What Setic, Pourtier & C2S does

Setic, Pourtier & C2S is a French designer and assembler of rotating industrial machinery for the wire and cable industry. Headquartered in Roanne, France, with a secondary operations site in Lognes and a wholly-owned US service subsidiary (SETIC POURTIER of AMERICA — SPoA) in North Carolina, the group sells capital equipment to cable manufacturers globally. Approximately 86–90 employees support a fleet of 14,000+ installed machines in 100 countries, with direct operations in 24. Application focus spans power cables (HV/EHV overhead, underground, submarine, and Milliken construction), data and telecom cables (LAN Cat. 5–8, data center, instrumentation), automotive cables (battery, EV charging, hybrid vehicle), and specialized cables (aerospace, oil and gas, robotics). The group carries 170 years of combined heritage across the SETIC and POURTIER brands.

The product portfolio covers the full stranding-and-cabling value chain: Double Twist Bunchers (560–800 mm), Single Twist stranders (630–2500 mm), Large Double Twist Stranders (up to 2600 mm), Concentric Stranders, Rigid Stranders (up to 169 wires, conductor cross-sections up to 3500 mm² copper and 5000 mm² aluminium), Planetary Stranders (notably a 56-position line for submarine cables), Drum Twisters (1600–5000 mm), Taping/Armouring Machines, Pay-offs and Take-ups, and Pulling Capstans and Caterpillars. Differentiated technologies include the GreenBow2+ energy-efficient bow design, a Power Regenerative Solution that feeds energy recovered from concentric stranding reels back into pulling capstans, a Bluetooth Kit that replaces signal rings on Double Twist machines, the patented Triple Twist process for high-speed LAN cable pairing, the LayTracker optical non-contact measurement system for lay length on twisted-pair cables, and OPC UA standard interfaces delivering Industry 4.0 connectivity (machine identity, state, process data, alarms, precomputed KPIs, remote diagnostics, QR-coded parts identification).

Revenue is generated from three streams: (i) custom-quoted industrial machinery sales to cable manufacturers, (ii) the C2S aftermarket services division — a 70,000-SKU spare parts inventory housed in warehouses across Europe, North America and Asia, plus 1,600+ equipment upgrade operations since 2010, technical audits (vibration, thermography), maintenance contracts, commissioning, and complete plant rebuilding spanning both SETIC/POURTIER and competitor brands (Watson, Brondel, Niehoff, Stolberger) — and (iii) training and consulting. The go-to-market is sales-led and event-driven: direct enterprise engagement combined with consistent presence at major trade shows (Wire Düsseldorf, Wire China, IWCS, Wire India, Jicable). Named strategic customers include Nexans and Prysmian, the two largest cable manufacturers globally. Ownership consists of Arcole (50%, French PE fund, acquired April 2024), Kresk Développement (30%, family office of Didier Tabary, joined May 2026), and Management (20%, led by President Thierry Collard).

Name

Setic, Pourtier & C2S

Legal name

SETIC POURTIER S.A.S.

Website

https://setic-pourtier.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Setic, Pourtier & C2S designs and manufactures rotating machinery for wire and cable manufacturers worldwide, serving power, data, automotive, and submarine cable production across 14,000+ installed machines in 100 countries from Roanne, France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Roanne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Machinery Sales: Design, manufacture and sale of rotating machinery for cable production. Main revenue driver including double twist machines, single twist machines, rigid stranders, and other specialized equipment for wire and cable manufacturers.
2. Spare Parts: C2S department manages spare parts inventory with warehouses in Europe, North America and Asia. Portfolio of 70,000 parts available for worldwide distribution, supporting all equipment brands.
3. Upgrades and Modernization: Equipment upgrades including electrical control systems, PLCs, drives, bow technology (carbon bows), and process upgrades. More than 1,600 successful operations since 2010.
4. Maintenance and Technical Services: Technical audits, vibration analysis, thermographic analysis, on-site maintenance (1,2,5 years assistance), commissioning, start-up and relocation services.
5. Repairing and Rebuilding: Complete rebuilding services for individual machines or complete plants, turning existing equipment into like-new condition with new functionalities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Setic, Pourtier & C2S designs, manufactures and sells rotating machinery for the production of communication and power cables. The product portfolio includes double twist bunchers, single twist stranders, rigid stranders, planetary stranders, drum twisters, taping and armouring machines, pay-offs and take-ups, and pulling capstans. The C2S division provides spare parts (70,000-part portfolio), equipment upgrades, repair/rebuilding, commissioning, and technical services worldwide.

