Ateliers De Tertre
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1968
- HeadquartersTertre, Belgium
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingServices
Ateliers De Tertre firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Ateliers De Tertre
- Legal name
- ASBL Les Ateliers de Tertre
- Website
- https://etater.be
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1968
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Ateliers De Tertre industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Adapted Workforce and Industrial Services
- NAICS
- Temporary Help Services (56132), Drycleaning and Laundry Services (8123)
- SIC
- Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Warehousing, Distribution & Material Handling Staffing (BPACAEAD)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Commercial/Institutional Pressing & Finishing Services (HSAJALAE), Uniform & Linen Pickup/Delivery & Route Service (HSAJAMAD)
Keywords
Where Ateliers De Tertre is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Tertre
- HQ country
- Belgium
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices3 records
Markets served
Ateliers De Tertre business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Pallet Management Services: Purchase, sale, repair, sorting, storage, and transportation of wooden reuse pallets. Services include ISPM15 treatment and customized manufacturing. Revenue from buying and selling secondhand pallets and service fees for repair, sorting, and management.
- Metal Division (Mécano-soudure): Custom fabrication and installation of metal structures including guardrails, balustrades, gates, protection racks, carts, railway equipment, armored doors, and signaling posts. Class 1 and Class 2 construction certifications allow bidding on public contracts up to €135,000.
- Packaging Services: Assembly, sorting, folding, welding, cutting, quality control, packaging, picking, labeling, bin cleaning, handling, film wrapping, and clean room services (ISO8) for paramedical, veterinary, hospital, food, brewery, mass distribution, and cosmetic sectors.
- Painting Services: Interior and exterior painting for buildings (facades, frames, doors, cornices, walls, ceilings, floors) and industrial painting (epoxy, polyurethane, anti-rust, anti-fire). Includes floor markings and interior fit-out services (flooring, ceiling, wallpaper).
- Parcs et Jardins (Parks & Gardens): Green space maintenance including mowing, planting, brushing, pruning, fence installation, pruning/felling, and spraying services for individuals and professionals.
- Cleaning Services: Industrial cleaning, end-of-construction-site cleaning, elevator cleaning, office and showroom cleaning, and professional window cleaning including solar panels, using height-qualified staff.
- On-Site Staffing: Provision of qualified and supervised workforce (forklift operators, packaging workers, multi-skilled workers, production operators, welders, painters, gardeners) to complement client teams on-site, with competitive hourly rates.
- Titres-Services (Ironing): Professional ironing and laundry service for individuals (drop-off/pick-up within 48-72 hours) and businesses (collection, ironing, and return to employees). Revenue from per-service fees under the Belgian Titre-Services system.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Custom project-based pricing across all 8 service divisions |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels7 records
Ateliers De Tertre product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Ateliers De Tertre operates eight service divisions under an adapted work company (Entreprise de Travail Adapté) model: pallets management (purchase, sale, repair, sorting, recycling), metal fabrication and installation, packaging and assembly including ISO8 clean room services, interior/exterior and industrial painting, parks and gardens maintenance, industrial and window cleaning, on-site staffing augmentation, and Titres-services ironing. Services are delivered by a supervised workforce of more than 350 employees, at least 70% of whom are workers with disabilities, to private businesses, public institutions, and individual consumers in the Wallonia region of Belgium.
Product overview
Ateliers De Tertre is a social enterprise (Entreprise de Travail Adapté/Adapted Work Company) operating 8 distinct service divisions as a unified offering. The company provides pallet management (Pôle Palettes), metal fabrication and installation (Pôle Métal), packaging and assembly services including a clean room (Pôle Conditionnement), painting and interior fit-out (Pôle Peinture), parks and gardens maintenance (Pôle Parcs et Jardins), industrial and window cleaning (Pôle Nettoyage), on-site staff supplementation (Pôle Personnel sur site), and ironing/laundry services (Pôle Titres-Services). These divisions work together to serve both private companies and public institutions, particularly focusing on social inclusion through employment of people with disabilities.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Pôle Palettes (Pallets Division) Purchase, sale, sorting, repair, storage, and recycling of wooden reuse pallets in standard, light, half-heavy, and heavy formats. Provides complete pallet pool management on a 27,000 m² site with 5,300 m² covered area and over 100,000 pallet storage capacity. Processes more than 500,000 pallets annually. EPAL B-306 authorized repairer with ISPM15 heat treatment authorization.
