ZEDES

What ZEDES does

ZEDES (Groupe Zedes) is a privately held French industrial group founded in 1995 and headquartered in Montréal La Cluse (Ain, France), operating within the Plastics Vallée precision-mold cluster. The company designs and manufactures precision metal molds used to injection-mold thermoplastic and thermoset parts, with in-house capabilities spanning co-design, rheological analysis, CAD-Mould injection simulation, and large-scale tooling up to 4.5 tonnes. Production is organized across five workshops (ZS Mold Beard, Montréal, Oyonnax, Lavancia, plus ZSI), backed by a central design office with 6 designers, 42 mold technicians, and substantial machining capacity including 17 CNC machining centers (with 5-axis capability), 6 wire EDM, and 6 sinker EDM.

The group's commercial focus is on B2B custom mold projects serving five end-verticals — automotive (primary), cosmetics, optical, electrical/connectivity, and medical — with specialized variants in bi/tri-injection, LSR silicone overmolding, IMD/IMF decoration, insert overmolding, and thin-wall parts. Revenue is generated through one-time project-based contracts (typically multi-year) priced per mold according to complexity, size, number of cavities, and specifications; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Distribution is exclusively direct enterprise sales through four technical sales representatives, with no intermediaries or resellers.

The group was built through a sequence of acquisitions (SMBV in 2000, PG Moules in 2011, Gianni Moules in 2017) and the 2005 establishment of ZSI for low-cost-country outsourcing; ZSI and PG Moules merged in 2013. ZEDES is led by CEO Germain AMORIN at the holding level, with each workshop headed by a dedicated manager. The company is actively recruiting, suggesting ongoing capacity expansion, and operates exclusively in the French/European market with no disclosed presence in named geographies beyond FRA.

Name

ZEDES

Legal name

Zedes

Website

https://zedes.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ZEDES is a French precision metal mold manufacturer (founded 1995, ~62 employees) operating five workshops in the Plastics Vallée, designing custom injection molds for automotive, cosmetics, optical, medical, and electrical clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal La Cluse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom mold design and manufacturing: Design and manufacture of precision metal molds for thermoplastic injection on a project basis. Revenue is generated through one-time project fees for custom mold fabrication, typically with pricing based on complexity, size, and specifications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ZEDES designs and manufactures precision metal molds for injection molding of thermoplastics and thermosets. Core offerings include custom single-component injection molds, bi-injection and tri-injection molds, insert overmolding molds, Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) injection molds, and IMD/IMF decorative molds, with tooling capacity up to 4.5 tonnes for clients in the automotive, cosmetics, optical, electrical/connectivity, and medical sectors.

Product overview

ZEDES is a precision metal mold manufacturing group specialized in the design and production of high-precision molds for thermoplastic and thermoset injection. The company operates through five production workshops (ZS MOLD BEARD, ZS MOLD MONTREAL, ZS MOLD OYONNAX, ZS MOLD LAVANCIA, and ZSI) supported by a central design office. The core product portfolio includes injection molds, bi-injection and tri-injection molds, overmolding insert molds, LSR silicone injection molds, and IMD/IMF decoration molds, serving automotive, cosmetics, optical, electrical/connectivity, and packaging industries. Production capabilities include CNC milling (17 UGV centers plus 1 five-axis), EDM wire cutting and sinking (6 each), surface and cylindrical grinding, and CNC turning. The company also provides design office services including co-design and rheological analysis for product industrialization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Precision Metal Molds for Thermoplastic Injection

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Hasco Hasenclever GmbH + Co KG: German manufacturer of standardized mold components, hot runners, and ejector systems — adjacent supplier to European precision mold makers like ZEDES rather than a direct mold-making competitor.
• Meusburger Georg GmbH & Co KG: Austrian supplier of standardized mold bases, components, and hot-runner systems — adjacent enabler for the European mold-making industry in which ZEDES operates; serves as a key infrastructure supplier rather than direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Tecnomax Srl: Italian mold manufacturer specialized in LSR (liquid silicone rubber) and high-precision injection molds for medical and technical parts — directly comparable to ZEDES's LSR and medical-industry offerings.
• PLASTISUD SAS: French plastic injection mold maker with multi-workshop organization serving automotive and industrial customers — a same-country competitor operating from the same Plastics Vallée / southern France ecosystem as ZEDES.
• Simoldes Plásticos SA: Portuguese precision mold maker serving automotive, cosmetics, and packaging — closely comparable to ZEDES in customer verticals and in the Iberian/French plastics ecosystem.
• Braunform GmbH: German family-owned precision mold maker serving pharma, medical, cosmetics, and FMCG — directly comparable custom mold model with similar European specialty positioning to ZEDES.
• Foboha GmbH: German precision mold maker specializing in stack molds and multi-component (bi/tri) injection — directly overlaps ZEDES's bi/tri-injection and rotary mold product lines for European industrial customers.
• Schöttli AG: Swiss precision mold maker focused on medical-device, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical injection molds — competes with ZEDES in the medical segment and shares a similar high-mix/low-volume custom business model.
• Mateu & Solé SA: Spanish precision mold manufacturer with multi-site operations serving automotive and household appliance customers — directly comparable multi-workshop custom mold model with similar European regional footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. Canadian global leader in injection molding machines, hot runners, and complete mold systems for packaging, beverage, and medical — operates as a broader incumbent across the same injection-mold value chain that ZEDES serves at the custom shop level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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