Manufacture of mechanicals and basic metals

Sector overview

The  Manufacture of mechanicals and basic metals Sector counts some 574 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 192 are producing for the export market.

Breakdown of enterprises employing 10 or more persons by activity and regime

Activity	TE*	OTE*	Total
Metallurgy	2	9	11
Manufacture of tubes	4	11	15
Transformation of steel	1	14	15
Foundry	12	14	26
Boilermaking	6	60	66
Non-Ferrous Metals	4	11	15
Forging. stamping. Metallurgy of powder metals	2	4	6
Treatment of metals	64	51	115
Metal construction structures and hardware	33	139	172
Works in metal	14	69	83
Equipment manufacturing	23	62	85
Automobile Industries	25	34	59
Naval Construction	12	8	20
Motorcycles and bicycles	5	16	21
Miscellaneous	7	0	7

* TE: Totally exporting
*OTE: Other than totally exporting.
Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Employment

The Manufacture of mechanicals and basic metals sector enterprises employing 10 or more workers account for 48,531 jobs of which 25,436 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 23,095 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity	Employment TE*	Employment OTE*	Total
Metallurgy	233	2,006	2,239
Manufacture of tubes	89	586	675
Transformation of steel	14	1,543	1,557
Foundry	1,004	557	1,561
Boilermaking	1,222	2,723	3,945
Non-Ferrous Metals	161	772	933
Forging. stamping. Metallurgy of powder metals	159	130	289
Treatment of metals	7,295	2,652	9,947
Metal construction structures and hardware	4,316	6,585	10,901
Works in metal	1,399	4,504	5,903
Equipment manufacturing	3,259	4,547	7,806
Automobile Industries	7,593	3,768	11,361
Naval Construction	1,615	544	2,159
Motorcycles and bicycles	627	1,314	1,941
Miscellaneous	752	0	752

* TE: Totally exporting
*OTE: Other than totally exporting.
Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Exports / Imports

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Development perspectives

The Center for Studies and Industrial Prospects (CEPI) has identified more than 100 project ideas and 9 professional files.

Partnership

The total number of enterprises with foreign participation is 182 , 124 are 100% foreign owned. 149 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country
France (98)	Italie (48)	Allemagne (5)	Belgique (5)	Autres (44)

Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Source: Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - April 2025