Turnover: 130.4 million EUR (2022)

Country: France

IMS France is a distributor specializing in carbon and alloy steels, stainless steels for mechanical engineering and tool steels. With 1,400 employees, the IMS group offers its products and expertise in 25 countries. The IMS group's offer mainly comprises seamless bars and tubes for mechanical applications. These products comply with precise standards that guarantee their suitability for transformation by the customer (forging, machining, bending, welding, heat treatment) and the mechanical characteristics obtained after processing.

IMS France's main customer industries are general mechanics, public works equipment, agricultural equipment, automotive and truck equipment, lifting machinery and the energy industry. IMS France plays a key role in supplying essential materials for these various industrial sectors.

Financial Data

DUNS: 524450749

Legal Name: IMS FRANCE

Address: 7 RUE MICHEL JACQUET , 69800 SAINT-PRIEST

Number of employees: Between 100 and 199 employees (2020)

Capital: 8 176 230 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Turnover 93 075 019 65 958 627 82 841 342 88 512 946 84 964 858 74 459 373 82 204 831
Gross margin (€) 38 234 031 22 221 843 26 113 298 29 926 586 29 052 278 26 213 566 -
EBITDA (€) 6 185 611 80 193 1 562 203 1 754 082 4 549 225 1 539 181 -
Operating profit (€) 7 731 423 -55 364 2 045 773 1 474 134 3 427 104 1 192 551 -
Net profit (€) 964 525 442 175 1 237 491 996 010 1 578 791 673 086 890 181
Turnover growth rate (%) 41,1 -20,4 -6,4 4,2 14,1 -9,4 -
Ebitda margin rate (%) 6,6 0,1 1,9 2 5,4 2,1 -
Operating margin rate (%) 8,3 -0,1 2,5 1,7 4 1,6 -
Working Capital (turnover days) 144,6 194,5 152,5 140,6 134,8 152,8 -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) 68,1 61,4 63,9 50,8 31,1 58,6 -
Net margin (%) 1 0,7 1,5 1,1 1,9 0,9 -
Added value / Turnover (%) 22,1 14,1 15,1 16,7 18,4 17,2 -
Wages and social charges (€) 13 092 508 8 293 366 9 404 062 10 928 565 9 632 027 9 622 930 -
Salaries / Turnover (%) 14,1 12,6 11,4 12,3 11,3 12,9 -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Chairman ERIC JACQUET 65
Managing Director PHILIPPE GOCZOL 58

Studies mentioning this company

ESM The precision cold-rolled steel market - France

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