ECV Emballages

What ECV Emballages does

ECV Emballages is a French family-owned industrial manufacturer of wooden packaging founded in 1942 and headquartered in Orange, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The company designs and produces lightweight wooden crates ('cagettes'), reinforced storage and transport bins, and wooden pallets for the agricultural sector — primarily fruit and vegetable producers, cooperatives, and distributors in South-East France. Core inputs are poplar wood sourced within a 200 km radius, with the firm emphasizing food-contact safety (natural pH neutrality, no chemical treatment), 3D modeling and technical engineering for custom designs, and full in-house production at its Orange facility.

The company operates a circular production model: non-conforming wood, bark, sawdust, and wood chips are valorized as a separate 'Bois Énergie' product line for biomass, composting, and heating applications. Distribution is executed via an own-vehicle fleet delivering 10–60 pallets across South-East France, supplemented by depot pickup and partner shipping locations. Pricing is quote-based with no public list, and transactions are one-off rather than subscription or contracted. The company is in its fourth generation of family leadership, employs roughly 10 permanent staff (scaling to ~60 seasonally), and has no disclosed funding, external investors, M&A activity, or AI/ML capabilities.

Commercial posture is sales-led and relationship-driven: lead channels are the company website (with quote request form), Facebook, and direct phone/email contact. There is no evidence of content marketing, paid acquisition, or digital self-service beyond a planned-but-unlaunched client portal. The addressable market is intentionally local — South-East French agriculture — and the business model relies on volume from a fragmented base of farmers and cooperatives rather than a few large enterprise contracts.

Name

ECV Emballages

Legal name

ECV Emballages

Website

https://ecvemballages.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1942

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ECV Emballages is a fourth-generation French family manufacturer founded in 1942 that produces wooden crates, bins, and pallets for agricultural fruit and vegetable producers and cooperatives across South-East France, with zero-waste poplar production and own-fleet regional delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Wood Packaging

NAICS

Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing (321920)

SIC

Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture) (2400)

akta.pro primary industry

Wood Pallets, Crates & Industrial Wood Packaging (IMADADAJ)

Keywords

• Wood packaging manufacturing
• Agricultural wooden crates
• Wooden pallets and bins
• Food-safe wood packaging
• Sustainable packaging solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Orange

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Wood Packaging Products: Manufacturing and sale of lightweight wooden packaging (cagettes, bins, pallets) for agriculture. Products are sold as one-time transactions, with customization options for dimensions, materials, and branding. Pricing is quote-based.
2. Bois Énergie (Energy Wood Products: Sale of wood-derived energy products including bark, sawdust, and wood chips from the manufacturing process. These are sold in bags or bulk for agricultural, energetic, or industrial uses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ECV Emballages manufactures and sells custom and standard wood packaging products — lightweight wooden crates (cagettes), reinforced bins, and pallets — primarily for agricultural producers, cooperatives, and distributors in the fruit and vegetable sector. The company also sells wood by-products (bark, sawdust, wood chips) for energy, landscaping, and agricultural uses, operating a zero-waste circular production model using locally-sourced French poplar wood.

Product overview

ECV Emballages is a French wood packaging manufacturer offering a portfolio of products centered on wooden crates (cagettes), bins, and pallets for the agricultural sector. The core offering consists of Les Cagettes (lightweight wooden crates in multiple standard sizes), Bins (large capacity storage/transport containers), and Palettes (standard and custom pallets). As part of a circular production model, the company also offers Bois Énergie (energy wood by-products including bark, sawdust, and wood chips). All products are customizable with engineering support, 3D modeling, and food-contact compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Les Cagettes (Lightweight Wooden Crates) Lightweight wooden crates for fruits and vegetables, available in standard sizes (20x30cm, 40x30cm, 50x30cm, 57x34cm, 60x40cm) with customizable dimensions, branding options, and food-contact compliance. Designed for resistance, ventilation, and agricultural logistics. Targets farmers, agricultural cooperatives, and produce distributors.
• Bins (Wooden Storage and Transport Bins) Robust wooden bins for storage and transport of large quantities of fruits and vegetables. Feature reinforced structure, excellent stability, stackability, and compatibility with forklifts for intensive agricultural and distribution use. Designed for agricultural producers and logistics operators.
• Palettes (Wooden Pallets) Wooden pallets designed for transport and storage, ensuring stability, high load capacity, and compatibility with modern logistics systems. Available in standard and custom dimensions for agricultural and distribution buyers.
• Bois Énergie (Energy Wood Products) Energy wood by-products derived from the wood transformation process, including bark (écorces) for landscaping and soil protection, sawdust (sciure) for animal bedding and industrial use, and wood chips (plaquettes) for biomass heating and energy production. Sold in bags or bulk to agricultural, energetic, or industrial buyers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of wood materials valorized with zero waste production
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Aufschnaiter: Austrian pallet and wooden packaging manufacturer serving regional European customers. Comparable for its family-business heritage and focus on custom wooden pallets and packaging for agricultural and industrial users.
• Falkenhahn AG: German manufacturer of custom wooden packaging, crates, and pallets for industrial and agricultural customers. Highly comparable as a family-run, niche European wooden-packaging producer serving similar B2B markets with engineered custom solutions.
• Nefab: Swedish-headquartered engineered packaging manufacturer offering wood-based crating, pallets, and customized industrial packaging across Europe. Comparable for its focus on engineered, multi-material packaging solutions for industrial and agricultural shippers.
• Eltete Group: Finnish manufacturer of sustainable transport packaging including wooden pallets and pallet collars. Comparable as a European regional producer of wood-based logistics packaging with sustainability credentials serving industrial shippers.

Broad incumbents

• CHEP: Global leader in pallet and container pooling services, including pooled platforms for the fresh produce supply chain. Comparable as a major established player offering pallet solutions overlapping with ECV's agricultural customer base, but operates at global scale on a pooling model.
• Smurfit Kappa: One of Europe's largest paper-based and packaging manufacturers with extensive agricultural and produce packaging lines. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving the same French/European produce customers, though its core substrate is paper-based rather than wood.
• Stora Enso: Nordic integrated forest products company producing wood-based packaging materials including pallets, crates, and components. Comparable as a broad wood-products incumbent supplying packaging inputs and finished products to European agricultural customers.
• DS Smith: Major international packaging company with strong European footprint in corrugated and produce packaging. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving French and European fresh-produce customers with competing (though paper-based) packaging formats.
• Brambles: Australian-listed parent company of CHEP, the global pallet pooling leader. Comparable as the corporate parent of the dominant pooled-pallet competitor to ECV's agricultural packaging customers across Europe.
• Mondi: Global packaging and paper group with significant European operations in corrugated packaging, sacks, and wooden pallet solutions. Comparable as a broad incumbent overlapping in agricultural produce packaging and pallet supply across Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ecv.bois.emballages
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ecv-technologies

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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