What Fives Group does

Fives Group is a privately held French industrial engineering group headquartered in Paris, founded in 1825 (operating for over 200 years), that designs and manufactures custom machines, process equipment, and production lines for heavy-industry customers worldwide. The group's offering is organized into three core business segments — High Precision Machines (16% of 2024 order intake; grinding, additive manufacturing via AddUp, material removal, composites ATL), Process Industries (48% of order intake; aluminium, cement & minerals, steel, sugar, glass, energy, induction), and Smart Automation Solutions (28% of order intake; intralogistics including GENI-Ant AMRs and Caja goods-to-person robotics) — supported by Transversal Activities in maintenance, piping (Fives Nordon), and Digital Solutions & AI (CortX Alchemy, Eizi, Fives Connect, Gateway). Customers include SSAB, Rio Tinto, Aluminium Dunkerque, Trimet, and tier-one aerospace and automotive manufacturers; the order intake is geographically diversified across the Americas (40%), Europe (30%), Asia & Oceania (18%), and Africa/Middle East (12%).

Revenue is generated primarily through project-based, quote-priced sales of custom-engineered capital equipment, supplemented by industrial maintenance services with result obligations, specialized piping and nuclear services, and a growing digital/AI subscription layer (CortX Alchemy, Eizi). The group operates 38 R&D and test centers and over 100 locations in 25 countries, with 9,200 employees and FY2024 sales of €2,281M against a €2,269M backlog, providing roughly one year of forward visibility. Its stated strategic positioning is that of a pioneer of industrial decarbonization and digitalization, supported by two Solar Impulse Efficient Solution labels (Smartline, Amelios Suite in 2021) and active decarbonization partnerships with Lhyfe, NOC Energy, and the C4Capture aluminium consortium. Recent portfolio actions include the proposed divestiture of the cryogenics business to Alfa Laval (announced October 2025) and the acquisitions of Dizisoft (2023) and NEATEC's Fume and Gas Treatment technologies (2024) to reinforce digital and environmental capabilities.

Name

Fives Group

Legal name

FIVES

Website

https://fivesgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1825

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Fives Group is a privately held French industrial engineering group that designs and supplies custom machines, process equipment, and production lines to heavy-industry customers in aerospace, aluminium, steel, cement, glass, automotive, and logistics across 25 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Engineering Equipment

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339), All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (333248), Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (33641), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Capping, Sealing & Closing Machines (IMAHAOAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

End-of-Line Integration & Packaging Line Systems (IMAHAOAN), Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management (BPAHAIAI)

Keywords

• Industrial engineering services
• Process equipment manufacturing
• High precision machines
• Smart automation solutions
• Industrial digital solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. High Precision Machines: Design and manufacture of high-precision machines including grinding, material removal, cutting tools, laser systems, filling/sealing, and composites solutions. Accounted for 16% of order intake.
2. Process Industries: Process equipment and production lines for aluminum, cement, minerals, energy, sugar, glass, steel, and induction applications. Largest segment at 48% of order intake.
3. Smart Automation Solutions: Intralogistics, robotics, and automation solutions including goods-to-person systems and conveyor technology. Accounted for 28% of order intake.
4. Digital Solutions & AI: CortX Alchemy platform, EIZI optimization, Fives Connect customer portal, and data analytics services for industrial digital transformation.
5. Maintenance Services: Industrial maintenance services with obligation of result for aerospace, logistics, defense and rail markets. Over 200 specialists in aerospace sector, 150+ in rail industry.
6. Piping Solutions: Fives Nordon piping solutions including engineering, fabrication, assembly, and maintenance for nuclear and industrial applications. Nearly 900 employees, 40000 m² of workshops.
7. Additive Manufacturing: AddUp subsidiary offering complete industrial metal 3D printing solutions from machine design to part production services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fives Group designs, manufactures, and supplies custom industrial machines, process equipment, and turnkey production lines for the world's largest industrial groups across aerospace, aluminum, automotive, cement, steel, glass, sugar, energy, and logistics sectors. Its offerings span three main activities (High Precision Machines, Process Industries, and Smart Automation Solutions) plus transversal digital solutions (EIZI, CortX Alchemy, Smartline), industrial maintenance services, and piping solutions. The company delivers end-to-end engineering capabilities from design and R&D to installation, commissioning, and lifecycle service across 25 countries.

