What Ultraflux does

Faure Herman S.A. is a French privately-held industrial instrumentation company founded in 1925, specializing in precision flow measurement for fluid and hydrocarbon applications. The company designs and manufactures three core hardware product lines — aerospace flowmeters, ultrasonic flowmeters, and helical turbine flowmeters — alongside a globally unique calibration service, FH Lab, which tests flowmeters under real hydrocarbon conditions using physical flow loops. Its customer base spans four industrial verticals: aerospace, defense, energy, and water, with use cases that include safety-critical aviation fuel measurement, military and defense fluid systems, hydrocarbon production and distribution, and municipal water networks.

The company's business model is a dual hardware-plus-services model: it sells customized industrial flowmeter equipment directly to enterprise customers, and it monetizes a full lifecycle services stack that includes design and commissioning, audit and evaluation, repairs and upgrades, advanced training, equipment rental, and dedicated aerospace MRO. FH Lab represents a distinctive professional services revenue stream because it accepts flowmeters from any manufacturer for calibration, generating vendor-agnostic service revenue and creating installed-base stickiness across competitor equipment. Go-to-market is entirely direct, executed through enterprise sales contacts segmented by vertical and service line, supported by regional offices in La Ferté-Bernard (corporate headquarters), Versailles (secondary French site), and Houston (North America regional office).

Faure Herman operates as a sub-brand of FH Lab within a parent entity that also does business under the Ultraflux reference in the source data, with operations concentrated in EMEA (France) and North America (USA). The company is independently managed with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or ownership changes, and it celebrated its centennial in 2025. Distribution is exclusively direct via a field-sales enterprise motion, with no reseller, marketplace, or e-commerce channels beyond a support-oriented documentation and parts portal. The firm's differentiators rest on physical measurement expertise accumulated over a century, the uniqueness of its real-hydrocarbon calibration infrastructure, and vertical-specific qualifications in aerospace and defense.

Name

Ultraflux

Legal name

Faure Herman S.A.

Website

https://ultraflux.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Faure Herman S.A. is a French privately-held industrial flow measurement company founded in 1925 that designs ultrasonic, helical turbine, and aerospace flowmeters and operates FH Lab, a unique real-hydrocarbon calibration service, serving aerospace, defense, energy, and water enterprises through direct sales in Europe and North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Flow Measurement Equipment

NAICS

Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing (334514)

SIC

Totalizing Fluid Meters & Counting Devices (3824), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Sensors & Feedback Devices (Pressure, Flow, Position, Encoders, Transducers) (IMAHAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Calibration Services & Standards (Calibration labs, reference standards, traceability services) (IMAGAFAH)

Keywords

• Industrial flow measurement
• Ultrasonic flowmeters
• Helical turbine flowmeters
• Flowmeter calibration services
• Aerospace flowmeters

Headquarters

HQ city

Éragny

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Flowmeter Products: Sale of industrial flow measurement equipment including aerospace flowmeters, ultrasonic flowmeters, and helical turbine flowmeters for precision fluid measurement applications.
2. Calibration Services (FH Lab): Calibration of flowmeters under real-life conditions using real hydrocarbons in flow loops, serving both Faure Herman products and competitor equipment.
3. Technical Services: Comprehensive services including design and commissioning, audit and evaluation, repairs and upgrades, advanced training, rental, and Aerospace MRO.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ultraflux designs, manufactures, and sells precision industrial flowmeters — including aerospace flowmeters, ultrasonic flowmeters, and helical turbine flowmeters — for fluid measurement in aerospace, defense, energy, and water applications. The company also operates the FH Lab calibration service, which calibrates flowmeters of any brand using real hydrocarbons under real operating conditions, and provides supporting technical services such as design and commissioning, audit and evaluation, repairs and upgrades, advanced training, rental, and aerospace MRO.

Product overview

Faure Herman is a flow measurement company offering a comprehensive portfolio of precision flowmeters and supporting services. The product line includes three core flowmeter types: Aerospace Flowmeters (specialized for aircraft applications), Ultrasonic Flowmeters (non-intrusive measurement technology), and Helical Turbine Flowmeters (helical rotor design). These hardware products are complemented by FH Lab, a unique calibration service that tests products using real hydrocarbons under actual operating conditions. The company also provides a full range of expert services including design and commissioning, audit and evaluation, repairs and upgrades, advanced training, rental options, and specialized Aerospace MRO services. The offering is structured as a platform of precision instrumentation products supported by lifecycle services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FH Lab: A unique calibration service worldwide that calibrates flowmeters under real-life conditions using real hydrocarbons through flow loops.

Products and services

• Aerospace Flowmeters

Quantifiable outcome

• Positive impact on profits through calibration with real hydrocarbons under real operating conditions

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• SICK AG: SICK AG is a German manufacturer of sensors and measurement solutions including flowmeters used in industrial automation. It overlaps with Faure Herman's ultrasonic and other flow technologies and competes in industrial process and factory automation markets.
• ABB Measurement & Analytics: ABB offers a comprehensive line of flowmeters and process instrumentation alongside its automation systems. It competes with Faure Herman in energy, water, and process industry segments and brings broader portfolio depth and global reach.
• Emerson (Rosemount): Emerson's Rosemount line is a leading provider of industrial flow, pressure, and level measurement. It competes with Faure Herman in energy, water, and process industries with a much larger installed base, broader product line, and global service network.
• Endress+Hauser: Endress+Hauser is one of the largest global manufacturers of industrial process instrumentation, including a broad portfolio of flowmeters (electromagnetic, Coriolis, ultrasonic, vortex). It is the dominant broad incumbent in flow measurement and directly competes with Faure Herman across energy, water, and adjacent industrial verticals.
• Yokogawa Electric: Yokogawa is a major Japanese process automation and instrumentation supplier with a flowmeter portfolio spanning vortex, Coriolis, magnetic, and ultrasonic technologies. It overlaps with Faure Herman in energy and water applications and competes at the enterprise level with broader DCS/automation bundles.
• Siemens Process Instrumentation: Siemens provides SITRANS flowmeters (magnetic, ultrasonic, Coriolis, vortex) as part of its broader industrial automation portfolio. It overlaps with Faure Herman in water, energy, and process industries, often as part of larger automation solutions.

Direct peers

• KROHNE: KROHNE is a privately-held German specialist in industrial process instrumentation with a strong flowmeter portfolio (ultrasonic, electromagnetic, Coriolis, vortex) and dedicated calibration facilities. It is the closest direct peer to Faure Herman as a similarly sized specialist focused on flow and related measurement.
• Bronkhorst: Bronkhorst is a Dutch specialist in low-flow measurement and control for gases and liquids, with strong calibration expertise. It is comparable to Faure Herman as a privately-held European flow measurement specialist, although more focused on lower flow rates and laboratory/process gas applications.
• Hoffer Flow Controls: Hoffer Flow Controls is a privately-held US manufacturer of turbine and helical flowmeters for process industries, oil & gas, and aerospace/defense. It is a direct peer in turbine-based flow measurement and similar mid-sized specialty instrumentation markets.
• Malema Controls: Malema Controls designs and manufactures Coriolis and ultrasonic flowmeters for demanding process and aerospace applications. As a smaller specialist with aerospace/specialty chemical focus, it is comparable to Faure Herman's niche positioning in mission-critical flow measurement.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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