Nourrisson Tunisie

What Nourrisson Tunisie does

Nourrisson Tunisie is a Tunisian precision machining and tooling manufacturer, established in 2015 and operating from a 5,000 m2 facility in Sidi Ameur (Monastir), Tunisia with a stated workforce of 60 people operating on 8h/day or 3x8h/day shifts. The company was founded as the manufacturing arm of the French Nourrisson group following the 2019 partition that created Nourrisson Diffusion, and consolidated the group's historical French production from Montbrison, Pontarlier and Paris into the Tunisian site starting in 2016. It is a subsidiary of Outillage Nourrisson Claude, the French family-owned parent tracing back to 1897.

The company produces precision mechanical parts and power tool accessories including keyless chucks (mandrins autoserrants), drills (forets), thread restorers (filons), plates (plaques), chuck bodies and jaws, HSS hob cutters, and general mechanical components (shafts, axles, brake discs, motor shafts). Core capabilities span bar turning on 3.5–65 mm diameter stock, 2- and 3-axis CNC machining, drilling, turning, milling, threading, hobbing, knurling, and in-house assembly with a 100% step-control quality approach certified to ISO 9001:2015. Keyless chucks with manual tightening, patented in Europe, the USA and Asia, account for 90% of production. Surface and heat treatments are outsourced, while co-design (3D CAD via SolidWorks), logistics, and packaging are performed in-house.

Nourrisson Tunisie operates a direct B2B export model targeting power tool manufacturers and tool dealers worldwide, shipping roughly one million parts annually across finished SKUs (100,000 chucks, 100,000 drills, 70,000 plates, 50,000 thread restorers). Pricing is quote-based for custom parts and standard products. The company was also awarded the RISS brand through the 1985 acquisition of Nourrisson Laurent and acquired FOS in 2016 to bring HSS hob cutter grinding and packaging in-house. No revenue, funding, or external institutional ownership is disclosed.

Name

Nourrisson Tunisie

Legal name

Nourrisson Tunisie

Website

https://nourrisson-tunisie.tn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nourrisson Tunisie is a Tunisian precision machining manufacturer (Monastir) producing keyless chucks, drills, thread restorers, plates and mechanical components for global power tool manufacturers and tool dealers, operating as the manufacturing arm of the French Nourrisson group.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Monastir

HQ country

Tunisia

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Precision Mechanical Parts Manufacturing: Manufacturing and commercialization of precision mechanical parts including chucks (mandrins), drills (forets), thread restorers (filons), plates (plaques), and jaws (mors) for power tool manufacturers and tool dealers. B2B revenue from large account export customers.
2. Contract Manufacturing Services: Custom precision machining services including bar turning, drilling, milling, threading, hobbing, knurling, heat treatment, and surface treatment services for industrial clients.

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Core offering

Nourrisson Tunisie manufactures precision mechanical parts and power tool components including keyless chucks, drills, thread restorers, plates, chuck bodies, and chuck jaws through CNC bar turning, drilling, milling, threading, hobbing, and assembly operations. The company produces over 320,000 finished parts annually on a 5,000 m2 facility with 100+ machines, serving global power tool manufacturers and tool dealers. It also offers co-design engineering, surface treatment, heat treatment, and global logistics services as integrated contract manufacturing capabilities.

Product overview

Nourrisson Tunisie is a precision metallurgy and machining company specializing in manufacturing mechanical parts and power tool accessories. The company operates as a single unified manufacturing platform producing key products including keyless chucks (mandrins autoserrants), drills, thread restorers, plates, and precision mechanical components. The product portfolio includes both internally manufactured items (90% of production being patented keyless chucks) and services such as co-design engineering, logistics management (1 million parts/year), surface treatment, and heat treatment outsourcing. The company also maintains the RISS brand acquired in 1985. Products are manufactured using comprehensive industrial capabilities spanning bar turning, drilling, threading, milling, hobbing, knurling, welding, brazing, and assembly, with production capacity exceeding 320,000 finished parts annually.

