 — no EU duty

Server cabinets with hot-aisle containment, the kind of sheet-metal work we build (illustrative image)

Problems we solve for data center OEMs

We do not design your product. We make sure it can be built, in volume, close to you.

Capacity does not keep up with the AI build-out.
A 350-person plant with three LVD fiber lasers (4, 6 and 12 kW), a combined laser-punch machine and a punch press, fed by an automated sheet store and run as a series operation.
Capacity equal to 1,000 racks a month
Long lead times and risk from overseas supply.
Production in Europe, no ocean freight: short series lead times of 4–8 weeks, then 1–2 days by truck to Germany, Austria and Italy.
Series lead time 4–8 weeks
Too many suppliers for one assembly.
Cutting, forming, welding, hardware, powder coating, assembly and wiring under one roof and one purchase order.
30+ technologies in one plant
Long panels and heavy frames that other shops avoid.
13 press brakes with bending lengths up to 4 m — long cable trays and profiles in one piece — plus 2 robotic bending cells, robotic and laser welding, and a powder line for parts up to 6 m.
Bending up to 4 m
Quality you have to be able to audit.
Certified welding, incoming, in-process and final inspection, traceability from raw material to delivery, 8D for nonconformities.
ISO 9001:2015 · EN ISO 3834-2 · EN 15085-2 CL1 · EN 1090-1 · DIN 6701
Changes, prototypes and new variants.
An in-house development team takes a part from concept or first drawing to a stable series process.
Prototype to series in the same plant

The ELAS plant in Banja Luka: production hall, offices and dispatch yard

The line your part runs through

More than 30 technologies under one roof. The eight core stations below show how a part moves from sheet to assembled unit without leaving the plant, so tolerances, finish and lead time stay in one hand.

Example part, flat patternIllustrative

Six technologies, one part

Select a station to see the mark it leaves on the part: contour, perforation, bends, fasteners, welds and finish.

ST‑01
Automated sheet store
Your material is stocked, identified and fed to the machines without manual handling.
LVD WAS · feeds lasers and punching
ST‑02
Fiber laser cutting
Outer contour, cut-outs, slots and tabs — straight from your DXF.
3 LVD fiber lasers · 4, 6 and 12 kW
ST‑03
Punching
Perforation for airflow, louvres, knock-outs and formed features.
Laser-punch combi + punch press · up to 6.35 mm
ST‑04
Bending
Flanges, long profiles and cable trays, full-length panels, robotic and automated panel bending.
13 presses · 0.8–4 m · 2 robotic cells · XLTbend
ST‑05
Hardware insertion
Self-clinching nuts, studs and standoffs, stud welding.
PEM-type fasteners · stud welding
ST‑06
Welding
Closed corners, frames and structures — robotic or manual, steel, stainless, aluminium.
Robotic · MIG/MAG · TIG · laser · spot
ST‑07
Powder coating
Durable finish in the colour you specify, e.g. RAL 9005 or 7035.
Automated line · parts up to 6 m
ST‑08
Assembly & wiring
Sub-assemblies, cabling and electrical test, packed for your line.
Final assembly · cabling · test

Robotic bending cell: LVD press brake with robot and automatic gripper change

Where our parts end up

Typical data center hardware built from sheet metal. We build to the customer's drawing; if your part is not listed, it can still be a fit.

Sheet-metal cable managers and overhead power distribution in a data center (stock photos)

Application	Examples	Processes
Server & network rack components	Rack frames, doors, 19" rails, server and GPU chassis	Laser · Punch · Bend · Weld · Hardware · Coat · Assembly
Aisle containment parts	Door frames, roof frames, fillers, partitions	Laser · Punch · Bend · Weld · Coat
Enclosures for power equipment	UPS and battery cabinets, tap-off boxes, RPP	Laser · Punch · Bend · Weld · Hardware · Coat · Assembly
Chassis for cooling equipment	CDU and in-row chassis, manifold brackets	Laser · Punch · Bend · Weld · Coat
Edge & modular data centers	Outdoor cabinets, micro DC, skid frames	Laser · Punch · Bend · Weld · Hardware · Coat · Assembly

Quality and delivery you can check

Typical terms for a new part, confirmed in every quotation. Series lead time 4–8 weeks.

Incoming inspection
Materials and certificates verified before production.
In-process control
First-article checks at laser, punch and press brake.
Final inspection
Visual and dimensional check before packing, inspection report with the sample.
Traceability & 8D
Raw material to delivery; structured corrective actions.

Day 0Drawing or requirement received
≈ Day 7Quotation with DFM notes
≈ Day 30Sample with inspection report
SeriesFrom 500 pcs · 4–8 weeks

Reference: railway industry

ELAS supplies Stadler with interior components for rail vehicles — ceiling systems, air ducts and aluminium welded assemblies built to EN 15085-2 CL1, the highest certification level for welding rail vehicles. Data center parts run through the same plant and the same quality system.

Customer: Stadler (rail vehicles)
Parts: Ceiling systems, air ducts, aluminium welded assemblies
Standard: EN 15085-2 CL1 · EN 17460 / DIN 6701 bonding

Ceiling panels for rail vehicles, packed for delivery

The plant

Two sites in Banja Luka with 20,000 m² of production and assembly halls. More than 30 manufacturing technologies in-house, new LVD lines since 2025. Exports since 1994 to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, the UK and the USA.

Sheet storage: Automated LVD WAS store feeding the lasers and punching
Fiber lasers: 3 × LVD · 4, 6 and 12 kW · sheets up to 3,050 × 1,525 mm
Punching: LVD laser-punch combination machine + punch press · up to 6.35 mm · perforation and louvres
Press brakes: 13 presses · bending length 0.8–4 m · 2 robotic bending cells · automated XLTbend panel bending
Welding: Robotic cells · MIG/MAG · TIG · laser · spot · steel, stainless, aluminium
Hardware: Self-clinching nuts, studs and standoffs · stud welding
Powder coating: Automated electrostatic line · parts up to 6,000 mm · wet paint booth
Assembly: Final assembly, cabling and electrical test

Customs: every EU shipment travels with an EUR.1 movement certificate, so EU customers pay no import duty — the same as for goods made in the EU. USA: shipped by sea container; our goods currently carry a 10% US import tariff.

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