MECALOIRE

What MECALOIRE does

MECALOIRE is a non-profit community organization headquartered in Saint Etienne, France, focused on the mechanical and metallurgical industrial sector. Founded in 1995, the organization states its mission as promoting cooperation, economic development, and innovation among stakeholders in the regional mechanical and metallurgical cluster. It operates with a micro-team of 1-10 employees, suggesting a lean association or trade-organization model rather than a commercial enterprise.

The organization's underlying technology, product offering, and revenue mechanics are not disclosed in the available data. The firmographic record lists no products or services, no customer segments, no pricing model, no partnerships, no awards, and no patents. The corporate website (mecaloire.fr) returned only a verification/loader page during data collection, yielding no substantive information on programs, membership structure, events, training offerings, or any platforms the organization may operate.

Revenue model details are similarly absent: no funding rounds, no member dues schedule, no public grant disclosures, and no parent-company or sponsor relationships are documented. The organization is privately held (non-listed) and has no known subsidiaries. Given the data gaps, any assessment of its economic scale, growth, or strategic positioning rests on the limited firmographic anchors above and on the general profile of small French sectoral associations.

Name

MECALOIRE

Website

https://mecaloire.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MECALOIRE is a French non-profit community organization based in Saint Etienne, founded in 1995, that promotes cooperation, economic development, and innovation across the regional mechanical and metallurgical industrial sector.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Trade Association

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (813920)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Committees, Working Groups & Expert Panels (BPADANAB)

Keywords

• Industrial trade association
• Mechanical industry cluster
• Metallurgical industry network
• Economic development cooperation
• Industrial innovation community

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Etienne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

MECALOIRE is a community organization active in the mechanical and metallurgical sector, focused on promoting cooperation, economic development, and innovation among member organizations in the industry. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Saint Etienne, France, it functions as a collaborative network for industry participants rather than selling a discrete product or service offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• AXEMA: French trade association for agricultural machinery and equipment, representing industrial manufacturers in a related mechanical sector. Comparable as an industry association promoting a specialized mechanical vertical in France.
• Cetim (Centre technique des industries mécaniques): French technical center serving mechanical industries with R&D, testing, and innovation services. Comparable to MECALOIRE in serving the same industrial vertical and supporting cooperation/innovation, but at a national, resource-rich scale.
• FIM (Fédération des Industries Mécaniques): France's national federation for mechanical industries, representing equipment manufacturers and promoting the sector's interests. Comparable to MECALOIRE as a mechanical-industry representative body, but operating at national rather than regional scale.
• Union des Industries et Métiers de la Métallurgie (UIMM): Leading French employers' federation for metallurgy and mechanical industries, providing training, lobbying, and member services. Comparable as a metallurgical/mechanical industry association, though serving a much broader national scope.

Regional players

• Saint-Etienne Métropole: The metropolitan authority for Saint-Etienne where MECALOIRE is based, running economic development and innovation programs that overlap with MECALOIRE's regional development mission in the same geography.

Others

• Arts et Métiers ParisTech: Leading French engineering school with deep roots in mechanical engineering and industry cooperation, including innovation and technology transfer programs. Comparable to MECALOIRE through its mechanical-sector innovation promotion mission, though operating primarily as an academic institution.

Direct peers

• Alliance Industrie du Futur (AIF): French industry coalition promoting industrial transformation, innovation, and cooperation across manufacturing sectors including mechanical industries. Comparable to MECALOIRE as an industry-focused cooperation and innovation organization, but operating at a national coalition level.
• Pôle de Compétitivité (generic French competitiveness cluster): Generic label for French regional competitiveness clusters that promote cooperation, R&D, and economic development around industrial themes — the same organizational model MECALOIRE embodies in the Loire mechanical/metallurgical space.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Mecaloire
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mecaloire-st-etienne

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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