Enfold

What Enfold does

EKIP (Les équipementiers du goût) is a French nonprofit professional association representing more than 30 manufacturers of professional equipment for the bakery, pastry, confectionery, and food service industries. Member companies include Bongard, Matfer Bourgeat, VMI, Panem, Eurofours, Aria, Alma Pro, Guéry, Sorema, and others operating across ovens, mixers, dough handling, and smallwares. EKIP operates as a member-governed collective voice for the sector rather than a product or technology company; under the presidency of Dominique Denoël (re-elected October 2021), it organizes and sponsors professional competitions such as the Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, the Coupe de France des Écoles, the Mondial du Pain, and WorldSkills France, and supports vocational training through partnerships with organizations including the Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France and the Confédération Nationale des Artisans Pâtissiers Chocolatiers Confiseurs Glaciers Traiteurs de France (CNAP).

The association's revenue is derived from member subscriptions and association activities under a professional-services model, and its go-to-market is event-driven, anchored by major trade shows such as Sirha Europain (Paris Porte de Versailles, 25,000+ visitors and 300+ brands in 2022) and Serbotel (Nantes). EKIP also operates the Fonds de Dotation EKIP, an endowment fund running solidarity initiatives including a 2015 micro-entrepreneur support challenge. Its geographic reach is centered on France but extends globally through competition participation (Shanghai 2026, prior Mondial du Pain podiums for China and the Netherlands).

There is no proprietary technology stack, no product roadmap, and no AI component; the entity functions as an industry-coordination platform rather than a commercial software or hardware vendor. The 'Enfold' name referenced in the prompt corresponds only to the WordPress theme powering the association's website and is not an associated business entity.

Name

Enfold

Legal name

EKIP

Website

https://ekip.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

EKIP (Les équipementiers du goût) is a French nonprofit association representing over 30 manufacturers of bakery, pastry, and food service equipment. It organizes industry competitions, supports vocational training, and promotes members at trade shows including Sirha Europain and Serbotel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

Offering type

Software

Revenue model

1. Association Membership Services: EKIP operates as a professional association serving equipment manufacturers in the bakery, pastry, and food service industry. Revenue appears to come from member subscriptions and association activities supporting the equipment sector.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The source material does not contain substantive information about Enfold as a company or its offerings. Enfold is referenced only as a WordPress theme ('powered by Enfold WordPress Theme') in the footer of the EKIP website.

Product overview

The source data pertains to EKIP (Les équipementiers du goût), a French association of bakery and pastry equipment manufacturers, not to a product company called Enfold. Enfold appears only as a WordPress theme name in the website footer ('powered by Enfold WordPress Theme'). No substantive product, service, API, or technology data for an 'Enfold' product company is present in the source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Sirha Europain 2022 attracted 25,000+ visitors and 300+ brands

Segments1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Confédération Nationale des Artisans Pâtissiers Chocolatiers Confiseurs Glaciers Traiteurs de France (CNAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNAP co-organizes professional competitions with EKIP, including the Trophée International de la Pâtisserie Française, combining artisan pastry organizations with equipment manufacturers.
• Journal du PâtissiercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizes the Trophée International de la Pâtisserie Française alongside CNAP and EKIP.
• WorldSkills FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEKIP partners with WorldSkills France to provide equipment for international vocational competitions, supporting young professionals in bakery and pastry trades.
• Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership providing equipment loans for competitions and training, with particular focus on the Institut des Métiers du Goût.
• Sirha EuropaincoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSirha Europain is the premier trade show for the French bakery industry, held at Paris Porte de Versailles, where EKIP members showcase equipment and participate in competitions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• FEDA (Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association): US-based association serving foodservice equipment distributors and manufacturers. Comparable to EKIP because both organize industry education, advocacy, and events for the foodservice equipment value chain.
• NAFEM (North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers): US trade association for foodservice equipment manufacturers. Comparable as the closest international counterpart to EKIP in mission (representing equipment OEMs) but operating across North America rather than France.
• Gastronomikon / Serbotel trade show: Regional French foodservice and bakery trade show where EKIP members also exhibit. Comparable because it provides an alternative event channel competing for the same equipment-manufacturer visibility and buyer attention.

Broad incumbents

• FCSI (Foodservice Consultants Society International): Global association for foodservice consultants and operators. Peer in the broader foodservice ecosystem that interfaces with the same equipment manufacturers EKIP represents, though focused on consulting rather than equipment OEMs.
• FIM (Fédération des Industries Mécaniques): French federation of mechanical and equipment industries. Peer because it represents French industrial-equipment manufacturers at a broader level, including many of the same industrial segments EKIP members operate in.
• UMIH (Union des Métiers et des Industries de l'Hôtellerie): France's largest hospitality industry federation. Comparable as a French trade body covering hospitality buyers of bakery and foodservice equipment, sitting on the demand side of EKIP's member ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Sirha: Organizer of the Sirha Europain trade show where EKIP members exhibit and compete. Closely aligned because Sirha co-produces the flagship event platform through which EKIP delivers member visibility.
• Les Ambassadeurs du Pain: French bakery competition organizer that runs the Mondial du Pain with EKIP-member equipment. Directly comparable as a peer nonprofit running international baking competitions and engaging the same artisan and equipment-manufacturer ecosystem.
• Confédération Nationale de la Boulangerie-Pâtisserie Française (CNBPF): National federation representing French bakery professionals. Peer to EKIP because it sits on the demand side of the same equipment value chain and co-organizes artisan competitions and training initiatives.
• Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France: French vocational guild operating the Institut des Métiers du Goût with EKIP. Peer because it channels equipment loans and training pipelines for the bakery/pastry trade that depend on EKIP-member products.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ekip-les-equipementiers-du-gout

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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