Groupe Dupleix

What Groupe Dupleix does

Groupe Dupleix is a privately held French industrial manufacturer founded in 1957 and headquartered in La Flèche (Sarthe), operating as a SAS with 11-50 employees. The company designs, manufactures, and distributes a broad portfolio of standardized and custom storage and handling products — wire mesh containers (Eurobox, Bordeaux, Standard Renforcé variants), industrial and automotive containers (DX series, SLI/ETM-compatible sheet metal containers), plastic containers and pallets (CP 800/820, plastic pallets), stackable steel manuracks, industrial platforms and racking systems (cantilever, drive-in, multifunctional shelving), roll cages for food and logistics, and Big Bag handlers.

The technical backbone is an in-house design office (Bureau d'études) using CAD 2D/3D modeling and 3D printing to prototype customer-specific solutions before mass production in the company's own workshops. Manufacturing is supported by galvanized steel construction for indoor/outdoor durability and modular, foldable, or stackable designs that optimize space and return logistics.

The business model combines one-time product sales with a growing services layer: daily-rate container rental with no deposit and bundled maintenance, flow management (collection, cleaning, repair, redelivery), fleet management for customer-owned stillages and pallets, in-workshop maintenance and painting, and an equipment buyback channel for used materials. Go-to-market is direct, sales-led, quote-based, and supported by downloadable catalogs and a multilingual website (French, English, Spanish). Customers are enterprise industrial and tertiary-sector buyers across automotive, metallurgy and steel, food, wine, transport and logistics, and retail. The company is privately owned with no disclosed external investors or parent company, and the Director of Publication is Philippe Vaxelaire.

Name

Groupe Dupleix

Legal name

Dupleix

Website

https://dupleix.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Groupe Dupleix is a French industrial manufacturer, founded 1957 and based in La Flèche, that designs and produces customized storage and handling equipment (containers, manuracks, racking, roll cages) for enterprise clients in automotive, metallurgy, food, wine, logistics, and retail.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

La Flèche

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Sale of storage containers (wire, sheet metal, plastic), manuracks, industrial platforms/racks, rolls, and big bag handlers to industrial and tertiary clients.
2. Equipment Rental: Rental of containers and handling equipment based on agreed daily cost with no deposit required. Maintenance and repairs included if products are used as designed.
3. Flow Management Services: Logistics services including container collection, cleaning, repairs, maintenance, and redelivery. Optimizes container fleet and manages dormant packaging.
4. Fleet Management Services: Storage, inventory management, refurbishment, and delivery of customers' own stillages, cages, and pallets at company depots.
5. Product Maintenance Services: Maintenance and repair services for container fleets including painting, performed in company workshops and spray booth facilities.
6. Equipment Redemption: Purchase of used handling and storage materials from customers replacing equipment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Groupe Dupleix designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of storage and handling equipment — wire-mesh containers, plastic and sheet-metal containers, manuracks, industrial platforms and racks, roll cages and towable trucks, and big-bag handlers — for industrial and tertiary-sector buyers. The firm complements its hardware catalogue with lifecycle services including container rental, flow management, fleet management, product maintenance, and a buyback programme for used equipment, supported by an in-house design office offering custom product development.

Product overview

Groupe Dupleix is a specialist in storage and handling products, offering a comprehensive portfolio of standardized and customized solutions. The core product line includes wire mesh containers (Eurobox, Bordeaux, Demi-Module, Standard Renforcé variants), industrial and automotive containers (DX series, sheet metal containers with various configurations), plastic containers and pallets (CP series, plastic pallets), manuracks (stackable steel pallets in simple, double, cage, floor, fabric, tyre variants), industrial platforms and racking systems (cantilever, drive-in, shelving), roll cages (2-sided, 3-sided, meat, hook, security variants), and Big Bag handlers. The company operates a modular business model combining product sales with complementary services including rental, fleet management, flow management (collection-cleaning-redelivery), maintenance/repair, and equipment buyback. Additionally, a dedicated design bureau (R&D department) provides custom product development using CAD 2D/3D design and 3D prototyping, enabling bespoke solutions for automotive, metallurgy, food industry, transport, logistics, and retail sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial storage containers

Quantifiable outcome

• Space optimization through vertical storage
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CABKA Group: German manufacturer of plastic pallets, bulk containers, and recycled plastic products for industrial logistics. Directly comparable plastic pallet and container offerings and similar industrial B2B customer base.
• WALTHER Faltsysteme: German manufacturer of collapsible plastic containers and stackable bins for industrial logistics. Directly comparable folding/collapsible container offering and similar European industrial customer base.
• Utz Group: Swiss manufacturer of industrial containers, stackable bins, and plastic pallets for automotive, food, and logistics markets. Comparable product portfolio (stackable containers, plastic pallets) and similar European industrial customer base.
• SCHOELLER Allibert: European manufacturer of reusable plastic containers, pallets, and bulk bins serving automotive, food, and retail supply chains. Overlaps with Dupleix's Eurobox, plastic container, and pallet lines and the same automotive/retail customer segments.
• K.Hartwall: Finnish manufacturer of roll cages, pallet collars, and industrial containers for retail, automotive, and logistics customers. Overlaps with Dupleix's roll cages, manuracks, and automotive container lines.
• ORBIS Corporation: North American manufacturer of reusable and returnable packaging, including plastic containers, pallets, and bulk bins. Comparable product portfolio targeting automotive, food, and retail supply chains with reusable/rental services.
• BITO-Lagertechnik: German manufacturer of stackable bins, containers, and racking systems for industrial and intralogistics customers. Directly comparable product portfolio (mesh containers, bins, pallet racking) and similar B2B customer base across automotive, food, and logistics.

Emerging players

• Loadhog: UK-based manufacturer of reusable transit packaging and stackable containers. Overlaps with Dupleix's wire containers and roll cages, with a stronger focus on reusable sustainable transit packaging.

Broad incumbents

• SSI Schaefer: One of the world's largest intralogistics providers, offering storage containers, racking, and automated material handling as part of a broader portfolio. Competes with Dupleix in pallet racking and storage containers but at significantly larger scale and across a wider solution set.
• Wanzl: German manufacturer of roll containers, shopping trolleys, and material handling equipment serving retail, logistics, and industrial customers. Comparable roll cages/towable trucks and material handling products, though part of a broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 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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