LA FONDERIE CHAROLLAISE

What LA FONDERIE CHAROLLAISE does

La Fonderie Charollaise is a privately held French sand foundry, founded in 1984 through the takeover of Fournier Mouillon and headquartered in Génelard, Saône-et-Loire (Burgundy). The company produces custom ferrous castings in more than 150 grades — including lamellar, ductile, wear-resistant and austenitic cast iron (NF EN 1561/1563/12513/13835), carbon, alloy, stainless, heat-resistant, corrosion-resistant, wear-resistant and magnetic cast steels (NF EN 10293/10213/10295/10283), and nickel and cobalt superalloys — for parts ranging from 0.1 kg to 350 kg in unit or small-batch production.

Its technology stack centers on conventional sand casting supported by in-house heat treatment (furnace with 2000 × 1000 × 900 capacity), in-house quality inspection (Q4 Tasman BRUKER spectrometer, Wölpert hardness tester, NDT partners), and a reverse-engineering workflow built around a ROMER Absolute Arm with integrated 3D laser scanner, POLYWORKS point-cloud software, and SolidWorks CAD. Environmental performance is evidenced by a 90% sand reclamation and recycling rate since 1987, and the company commits at least 5% of revenue to reinvestment annually. It is ISO 9001:2015 certified.

Commercially, La Fonderie Charollaise serves heavy-industry verticals — railway/transport, energy (fossil and renewable), petrochemical, steel mills, cement plants, public works, and secondary segments in aerospace, defense, special machinery, pumps and valves — on a project-by-project, quote-based pricing model. It sells directly via an in-house sales department, operates an "Espace client" portal, and exports through a partnership with Fonderie Mathieu to Europe (Germany, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, Scandinavia), the Americas, the Maghreb, and New Caledonia. In 2013 it merged with Fonderie Mathieu and M2R (precision machining) into a joint holding company, enabling turnkey cast-to-finished-part delivery.

Name

LA FONDERIE CHAROLLAISE

Legal name

LA FONDERIE CHAROLLAISE

Website

https://fonderie-charollaise.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

La Fonderie Charollaise is a privately held French sand foundry in Génelard, Burgundy, producing custom ferrous castings — cast iron, carbon and stainless steel, and nickel/cobalt superalloys (0.1–350 kg, 150+ grades) — for enterprise customers in railway, energy, petrochemical, steel, cement, public works, and defense industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Metal Castings

NAICS

Ferrous Metal Foundries (33151), Steel Foundries (except Investment) (331513), Iron Foundries (331511)

SIC

Iron & Steel Foundries (3320)

akta.pro primary industry

Steel Casting (Continuous Casting, Ingots, Semi-Finished Slabs/Billets/Blooms) (IMAKABAD)

Keywords

• Custom metal castings
• Ferrous metal foundry
• Sand casting services
• Industrial wear parts
• Reverse engineering casting

Headquarters

HQ city

Génelard

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Casting Services: Production of custom metal castings in ferrous alloys (steel, cast iron, stainless steel, nickel and cobalt alloys) for industrial applications. Services include prototypes, individual components, and small batches. Revenue is generated through project-based orders with pricing based on complexity, materials, and production requirements.
2. Engineering and Design Services: Technical studies, reverse engineering, and product development services. Includes collaborative design with customer engineering departments to define geometries and metallurgies of products.
3. Finishing and Processing Services: Heat treatment, machining, surface finishing, and quality inspection services provided through integrated operations and local partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

La Fonderie Charollaise is a French sand foundry that produces custom ferrous metal castings in cast iron, carbon and alloy steel, stainless steel, and nickel/cobalt superalloys across more than 150 material grades, with individual part weights from 0.1 to 350 kg. It offers a turnkey service spanning technical studies, moulding, smelting, heat treatment, quality control, machining, and assembly, complemented by reverse engineering via 3D scanning to reproduce obsolete components for industrial customers in railway, energy, petrochemical, steel, cement, and public works sectors.

Product overview

La Fonderie Charollaise operates as a sand foundry specializing in custom metal casting services. The company produces cast parts (0.1-350 kg) in over 150 steel and cast iron variants for industrial applications. Their core offerings include custom casting services, reverse engineering capabilities using ROMER 3D scanning technology, heat treatment, quality control, and machining/finishing through the M2R partnership. The product portfolio spans industry-specific cast parts including cement industry wear parts, steel industry components, railway parts, petrochemical equipment, energy sector parts, public works parts, and specialized parts for aerospace, defense, and machinery sectors. They provide comprehensive 'turnkey' solutions from technical studies and prototyping through production, heat treatment, inspection, machining, and final assembly.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Metal Casting Services
• Steel Castings
• Cast Iron Products
• Reverse Engineering Services
• Heat Treatment Services
• Quality Control and Inspection Services
• Machining and Finishing Services
• Cement Industry Parts
• Steel Industry Parts
• Railway Sector Parts
• Petrochemical Industry Parts
• Energy Sector Parts
• Public Works Parts
• Aerospace, Defense, and Special Machinery Parts

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% sand recycling rate achieved since 1987, demonstrating environmental commitment
• +1 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fonderie MathieucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2013, Fonderie Charollaise merged with Fonderie Mathieu and M2R (machining company) to form a joint holding company. This partnership provides customers with a comprehensive combination of foundry and machining services, enabling complete turnkey solutions from casting through finishing.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Waupaca Foundry: Large US iron foundry producing ductile, gray, and high-alloy iron castings for automotive, construction, and industrial machinery. A broader-scale incumbent competitor in ferrous job-shop casting for industrial end markets.
• Buderus Edelstahl (voestalpine High Performance Metals): German specialty steel foundry and casting operation now part of voestalpine, producing high-alloy ferrous castings for industrial markets across Europe. A larger, more vertically integrated incumbent competing for the same niche steel casting work.
• Saint-Gobain PAM (Pont-à-Mousson): Major French industrial casting group producing ductile iron and steel components for water, infrastructure, and industrial markets. A much larger incumbent competitor serving French and European industrial customers in overlapping segments.
• Bradken Limited: Large global industrial casting and metal components supplier serving mining, rail, construction, and energy markets. Much larger scale incumbent, but competes for similar wear-part and replacement casting work in the same verticals Charollaise serves.

Direct peers

• Fonderie de l'Adour: French specialty foundry producing steel and high-alloy castings for defense, railway, and energy markets. Comparable niche positioning in small-batch, high-specification ferrous castings across similar industrial verticals.
• Fonderie de Bretagne: French sand foundry producing ferrous and non-ferrous castings for industrial customers including marine, energy, and heavy machinery. Directly comparable in scale, customer type, and job-shop custom casting model to La Fonderie Charollaise.
• Fonderie Mathieu: Sister French ferrous foundry under the same 2013 joint holding company as La Fonderie Charollaise. Both produce cast iron and steel parts for industrial B2B customers, share commercial and geographic reach, and are explicitly marketed together on the Charollaise website as complementary foundries.
• Lehigh Heavy Forge Corporation: US custom steel forging and casting operation producing heavy industrial components for power generation, mining, cement, and railway markets. Comparable in custom job-shop model and heavy industrial end-market mix.
• Eisenwerk Erla GmbH: German steel foundry specializing in corrosion-, heat-, and wear-resistant castings for industrial customers including energy, petrochemical, and general machinery. Closely comparable in materials range, alloy expertise, and European industrial customer base.

Others

• Castings PLC:

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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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