SF2M

What SF2M does

SF2M (Société Française de Métallurgie et de Matériaux, French Society of Metallurgy and Materials) is a non-profit scientific association (association loi 1901, à but non lucratif, d'intérêt général) founded in January 1945 and headquartered at 28 rue Saint Dominique, 75007 Paris. It serves as France's primary scientific society at the interface of academia and industry for all materials domains — metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and multimaterials — convening approximately 1,000 individual members from academic and industrial sectors alongside 15 partner organizations (industrial groups and federations such as ArcelorMittal, Safran, EDF, Framatome, Constellium, Aubert & Duval, Saint-Gobain PAM, Ascometal, Aperam, Vallourec, and CEA). SF2M is a founding member of FEMS (Federation of European Materials Societies) and FFM (Fédération Française des Matériaux), giving it an institutional role in European and French materials federation governance.

The society's product portfolio is built around community- and content-driven services rather than commercial technology. Core offerings include a bimonthly electronic SF2MInfo journal, a recurring webinar series (1-2 sessions per month on fixed Tuesday slots), over 30 conferences and thematic days annually (with cumulative attendance exceeding 2,000 in 2023), five regional sections (Est, Nord, Ouest, Sud-Est, Sud-Ouest), and a network of 25+ thematic commissions spanning alloy elaboration, casting, rolling, additive manufacturing, fatigue, phase transformations, coatings, refractory ceramics, powders/sintered materials, architectured materials, aerospace and health materials, characterization, and numerical materials. Recognition programs include the Grande Médaille (its highest honor), the Prix Jacquet (annual scientific image competition decided by member vote), specialty medals (Chaudron, Bastien & Guillet, Sainte-Claire Deville, Jean et André Rist), the Bodycote-SF2M prize, the ArcelorMittal-Pierre Vayssière prize, and the DEFI Matériaux student competition (launched 2023). Supporting infrastructure includes a digital Médiathèque library, a Société website at sf2m.fr, LinkedIn/X/YouTube channels, and partnerships with GFC, 3AF, and academic networks (GDR CarMaNano, GDR NAME, PEPR DIADEM, DIM MaTerRe).

Revenue is generated through two principal streams: (1) recurring subscription-style membership dues from individuals and partner organizations, and (2) professional-services income from organizing and co-organizing scientific conferences, colloquia, and thematic days. No public pricing for memberships or event fees is disclosed. SF2M is staffed by a small Secretariat team (1-10 employees) and governed by an elected bureau and council, with two-year presidential terms (most recent succession: Eric Le Bourhis → Danièle Quantin 2019-2021 → Bruno Chenal 2021 → Anna Fraczkiewicz as of 2024). The organization celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2025.

Name

SF2M

Legal name

Société Française de Métallurgie et de Matériaux

Website

https://sf2m.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SF2M is a French non-profit scientific association (founded 1945) serving as France's primary professional society at the academia-industry interface for metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites, convening ~1,000 individual members and 15 industrial partner organizations through conferences, journals, webinars, and awards.

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Headquarters

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Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

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B2B

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from approximately 1000 individual members (from industrial and academic sectors) and 15 partner organizations (industrial groups and federations).
2. Conference and Event Organization: Organizing and co-organizing scientific conferences, colloquia, and thematic days generates revenue. In 2023, over 30 colloquia and thematic days were organized with cumulative participation of over 2000 people.

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Core offering

SF2M is a French non-profit scientific association founded in 1945 that operates as a professional society for materials science and metallurgy. It serves approximately 1,000 individual members from academia and industry plus 15 partner organizations, organizing scientific conferences, publishing a bimonthly journal (SF2MInfo), running monthly webinars, maintaining thematic commissions covering all materials domains, administering awards and medals, and facilitating industry-academia networking. The society functions as a knowledge-dissemination and community-building platform rather than a commercial product provider.

Product overview

SF2M (Société Française de Métallurgie et de Matériaux) is a non-profit scientific association founded in 1945 that serves as France's primary professional society for materials science and metallurgy. Rather than offering a commercial technology product, SF2M provides a comprehensive portfolio of member services including the bimonthly SF2MInfo journal, online webinars (SF2M Webinaires), and access to 25+ thematic commissions covering specialized materials topics. The association organizes major annual events including the Journées Annuelles, the Rencontres Matériaux et Société public engagement series, and awards programs (Prix et Médailles including the Grande Médaille, Prix Jacquet for scientific imaging, and the DEFI Matériaux student competition). SF2M also maintains the Médiathèque digital repository and supports five regional sections (Est, Nord, Ouest, Sud-Est, Sud-Ouest) alongside the national network. The society functions as a knowledge-sharing platform connecting approximately 1000 individual members from industry and academia with 15 industrial partner organizations.

