Conflandey Industries

What Conflandey Industries does

Conflandey Industries is a French steel wire drawing (tréfilerie) manufacturer headquartered in Amoncourt, Haut-Saône, France, with a second production facility in Port d'Atelier and a commercial office in Fontenay-sous-Bois. Founded in 1901 and acquired by the German steel group Saarstahl in 2006, the company operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary with reported share capital of EUR 7,500,000 and approximately 300 employees. Its core technology is the patented drawing process: steel wire rod sourced directly from Saarstahl is heated to 1000°C and quenched in a molten lead bath at 550°C, producing consistent drawn wire with controlled mechanical properties. Annual capacity is approximately 60,000 tons and 15 million kilometers of drawn wire, organized across more than 2,000 product references.

The company supplies B2B industrial customers across automotive (tire reinforcement, blind rivets, armoring), food processing (packaging wire, processing equipment components), office equipment (office and industrial staples, paper clip wire, stitching wire), telecommunications (submarine fiber optic cable armor), health protection (surgical mask wire), and agriculture (fencing, mesh, sieve, market gardening). End-applications span tire reinforcement, bed frames, bicycle spokes, pasta bag closures, pen springs, stapling, and book stitching. Distribution is direct via regional sales representatives covering distinct territories (Germany/Austria/Switzerland, France North/South, USA/Canada, Southern Europe, Africa, Scandinavia, Asia-Pacific), supported by a multilingual website offering downloadable technical specifications and direct RFQ submission. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

Revenue is reported at approximately EUR 80 million, with approximately 70% derived from exports to 50 countries and a customer base of approximately 450 accounts; a dozen buyers account for roughly 40% of orders, indicating meaningful but not extreme concentration. The company holds ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environmental), and Ecovadis Silver (sustainability) certifications, and reports an 82% French Professional Equality Index. The business model is hardware sales of physical industrial inputs rather than software, services, or licensing, with no disclosed subscription, recurring, or platform revenue streams.

Name

Conflandey Industries

Legal name

Conflandey Industries

Website

https://conflandey-industries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1901

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Conflandey Industries is a French steel wire drawing (tréfilerie) manufacturer producing over 2,000 wire references for automotive, food processing, office equipment, telecommunications, health protection, and agriculture, exporting roughly 70% of output to about 50 countries under Saarstahl ownership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Amoncourt

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Steel Wire Manufacturing and Sales: Manufacturing and direct sale of drawn steel wire products. The company produces over 2,000 different wire references for various industries including automotive, food processing, office equipment, telecommunications, health protection, and agriculture. Exports account for approximately 70% of turnover.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Conflandey Industries is a French steel wire drawing (tréfilerie) manufacturer that produces over 2,000 different drawn wire references for industrial buyers. The company operates two production facilities in eastern France (Amoncourt and Port d'Atelier) and draws wire rod sourced from Saarstahl into specialized wire products used in automotive, food processing, office equipment, telecommunications, health protection, and agriculture sectors.

Product overview

Conflandey Industries is a French wire drawing (trefilerie) company manufacturing over 2,000 wire references across diverse industries. The company produces drawn steel wire at two facilities (Conflandey and Port d'Atelier), with annual production of 60,000 tons of steel wire, of which 40,000 tons are exported to 50 countries worldwide. The product portfolio includes: office and industrial staple wires (office staple, light industrial staple, carton staple, heavy industrial staple), glued band products, redraw wire, stitching wire, boxstay wire, wooden crate stapling wire, brush wires (round and anchoring types), mesh and fence wire, sieve wire, spring wire, welding wire, baling wire, hose wire, spoke wire, automotive wire products, casing wire, steel mattress wire, paper clip wire, and submarine cable wire. The company offers customization capabilities through their versatile manufacturing process, producing bespoke wires for specific customer requirements across automotive, food processing, office equipment, telecommunications, health protection, and agricultural sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Office Staple Wire

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• voestalpine: Austrian integrated steel and technology group with a wire products division serving automotive, construction, and industrial end-markets. Operates in similar European markets and shares overlap in specialty drawn wire.
• Tata Steel: Indian-headquartered global steel major with wire products serving automotive, construction, and industrial end-markets. Comparable as a vertically integrated steel group with downstream wire drawing.
• Leggett & Platt: Diversified US manufacturer with a wire products segment serving bedding, furniture, automotive, and industrial markets. Comparable in drawn wire applications for consumer and industrial end-products.
• Saarstahl: Parent company and German steel group with own wire drawing and special steel operations. Operates upstream (steel wire rod supply) and adjacent wire product lines, making it both a parent and an industry peer.
• ArcelorMittal: World's largest steelmaker with downstream wire and wire products operations. Overlaps in industrial wire drawing serving automotive and construction end-markets, though far broader in scope.
• Kobe Steel: Japanese integrated steelmaker with specialty wire rod and drawn wire operations serving automotive and industrial markets. Comparable in specialty high-tensile wire capabilities.

Direct peers

• Bekaert: Belgian-headquartered global leader in steel wire drawing and coating, with comparable product breadth (tire reinforcement, industrial wire, fencing) and similar export-driven multinational footprint. Closest direct comparable to Conflandey in scale and product mix.
• WireCo WorldGroup: Global manufacturer of wire rope, synthetic rope, and engineered wire products serving industrial, mining, and offshore markets. Comparable in specialty wire applications and global commercial reach.
• Insteel Industries: US-based manufacturer of steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction and industrial applications. Comparable as a specialty wire products manufacturer serving construction and industrial end-markets.
• Bridon-Bekaert: JV combining Bridon's rope products and Bekaert's steel wire technologies, focused on high-performance wire and synthetic rope for mining, offshore, and industrial sectors. Comparable in specialty industrial wire applications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ConflandeyI

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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