What Femia Industry does

Femia Industry is a French industrial OEM founded in 1962 that designs, manufactures, and services bespoke processing lines for the fruit, vegetable, and protein sectors. The company operates from a headquarters in Rueil-Malmaison and an integrated manufacturing site in Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin (Hauts-de-France), where the entire production process is internalized under a single integrated design bureau ('bureau d'études'). Its product portfolio is organized around six line stages—reception, conveying, cleaning, sorting/calibration, cutting, and thermal treatment (blanching/cooling)—with proprietary families including multi-zone spray blanchers (B/BR series with energy-recovery versions achieving 20–25% energy savings), vibrating separators (TLM series), drum-based cutters (C32), and a range of conveyors, washers, and stone removers. Production lines are engineered for throughputs from 1 to 30 tonnes per hour, and the company maintains an OEM spare-parts inventory dating back to 1962 to support installed-base customers.

Femia generates revenue through three streams: (1) one-time sales of custom-designed production lines; (2) professional services including line audits, modernization, retrofit, and maintenance; and (3) recurring spare-parts supply. Pricing is quote-based with no public tiers, structured around multi-year contracts typical of industrial capital equipment. Distribution is exclusively direct, with a commercial team managing end-to-end client engagement from needs assessment through engineering liaison and after-sales support, supplemented by a network of locally-embedded specialist partners across 55 countries and 5 continents. Customer segments span large enterprise food processors (Bonduelle, McCain Foods, Kraft Heinz, General Mills, Del Monte, Ardo), agricultural cooperatives (Eureden), agri-food startups, and adjacent verticals including protein processing and pet food. Notable milestones include the 500th blancher installed and 25,000th equipment unit delivered in 2024, alongside a new production line commissioned in the Middle East.

Name

Femia Industry

Legal name

FEMIA

Website

https://femia.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Femia Industry is a French industrial OEM founded in 1962 that designs, manufactures, and services custom processing lines for fruit, vegetable, and protein producers worldwide, serving large enterprise food companies across 55 countries with throughputs of 1–30 tonnes per hour.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rueil-malmaison

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom production line design and manufacturing: Design, fabrication, and installation of bespoke industrial food processing production lines for fruits, vegetables, and proteins. Lines are complete, reliable, and personalized, designed for continuous preparation, transformation, and treatment from 1 to 30 tonnes per hour.
2. Line optimization and maintenance services: Audit, optimization, modernization, and maintenance services for existing machine parks. Includes reconditioning, retrofit, spare parts supply, and PDCA methodology for continuous improvement.
3. Spare parts: Complete and reactive stock of OEM spare parts maintained since 1962, including for oldest equipment. Enables rapid intervention for diagnosis, replacement, or refurbishment of worn parts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Femia Industry designs, engineers, and manufactures complete industrial process lines for the fruit, vegetable, and protein food-processing sectors. Its portfolio includes blanchers, coolers, washers, sorters/calibrators, cutters, and conveyors, delivered as integrated custom lines and complemented by line conception (Conception sur mesure) and line optimization (Optimisation de ligne) services.