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Products and services

• SF2MInfo Journal A bimonthly electronic newsletter sent to all SF2M members containing news about SF2M activities, thematic commission updates, regional section activities, conferences, theses listings, and occasionally technical/scientific articles. Targeted at SF2M's individual members from industrial and academic worlds.
• SF2M Webinars (Webinaires SF2M) Online webinars covering all materials topics (metals, ceramics, polymers, multimaterials, composites) with 1-2 sessions per month held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 13h-14h. Features industrial visions and recent scientific advances, accessible via videoconference platform and open to all with online registration. Targeted at the materials science research and industrial community.
• Thematic Commissions (Commissions Thématiques) SF2M organizes thematic commissions covering various materials science areas including metallic alloy elaboration, casting and solidification, rolling, metallic thin sheets, solid-state welding, additive manufacturing, fatigue, phase transformations, coatings, refractory ceramics, powders and sintered materials, architectured materials, materials for aerospace, health materials, numerical materials, texture-anisotropy, indentation, stress analysis, and materials with large instruments. Targeted at specialized members of the materials community.
• Prix et Médailles SF2M Annual awards and medals recognizing outstanding researchers in materials science, including: Grande Médaille, Médaille Georges Chaudron, Médaille Bastien & Guillet, Médaille Sainte-Claire Deville, Médaille Jean et André Rist, Prix Dalla Torre, Prix Bodycote-SF2M, and Prix ArcelorMittal-Pierre Vayssière. Targeted at researchers in materials science and metallurgy.
• Rencontres Matériaux et Société Annual public engagement events organized by SF2M associated with the awards ceremony, bringing together industry, academia, and society to discuss materials-related topics. Themes have included 'Le Choix raisonné des matériaux' (2022), 'Matériaux et Énergie' (2023), and 'Matériaux pour Mobilité durable' (2025). Targeted at the broader public and the materials community.
• DEFI Matériaux An annual student competition inviting final-year university students (Master's or engineering school) to work in teams on materials science challenges. Prizes of €300 per student are awarded to winning teams, who also present at SF2M conferences. Topics have included materials recycling (2024) and reparability (2025). Sponsored by CEA. Targeted at final-year university students.
• Prix Jacquet An annual image competition where SF2M members submit photographs of materials (metals, ceramics, polymers, composites), with winners selected by anonymous vote of all members. Includes a published booklet of all submitted images. Targeted at SF2M members and the materials science imaging community.
• Médiathèque A digital library providing access to SF2M scientific documents, publications, and multimedia resources for members and the materials science community. Includes scientific editions SF2M and the 'Matériaux Innovants' collection. Targeted at SF2M members and researchers.