Product overview

Fives Group is a global industrial engineering company with a diversified portfolio organized around three main activities: High Precision Machines, Process Industries, and Smart Automation Solutions, alongside transversal digital and service activities. High Precision Machines includes additive manufacturing (AddUp subsidiary), material removal/machining, grinding and ultra precision (Landis TTG 3000), cutting tools, laser systems, filling/sealing, and composites automated solutions (SuperCharger, Slalom ATL). Process Industries covers aluminum (with Amelios Suite, Anode Inert Tray), cement & minerals (FCB Rhodax 4D), energy/combustion, sugar (Cameio simulation), glass (Prium Eco-Flex), steel (Smartline, NeoKoil SmartLine digital twin), and induction. Smart Automation Solutions provides intralogistics automation including GENI-Ant AMR robots and Caja goods-to-person robotics. Transversal activities include Digital Solutions & AI (CortX Alchemy, Eizi optimization platform, Gateway cybersecurity, Fives Connect), Maintenance, and Piping Solutions (Fives Nordon). The company operates across aerospace, automotive, logistics, steel, cement, energy, and other industrial sectors worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AddUp: Fives subsidiary offering complete industrial metal 3D printing solutions, from machine design and supply to services and advice on part production
• Fives CortX
• Fives Nordon
• Eizi
• GENI-Ant
• Cameo
• NeoKoil SmartLine
• Landis
• Dufieux
• FCB Rhodax 4D
• e2Motion
• Prium Eco-Flex

Products and services

• AddUp Metal Additive Manufacturing Industrial metal additive manufacturing (3D printing) solutions including machine design, supply, services, and part production consulting for aerospace, automotive, rail, naval, medical, luxury, tooling, and energy industries.
• EIZI Industrial Optimization Platform Industrial optimization platform combining universal non-intrusive machine connectivity with expert business know-how to identify key performance drivers and support production line decision-making for industrial clients.
• GENI-Ant Autonomous Mobile Robot Autonomous mobile robot (AMR) designed for intelligent sorting in logistics centers, postal facilities, e-commerce distribution centers, and express courier services. Features compact design, intelligent autonomous navigation, high speed, and continuous operations without recharging interruptions.
• NeoKoil SmartLine Digital Twin Digital twin solution for steel galvanizing lines that uses real-time sensor data and machine learning to optimize production parameters, improve product quality, and reduce energy consumption.
• Amelios Suite Complete digital suite for aluminum primary production using advanced sensor data to control the entire anode manufacturing process, optimize carbon consumption, and reduce CO2 emissions per ton of aluminum produced.
• Fives Connect Customer Portal Digital customer service platform providing 24/7 assistance, technical documentation access, digitalization, remote maintenance operations, spare parts sales, and AI-powered installation monitoring for industrial customers.
• Gateway Industrial Cybersecurity Solution Industrial cybersecurity connector solution developed by Fives CortX providing secure data acquisition chain connectivity for connected factories and digital monitoring solutions.
• CortX Alchemy Digital Platform Digital solution collecting and analyzing machine data in real-time without modifying existing machines. Offers ready-to-use industrial use cases for maintenance, productivity, quality, and decarbonation, deployable locally, at edge, or in cloud.
• Smartline Steel Production Control Software Steel production control software providing unequaled precision in controlling steel manufacturing processes with substantial gains in product quality and energy efficiency.
• Dufieux Mirror Milling System (MMS) Proprietary patented technology for machining aerospace panels, replacing chemical bath machining with mechanical cutting. Reduces cycle times, eliminates chemical reagents, and reduces electricity consumption.
• FCB Rhodax 4D Concrete Recycling System Concrete recycling system for processing demolition concrete into reusable aggregates, part of Fives' cement and minerals equipment portfolio.
• Cameio Industrial Simulation Software Industrial simulation platform for sugar refineries enabling optimization of production ratios for sugar, electricity, and ethanol based on product characteristics, prices, and energy efficiency parameters.
• Work-Speed Profile Editor AI Software Proprietary AI software for optimizing grinding machine parameters, reducing cycle times and improving productivity in precision grinding applications for automotive clients.
• Landis TTG 3000 High-Precision Grinding Platform New platform for high-precision grinding combining flexibility, precision, and process integration for industrial manufacturing applications.
• SuperCharger Automated Tape Laying Solution Automated tape laying (ATL) solution delivering the highest material deposition rate in its class with on-the-fly cutting and integrated scrap management for aerospace composite manufacturing.
• Slalom Automated Tape Laying Solution Automated tape laying (ATL) solution achieving speeds up to 5m per second for next-generation commercial aircraft wing skins, targeting aerospace manufacturers.
• Caja Goods-to-Person Robotics Solution Goods-to-person robotics solution for logistics automation, combining robotics with conveyor technology and packaging software for warehouse and fulfillment center environments.
• Prium Eco-Flex Hybrid Glass Furnace Hybrid furnace technology for glass production enabling substitution of gas with electricity in a range from 10% to 80%, supporting electrification of glass manufacturing processes.
• Industrial Maintenance Services Industrial maintenance services with obligation of result delivered by Fives Maintenance subsidiary for aerospace, logistics, defense, and rail markets, covering predictive maintenance, equipment monitoring, and energy optimization.
• Fives Nordon Piping Solutions Piping solutions including engineering, fabrication, assembly, and maintenance for nuclear and industrial applications, delivered by Fives Nordon with over 120 years of experience.

