La Goupille Cannelée

What La Goupille Cannelée does

La Goupille Cannelée (also operating as LGC Industries) is a French precision fastening and turned-parts manufacturer founded in 1934 and headquartered in Avrillé, France. The company designs and produces grooved pins, dowel pins, threaded inserts, spacers, and custom machined components, serving a customer base across automotive, industrial, mechatronics, medical, and construction end-markets. Named customers include Schneider Electric, Tefal, Renault, Bosch, Continental, Siemens, Stellantis, Ford, Linamar, and Trigano, with roughly 70% of revenue generated internationally across 40+ countries.

Operations are anchored by a fleet of 130 machines producing over one million parts per day by a team of 60 collaborators, using Escomatic bar turning, grooving, and centerless grinding processes. The company has built a proprietary product brand (Intervis® threaded inserts) and an in-house prototyping service (Protolab with simulation capabilities), supported by a multidisciplinary design office and a six-expert quality team. It holds IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, Ford Q1, and EcoVadis Silver certifications, qualifying it as a privileged supplier for major automotive and industrial OEMs.

The business model is a B2B custom and catalog precision-parts manufacturer: revenue is generated through direct enterprise sales to OEM and Tier 1 accounts over long qualification cycles, with PPAP/APQP documentation and quote-based custom-part pricing. Go-to-market relies on field sales, technical co-engineering via the design office, and a developing distribution channel. The CSR program dates to 2008 and the company is editorially led by Paul Gardette as Publishing Director.

Name

La Goupille Cannelée

Legal name

LGC

Website

https://lgc.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1934

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

La Goupille Cannelée is a French precision fastener manufacturer founded in 1934, producing grooved pins, dowel pins, threaded inserts, and custom turned parts for automotive, industrial, medical, and mechatronics customers in 40+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Fasteners and Assembly Components

NAICS

Precision Turned Product Manufacturing (332721), Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (332722), Machine Shops (332710), Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing (339993)

SIC

Bolts, Nuts, Screws, Rivets & Washers (3452), Screw Machine Products (3451)

akta.pro primary industry

Aerospace Fasteners & Hardware (IMABANAA)

Keywords

• Precision fasteners
• Grooved pins
• Threaded inserts
• Bar turning services
• Industrial fastening

Headquarters

HQ city

Avrillé

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Standard Fastener Sales: Sale of standard grooved pins, dowel pins, threaded inserts, and spacers manufactured to ISO/DIN specifications. One-time transaction model based on customer specifications and order quantities.
2. Custom Precision Parts Manufacturing: Bespoke fastener and precision component manufacturing to customer drawings and specifications. Includes metal shafts, assembled parts, and tubing. Full project lifecycle support from design co-development through production.
3. Precision Bar Turning Services: High-volume precision turning services using Escomatic and multi-spindle machines for small diameter parts (Ø 0.2-6mm). Economically advantageous from tens of thousands of parts, optimal for 100,000+ unit runs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

La Goupille Cannelée (LGC Industries) designs, manufactures, and optimizes precision fastening solutions including grooved pins (ISO 8739-8745, DIN 1470-1476), dowel pins (ISO 2338, ISO 8734), Intervis® threaded inserts, mechanical spacers, and custom precision turned parts. The company provides co-design, prototyping, and high-volume production (over 1 million parts per day) using 43 Escomatic bar turning machines, 38 grooving machines, 25 multi-spindle lathes, and 9 grinding machines, primarily serving automotive, industrial, mechatronics, medical, and construction sectors.

Product overview

LGC Industries (La Goupille Cannelée) is a designer and manufacturer of precision fastening solutions founded in 1934. The product portfolio centers on cylindrical fasteners including grooved pins (ISO/DIN standards and custom), dowel pins (cylindrical and ground), Intervis® threaded inserts, mechanical spacers and bushings, metallic axles, and custom precision parts. Manufacturing capabilities include Escomatic bar turning, multi-spindle turning, grooving, and centreless grinding, enabling production of over one million parts per day. The company operates 43 Escomatic machines, 25 multi-spindle lathes, 38 grooving machines, and 9 grinding machines, serving automotive, mechatronics, medical, and construction industries with IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 certified quality management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Intervis®: Proprietary threaded insert product line including self-tapping inserts and 3-hole series threaded inserts.
• Protolab

