Manufacture of mechanicals and basic metals

Sector overview

The  Manufacture of mechanicals and basic metals Sector counts some 566 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 184 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	15	16
Foundry	10	14	24
Boilermaking	4	60	64
Non-Ferrous Metals	4	11	15
Forging. stamping. Metallurgy of powder metals	2	4	6
Treatment of metals	61	51	112
Metal construction structures and hardware	32	136	168
Works in metal	13	71	84
Equipment manufacturing	24	63	87
Automobile Industries	25	32	57
Naval Construction	11	8	19
Motorcycles and bicycles	4	17	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 48,060 jobs of which 24,710 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 23,350 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity	Employment TE*	Employment OTE*	Total
Metallurgy	233	1,983	2,216
Manufacture of tubes	89	584	673
Transformation of steel	19	1,522	1,541
Foundry	823	557	1,380
Boilermaking	860	2,815	3,675
Non-Ferrous Metals	151	825	976
Forging. stamping. Metallurgy of powder metals	157	136	293
Treatment of metals	7,426	2,639	10,065
Metal construction structures and hardware	3,895	6,410	10,305
Works in metal	1,259	4,505	5,764
Equipment manufacturing	3,129	4,777	7,906
Automobile Industries	7,666	3,939	11,605
Naval Construction	1,466	578	2,044
Motorcycles and bicycles	525	1,385	1,910
Miscellaneous	775	0	775

* 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 176 , 120 are 100% foreign owned. 144 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country
France (98)	Italie (43)	Allemagne (4)	Belgique (5)	Autres (44)

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

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