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Products and services

• Keyless Chucks (Mandrins Autoserrants) Self-tightening keyless chucks for power tools, patented in Europe, USA and Asia, now representing 90% of total production. Available in standard and ultra compact versions with new locking system. Annual production capacity of 100,000 units.
• Drills (Forets) Wood drills, concrete drills, and metal drills manufactured through precision machining processes including bar turning, drilling, and threading. Production capacity of 100,000 drills per year.
• Thread Restorers (Filons) Precision thread restorer tools for maintenance and repair applications. Annual production capacity of 50,000 units.
• Plates (Plaques) Precision-machined plates and chuck liners with curvilinear or oblique teeth cutting. Annual production capacity of 70,000 units.
• Chuck Bodies (Corps Mandrin) Precision-turned chuck bodies manufactured via CNC bar turning from diameter 3.5 to 65mm, with automated quality control at each stage.
• Chuck Jaws (Mors) Precision-machined jaws for chucks including threading for different diameters and pitches, manufactured via automated milling and hobbing processes.
• Hob Cutters (Fraises de Taillage) HSS (High-Speed Steel) hob cutters for gear cutting applications, produced through automated cutting and grinding with packaging performed in Tunisia.
• Mechanical Components (Engine Parts, Actuators) Precision mechanical parts including engine components (flanges, axles, brake discs, motor shafts), actuators (jacks, pistons, rods), and general mechanical parts (shafts, rings, plugs, washers, rollers) machined from diameter 3.5 to 65mm.
• Co-design Services Engineering support from preliminary project to industrialization including 3D CAD design using SolidWorks, technical solution analysis, and economic optimization for productivity gains.
• Logistics Services Global logistics and supply chain management with 1 million parts delivered per year, including shipping solutions, packaging studies, consignment stocks, real-time shipment tracking, and WEB EDI integration.
• Surface Treatment Services Outsourced surface treatments including zinc, zinc nickel, anodizing, hard chrome, burnishing, tribo-finishing, sandblasting, nickel plating, and stainless steel passivation.
• Heat Treatment Services Heat treatment services including HF quenching, carbonitruration, quenching and tempering, induction quenching, cementation, nitrocarburation, and annealing.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nourrisson Claude (Parent Company)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNourrisson Claude is the parent company created from the 2019 partition of the NOURRISSON group. It continues to design, produce and market French products at historical sites in Montbrison, Pontarlier and Paris. The Tunisia facility was transferred following the takeover by NOURRISSON Claude in 2016.
• Nourrisson DiffusioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNourrisson Diffusion develops the 21st century industrial know-how in tooling born in France, ensuring an industrial synthesis in Tunisia to withstand competitive pressure from China and India. Related entity in France.
• FOSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcquired by Outillage NOURRISSON Claude in 2016. Production of grinding and packaging of HSS hob cutters now performed in Tunisia.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Röhm: Röhm is a German manufacturer specializing in drill chucks and tool clamping systems, including keyless chucks for power tools. It is one of the closest direct competitors to Nourrisson Tunisie's patented keyless chuck product line, serving the same power-tool OEM customer base in Europe.
• Felss Group: Felss is a German precision parts manufacturer specializing in rotary swaging, cold forming, and bar turning of complex components for automotive and industrial customers. It is highly comparable to Nourrisson as a contract manufacturer of precision-turned mechanical parts.
• Sutton Tools: Sutton Tools is an Australian manufacturer of drills, taps, and cutting tools for wood, metal, and concrete applications. It competes with Nourrisson in the precision drill category and serves a similar distributor and OEM customer profile.
• OSG Corporation: OSG Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of taps, drills, end mills, and other precision cutting tools. It directly competes with Nourrisson in the precision drill and threading-restorer categories and serves a comparable industrial customer base.
• Dormer Pramet: Dormer Pramet manufactures drilling and metal-cutting tools including twist drills, taps, and threading tools for industrial markets. It directly overlaps with Nourrisson's drill and thread-restorer product lines serving similar industrial distributors and OEM customers.
• Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing (Apex Tool Group): Jacobs Chuck, owned by Apex Tool Group, is a historic US manufacturer of keyless and keyed chucks for industrial and power-tool applications. It is a direct competitor to Nourrisson's patented keyless chuck range and competes globally for OEM chuck contracts.

Broad incumbents

• Walter Tools: Walter Tools, part of the United Grinding Group, manufactures precision tooling for metalworking including drills, threading tools, and milling cutters. It competes in adjacent categories to Nourrisson's drill and thread-restorer lines and serves industrial OEM customers globally.
• Kennametal: Kennametal is a US-based global tooling solutions provider offering metal-cutting tools, inserts, and wear parts for industrial markets. It is a broad incumbent competitor that overlaps with Nourrisson's drill and precision-tool offerings for industrial customers.
• Sandvik Coromant: Sandvik Coromant is the tooling division of Sandvik AB, offering a broad portfolio of metal-cutting tools including drills and threading tools. It is a broad incumbent that competes with Nourrisson in industrial drills and threading products but with a much larger portfolio and global reach.

Emerging players

• Tornos: Tornos is a Swiss manufacturer of single- and multi-spindle screw machines (décolletage) and bar turning equipment used in precision parts production. While Tornos sells the machines Nourrisson operates, its precision turning contract-manufacturing services create partial overlap with Nourrisson's bar-turning operations.

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