PRC

What PRC does

PRC (Les Plastiques Renforcés du Centre) is a French industrial subcontractor founded in 1975, headquartered in Nouans-les-Fontaines (Centre-Val de Loire), that manufactures custom thermosetting composite parts for B2B customers. The company combines organic matrices (polyester, vinylester, epoxy, phenolic resins) with reinforcing fibers (glass, carbon, aramid, natural fibers) and processes them through three complementary molding techniques — contact molding, simultaneous spray projection, and vacuum injection (RTM) — supported by gelcoat application, in-house mold fabrication, a 5-axis CNC machining center (added 2020), and an integrated industrial carpentry workshop for wood inserts and packaging. Across two production sites totaling 3,800 m² and 16 employees, PRC serves approximately eight verticals including railway, sanitary vehicles, caravans, medical/dental equipment, agricultural machinery, nautical craft, military containers, and industrial casings, with additional repair, polyester-on-wood coating, and PVC-wrapping services.

The business operates on a project-based B2B subcontracting model with custom quote-based pricing on multi-year manufacturing contracts. Go-to-market is sales-led, direct-to-enterprise, primarily regional within the Centre-Val de Loire region, supported by a website with contact and callback-request forms. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The company is privately held under SAS structure (€80,000 share capital) and family-led, with Xavier LIARTE as President and owner since 2006, Audrey LIARTE as Administrative and Quality Manager, and Apolline Moulusson as Administrative Assistant. PRC's history reflects two strategic acquisitions (BROU SARL in 2003, SARL ZAJEWSKI in 2014) and a gradual capability buildout, but no external funding, no geographic expansion beyond France, and no public-facing AI/digital tooling.

Name

PRC

Legal name

LES PLASTIQUES RENFORCES DU CENTRE

Website

https://prc-composites.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PRC is a French B2B industrial subcontractor founded in 1975 that manufactures custom thermosetting composite parts (polyester/vinylester/epoxy resins with glass, carbon, aramid, or natural fiber reinforcements) using contact molding, spray projection, and vacuum injection techniques for transport, medical, agricultural, nautical, military, and industrial customers across the Centre-Val de Loire region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nouans-les-fontaines

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Composite Parts Manufacturing: B2B subcontracting for custom composite parts manufacturing. PRC serves as an industrial partner accompanying clients throughout their projects, from concept/design through mold fabrication and series production. Revenue is generated through project-based manufacturing contracts for custom composite parts.
2. Additional Services: Additional revenue streams include repair services, polyester coating on wood, wrapping (frettage), and industrial carpentry/woodwork services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

PRC is a B2B industrial subcontractor that manufactures custom thermosetting composite parts using techniques including vacuum injection (RTM), contact lamination, and simultaneous projection, integrating polyester, vinylester, epoxy, and phenolic resins with glass, carbon, aramid, and natural fiber reinforcements. Service scope spans the full project lifecycle — mold fabrication, gelcoat application, 5-axis CNC machining and finishing, and an in-house carpentry workshop for wood inserts and packaging. PRC serves transport, medical, agricultural, nautical, military, industrial and construction clients from two production sites in France.

