What Maguin does

Maguin is a French manufacturer of custom industrial equipment for heavy process industries, founded in 1843 in Charmes, France, and operating since 1986 as a wholly-owned brand of the Moret Industries Group. The company designs, fabricates, delivers, assembles, supervises, and provides after-sales support for equipment used in sugar beet processing, fertilizer production, environmental applications, cement and lime, mining and quarrying, wood and paper, alcohol and bioconversion, and wind energy. Core product lines include rotary kilns and drums for calcination, drying, and granulation; complete sugar beet processing trains (root cutters, diffusion towers, washing drums, slicers); DUO and TRIO grinding systems for fertilizer and mineral processing; vertical lime kilns; ceramic filters; and the proprietary K-Maguin brand of knives and cutters. Its technology stack relies on in-house engineering (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Plan 4D, Ansys) supported by 25,000 m² of workshop space and an 80-ton lifting capacity across two production sites in Charmes (France) and Chełmża (Poland).

The company operates a turnkey project delivery model: equipment is quote-priced per project, with revenue drawn from one-time capital equipment sales, engineering and consulting services, JPi Maintenance aftermarket contracts, and spare parts/consumables (including K-Maguin branded tools). Customers are predominantly large industrial enterprises — sugar factories, fertilizer producers (notably MAP/DAP phosphate operations in Cartagena, Colombia), chemical processors (titanium powder calcination), and environmental installations — sold via direct enterprise field sales with multi-language commercial coverage in French, English, German, and Polish. Reference base includes 1,000+ completed projects exported to six continents since 1960.

Maguin's strategic posture is that of a mature niche industrial OEM extending an installed base rather than disrupting it. Growth vectors center on (a) geographic export of established product lines, (b) refurbishment and modernization of aging industrial assets, (c) maintenance and spare-parts annuity through JPi Maintenance, and (d) continued bolt-on acquisitions under the Moret Industries umbrella to fold in adjacent process technologies (lime kilns via FDI, vibrating filters via Remex, bioethanol via Intéris, sugar industry maintenance via JPi). The business does not compete on software or AI; differentiation rests on engineering depth, capital-intensive fabrication infrastructure, and 183 years of category-specific expertise.

Name

Maguin

Legal name

SAS MAGUIN

Website

https://maguin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1843

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Maguin is a French custom industrial equipment manufacturer (founded 1843) serving sugar, fertilizer, chemical, environmental, and heavy process industries with turnkey design-to-delivery projects, spare parts, and aftermarket maintenance across France, Poland, and export markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Charmes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Manufacturing: Design, fabrication and sale of industrial equipment including rotary kilns, sugar processing machinery, fertilizer equipment, and custom heavy equipment. One-time capital equipment sales with turnkey project delivery.
2. Engineering and Consulting Services: Comprehensive engineering services from basic design to detailed engineering, mechanical calculations, process optimization, and audit services. Includes installation supervision and commissioning support.
3. Maintenance and After-Sales Service: Preventive and corrective maintenance services, equipment refurbishment, and technical assistance. JPi Maintenance subsidiary (founded 2002) specializes in sugar industry maintenance.
4. Spare Parts and Consumables: Manufacturing and distribution of spare parts for Maguin equipment with dedicated stock management for rapid availability. K-Maguin brand consumables including knives, cutters, and maintenance tools.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Maguin designs, manufactures and delivers turnkey industrial equipment for sugar processing, fertilizer production, environmental applications and other heavy industries, with deep specialization in sugar beet processing lines, rotary kilns, lime kilns, grinding systems and proprietary cutting tools. The company also provides engineering, consulting, installation supervision, commissioning, spare parts and preventive/corrective maintenance services through its subsidiaries across two production sites in France and Poland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sugar Beet Processing Equipment Complete sugar beet processing line including rotary root cutters, diffusion towers, washing drums, beet slicers, extraction equipment and Maguin diffusion technologies for sweet juice extraction, supplied to sugar factories, refineries and distilleries for new installations and modernization projects.
• Rotary Kilns and Drums Design, manufacturing, maintenance, auditing and refurbishment of rotary drums and kilns for calcination, drying and granulation processes used in sugar, fertilizer, chemical and environmental applications.
• DUO and TRIO Grinder Systems High-efficiency grinding systems for raw material reduction in fertilizer and mineral processing applications, including use in phosphate (MAP and DAP) fertilizer production.
• Lime Kiln Systems Vertical lime kilns and associated lime milk preparation equipment for sugar factories and industrial lime production, leveraging Fours Delot International (FDI) technology acquired in 1994.
• K-Maguin Industrial Knives and Cutters Proprietary K-Maguin branded line of industrial knives, cutters and milling tools for cutting equipment, including knives for root cutters and beet processing, sold as spare parts and consumables with dedicated stock management for rapid availability.
• Ceramic Filters Fine separation and clarification equipment for industrial processes, supplied into Maguin's environmental and water treatment process offerings.
• Bioethanol and Rectified Alcohol Production Units Process units for bioethanol and rectified alcohol production using multiple raw materials (sugar beet, sugar cane, cereals, sorghum and cassava), designed and delivered through Maguin's Intéris subsidiary established in 1989 and integrated in 2000.
• Environmental Processing Equipment Equipment for environmental applications including bioreactors, incinerators, flue gas treatment, waste processing equipment, biogas installations and ceramic filters for water treatment and co-product recovery.
• Heavy Steel Structures for Wind Energy Large-scale steel structures including seafastening, lifting systems, transport cradles and offshore securing structures for onshore and offshore wind farm applications, leveraging the company's heavy fabrication capabilities.
• Engineering and Consulting Services Comprehensive engineering and consulting services covering basic design, detailed engineering, mechanical calculations, process optimization and audit services, including installation supervision and commissioning support for client projects.
• Industrial Maintenance Services (JPi Maintenance) Preventive and corrective maintenance services, equipment refurbishment and technical assistance for industrial clients, with specialization in the sugar industry through the JPi Maintenance subsidiary founded in 2002 and integrated in 2015.