Products and services

• Grooved Pins (Goupilles cannelées) Precision cylindrical fasteners with grooves (1, 3, or 6 grooves at 120° intervals) created by cold plastic deformation, providing elastic tightening, vibration resistance, and reusability. Available in standard sizes per ISO/DIN standards (ISO 8739-8745, DIN 1470-1476) and custom configurations.
• Dowel Pins (Goupilles cylindriques et rectifiées) Cylindrical positioning and assembly pins including standard ISO 2338 (DIN 7) cylindrical pins and ground ISO 8734 (DIN 6325) precision pins achieving h6/m6 tolerances through centreless grinding.
• Intervis® Threaded Inserts Proprietary threaded insert system including self-tapping inserts, 3-hole series inserts, and custom Intervis® threaded inserts for creating internal threads in various materials.
• Spacers and Bushings (Entretoises mécaniques / Douilles) Mechanical spacers including plain spacers, ground bushings, threaded bushings, and self-tapping bushings in small diameters for automotive and mechatronics applications.
• Custom Pins and Parts (Goupilles sur mesure / Pièces sur mesure) Bespoke fastener solutions designed and manufactured to customer specifications, including custom grooved pins, custom threaded inserts, and custom spacers optimized for specific applications.
• Metallic Axles (Axe métallique) Machined metal shafts in small diameters (Ø 0.2 to 6 mm), available smooth or knurled, produced via Escomatic turning from coil wire for industrial applications.
• Precision Machining Services Precision machining capabilities including Escomatic bar turning (43 machines), multi-spindle turning (25 machines), grooving (38 machines), and centreless grinding (9 machines) for high-volume production of fasteners and precision components.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40% cost reduction at peak production for brake-assist system assembly
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Nocode FactoryminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWebsite development agency responsible for LGC company website development and maintenance.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SCHUNK: German manufacturer of precision workholding and gripping systems, including standard locating pins and bushings. Comparable to LGC in precision metal components for industrial automation, though broader in scope and tooling-focused.
• Misumi: Japan-headquartered catalog supplier of standard and configurable mechanical components, including pins and spacers. Comparable to LGC in serving mechatronics and industrial OEMs with small-diameter turned parts, but at vastly larger scale and via e-commerce catalog model.
• Bossard Group: Swiss-listed global fastener and assembly-technology distributor with deep European presence. Competes with LGC as a broader incumbent serving industrial OEMs, though via distribution and a wider product portfolio rather than in-house specialty pin manufacturing.
• Norelem: German catalog supplier of standard machine elements including dowel pins, bushings and spacers. Overlaps with LGC's spacer, bushing and dowel-pin product families, serving industrial OEMs and machinery builders across Europe.
• Würth Group: Global market leader in fastening and assembly materials, serving automotive, industrial and construction customers. Overlaps with LGC's automotive and industrial fastener business but operates at much greater scale and breadth, primarily as a distributor rather than niche manufacturer.

Direct peers

• Penn Engineering (PEM): US manufacturer of self-clinching fasteners and threaded inserts (PEM®, microPEM®). Direct overlap with LGC's Intervis® threaded-insert line, especially for sheet-metal and mechatronics applications.
• Groov-Pin Corporation: US-based specialty manufacturer of grooved pins, dowel pins and spring pins. Closest direct competitor to LGC, competing head-to-head in grooved-pin product lines and serving overlapping automotive and industrial customers.
• TFC Ltd: UK-based specialty fastener and turned-parts manufacturer serving automotive and industrial OEMs. Closely comparable to LGC as a mid-sized European precision-turning and fastener specialist.
• Felss Systems GmbH: German specialist in cold-forming and rotary swaging of metal components, including precision pins and shafts. Comparable to LGC in its use of proprietary cold-forming processes to produce high-strength fasteners and small-diameter turned parts for automotive and industrial customers.

Regional players

• Hohmann & Barnard: US-based manufacturer of masonry anchors, fasteners and reinforcing products for the construction industry. Comparable to LGC's construction segment in fastener type, but serves a different geography and use-case focus (building envelope rather than automotive).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lgcindustries

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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