Product overview

PRC (Les Plastiques Renforcés du Centre) est un sous-traitant industriel spécialisé dans la fabrication de pièces en matériaux composites depuis 1975. L'offre repose sur un cœur de métier unique de moulage polyester et composites, décliné en plusieurs techniques complémentaires: stratification au contact, projection simultanée, et injection sous vide (RTM). Le processus inclut la fabrication de moules, le gelcoatage, l'usinage/finition sur machines 5 axes, ainsi qu'une activité de menuiserie industrielle pour les inserts bois et emballages. Des services de réparation et fretage complètent le portefeuille. L'entreprise sert des secteurs variés: transport (véhicules sanitaires, ferroviaire, caravanes), industrie, nautisme, agriculture, militaire, médical, sanitaire et BTP.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Composite Parts Manufacturing (Pièces en matériaux composites) B2B custom fabrication of thermosetting composite parts integrating resins (polyester, vinylester, epoxy, phenolic) with reinforcements (glass fiber, carbon, Kevlar, natural flax), produced via multiple molding techniques for enterprise clients in transport, medical, industrial, nautical, agricultural, military and construction sectors.
• Gelcoat Application Service (Gelcoatage) Gelcoat application on molds to provide color, UV/hydrolysis/chemical/fire/thermal shock resistance and aesthetic finish for composite parts, including antibacterial and food-grade compliant variants.
• Contact Molding Service (Stratification au contact) Manual open-mold lamination producing complex-shaped technical composite parts by applying resin to successive fabric layers until desired thickness is reached.
• Simultaneous Projection Molding Service (Stratification en projection simultanée) Economic open-mold technique spraying chopped glass fiber and resin simultaneously with a gun, followed by manual debulling, suitable for large composite parts at high throughput.
• Vacuum Injection Molding Service (Injection sous vide / RTM) Closed-mold technique injecting resin under vacuum between a mold and counter-mold to produce standardized, calibrated composite parts with smooth surfaces on both sides; PRC's distinguishing technical capability.
• Mold Fabrication Service (Fabrication de moules) Design planning, modeling and fabrication of composite molds with wood reinforcement structure, ensuring quality and longevity for parts produced on them.
• Machining and Finishing Service (Usinage et finition) Machining (manual and 5-axis CNC), trimming, sanding, polishing, structural bonding, lamination repair, and assembly of equipment/accessories for composite parts.
• Industrial Woodworking Service (Menuiserie industrielle) Cutting and assembly workshop producing technical wood containers, prototypes, wooden packaging, furniture, and crates; supplies internal wood inserts integrated into polyester composites.
• Composite Parts Repair Service (Réparation de pièces composites) Restoration of damaged composite parts including wine-making tanks (cuves viticoles), bodywork components, and boats to extend part service life.
• Polyester Wrapping Service (Frettage polyester) Application of polyester wrapping to reinforce PVC parts, complementing PRC's composite manufacturing capabilities.
• Polyester Coating on Wood (Revêtement polyester sur bois) Lamination of polyester on wood parts to waterproof or strengthen them, leveraging PRC's resin and lamination expertise.

Named customers10 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• POLYVIA FormationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPOLYVIA Formation is a plastics and composites industry training organization. PRC collaborated with POLYVIA to produce a video presenting the stratifieur (laminator) profession in composite materials, helping to promote training and careers in the composite industry.
• CT IPC (Centre Technique Industriel de la Plasturgie et des Composites)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCT IPC is an industrial technical center for plastics and composites. Their logo appears on PRC's website indicating membership or affiliation with this industry technical organization providing access to industry expertise and standards.
• NFRANCEminorOthersNFRANCE provides web hosting services for PRC's website www.prc-composites.com, located at 9 rue Ritay, 31000 Toulouse.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Chomarat: Chomarat is a French manufacturer of technical textiles and composite reinforcements (carbon, glass, aramid) headquartered in Le Cheylard. It is a key upstream supplier into PRC's value chain rather than a direct competitor, providing the fiber reinforcement materials PRC incorporates into its molded parts.

Broad incumbents

• Polynt Composites France: Polynt is a major European manufacturer of composite resins, gelcoats, and pastes with a French subsidiary. Although upstream-focused on materials rather than finished parts, it represents a broader-vertical composite value-chain incumbent that competes for some of the same French customer wallet as PRC.
• Saint-Gobain: Saint-Gobain is a diversified French industrial materials conglomerate whose performance polymers and composites division supplies composite products across construction, transport, and industrial markets. While much broader in scope, it represents an alternative source for some of PRC's industrial buyer customers.
• Faurecia: Faurecia is a major French Tier 1 automotive supplier producing composite interior and exterior parts at scale. While serving high-volume automotive OEMs rather than PRC's niche industrial clients, it represents the larger-scale composite parts competitor PRC may encounter as customers consolidate suppliers.
• Plastic Omnium: Plastic Omnium is a major French plastics and composites manufacturer focused on automotive body modules, fuel systems, and clean energy systems. It competes in the broader plastics/composite manufacturing space at significantly larger scale, representing the type of consolidated supplier PRC's industrial clients may gravitate toward.

Emerging players

• Coriolis Composites: Coriolis Composites is a French composites technology company based in Lorient focused on automated fiber placement for aerospace and high-end industrial applications. While its technology focus is more automated/capital-intensive than PRC's manual and semi-automated processes, both serve the high-end custom composite parts market in France.

Direct peers

• Plasticon Composites: Plasticon is an international industrial composites manufacturer with European operations producing custom composite tanks, ducting, and structural components for chemical and industrial clients. It is directly comparable to PRC's industrial vertical in delivering engineered composite parts to order.
• Multiplast (Groupe Carboman): Multiplast is a French composite parts manufacturer based in Vannes, focused on nautical and racing hulls with expansion into aerospace and industrial sectors. Like PRC, it operates as a custom mold-to-part thermoset composite parts manufacturer using RTM and similar hand/semi-automated techniques for B2B clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/prc-composites

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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