CRCT

What CRCT does

CRCT is a privately held French engineering firm specializing in the design and manufacture of industrial heat exchangers (échangeurs thermiques). Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Chanat-la-Mouteyre, France, the company serves industrial customers requiring heat transfer and thermal management solutions across a horizontal industrial segment. The company operates with a workforce of 1-10 employees and maintains only two disclosed points of contact — a technical service email ([email protected]) and a headquarters email ([email protected]) — plus a French phone number (+33 4 73 33 16 58).

The product offering centers on a single unified line of custom-designed heat exchangers, with no modular or standardized product variations disclosed. This indicates a bespoke, project-based engineering model in which each unit is likely specified for a particular industrial process rather than sold as catalog inventory. The website at crct.fr is currently under construction, with a new logo asset timestamped to 2026/06, suggesting an ongoing brand or digital presence rebuild; the underlying content has not yet been populated.

No revenue, pricing, headcount trend, funding, ownership, or partnership data is disclosed. No management team is named, no certifications or patents are listed, and there is no evidence of acquisitions, product launches beyond the website refresh, or strategic capital events. The company appears operational based on active contact channels but remains highly opaque from a publicly available information standpoint.

Name

CRCT

Legal name

CRCT

Website

https://crct.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CRCT is a privately held French engineering firm founded in 1996 that designs and manufactures custom industrial heat exchangers (échangeurs thermiques) for industrial customers requiring thermal management solutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chanat-la-mouteyre

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

CRCT specializes in the design and manufacture of heat exchangers (échangeurs thermiques) for industrial applications. The company delivers custom thermal exchange solutions addressing heat transfer and thermal management requirements across industrial sectors. Operations are based in Chanat-la-Mouteyre, France.

Product overview

CRCT offers a single unified product line focused on the design and manufacture of industrial heat exchangers. The company specializes in custom thermal exchange solutions for various industrial applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Heat Exchangers (Échangeurs Thermiques) Custom-designed and manufactured heat exchangers (échangeurs thermiques) addressing heat transfer and thermal management requirements in industrial processes. The offering targets industrial firms that require purpose-built thermal exchange equipment rather than off-the-shelf components.

Segments1 record

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

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Kelvion: Pure-play industrial heat-exchanger manufacturer offering gasketed plate, shell-and-tube, and welded units. Directly comparable product offering and customer base to CRCT, focused on industrial process applications.
• SPX Heat Transfer (SPX Technologies): Designs and manufactures heat-transfer equipment for industrial and commercial applications. Comparable as an industrial heat-exchanger specialist serving similar process-industry customers.
• SWEP (part of Dover): Specialist in brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHE) for HVAC and industrial applications. Comparable as a focused heat-exchanger OEM serving industrial customers, although SWEP is significantly larger and more standardized.
• Barriquand Échangeurs: French family-owned manufacturer of heat exchangers (plate and spiral) for industrial applications. Highly comparable as a domestic French competitor serving the same industrial customer base with similar custom-engineered products.
• API Heat Transfer: Manufacturer of industrial heat exchangers, including plate, shell-and-tube, and air-cooled designs, serving process industries. Directly comparable in product scope and target end markets.
• Vahterus Plates & Shell Heat Exchangers: Finnish specialist in plate and shell heat exchangers for industrial process industries. Comparable as a focused custom-engineered heat-exchanger OEM, though geographically centered on Nordic markets.

Broad incumbents

• GEA Group: Large industrial-equipment group with significant heat-exchanger and thermal-separation operations alongside food processing and dairy equipment. Comparable in heat-exchanger activity but operates across much broader industrial-equipment categories.
• Alfa Laval: Global leader in heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling with a very large industrial heat-exchanger portfolio. Comparable because heat exchangers are a core product category, though Alfa Laval operates at far greater scale and across many other equipment lines.
• Xylem: Global water-technology company whose Bell & Gossett and standard Xchange brands produce shell-and-tube and plate heat exchangers for industrial and HVAC markets. Comparable end-product but with much broader water-infrastructure focus.

Regional players

• Funke Wärmeaustauscher: German manufacturer of plate, shell-and-tube, and welded heat exchangers for industrial and HVAC applications. Comparable in product range and customer segments, but primarily serves German-speaking markets rather than France.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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