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Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FEMS (Fédération Européenne des Sociétés de Matériaux)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1945SF2M is a founding member of FEMS (Federation of European Materials Societies). FEMS is the European umbrella organization for materials societies, connecting SF2M to the broader European and international materials science community. SF2M participates in FEMS Junior EUROMAT conferences and FEMS-related activities.
• FFM (Fédération Française des Matériaux)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1945SF2M is a founding member of FFM (Fédération Française des Matériaux), which groups 26 scientific and technical associations concerned with materials. FFM organizes the international MATÉRIAUX conference every four years. SF2M is part of this collective materials voice in France.
• GFC (Groupe Français de Céramique)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSF2M co-publishes job/training offers and the media library with GFC. The two societies share content and collaborate on joint initiatives including the joint SF2M-GFC event agenda page.
• CEA (Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEA is listed as a supporting partner of SF2M. CEA sponsored the DEFI Matériaux 2023-24 student competition (€300 per student award). CEA researchers participate in SF2M commissions and conferences.
• ArcelorMittalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArcelorMittal is listed as a supporting partner of SF2M and contributed pieces to the 'La Métallurgie, quel avenir!' exposition. ArcelorMittal also sponsors the Prix ArcelorMittal Pierre Vayssière awarded by SF2M.
• Aubert & DuvalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAubert & Duval is a supporting partner of SF2M and was a Titanium 2019 conference sponsor. The company contributed a titanium landing gear part from Airbus A350 to the metallurgical exposition.
• ConstelliumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstellium is listed as a supporting partner of SF2M and contributed to the 'La Métallurgie, quel avenir!' exposition. A Constellium researcher (Christine Nardin) won the first Prix Jacquet 2021.
• SafranminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSafran is a supporting partner of SF2M and contributed a helicopter engine to the metallurgical exposition. Safran engineers actively participate in SF2M's Fatigue Commission and Spring Days conferences.
• AscometalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAscometal (Schmolz + Bickenbach) is listed as a supporting partner of SF2M and contributed to the metallurgical exposition. Ascometal is a European leader in special long steels.
• EDFminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEDF is listed as a supporting partner of SF2M. EDF researchers are involved in the SF2M Young Group (Groupe Jeunes) as coordinators and mentors.
• FramatomeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFramatome is listed as a supporting partner of SF2M and participates in SF2M conferences on topics such as hydrogen embrittlement of martensitic steels.
• AperamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAperam is listed as a supporting partner of SF2M.
• VallourecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVallourec is listed as a supporting partner of SF2M.
• Saint-Gobain PAMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSaint-Gobain PAM is listed as a supporting partner of SF2M and contributed colored ductile iron castings to the 'La Métallurgie, quel avenir!' exposition.
• BodycoteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBodycote co-sponsors the Prix Bodycote-SF2M awarded annually to young researchers in materials science.
• 3AF (Association Aéronautique Astronautique de France)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSF2M is a co-signatory of the Palais de la Découverte tribune alongside 3AF and other scientific societies, demonstrating collaborative engagement on science communication issues.
• Usbek & Rica / DIM MaTerReminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSF2M partnered with Usbek & Rica (media exploring the future) and DIM MaTerRe to organize a 'Tribunal pour les Générations Futures' (Tribunal for Future Generations) at the 2024 Annual Days, debating whether new materials still need to be invented.
• GDR CarMaNano / GDR NAMEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSF2M, through its events calendar, promotes the CarmaSchool 2026 summer school organized by GDR CarMaNano in partnership with GDR NAME on characterization and measurement at the nanometric scale.
• PEPR DIADEMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSF2M, in collaboration with the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC), promotes the CAICOR workshop organized by PEPR DIADEM on artificial intelligence applications in corrosion, scheduled for September 10, 2026 in Dublin.

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Direct peers

• Fédération Française des Matériaux (FFM): FFM groups 26 French scientific and technical associations in materials, including SF2M as a founding member. It organizes the international MATÉRIAUX conference every four years. Direct institutional peer and partner.
• European Federation of Corrosion (EFC): EFC is the European federation for corrosion science and engineering. It co-hosts events with SF2M (e.g., the CAICOR workshop on AI in corrosion in Dublin 2026). Overlapping topic and conference-program peer.
• Groupe Français de la Céramique (GFC): GFC is the French ceramics society that jointly developed the sf2m.fr WordPress site with SF2M in 2018 and co-publishes job/training listings and the media library. Direct thematic-overlap peer within the same French ecosystem.
• TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society): TMS is the US-based professional society for minerals, metals, and materials scientists. Like SF2M, it organizes annual conferences (MS&T), publishes journals (JOM, JEMS), runs awards (Fellows, Acta Materialia awards), and serves as the interface between academia and industry. Most direct international functional analog to SF2M.
• ASM International: ASM International is the global materials information society, providing peer-reviewed journals, conferences (MS&T co-organizer), and chapter networks. Directly comparable to SF2M in mission (advancing materials knowledge) and operating model (society, journals, conferences, awards).
• Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS): FEMS is the European umbrella of which SF2M is a founding member. It organizes EUROMAT and Junior EUROMAT congresses and connects national materials societies across Europe. Direct institutional peer and partner.

Regional players

• Japan Institute of Metals (JIM): JIM is the Japanese equivalent professional society for metals and materials, with conferences (M&M), journals, and strong industrial-academic linkages. Functional analog to SF2M with a Japanese geographic base.
• DGM (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde): DGM is the German materials science and engineering society. Comparable to SF2M in conference programming, thematic committees, awards, and industry-academia interface — but operating primarily in Germany rather than France.
• Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3): IOM3 is the UK-based professional body for materials, minerals, and mining. It runs journals (Ironmaking & Steelmaking, Surface Engineering), conferences, awards, and a membership network — closely parallel to SF2M but focused on the UK.

Others

• Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France (3AF): 3AF is a fellow French scientific society co-signatory with SF2M on the Palais de la Découverte tribune on science communication. Comparable as a French learned society with overlapping aerospace/membership interests, but distinct domain focus.

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