SNEP

What SNEP does

SNEP (Syndicat National de l'Extrusion Plastique) is the French national trade association representing the PVC extrusion industry, headquartered in Paris and operating since 1964. Its members span three sections: compounders, extruders, and associate members in chemistry, lamination films, and recycling. The association's core deliverables include the QualiPVC fenêtre quality mark (registered at INPI on March 25, 2016, audited by SOCOTEC against NF EN 14351-1), standardized FDES Environmental and Health Declaration Sheets and ICV Life Cycle Inventories for PVC profiles, and a national network of 200+ PVC recycling collection points supporting 100,000+ tonnes of annual recycling.

SNEP's revenue model combines member cotisations (annual membership fees, not publicly disclosed) and QualiPVC fenêtre certification income consisting of annual brand right fees (€1,000-€10,000 scaled to daily window production volume) plus audit costs (€250 dossier fee and €1,000-€2,500 recurring audits). It goes to market primarily through its snep.org website, LinkedIn and Facebook (@SNEPQualiPVC), PR activity, and industry events, with certification serving as a bottom-of-funnel conversion vehicle that unlocks RGE qualification for installers and access to renovation market subsidies.

Strategically, SNEP has positioned itself around sustainability: it signed a June 2018 voluntary commitment to integrate at least 20% recycled PVC into profiles by 2025 under the European VinylPlus framework, and in December 2023 launched a decarbonation roadmap targeting a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. Leadership is led by President Nicolas Barros and Delegate General Nayla Sammour. SNEP is a private non-profit professional organization with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or external investors.

Name

SNEP

Legal name

SNEP – Syndicat National de l'Extrusion Plastique

Website

https://snep.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SNEP is the French national trade association for the PVC extrusion industry, representing compounders, extruders, and associate members through the QualiPVC fenêtre certification mark, standardized FDES environmental declarations, and a national PVC recycling network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Industry Trade Association (PVC profile extrusion)

NAICS

Business Support Services (5614)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Electrical Conduit & Raceway Systems (PVC/HDPE) (IMANADAC)

Keywords

• PVC extrusion profiles
• Industry trade association
• Window profile certification
• Plastic recycling network
• Environmental product declarations

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SNEP is the French national trade association for PVC profile extrusion, providing the QualiPVC fenêtre certification mark, standardized FDES and ICV environmental documentation, and operating the RE-VERT national recycling network for end-of-life PVC windows. The organization represents its member companies (compounders, extruders, finishers) and promotes PVC profiles as a sustainable, recyclable, low-maintenance material for windows, shutters, and similar building applications.

Product overview

SNEP (Syndicat National de l'Extrusion Plastique) is a French industry association representing the PVC extrusion sector. Rather than a unified platform product, SNEP's portfolio comprises certification and declaration services (FDES environmental sheets, QualiPVC fenêtre quality mark), strategic environmental initiatives (decarbonation roadmap), and coordination of industry-wide recycling infrastructure. Member companies produce extruded PVC profiles across diverse applications including windows, tubes, fittings, building facades, electrical conduits, and fencing, organized into three sections: Compounders, Extruders, and Associate Members covering chemistry, lamination films, and recycling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• QualiPVC fenêtre: A collective brand belonging to SNEP that provides a quality sign for PVC windows, demonstrating 'quality and traceability' of production. Deposited at INPI on March 25, 2016.

Products and services

• QualiPVC fenêtre certification mark
• FDES - Fiche de Déclaration Environnementale et Sanitaire for PVC profiles and windows
• ICV - Inventaire de Cycle de Vie for PVC profile factory output
• RE-VERT national PVC profile and window recycling network
• SNEP industry membership services

Quantifiable outcome

• PVC window white/light colored carbon footprint: 65.7 kg CO2 equivalent per functional unit (1 m² window, 30-year lifespan)
• +8 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Plastics Recyclers Europe: European association representing plastics recycling businesses, with a strong PVC recycling sub-stream. Directly comparable to SNEP on the recycling-network coordination function, given SNEP's 200+ collection point infrastructure.
• VinylPlus: The European PVC industry's voluntary sustainable-development program, of which SNEP is a participating national body. VinylPlus is SNEP's most immediate sustainability-program peer, setting the 900,000-tonnes-by-2025 and 1-million-tonnes-by-2030 recycling targets SNEP aligns with.
• Plastics Europe: Pan-European trade association representing plastics producers, including PVC. Plastics Europe is the most direct analogue to SNEP at the EU level, performing the same industry-representation, sustainability, and standards-engagement function across a broader geographic and material scope.
• Benvic: European PVC compounder supplying custom formulations for extrusion, a likely SNEP member. Benvic is a direct functional peer to SNEP's compounder section members in the European PVC formulation and compounding market.
• Kem One: France-headquartered PVC producer and a likely SNEP member. Kem One is the most direct French PVC industry counterpart and benchmark for the scale and competitive dynamics of SNEP's member base.
• The Vinyl Institute: US-based trade association for the PVC industry, providing industry advocacy, technical resources, and sustainability communications. Direct functional peer to SNEP in North America with the same PVC-only scope.

Broad incumbents

• Westlake Corporation: US-headquartered global PVC and building products manufacturer. Westlake is a broad incumbent across PVC resin, compounds, and finished profiles, providing a benchmark for how integrated PVC players address sustainability, certification, and customer demand in ways that affect SNEP's strategic agenda.
• Solvay: Belgian-headquartered global chemicals company with historic PVC and vinyls operations. Solvay is a broad incumbent in the same chemistry and materials space, providing industry context on scale, regulation exposure, and competitive dynamics that affect SNEP members.
• INEOS Inovyn: INEOS's European PVC and chlor-vinyls business and one of the largest PVC producers in Europe. Inovyn is a broad incumbent whose strategic decisions shape the supply, pricing, and sustainability context in which SNEP members operate.

Regional players

• British Plastics Federation: UK plastics industry trade association representing polymer producers, converters, and recyclers. Comparable in structure and mandate to SNEP but operating in the UK market rather than France.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SNEPQualiPVC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/snep-qualipvc

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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