Manufacture of mechanicals and basic metals

Sector overview

The  Manufacture of mechanicals and basic metals Sector counts some 561 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 187 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	11	14	25
Boilermaking	4	56	60
Non-Ferrous Metals	4	11	15
Forging. stamping. Metallurgy of powder metals	2	4	6
Treatment of metals	61	48	109
Metal construction structures and hardware	30	131	161
Works in metal	13	69	82
Equipment manufacturing	23	60	83
Automobile Industries	25	31	56
Naval Construction	11	8	19
Motorcycles and bicycles	4	15	19
Miscellaneous	6	0	6

* 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 48,784 jobs of which 24,650 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 24,134 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity	Employment TE*	Employment OTE*	Total
Metallurgy	230	1,965	2,195
Manufacture of tubes	96	755	851
Transformation of steel	22	1,556	1,578
Foundry	868	575	1,443
Boilermaking	855	2,770	3,625
Non-Ferrous Metals	151	819	970
Forging. stamping. Metallurgy of powder metals	183	136	319
Treatment of metals	7,325	2,466	9,791
Metal construction structures and hardware	3,825	6,598	10,423
Works in metal	1,216	4,557	5,773
Equipment manufacturing	3,071	4,761	7,832
Automobile Industries	7,579	4,347	11,926
Naval Construction	1,512	530	2,042
Motorcycles and bicycles	511	1,336	1,847
Miscellaneous	747	0	747

* 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 173 , 121 are 100% foreign owned. 141 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country
France (95)	Italie (45)	Allemagne (4)	Belgique (5)	Autres (41)

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

Source: Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - August 2026