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The French mechanical subcontracting market
Over the last decade, until the pandemic years, this market enjoyed sustained growth, with an average annual growth rate of between 3% and 4%. The pandemic caused the market to shrink to just over 8 billion euros, before returning to over 10 billion euros
This rebound was fuelled by the upturn in investment in machinery and equipment production, and in the automotive and aerospace sectors
The market is highly fragmented, dominated mainly by regional players.
Entities such as Mecachrome, Alcen, WeAre, Linamar and Figeac, although important, share space with a multitude of smaller companies.
Imports of mechanical tools and accessories rose to between 1.2 and 1.4 billion euros, with mechanical tools for wood and metal leading the category.
Exports fell to between 700 and 800 million euros, mainly machine tool parts.
Mechanical subcontracting players
- Mecachrome - Precision giant for the aerospace and automotive industries
- Alcen serves sectors such as aerospace, energy, medical and defense.
- The WeAre group has established itself as a consolidated network of companies, bringing together a range of expertise to serve primarily the aerospace sector, as well as defense and transportation.
- Figeac Aéro - A master craftsman specializing in the manufacture of aerospace components
- Linamar - Rooted in the automotive industry, Linamar is a familiar name in the global manufacturing landscape.
- AD Industries - extends its services to the aerospace, machinery, energy and medical sectors.
- Groupe Lauak - Rooted in aerospace excellence Groupe Lauak has built its reputation in the aerospace subcontracting sector
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1 Market overview
1.1 Introduction
Mechanical subcontracting means that a client company uses the services and employees of another company to carry out a machining mission: the design and production of various mechanical parts.
Production is carried out using a variety of processes:
- drilling
- boring
- milling
- turning
- grinding
- grinding
The main industries served by mechanical subcontracting are: machinery and equipment, automotive, aerospace, construction and energy.
The subcontracting market is therefore directly impacted by what's going on for the players in these industries, and by the dynamism of their orders.
There are two main types of subcontracting[INSEE]:
- Capacity subcontracting: Subcontracting is said to be capacity subcontracting when the client, equipped to produce a product himself, has recourse to a third party:
- either occasionally, due to a temporary peak in activity or a technical incident.
- or because they wish to maintain their own in-house production capacity.
- Specialty subcontracting : Specialty subcontracting is when the client calls on a "specialist" who has the equipment, materials and skills suited to the client's needs.rials and skills adapted to its needs, because it cannot or does not wish to acquire them for reasons related to its own strategy.
In industrial mechanics, for example, subcontracting is often specialized: manufacturers need companies with certain machine tools, know-how concerning specific technical processes, and so on
The French market had been growing for some ten years, but was hit by the pandemic in 2020, so despite a certain rebound in 2021, pre-crisis levels have not been regained.
Another major feature of the market is that it is highly fragmented, with a multiplicity of regional players. The main players are : Mecachrome, Alcen, WeAre, Linamar, Figeac...
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- Industrial mechanical engineering sales trend
- Outsourcing rates by sector
- Monthly sales index for industrial mechanics
- Imports of accessories and mechanical tools
- Exports of accessories and mechanical tools
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Latest news
Airbus wins major Asian contracts - 21/03/2024
- - Airbus has announced two major contracts in Asia, totaling 65 aircraft with an estimated value of over ten billion dollars.
- - Japan Airlines has ordered 21 long-haul Airbus A350-900s and 11 medium-haul A321s.
- - Korean Air has ordered 35 long-haul A350s, including 27 of the A350-1000 model.
- - The Boeing 777X is two years behind schedule in its certification process.
- - The Russian overflight ban puts Boeing's 787 Dreamliners at the limit of their range for Japanese and Korean airlines.
Service stations: TotalEnergies finalizes agreement with Couche-Tard for 3.4 billion euros - 04/01/2024
- Assets acquired by Couche-Tard: 100% of TotalEnergies service stations in Germany (1191 stations) and the Netherlands (378 stations).
- Joint venture in Belgium and Luxembourg: TotalEnergies (40%) and Couche-Tard (60%) to operate 606 service stations.
- Supply by TotalEnergies for at least five years.
- TotalEnergies has already sold its service station networks in Italy, Switzerland and the UK since 2015.
Service stations: TotalEnergies finalizes agreement with Couche-Tard - 04/01/2024
- Sale of service stations by TotalEnergies to the Couche-Tard group: 3.4 billion euros
- Total number of retail sites acquired by the Quebec group: 2,175
- In Germany: 1,191 -
- Belgium: 562
- Netherlands: 378 -
- Luxembourg: 44
- TotalEnergies will retain 40% of the assets in Belgium and Luxembourg, which will be managed as a joint venture
- TotalEnergies will supply these service stations for at least 5 years
- The Canadian retail, food and fuel group Couche-Tard operates over 16,700 stores in 29 countries and employs over 150,000 people worldwide
Airbus breaks all order records - 14/12/2023
- Airbus has surpassed its 2022 score, with 1,512 orders booked up to the end of November 2023.
- The number of orders in 2023 is 40% higher than in 2022.
- Airbus has a record backlog of over 8,000 aircraft. This represents just over eleven years of production at the current rate.
- Boeing also had a very good year in 2023, with 1,085 new orders
- Boeing's order book stands at 5,914 aircraft Boeing is behind Airbus in order intake and deliveries for the sixth year running.
TotalEnergies raids Station F for start-ups - 12/12/2023
- TotalEnergies has acquired four start-ups from its electricity gas pedal for a total of several tens of millions of euros: Dsflow, NASH Renewables, Predictive Layer and Time2plug.
- Dsflow, founded in 2020, offers a software solution for large multi-site electricity consumers.
- NASH Renewables is a German start-up offering a platform for optimizing renewable energy projects in Western Europe.
- Predictive Layer is a Swiss start-up specializing in machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions.
- TotalEnergies has acquired a 56% stake in Time2plug, a French start-up that installs charging stations at business sites in France.
- Together, these four start-ups employ around fifty people.
- In September, TotalEnergies also acquired Ombrea, a specialist in agrivoltaics.
Airbus, Tarmac Aerosave ;Services, the future golden goose of aeronautics - 30/11/2023
- By 2023, 4.3 billion passengers will have been carried (4.5 billion in 2019)
- Between 2023 and 2042, the aeronautical services market is expected to grow by 3.6% a year to reach $255 billion.
- Of this total, fleet maintenance, which is set to double to 46,560 aircraft (from 22,880 in 2020), will generate $210 billion in revenues by 2042.
- Improvements to existing aircraft - optimized fuel consumption, use of sustainable aviation fuel, etc. - will account for a further - will account for 28 billion.
- By 2042, airlines will need to recruit 2.2 million people, including 590,000 pilots, 920,000 flight attendants and 680,000 technicians.
- Airbus sales will be worth 9.8 billion euros in 2022, compared with 8.6 billion in 2021.
- Airbus Services business now exceeds that of the helicopter division (7 billion in 2022).
- Boeing achieved sales of 17.6 billion in services in 2022.
- Airbus steps up recycling and conversion of airliners: 17,000 older aircraft will be replaced over the next twenty years, generating a major market for the conversion of passenger aircraft into freighters, the resale of spare parts and the sale of spare parts for the Airbus Group.tarmac Aerosave is a world leader in the storage, maintenance, conversion and recycling of aircraft and engines.Its Skywise platform collects and analyzes all aircraft flight data, offering a predictive maintenance service More than 140 airlines are members of Skywiseriennes are Skywise members, representing around 50% of Airbus's worldwide fleet "Air France-KLM, which plans to set up an equally-owned service company with Airbus in early 2024.
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