Quantifiable outcome

• Root cutter throughput of 600 tons/day achieved with rotary root cutter invention in 1918
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Moret IndustriescoreOthersMaguin is a brand of Moret Industries group. The acquisition by Moret Industries in 1986 allowed the group to diversify its activities which had previously focused on industrial pumps and sugar factory handling systems. Maguin operates as a subsidiary within the industrial group's portfolio.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ANDRITZ AG: Global Austrian industrial group with a large Sugar & Biofuels division offering complete processing lines (diffusers, mills, dryers, centrifuges) directly comparable to Maguin's sugar beet processing equipment portfolio. Operates at much larger scale but addresses the same industrial customers with similar turnkey delivery models.
• Fives Group: French-headquartered industrial engineering group with a dedicated Sugar/Biofuels business providing evaporation, crystallization, and process equipment to sugar producers. Same home market as Maguin, same turnkey industrial customer base, and overlapping product categories (drying, processing lines).
• BMA Braunschweig: German specialist in sugar beet processing equipment — diffusion, extraction, and drying technology — competing head-to-head with Maguin's sugar beet processing line. Comparable niche scale, same core customer base, and same product categories (diffusion towers, beet processing machinery).
• Putsch Group: German specialist manufacturer of sugar processing equipment including beet slicers, knives, and diffusion equipment — direct overlap with Maguin's K-Maguin knife brand and beet processing portfolio. Family-owned mid-size peer with similar vertical focus.
• Dedert Corporation: US-based specialist in evaporation, crystallization, and drying equipment for the sugar industry — directly comparable to Maguin's sugar processing line scope. Smaller and more geographically focused, but technically similar turnkey delivery model for industrial sugar customers.
• Hiller GmbH: German manufacturer of decanter centrifuges and separation equipment for sugar, food, and chemical processing. Comparable specialty mid-size manufacturer with overlapping product technology (separation/clarification) and shared industrial customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Bühler Group: Swiss global leader in food processing and feed equipment with adjacent sugar processing capabilities and broader portfolio across grains, chocolate, and pasta. Much larger scale and broader scope, but competes with Maguin on industrial food processing equipment for similar enterprise customers.
• GEA Group: Large German industrial equipment maker with separation, drying, and processing technology for food/dairy/sugar industries. Competes with Maguin in evaporation, drying, and processing equipment, but at much larger scale and across a broader industrial portfolio.
• Alfa Laval: Swedish global supplier of heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling equipment used widely in sugar refining, fertilizer, and chemical processing. Larger scale and broader industrial portfolio but offers overlapping processing equipment (centrifuges, heat exchangers, decanters) used by Maguin's same end customers.
• Syntegon (formerly Bosch Packaging Technology): Large German process and packaging equipment manufacturer serving confectionery, food, and pharma industries. Adjacent rather than directly overlapping with Maguin's sugar beet processing focus, but competes in sugar/confectionery downstream equipment for similar industrial customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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