Product overview

SETIC & POURTIER operates as a unified industrial group designing, manufacturing, and selling high-technology rotating machinery for the wire and cable industry. The core product portfolio includes: Double Twist Bunchers (560-800mm), Single Twist machines (630-2500mm), Large Double Twist Stranders (up to 2600mm), Concentric Stranders, Rigid Stranders (up to 169 wires), Planetary Stranders, Drum Twisters (1600-5000mm), Taping and Armouring Machines, Pay-offs & Take-Ups, and Pulling Capstans. The C2S services division provides spare parts management (70,000+ parts), equipment upgrades, repair/rebuilding, commissioning, and training services. Technology add-ons include OPC UA Industry 4.0 interfaces, LayTracker vision systems for quality control, and remote diagnostics. The group serves applications in automotive, data/LAN, power, hybrid, robot, overhead, submarine, Milliken, IIOT, and special cables. With approximately 90 employees in Roanne, France, the company operates globally across 100 countries with warehouses in Europe, North America, and Asia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Double Twist Bunchers 560/630/800 mm High speed bunching machines for bunching 7, 19, 37 wires (Unilay construction) or multiwires in copper, aluminum, or special alloy. Features GreenBow2+ technology for low power consumption, full AC motors, and Bluetooth data transmission. Used by cable manufacturers for power and communication cables.
• Single Twist from 630 to 1250 mm Single-twist stranding machines for high speed cabling of insulated cables including control, LAN Cat. 5/6/7/7A/8, data, special and instrumentation cables. Features high production speed, winding tension control, and smooth cable path.
• Large Double Twist Stranders up to 2600 mm Heavy-duty machines for production of 7, 19, 37 and 61 wires bare copper and aluminium compacted strands at high speed. Also for assembling insulated conductors and stranding flexible Cu/Al strand. Features innovative mechanical construction with strong solidity.
• Concentric Stranders Stranding machines for up to 61 wires (copper, aluminium, aluminium alloy). Adapted for 37, 61 wires bare copper and aluminium compacted strand production at high speed. Features energy regenerative solution and bobbin-less option.
• Rigid Stranders up to 169 wires POURTIER's main core business with over 200 lines sold worldwide in 40 years. Stranding lines for single copper or aluminium wires with compacting or non-compacting options. Handles round, sector, and pre-spiral conductors. Cross section up to 3500 mm² (copper) / 5000 mm² (aluminium).
• Multiwire Rigid Screening lines Screening lines for power cable production. Screening/stranding operation up to 120 wires from copper single or multiwire bobbins. Cable diameter before screening max. 140mm, suitable for MV/HV/EHV cables at high speed.
• Planetary Stranders for Stranding and Armouring Planetary stranding/armouring lines including Steel Wire Armouring for FO cable, power cable, submarine cable, control cable, umbilical cable, and steel rope. Key supplier with special 56-position line dedicated for submarine cables.
• Large Single Twist Stranders from 1600 to 2500 mm Single twist machines for laying-up LV power, instrumentation/control cable, MV power cable, stranding flexible Cu/Al strand, steel wire armouring, and copper wire screening. Dual line configurations offer versatile production capabilities.
• Drum Twisters from 1600 to 5000 mm Universal rotating cabler/armourer for HV Milliken cables (segmental or sectoral prespiralled Cu conductors), screening and armouring operations. Also used for steel wire armouring or copper wire screening of power cable.
• Taping and Armouring Machines Taping/armouring machines (tangential, oblique, concentric, longitudinal) for various taping processes including longitudinal, helical taping (eccentric/concentric/oblique), and armouring heads for steel tapes.
• Pay-offs & Take-Ups Complete portfolio of pay-offs including basket type, driven unrolling types (630-1250mm), flyer pay-offs, cantilever pay-offs (1000-2000mm), and portal type up to 100 tons and 5000mm.
• Pulling Capstans & Caterpillars Stationary and rotating wheel capstans (1200-4500mm, 1-80 tons pulling force), stationary belt caterpillars (600-11000 daN), and rotating pulling caterpillars up to 5 tons. Features smooth wire path and constant tension control.
