EUROFORGE

Name

EUROFORGE

Legal name

EUROFORGE AISBL

Website

https://euroforge.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Trade Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (813920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

International Standards Development & Standardization Bodies (BPADANAA)

Keywords

• Forging industry association
• Trade association services
• Industrial networking
• Industry benchmarking statistics
• Political lobbying services

Headquarters

HQ city

Schaerbeek

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EUROFORGE is an international non-profit association (AISBL) acting as the umbrella organization for European national forging associations. It provides industry-wide networking, annual energy cost benchmarking, international production statistics collection, collective political lobbying, and specialized working groups (Automotive, Non-Automotive, Open-Die, Legal) to support its member associations and forging companies across Europe.

Product overview

EUROFORGE is an industry association (AISBL under Belgian law) that serves as the professional partner and network builder for European forging associations and companies. The organization operates a portfolio of industry events (EUROFORGE conFAIR and Spring Forum), multiple specialized working groups (Automotive Group, Non-Automotive Group, Open Die Working Group, and Legal Working Group), and provides statistical services (Energy Benchmark and International Statistics) to support the European forging industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EUROFORGE conFAIR: The only European fair and conference specifically designed for the forging industry, bringing together suppliers, scientists, and industry leaders to discuss industrial megatrends.
• Spring Forum

Products and services

• EUROFORGE conFAIR
• Spring Forum
• Automotive Group
• Non-Automotive Group Working group addressing non-automotive sectors including mechanical engineering, aviation, rail, and energy; covers market developments, customer requirements, certificates, and market entry barriers.
• Open-Die Working Group
• Legal Working Group Group of appointed legal experts from EUROFORGE countries discussing general contracts and terms, and advising on conformity to anti-trust guidelines and laws.
• Energy Benchmark Annual energy cost benchmarking program in which all EUROFORGE member states participate with their companies, providing a survey of the development of electricity and gas prices in Europe.
• International Statistics Annual collection of forging volumes amongst the ForgeNet international partners, with production volumes split down by forging technology and market segments for the last year and forecast of the current year.

Quantifiable outcome

• Annual energy cost benchmarking across all member states
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• National Forging Associations (European Members)coreOthersCore member organizations representing national forging industries. European members include associations from Poland, Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Finland. These associations participate in General Assembly, Executive Board, and various working groups.
• National Forging Associations (International Members)coreOthersInternational member associations through ForgeNet International network including Brazil, USA, Canada, Mexico, India, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and China. These partners participate in international statistics collection and global industry networking.
• Automotive Group MemberscoreOthersLarge forging companies in Europe, majority of which supply the vehicle industry in large-scale production. Chaired by Stephen Morley (UK) with Vice Chairman Tatiana Szymańska (Poland). Focus on market trends, cost developments, and technical/economic trends in automotive sector.
• Non-Automotive Group MemberscoreOthersCompanies and institutions addressing non-automotive sectors including mechanical engineering, aviation, rail, and energy. Chaired by Andrea Massucco (MASSUCCO INDUSTRIE S.p.A., Italy) with Vice Chairman Lukasz Madej (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland).
• Open-Die Working Group MemberscoreOthersInternational working group of leading large open-die forges including European and international companies from other continents. Chaired by Borja Lambea (Spain) with Vice Chairman Håkan Dedorsson (Sweden). Focus on global market trends and specialist lectures.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau): Germany's Mechanical Engineering Industry Association, a much larger trade body that represents downstream buyers of forged components (machinery, equipment, drives). Comparable trade-association structure and member-services model, but operating one value-chain step downstream of EUROFORGE's members.
• World Steel Association (worldsteel): The international trade association for the steel industry. Operates the same kind of statistics-collection and member-association model as EUROFORGE, but at global rather than European level and for an adjacent base metal.
• Orgalim: Europe's technology industries association representing mechanical engineering, electrical, electronic, and metalworking sectors at EU level. It overlaps with EUROFORGE's mandate where forging customers (machinery, electrical equipment, metal products) are concerned, but at a much broader industry scope.
• European Aluminium: The European aluminium industry's main trade association, also based in Brussels and registered in the EU Transparency Register. Comparable in mandate (lobbying, standards, benchmarking for a European metals value chain) but in a different base metal and with a much larger budget and headcount.

Direct peers

• EUROFER: The European Steel Association, headquartered in Brussels, is the closest structural peer: a continental-level trade association that represents European steel producers vis-à-vis EU institutions. Both organizations share the same Brussels-based, AISBL-style lobbying model and the same set of member-state national federations, but EUROFER operates in steel while EUROFORGE operates in forging.
• Industrieverband Massivumformung e.V. The German national forging industry association and a core member of EUROFORGE. The peer overlap is direct — it represents German forging companies in the same value chain, and its Director (Tobias Hain) simultaneously serves as EUROFORGE's Secretary General, indicating deep institutional ties.
• Confederation of British Metalforming: The UK national trade body for the metalforming industry (which includes forging). It is a direct national member association of EUROFORGE and serves an analogous role to Industrieverband Massivumformung e.V., but for UK-based forging and metalforming companies.

Regional players

• Forging Industry Association: The US national trade association for the forging industry. It is the closest geographic counterpart to EUROFORGE — same industry focus (closed-die and open-die forging), same member-association model — but serves North American rather than European forging companies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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