FEMZ

What FEMZ does

FEMZ (Federación de Empresarios del Metal de Zaragoza), legally FEDERACIÓN DE EMPRESARIOS DEL METAL DE ZARAGOZA (CIF V50081033), is a non-profit trade association founded in 1977 and headquartered at C/ Santander 36, 2ª Planta, Zaragoza, Spain. It is registered with the Gobierno de Aragón's Registro de Asociaciones Empresariales and serves as the provincial employers' federation for the metal sector in Zaragoza province, Aragón. The organization provides a portfolio of member services including collective agreement administration, training plan certification under Article 50 of the Zaragoza Metal Industry Collective Agreement, payroll processing (Elaboración de Nóminas), free online labor-relations advisory, a whistleblower channel (Canal de Denuncias), and access to commercial discounts. Under the Metalízate sub-brand, FEMZ operates employment programs (PRO-IN, PRO-IN SECTORES II, PRO-IN+52), a job board (Bolsa de Empleo), the R3 (Renueva, Recicla, Regala) industrial-material donation platform connecting member companies with educational centers, work-experience programs, and the annual Premios Metalízate youth talent awards.

FEMZ generates revenue primarily through recurring annual membership fees paid by associated metal sector companies, supplemented by training service fees (with member discounts ranging from €5 to €135 per course relative to non-member pricing, and group training priced at €1,975–€2,310). Training is delivered via the Aula Virtual FEMZ platform and through a collaboration with Lacor Formación as entidad colaboradora. Public-sector funding flows through partnerships with INAEM (Instituto Aragonés de Empleo) for employment programs and with trade unions CCOO and UGT for collective agreement certification. Go-to-market is sales-led via direct outreach, industry events, and digital channels including the femz.es website, weekly email newsletters, and LinkedIn/Twitter/Facebook social media presence.

FEMZ holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, AENOR, IQNet, EFQM, and RSA certifications, signaling adherence to quality, environmental, and social responsibility standards. The organization employs 11–50 staff, is governed by a board led by President Benito Tesier, and is not publicly traded or backed by external investors. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the federation operates exclusively within the Spanish domestic market focused on the Zaragoza metal sector vertical.

Name

FEMZ

Legal name

FEDERACIÓN DE EMPRESARIOS DEL METAL DE ZARAGOZA

Website

https://femz.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FEMZ is a non-profit trade association founded in 1977 that serves metal sector employers in Zaragoza, Spain through membership-based services including collective agreement administration, Article 50 training certification, payroll processing, vocational training, and employment programs under the Metalízate sub-brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Association Services

NAICS

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals & Minerals (No Petroleum) (5050)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAKAFAN

ESG, Traceability & Certification Services (Responsible Sourcing)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Metals & Mining/Battery & Critical Minerals Mining (Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt, Graphite, Manganese, Rare Earths)

Keywords

• Trade association services
• Metal industry federation
• Vocational training programs
• Collective agreement management
• Employment placement services

Headquarters

HQ city

Zaragoza

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: FEMZ generates revenue through annual membership fees paid by associated metal sector companies. Members receive access to training programs, certification services for collective agreements, labor management services, and commercial advantages.
2. Training services: Training courses are offered both free and at subsidized rates for members, with higher pricing for non-members. Courses include technical skills (AutoCAD, programmable automata, welding, solar energy installation) and occupational risk prevention (PRL).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FEMZ (Federación de Empresarios del Metal de Zaragoza) is a non-profit trade association serving metal sector companies in the Zaragoza province of Spain. It provides member companies with vocational training (technical courses and occupational risk prevention), employment programs (job board, PRO-IN initiatives, internships), collective agreement certification under Article 50, payroll processing, online advisory, and a whistleblower channel. The federation also operates the Metalízate sub-brand focused on youth employment, training, and donation of industrial materials to educational centers.

Product overview

FEMZ (Federación de Empresas del Metal de Zaragoza) is a business federation serving the metal sector in Zaragoza, Spain. Rather than offering a unified software product, it provides a portfolio of member services organized under the MetalíZate brand. The core offerings include employment programs (PRO-IN, PRO-IN SECTORES II, PRO-IN+52, Work Experience, Bolsa de Empleo), the R3 donation platform for material reuse between companies and educational centers, the Premios MetalíZate awards program, and various training services (technical courses through Lacor Formación and PRL occupational risk prevention courses). Additional services include free online advisory, payroll processing, whistleblower channel management, and collective agreement information. The organization functions as an association services platform rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MetaliZate: Employment and training initiative under FEMZ focused on youth employment, work experience programs, and connecting educational centers with metal sector companies.
• MetalíZate

