EIST
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1991
- HeadquartersMEYZIEU, France
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
EIST firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- EIST
- Legal name
- EIST
- Website
- https://eist.fr
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1991
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
EIST industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Metal Fabrication
- NAICS
- All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (333248)
- SIC
- Truck & Bus Bodies (3713)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Specialty Vehicle Body Manufacturing (Emergency/Military/Mobile Clinics) (IMACAGAD)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Process Plant & Materials Handling EPC (Crushing, Conveying, Stockpiles, Loadout) (IMAKAOAE)
Keywords
Where EIST is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- MEYZIEU
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
EIST business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Custom Fabrication Services: Custom fabrication of chaudronnerie, tôlerie, and tuyauterie products for industrial clients. Services include design, cutting, bending, welding, surface treatment, and assembly. Pricing is quote-based based on client specifications.
- Work Platform Products: Manufacture and sale of variable height work platforms for transport and industrial maintenance sectors. Products are standardized with modular options and sold directly to end customers.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels3 records
EIST product offering
Product offeringCore offering
EIST is a French industrial metal fabrication company offering custom chaudronnerie (boilermaking), tôlerie (sheet metal work), and tuyauterie (piping) services in stainless steel, aluminum, and carbon steel. It provides turnkey solutions from 3D CAD/DAO design through cutting, bending, welding, surface treatment, and assembly. Its standardized physical product is the Plateforme de Travail à Hauteur Variable, a mobile, height-adjustable work platform sold primarily to transport and industrial maintenance clients.
Product overview
EIST is a metal fabrication company (chaudronnerie, tôlerie, tuyauterie) offering both products and manufacturing services. The flagship product is the Plateforme de Travail à Hauteur Variable, a physical industrial work platform for height-access applications. The company also provides three core manufacturing services: Chaudronnerie (custom metal fabrication of tanks, vessels, cyclones), Tôlerie (sheet metal fabrication), and Tuyauterie (piping systems). All offerings utilize modern CNC equipment including press brakes, guillotine shears, rollers, welding stations (TIG/MIG), and microblasting cabin for surface treatment. Services cover the full production chain from 3D CAD/DAO design to cutting, bending, welding, surface treatment, and assembly.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Plateforme de Travail: A variable-height mobile work platform designed for maintenance and work at height, marketed as a safety solution for industrial applications.
Products and services
- Plateforme de Travail à Hauteur Variable (Variable Height Work Platform) A mobile, height-adjustable work platform designed for industrial maintenance and fabrication work at height. Features adjustable height (mini 2.30m / maxi 3m), anti-slip platform surface (2.9m x 0.7m), safety guardrails, sliding folding ladder, and a manual lifting winch. Certified for 225 kg CMU with external control bureau inspection. Sold to transport companies, bus fleets, and industrial maintenance operations.
- Chaudronnerie Services (Custom Boilermaking) Custom metal fabrication services for boilers, tanks, vessels, cyclones, and structural assemblies in stainless steel, aluminum, and carbon steel. Includes cutting, bending, rolling, welding (TIG/MIG), surface treatment, and assembly. Serves food processing, pharmaceutical, chemical, petrochemical, nuclear, and industrial bodywork sectors.
- Tôlerie Services (Sheet Metal Work) Sheet metal fabrication services including cutting, bending, welding, and assembly of components for machines, structures, and large-scale metal pieces using presses, shears, and CNC bending equipment. Production ranges from prototype to small series.
- Tuyauterie Services (Industrial Piping) Industrial piping fabrication and installation services including pipe supports, piping systems, and tube assemblies with TIG welding and polishing finishes for various industrial applications, including pharmaceutical-grade polishing.
Quantifiable outcome
- More than 100 work platforms deployed worldwide, demonstrating product reliability
Companies that use EIST
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
EIST technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
EIST partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators4 records
Recent moves4 records
Expansion highlights5 records
EIST competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Altrex: Altrex is a European manufacturer of ladders, scaffolds and mobile work platforms. It competes with EIST's work platform product across European export markets (Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, etc.) and targets the same industrial maintenance user profile.
- HAILO: HAILO Professional manufactures mobile work platforms, step ladders and access solutions for industrial and commercial use. It competes with EIST's variable-height platform, particularly in German-speaking and broader European markets where EIST exports.
- ZARGES: ZARGES is a German manufacturer of access solutions, mobile work platforms and aluminum structures. Its modular work platforms compete directly with EIST's certified height-adjustable platform across European transport and industrial maintenance customers.
- STAUFF: STAUFF is a global manufacturer of industrial pipe supports, clamps, tube accessories and related fluid-system components. It competes with EIST's tuyauterie/pipe support fabrication offering and shares industrial process customers in food, pharma, chemical and energy.
- Centaure: Centaure is a French manufacturer of work platforms, ladders and access equipment for industrial and construction use. It directly competes with EIST's Plateforme de Travail à Hauteur Variable in the same end markets (maintenance, transport, industrial sites) and serves a similar French customer base.
- TUBESCA-COMABI: TUBESCA-COMABI is one of France's leading manufacturers of access solutions, work platforms and ladders for professionals. It competes head-on with EIST's variable-height work platform and shares a French industrial customer base with overlap in transport and maintenance sectors.
Broad incumbents
- MANOIR Industries: MANOIR Industries is a French industrial group with metallurgy, foundry and custom fabrication capabilities serving nuclear, energy and industrial markets. It represents a much larger incumbent that competes for the same nuclear, chemical and heavy-industrial fabrication work EIST addresses.
- Boccard: Boccard is a large French industrial engineering and fabrication group providing process piping, vessels and skid modules to food, pharma and energy customers. It is a broader incumbent in the same chaudronnerie/tuyauterie custom-fabrication space where EIST competes.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
EIST social profiles
Digital presenceEIST financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
EIST leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
EIST funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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EIST M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about EIST
What does EIST do?
EIST is a French industrial metal fabrication company offering custom chaudronnerie (boilermaking), tôlerie (sheet metal work), and tuyauterie (piping) services in stainless steel, aluminum, and carbon steel. It provides turnkey solutions from 3D CAD/DAO design through cutting, bending, welding, surface treatment, and assembly. Its standardized physical product is the Plateforme de Travail à Hauteur Variable, a mobile, height-adjustable work platform sold primarily to transport and industrial maintenance clients.
Is EIST a public or private company?
EIST is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was EIST founded?
EIST was founded in 1991. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is EIST based?
EIST is headquartered in MEYZIEU, France, in the Europe region.
How does EIST make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Custom Fabrication Services are the primary driver. The others are work Platform Products.
Who are EIST's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Altrex, HAILO, ZARGES, STAUFF, Centaure and TUBESCA-COMABI. Broad incumbents are MANOIR Industries and Boccard.
Does EIST have an API?
No public API is recorded for EIST.
What industry is EIST in?
EIST's product category is Industrial Metal Fabrication. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMACAGAD, Specialty Vehicle Body Manufacturing (Emergency/Military/Mobile Clinics), with a secondary code of IMAKAOAE, Process Plant & Materials Handling EPC (Crushing, Conveying, Stockpiles, Loadout). Its NAICS code is 333248 and its SIC code is 3713.