Bureau Detudes Auxerrois

Name

Bureau Detudes Auxerrois

Legal name

Bureau d'Etudes Auxerrois

Website

https://b-e-a.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bureau d'Etudes Auxerrois (BEA) is a small private French industrial engineering firm founded in 1993 and based in Auxerre, specializing in custom design and realization of special machines, transfer lines, automation, tooling, metal fabrication, and prototypes for industrial manufacturers.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Auxerre

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Bureau d'Etudes Auxerrois (BEA) is an industrial engineering and manufacturing firm that provides custom design, studies, and realization services for industrial equipment. Its core offerings include special machines (machines spéciales), transfer lines (chaîne transfert), industrial automation (automatisations), custom tooling (outillages), all-metal fabrication/sheet metal work (chaudronnerie tous métaux), and prototype development, delivered to industrial manufacturers requiring bespoke mechanical engineering solutions.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Machines Spéciales (Special Machines) Custom-designed special machines built to meet specific industrial requirements and production needs for industrial manufacturers.
• Chaîne Transfert (Transfer Lines)
• Automatisations (Automations)
• Outillages (Tooling)
• Chaudronnerie Tous Métaux (Sheet Metal Work)
• Prototypes (Prototypes)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Broad incumbents

• Comau: Italian industrial automation and custom machine builder serving automotive and industrial customers. Directly comparable in transfer lines, automation systems, and tooling but operates globally at much larger scale.
• Assystem: French engineering and industrial project management firm serving energy and industrial clients. Comparable in custom-engineering orientation, though primarily focused on complex regulated-industry infrastructure.
• Fives Group: French industrial engineering group building custom machines, automation lines, and process equipment for global manufacturers. Overlaps BEA's special machines, transfer lines, and automation offerings at much larger project scale.
• Akkodis: European engineering services and technology consulting firm (formerly Akka Technologies). Provides custom industrial engineering, automation, and digital solutions comparable to BEA's portfolio at enterprise scale.
• Bosch Rexroth: German manufacturer of industrial automation, drives, and assembly technology. Comparable through its factory-automation and custom-machine integration offerings, though as a global incumbent rather than a specialist engineering bureau.

Others

• Stäubli: Swiss industrial mechatronics and robotics manufacturer. Adjacent to BEA's automation and special-machine work as an enabling supplier of automation components rather than a direct custom-engineering competitor.
• Bystronic: Swiss manufacturer of sheet metal processing equipment and automation. Adjacent to BEA's Chaudronnerie Tous Métaux and automation lines as a machinery supplier to the metal-fabrication industry rather than a direct competitor.
• Trumpf: German machine tool and laser technology manufacturer serving metal-fabrication customers. Comparable end-market exposure to BEA's sheet-metal fabrication customers, though positioned as a global machine-tool supplier rather than a custom integrator.
• EMAG Group: German machine tool builder for metalworking and turnkey production systems. Overlaps BEA's special-machine and metalworking capabilities at the equipment-vendor level rather than as a custom engineering bureau.

Direct peers

• Segula Technologies: France-headquartered engineering services group offering custom industrial machine design, automation, and tooling. Directly comparable in service mix to BEA, though operating at vastly greater scale across many geographies.

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Investors

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Investments

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