Products and services

• FEMZ Membership Annual membership in the Federation of Metal Companies of Zaragoza providing member companies with access to training programs, collective agreement certification under Article 50, labor management services, advisory, and commercial discounts.
• Cursos Programados (Scheduled Training Courses) Scheduled vocational training courses covering technical skills such as AutoCAD, programmable automata, solar photovoltaic installation, welding techniques, industrial electrical maintenance, KNX domotics, pneumatics, and robotics, delivered in collaboration with Lacor Formación.
• Cursos PRL (Occupational Risk Prevention Training) Occupational risk prevention training programs including initial and recycling courses for office personnel, executives, production/maintenance workers, forklift operation, mechanical maintenance, and Prevention Delegate certification.
• Elaboración de Nóminas (Payroll Processing) Payroll processing service for member companies handling employee salary calculation and administration.
• Canal de Denuncias (Whistleblower Channel) Whistleblower channel enabling member companies to manage internal reporting systems in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Asesoría Online Gratuita (Free Online Advisory) Free online advisory service for member companies providing guidance on labor relations, collective agreements, and sector-specific regulatory compliance.
• Bolsa de Empleo (Job Board) Online job board connecting metal sector companies seeking workers with job seekers, operated under the Metalízate employment initiative.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lacor FormacióncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLacor Formación serves as the collaborating entity (entidad colaboradora) for FEMZ's scheduled training courses (Cursos Programados). They provide information about course contents and objectives through their website. This partnership enables FEMZ to deliver technical vocational training in areas such as AutoCAD, programmable automata, welding, and solar energy installation.
• Instituto Aragonés de Empleo (INAEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEMZ collaborates with INAEM (Government of Aragon's Employment Institute) to deliver free employment programs including PRO-IN (integral employment programs), PRO-IN SECTORES II (production industrial sector), and PRO-IN+52 (for people over 52 years old). These programs are funded by the Government of Aragon and provide vocational training and job placement services.
• CCOO and UGT Trade UnionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnder Article 50 of the collective agreements, FEMZ collaborates with trade unions UGT and Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) as alternative authorized entities for issuing training plan certifications. Companies can obtain their required training certifications through FEMZ or through the union-affiliated training plans.
• Fundación del Metal para la Formación, Cualificación y el Empleo (FMF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFMF serves as the competent body for issuing training certifications for companies with their own training plans that are not FEMZ members and do not participate in UGT or UGT plans. This is a transitional arrangement under the collective agreement framework.
• Educational Centers (Centros Formativos)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEMZ partners with professional training centers in Zaragoza province through the R3 (Renueva, Recicla, Regala) program. Member companies donate surplus industrial materials and equipment which are then provided to educational centers for practical training purposes, supporting vocational education in the metal sector.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• INAEM (Instituto Aragonés de Empleo): Aragón regional government's employment institute and primary funder of FEMZ's PRO-IN employment programmes. Strategic ecosystem partner rather than a competitor, but a critical counterpart for FEMZ's employment-services revenue line.
• Fundación del Metal para la Formación, Cualificación y el Empleo (FMF): National foundation explicitly named as a parallel certifier of training plans under the metal collective agreement framework alongside FEMZ. Functions as an alternative channel that competes for the same Article 50 certification revenue.
• CCOO Industria: Comisiones Obreras metal/industry federation—the trade-union counterpart authorised alongside FEMZ to issue Article 50 collective-agreement training certifications. Not a direct competitor for membership but a substitute channel for the same mandatory certification.
• UGT FICA: UGT's industry, construction and agriculture federation, the other trade-union counterpart authorised alongside FEMZ and CCOO to certify Article 50 training compliance. Alternative channel for the same regulatory requirement.

Broad incumbents

• CONFEMETAL: Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales del Metal, the Spanish national-level metal employers' confederation. FEMZ operates as a regional (Zaragoza) federation that interacts with CONFEMETAL, making it the closest broad-incumbent vertical peer in the same industry representative function.
• CEOE Aragón: Aragón regional confederation of employers' organisations. FEMZ is a member of CEOE Aragón's ecosystem; it represents the broader (cross-sector) employer-association analogue sitting one tier above FEMZ's metal-specific scope.

Direct peers

• FEMPA: Federación de Empresarios del Metal de la Provincia de Alicante. A provincial-level metal employers' federation in Spain offering the same mix of collective-agreement certification, training, advisory, and labour services that FEMZ offers in Zaragoza.
• FEMEVAL: Federación Empresarial Valenciana del Metal, the metal employers' federation for the Valencia region. Highly comparable to FEMZ in scope (collective bargaining, training, advisory) but operating in the Comunidad Valenciana instead of Aragón.
• FVEM (Federación Vizcaína de Empresas del Metal): Basque Country metal employers' federation. One of the most established Spanish provincial metal federations; comparable to FEMZ in offering collective-agreement management, training programmes, and member services within its territory.

Regional players

• AIMME: Instituto Tecnológico Metalmecánico, a metal-sector technology and training centre based in Valencia. Comparable in sector focus (metalmecánica) and training provision, but operates as a technology institute rather than an employers' federation; useful adjacent peer for FEMZ's training and certification scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FEMZaragoza
• Facebookfacebook.com/FEMZaragoza
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/femzaragoza

Compliance5 records

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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