• Double, Triple Twist Twinners & Quadders Pairing/quadding machines for insulated wires for special cables including signal, instrumentation, data, bus, aviation, and automotive. Production of pairs for Cat. 5/6/7/7A/8. Features backtwist technology and patented triple twist process.
• Group Twinner for LAN Cable One-step solution for pairing/taping/laying-up of Cat. 5/5E/6/6A/7/7A/8 in single passage. Features non backtwist, single backtwist, and triple twist solutions with individual tension control.
• Slicing Fending off machine MPE120 Laboratory high precision slicing/fending off machine for preparation of test-pieces to determine mechanical properties of cable insulation and sheeting material. IEC 811-1-1 compliant with highly secured operations.
• C2S Services (Spare Parts & After-sales) Aftermarket services including spare parts inventory of 70,000 parts managed across warehouses in Europe, North America and Asia, supporting all equipment brands for cable manufacturers worldwide.
• C2S Equipment Upgrades Design office and technical team services to upgrade existing cable machines with up-to-date technology. Over 1,600 successful operations since 2010. Includes new electrical control systems, PLCs, drives, Bluetooth kits for Double Twist machines, and process upgrades.
• C2S Repairing and Rebuilding Individual machines or complete plant rebuilding services including actions on electrical cabinets, mechanical parts, bows, motors, cleaning, painting, and commissioning. Works on SETIC/POURTIER and other brands including Watson, Brondel, Niehoff, and Stolberger.
• C2S Commissioning and Relocation Technical commissioning services after line installation including mechanical/electrical commissioning and production training. Remote commissioning available. Line relocation services with technical audit, upgrade, disassembly, transportation, installation, and restart support.
• C2S Consulting and Training Technical audits, expertise, and training services for production, maintenance, process, and automation. Specialists team available for consultation on cable manufacturing operations including vibration analysis and thermographic analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• +40% increase in productivity and -30% reduction in energy consumption with optimized double-twist process for medium-voltage cable production (Nexans award)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Maillefer: Finnish-headquartered cable machinery manufacturer (part of the Maillefer/EXSTO group) producing extrusion lines, stranding equipment, and insulation lines. Direct competitor across similar cable production categories.
• Bartell Machinery Systems: US-headquartered (UK-origin) cable machinery manufacturer producing bunchers, stranders, and rotary equipment. Direct competitor in rotary cabling and stranding machinery for power and data cables.
• Rosendahl Nextrom: Austrian/Finnish cable machinery group producing extrusion, stranding, and fiber optic cable equipment. Overlaps with SETIC/POURTIER in rotary stranding and cabling machinery for power and telecom cable production.
• Saehwa PMC: Korean cable machinery manufacturer producing stranding, cabling, and extrusion equipment. Comparable to SETIC/POURTIER across rotary machinery for wire and cable, with strong presence in Asian markets.
• Caballe: Spanish manufacturer of stranding, cabling, and bunching machines for the wire and cable industry. Direct competitor in heavy rotating machinery for power and telecom cable production.
• Heermann GmbH: German manufacturer specializing in cable stranding and laying-up machinery. Direct competitor with similar product range in rotating equipment for the cable industry, particularly in European markets.
• Niehoff: German manufacturer of wire and cable machinery including bunchers, stranders, and drawing equipment. Most direct competitor to SETIC/POURTIER in twisting and stranding technology for the global cable industry.

Emerging players

• Komax Group: Swiss-based wire processing equipment manufacturer serving automotive and industrial wire harness markets. Adjacent rather than direct — overlaps in wire/cable manufacturing automation but focuses on processing rather than rotary stranding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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