AQUITAINE ELECTRIQUE

What AQUITAINE ELECTRIQUE does

Aquitaine Electrique is a privately-held French industrial equipment manufacturer that designs, fabricates, assembles and installs complete sawmill production lines as a single-source provider. Founded in 1995 and registered as a SARL with €200,000 of capital (SIRET 444 541 890 000 18), the company is headquartered in Loupiac de la Réole and operates its main fabrication workshop in Captieux, where more than 40 professionals handle machining, welding, painting, assembly and mounting (hydraulic, electromechanical, automation and pneumatic). Engineering and automation are delivered through its wholly-owned subsidiary Technicant Ingenierie, an in-house bureau staffed by more than 10 engineers, study technicians and automation specialists that produces custom modular designs such as the Centre de Délignage Modulaire CDM 225-250 and the MULTICANT pallet notching center. The product range covers primary breakdown (carriages, frame saws, canters, multilame saws), secondary processing (edgers, profilers, resaws, lath and stake machines) and line automation (log yards, conveyors, stackers), with 2D/3D scanners retrofitted for log optimization.

The company sells almost exclusively to French sawmills, principally in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and the Massif Central (Corrèze, Haute-Vienne, Landes), through a direct-sales motion and recurring presence at EUROBOIS. Revenue is generated from one-time equipment sales (custom sawing lines and spare parts/used equipment) and professional-services revenue (after-sales maintenance and repair for all brands). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company has no listed parent, no known institutional investors, no disclosed funding rounds, and no patents or awards on record; it complements its commercial activity with a corporate-responsibility partnership (Plantons pour l'avenir) and promotes a "Conception et fabrication française" / "Fabriqué en France" positioning.

Name

AQUITAINE ELECTRIQUE

Legal name

Aquitaine Electrique

Website

https://aquitaine-electrique.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Aquitaine Electrique is a French manufacturer that designs, builds and installs custom sawmill production lines — including modular edging and pallet notching centers — for sawmills across Nouvelle-Aquitaine and the Massif Central, via its Captieux workshop and Technicant Ingenierie engineering subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Loupiac de la Réole

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sawing line design, manufacturing and installation: Custom sawing lines designed, manufactured, and installed for sawmills. Turnkey solutions with hydraulic, electromechanical, automation, and pneumatic systems.
2. Spare parts and used equipment sales: Sale of spare parts and pre-owned machinery for sawmills
3. Maintenance and repair services: SAV (after-sales service), machining, maintenance, and troubleshooting for all brands

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aquitaine Electrique designs, manufactures, and installs custom sawmill production lines for wood processing companies, offering turnkey solutions including modular edging centers (CDM 225-250), modular pallet notching centers (MULTICANT), canters, multi-blade saws, scanners, and material handling equipment. The company also sells spare parts, used equipment, and provides maintenance, retrofit, and repair services for all brands of sawmill equipment.

Product overview

AQUITAINE ELECTRIQUE designs, manufactures, and installs complete sawmill production lines as a single-source provider. The core portfolio centers on the Centre de Délignage Modulaire CDM 225-250 and MULTICANT (a modular pallet notching center), supported by a full range of modular components including Canter 640, Canter Quad Circulaires, Centre de Reprise 6 Lames Mobiles, Chariot 4 Bornes with hydraulic lift, Slabber Relevable Jumbo, Profileur et Refendeur, Multilame, Tronçonneuses, Latteuse, and various conveyors (Redler, Convoyeur éjecteur). Their lines integrate Scanners 2D et 3D for log optimization. The company also offers retrofit services, spare parts, used equipment, and maintenance for all brands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MULTICANT A fully modular pallet notching center (Centre de Débitage Palette) designed and configurable with profileurs/canter/circulaires for pallet production lines in sawmills.
• Centre de Délignage Modulaire CDM 225-250

Quantifiable outcome

• Energy-efficient motor installations eligible for government subsidies

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Technicant IngenieriecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn-house engineering bureau with over 10 engineers, study technicians and automation specialists developing and designing adapted sawing lines. Integrated subsidiary of Aquitaine Electrique.
• Plantons pour l'avenirminorOthersCorporate sponsorship partnership supporting reforestation projects in France as part of environmental policy. Aquitaine contributes to concrete reforestation actions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Linck Holzverarbeitungstechnik: German manufacturer of sawmill machinery and complete lines for softwood and hardwood processing. Directly comparable in core product scope (carriages, frame saws, edgers, optimization) and turnkey sawmill delivery model.
• AKE Knebel: German specialist in sawmill equipment, particularly canters, edgers, and complete log breakdown lines. Closely comparable in target customers and product range to Aquitaine Electrique's CDM and canter family.
• Springer Maschinenfabrik: Austrian/Canadian sawmill equipment manufacturer producing carriages, frame saws, edgers, and chipper-canters. Directly comparable as a sawmill-line builder with similar engineered, modular offerings across the same sawing-line categories.
• Pallmann Maschinenfabrik: German specialist in wood-processing machinery, including size-reduction, milling, and sawmill-related equipment. Comparable as a European industrial machinery maker serving wood-processing customers with engineered systems.
• Mühlböck Holztrocknungsanlagen: Austrian manufacturer of drying and sawmill equipment for the wood-processing industry. Comparable as a European mid-sized producer of integrated sawmill solutions including automation and scanning, serving European sawmills.
• Söderhamn Eriksson: Major Swedish supplier of complete sawmill production lines including canters, edgers, and scanners. Highly comparable as a turnkey sawmill-line specialist competing in the same equipment categories (canter, edger, scanner) as Aquitaine Electrique.
• Vesco: French manufacturer of sawmill machinery (canters, edgers, optimization lines). Directly comparable because both are French SMEs designing and building complete, customized sawing lines for the same regional sawmill customer base.

Broad incumbents

• USNR (now BID Group): North American large-scale supplier of sawmill equipment, scanners, and control systems. A broad incumbent in the same equipment categories (scanners, optimization, canter lines), serving as a benchmark for the larger end of the market Aquitaine Electrique competes in.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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