Quantifiable outcome

• +30% production output through EIZI optimization
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability11 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Prestige Equipment Corp.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026Strategic partnership between Fives Machining Systems, Inc. and Prestige Equipment Corp. to expand equipment lifecycle management services. Enables access to used equipment, resale channels, and asset recovery solutions for customers of both companies.
• Agorando Technologies GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 February 2026Fives signed strategic agreement with Agorando to automate and modernize its brownfield logistics fulfillment facility in Germany using Caja goods-to-person robotics solution combined with conveyor technology. Third deployment of Caja solution in Germany. Scheduled for Q3 2026 deployment.
• NOC EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 May 2025Fives and NOC Energy combine expertise to accelerate decarbonization of cement processes. Partnership focuses on developing and implementing solutions for reducing carbon emissions in cement manufacturing.
• SSABcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 November 2024SSAB to modernize reheating furnaces with Fives technology. Fives provides advanced furnace technology for steel reheating applications.
• LhyfecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 July 2024Partnership between Lhyfe and Fives offering complete solution for decarbonising industrial processes. Combines hydrogen production with industrial equipment capabilities.
• Siemens FrancecoreTechnology or Integration · 9 March 2023Partnership to promote digitalization of industrial activities. Signed at Global Industrie trade show in Lyon. Combines Siemens software expertise with Fives industrial engineering capabilities.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ANDRITZ AG: Austrian industrial engineering group designing and supplying process equipment, machinery, and services for pulp & paper, metals, hydros, and separation — directly comparable to Fives' process-industries equipment model and project-based revenue structure.
• Danieli & C. Italian-based supplier of equipment and plants for the metals industry (steelmaking, rolling, processing). Closely parallels Fives' Steel and Aluminium activities, with similar custom-engineered, multi-year project economics.
• SMS group: German metallurgical plant and equipment manufacturer serving steel, aluminum, and non-ferrous metals. Comparable scale and customer overlap to Fives' Process Industries segment, including digital-plant offerings.
• Krones AG: German specialist in filling, packaging, and intralogistics equipment for the beverage and food industries — directly comparable to Fives' Filling | Sealing and Smart Automation Solutions (Caja, GENI-Ant) businesses.
• Sandvik AB: Swedish engineering group in mining and rock excavation, metal-cutting, and materials technology. Comparable to Fives' grinding and cutting-tools businesses, with similar premium industrial positioning and global service model.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens AG: Global industrial-automation and digital-industries leader. Direct competitor to Fives in factory digitalization (Siemens partnership) and overlapping customer base, but at substantially larger scale and broader portfolio.
• ABB Ltd: Swiss-Swedish industrial automation, electrification, and robotics conglomerate. Competes with Fives in process automation, robotics, and digital industries across similar end markets including metals, mining, and logistics.
• Honeywell International: U.S. industrial conglomerate with process technology (UOP), automation, and performance materials businesses. Overlaps with Fives in process equipment, industrial software, and energy/cement verticals.
• Schneider Electric: French industrial automation and energy management specialist. Competes with Fives' Digital Solutions & AI portfolio (EIZI, CortX) and overlaps in process-industry customer base, with a far larger software footprint.

Others

• Alfa Laval: Swedish industrial equipment leader in heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling. Recently agreed to acquire Fives' cryogenics business, making it both an adjacent peer and a transaction counterparty rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A11 records

Investments2 records

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