Product overview

Femia Industry is a specialist in industrial food processing equipment, offering custom-designed production lines for fruits, vegetables, and proteins. The product portfolio centers on six core production line stages: Line Entry (TR10, TR20 hopers, foot separators), Conveyor Systems (vibrating, belt, bucket elevators, hydraulic elevators), Cleaning Equipment (cleaning drums TN series, washers L series, stone removers EH/EC series, air separators), Sorting and Calibration (vibrating separators, pod tables, cluster separators, graders, inspection tables), Cutting Machines (destemmers EG series, end-trimmers E series, cutters C series), and Thermal Treatment (blanchers B40/B41, coolers RE/RM series, combination blancher-coolers BR series). Services include custom line design (Conception sur mesure) and line optimization/maintenance (Optimisation de ligne). The company integrates Industry 5.0 principles including intelligent automation, hygienic design, operator ergonomics, and energy sobriety. With 60+ years of expertise, integrated design bureau, and manufacturing facility in Hauts-de-France, FEMIA serves customers in 55+ countries with production capacities from 1 to 30 t/h.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Blancher-refroidisseur (thermal treatment) systems Industrial blanching and cooling equipment used in fruit, vegetable, and protein processing lines for thermal inactivation and rapid cooling; sold as part of an integrated Femia processing line to industrial food manufacturers.
• Cutting equipment (decoupe) Industrial size-reduction and cutting machinery used to portion fruit, vegetable, and protein products; delivered as a station within a Femia processing line for food manufacturers.
• Sorting and calibration equipment (triage-calibrage) Sorting and size-calibration equipment used to grade fruit, vegetable, and protein products by quality and size; integrated into Femia processing lines for industrial food processors.
• Washing and decontamination equipment Industrial washing systems for cleaning and decontaminating fruits, vegetables, and proteins at line entry; supplied as a station within Femia processing lines.
• Conveying systems (convoyage) Sanitary conveying equipment that moves products between stations in a processing line; configured and supplied by Femia as part of integrated lines for food manufacturers.
• Line entry equipment (equipment d'entree de ligne) Specialized equipment for the entry section of a processing line, including product reception, de-stoning, and preparation steps preceding washing; installed by Femia as part of custom lines.
• Conception sur mesure (Custom line design service) Engineering service through which Femia designs custom processing lines tailored to a customer's product, capacity, and plant constraints; sold as a contract service to industrial food processors.
• Optimisation de ligne (Line optimization service) Service offering in which Femia audits and optimizes an existing processing line to improve throughput, yield, quality, and hygienic performance; delivered to industrial food manufacturers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Production lines from 1 to 30 tonnes per hour capacity
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• International Partner NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobally distributed network of partners embedded locally to ensure proximity and reactivity. Partners are specialists in their markets, enabling FEMIA to adapt equipment to local constraints, consumption habits, sanitary standards, and raw material specifications.
• CTCPA (Centre Technique de la Conservation des Produits Agricoles)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical Center for Preservation of Agricultural Products - partnership for technical expertise and validation in food processing technologies

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Heat and Control: US-based supplier of custom food processing equipment with strong vegetable and snack processing exposure. Comparable bespoke engineering approach serving global branded food manufacturers.
• CFT Group: Italy-based supplier of turnkey processing lines for tomatoes, fruits and vegetables. Direct competitor in thermal treatment and aseptic processing equipment for fruit/vegetable processors worldwide.
• Sorma Group: Italian-based equipment manufacturer specializing in post-harvest and processing equipment for fresh produce. Similar size profile and niche focus on fruit and vegetable processing equipment.
• Turatti Group: Italian manufacturer of custom processing lines for fruits and vegetables with similar scope (washing, sorting, cutting, thermal treatment). Comparable niche player serving global food processors with bespoke engineered solutions.

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Pak: Global leader in food processing and packaging, including fruit and vegetable thermal treatment. Overlaps with FEMIA in heat treatment and processing lines but operates at vastly greater scale across the full packaging value chain.
• GEA Group: Global industrial equipment leader with a large food processing and thermal treatment portfolio. Competes with FEMIA on large multi-line tenders from multinational food processors, but at vastly greater scale and broader scope.
• JBT Corporation: US-listed provider of food processing and protein equipment with thermal treatment capabilities. Competes in fruit/vegetable and broader food processing lines at much larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• Bühler Group: Swiss industrial equipment maker serving food processing including vegetable, grain and protein applications. Overlaps with FEMIA in food-grade processing equipment and competes on enterprise-scale projects globally.

Emerging players

• TOMRA: Norwegian leader in optical sorting and grading equipment for food, including vegetables. Overlaps with FEMIA's sorting/calibration product range but typically addresses higher-throughput and more automated sorting requirements.
• Key Technology (Duravant): Specialist in optical sorting and conveying for vegetable and fruit processors. Comparable in sorting/calibration segment but complementary rather than fully overlapping with FEMIA's thermal treatment focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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