What ARAPLAST does

ARAPLAST is a privately held French plastics machining and transformation workshop headquartered in Pusignan, near Lyon, with approximately 25 employees. The company operates a single-site production facility built around a large-format CNC machining center (3100 x 2100) equipped with DAO and CFAO drawing software, supported by cold/hot bending, diamond polishing, turning, milling, gluing, and plastic boilerwork capabilities. It works a broad material portfolio including PMMA, PC, PVC, PEHD, PPH, PS, ABS, PP, ALU composite (DIBOND-type), Teflon, and has extended into carbon fiber plate and decorative wood machining.

The company's customer base spans multiple verticals rather than a single anchor market. Stated primary segments include aerospace, chemical processing equipment, and general industrial manufacturing (including food and pharmaceutical use cases), with secondary applications in point-of-sale advertising (PLV), interior fitting-out (agencement), and museum/art protective enclosures. Notable finished products in the portfolio range from custom tanks (e.g., 1,000-litre PEHD vessels) and machine guarding to design staircases with PMMA treads, LED-lit display housings, conference podiums, PMMA conference tables, and laboratory desiccators, alongside a retail cut-to-size offering for individuals.

The business model is sales-led and project-based: ARAPLAST serves both professionals and individuals on small to medium production runs, with free quotes delivered within 24 hours and average realization under one week. Pricing is quote-based, paid via check, cash, or bank transfer, with no disclosed recurring contracts, subscription revenue, or external investment. Customer acquisition runs through the company website, direct phone, email, and a contact form, with no formal partnerships, distribution channels, or marketing programs referenced in the available data.

Name

ARAPLAST

Legal name

ARAPLAST

Website

https://araplast.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ARAPLAST is a privately held French plastics machining workshop near Lyon (25 employees) offering CNC cutting, bending, polishing, and fabrication of technical plastics, carbon fiber, and wood for aerospace, chemical, industrial, and design customers on small-to-medium custom orders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Plastic Fabrication and Machining

NAICS

Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (326)

SIC

Plastics Products, Nec (3089)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom Injection Molding & Contract Manufacturing (Job Shops/CMs) (IMANAFAJ)

Keywords

• Custom plastic machining
• CNC plastic cutting
• Plastic fabrication services
• Industrial plastic parts
• Plastic material transformation

Headquarters

HQ city

Pusignan

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Plastic Machining Services: Custom machining, cutting, bending, polishing, gluing, and forming of plastic materials for professional and individual customers. Services include cartérisation, capotage maquette, and plastic boiler making for small to medium series.
2. Retail Plastic Sales: Sale of plastic plates, rods, and tubes at retail with custom cutting to customer dimensions

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ARAPLAST is a French plastic machining and transformation workshop that produces custom plastic parts for aerospace, chemical, industrial, point-of-sale advertising, and interior design clients, plus retail cut-to-size plastic sales. Services span CNC cutting, cold and hot bending, diamond polishing, turning, milling, gluing, plastic boiler making, machine guarding, and model capping using materials such as PMMA, PC, PEHD, PPH, PVC, ABS, PP, ALU composite, Teflon, wood, and carbon fiber. The company handles small to medium production series for both professionals and individuals, with free quotes within 24 hours and average realization under one week.

Product overview

ARAPLAST is a plastic transformation and machining company with over 25 years of experience. The company operates as a service-based business offering CNC cutting, bending, turning, milling, gluing, and plastic fabrication services using a 3100 x 2100 machining center. ARAPLAST works with various plastic materials including PMMA, PC, PEHD, PPH, PVC, PS, ABS, PP, ALU composite (DIBOND), Teflon, as well as wood and carbon fiber. The portfolio includes custom-designed products such as museum-type display caps, presentation cases, design staircases with PMMA steps, machine protection guards, laboratory equipment (desiccators), custom tanks, exhibition booths, conference podiums, LED display cases, and retail plastic sheet sales. Services span multiple industrial sectors including aeronautics, chemistry, industry, plastic fabrication, point-of-sale advertising (PLV), and interior design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CNC Cutting Service (Découpe sur centre numérique) Custom CNC cutting of plastic materials using a 3100 x 2100 machining center with DAO and CFAO drawing software for precision cutting of PMMA, PC, PVC, PEHD, and other technical plastics.
• Cold and Hot Bending (Pliage à froid ou à chaud) Bending services for PMMA, PC, PETG, and ALU composite (DIBOND type) materials, performed cold or hot depending on the material and design requirements.
• Turning and Milling (Tournage / Fraisage) Precision turning and milling services for PPH, PA6, POM, PVC and other technical plastics to produce custom machined components.
• Gluing (Collage) Professional gluing services for plastic assemblies, ranging from museum-type caps to technical laboratory pieces.
• Plastic Boiler Making (Chaudronnerie plastique) Custom tank fabrication in PEHD or PPH plastics for industrial chemical and processing applications.
• Machine Guarding (Cartérisation) Custom machine guarding and protection solutions for industrial, food, or pharmaceutical use, fabricated from plastic materials.
• Model Capping (Capotage maquette) Custom cap and protection fabrication for models or display objects, including museum-type caps for art protection.
• Retail Plastic Sales (Vente au détail) Retail sale and cutting of plastic sheets, rods, and tubes to customer-specified dimensions for individuals and small projects.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Albea Group: Albea is a major French plastic packaging manufacturer serving beauty and personal-care end-markets; its PLV and packaging-adjacent industrial customer base partially overlaps with ARAPLAST's PLV and display-case work.
• Lacroix Group: Lacroix is a French industrial group active in plastics processing, electronics, and IoT for industrial clients, sharing ARAPLAST's French footprint and exposure to industrial OEM customers with custom plastics needs.
• Plastic Omnium: Plastic Omnium is a large French-headquartered plastics manufacturer focused on automotive and clean-mobility systems; not a direct job-shop competitor, but a representative French large-incumbent plastics company whose industrial end-markets overlap with ARAPLAST's industrial customers.
• Röchling Industrial: Röchling is a large German engineering plastics group offering semi-finished stock, machined components, and plastic fabrication across many industries, overlapping with ARAPLAST on plastic transformation services but at far greater scale and breadth.

Direct peers

• Quadrant Engineering Plastics (Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials): Quadrant/MCAM is a global machined plastics specialist producing custom plastic components and shapes from technical plastics for industrial buyers, offering the same machined-from-stock and cut-to-size custom parts model as ARAPLAST.
• Ensinger (Ensinger Plastics): Ensinger is a European precision plastics machining and fabrication specialist serving industrial customers with custom-cut, turned, and milled plastic stock and finished parts, closely matching ARAPLAST's custom machining and cut-to-size retail service model.
• Plastivaloire: Plastivaloire is a French listed custom plastic parts manufacturer providing custom-moulded and machined plastic components to similar industrial customers, making it the most directly comparable publicly observable peer to ARAPLAST's custom plastics transformation business.

Others

• Sepro Group: Sepro is a French robotics and automation supplier to plastics processors; not a direct competitor but an adjacent French ecosystem participant whose customer base overlaps with custom plastics job shops like ARAPLAST.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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