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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
Casino and Total Energies renew their contract for more than 1,000 service stations in France - 26/07/2024
- Renewal of the supply contract between Casino and TotalEnergies for more than 1,000 service stations in France.
- - Duration of partnership: 5 years, from October 1, 2024.
- - Casino present in nearly 140 Total service stations on freeways.
- - Carrefour plans to have 350 stations by 2024.
- - Leclerc has 23 freeway service areas.
- - Carrefour has won two tenders with Shell and TotalEnergies to supply 117 additional stores.
TotalEnergies and SSE to launch an electric vehicle charging company in the UK and Ireland - 16/07/2024
- - Joint venture name: Source
- - Joint venture partners: TotalEnergies (France) and SSE (Scottish & Southern Energy, UK)
- - Objective: To achieve a 20% share of the fast-charging market for electric vehicles in Great Britain and Ireland
- - Number of fast-charging stations to be deployed over the next ( years: 3,000 stations
- - 150-kilowatt (kW) DC-powered fast-charging stations
- - Full recharge time: Between 30 minutes and one hour
- - Cost of kiosk deployment: Approx. 300 million euros
- - renewable energy, supplied by TotalEnergies and SSE
Safran becomes world leader in flight controls - 07/06/2024
- Safran acquires the flight control and actuation business of American company Collins Aerospace for $1.8 billion.
- The activities sold by Collins are spread over eight plants in Europe (France, Italy and the UK) and Asia, with 3,700 employees involved.
- Microtecnica, the Italian subsidiary of the divested business, accounts for 15% of revenues with three plants. It specializes in mechanical and electronic components and services for military aircraft.
- Italian defense programs in which it is involved, such as the Tornado and Eurofighter combat aircraft and the MU90 torpedo, as well as the future GCAP program, a competitor to the Future Air Combat System (Scaf) involving Germany, France and Spain.
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.
Safran: the Boeing 737 Max challenge, the only fly in the ointment - 15/02/2024
- Airbus reported an 11% increase in sales to 65.446 billion euros, with net income of 3.789 billion euros.
- Safran, Airbus' main supplier, increased its sales by 22% to 23.2 billion euros, with a gross margin of 13.6% or 3.16 billion euros.
- Safran's net profit was 3.44 billion euros.
- Safran delivers 1,570 Leap engines in 2023, 434 more than in 2022. Safran forecasts further growth of 20 to 25% in LEAP engine deliveries in 2024.
- in 2023, in civil engines, Safran's service business grew by 32.9% in dollar terms.
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.
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