- Pôle Métal (Metal Division) Custom mechano-welding workshop offering design, fabrication, and installation of metal structures including guardrails, balustrades, gates, protection racks, carts, railway equipment, armored doors, and signaling posts. Equipped with shears, mechanical and hydraulic presses, press brake (135T, 3m table), TIG-MIG welding stations, and finishing equipment. Holds Class 2 metalworking certification for public procurement.
- Pôle Conditionnement (Packaging Division) Assembly, sorting, folding, welding, cutting, quality control, packaging, picking, labeling, bin cleaning, handling, film wrapping, and ISO8 clean room services. Operates a more than 110 m² clean room classified ISO8 Class 100,000 for paramedical, veterinary, hospital, food, brewery, mass distribution, and cosmetic sectors.
- Pôle Peinture (Paint Division) Interior and exterior painting for buildings (facades, frames, doors, cornices, walls, ceilings, floors) and industrial painting (epoxy, polyurethane, anti-rust, anti-fire). Includes floor markings and interior fit-out services (vinyl, lino, partition installation, door fitting, hardware).
- Pôle Parcs et Jardins (Parks and Gardens Division) Green space maintenance including mowing, planting, brushing, pruning, fence installation, tree pruning and felling, landscaping, and spraying services for individuals and professionals.
- Pôle Nettoyage (Cleaning Division) Industrial cleaning, end-of-construction-site cleaning, elevator cleaning, office and showroom cleaning, and professional window cleaning including solar panels, using height-qualified staff for showrooms, verandas, shop windows, and halls.
- Pôle Personnel sur site (On-Site Staff Division) Provision of qualified and supervised workforce for on-site reinforcement, including forklift operators, packaging workers, multi-skilled workers, production operators, inventory managers, administrative support, welders, painters, and gardeners, with competitive hourly rates.
- Pôle Titres-Services (Ironing/Laundry Division) Professional ironing and laundry service under the Belgian Titre-Services system. For individuals, drop-off and pick-up within 48-72 hours. For businesses, collection, ironing, and return of employee laundry.
Quantifiable outcome
- More than 500,000 pallets processed annually
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Ateliers De Tertre
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Ateliers De Tertre technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature3 records
Ateliers De Tertre partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.
- FUCaM (UCLouvain)minorHost venue for the launch of the 'Accompagnement à la Digitalisation Durable des PME Wallonnes' project, organized at Ateliers des FUCaM, demonstrating collaboration between the university and Walloon SMEs including Ateliers de Tertre.
- SETAH / LouvexpominorCo-organization of the 1st Edition of the Salon des Entreprises de Travail Adapté du Hainaut (SETAH) held at Louvexpo, bringing together ETAs and job seekers with disabilities in the Hainaut region.
- MRMB (Maison Reconvert Mons Borinage)minorCollaboration with MRMB at the Job&Vous recruitment event in Mons, where 30 employers met 250 MRMB trainees seeking employment. Ateliers de Tertre participated to recruit workers for various positions including welders, forklift operators, and cleaning/packaging/gardening staff.
- UCLouvain FUCaM Mons / PaDEL (People and Digital Ecosystems Lab)minorParticipation in the 'Digitalisation Durable des PME Wallonnes' project initiated by Professor Alain VAS, providing one year of digital transformation support. Ateliers de Tertre was selected as one of 15 Walloon SMEs to participate alongside other companies including IFAPME Charleroi Gilly, Connexion Immo, Couplet Sugars, De² Engineering, Façozinc, Glutton Cleaning Machines, LEPAGE SA, LIXON, Marbrerie de Soignies, Marchandise S.A., Orthopédie Toussaint, QUALITY ASSISTANCE S.A., The Spin, and Voyages Léonard.
- Japet MedicalminorPartnership for pilot deployment of exoskeletons at pallet sorting stations. Japet Medical provides exoskeleton technology designed to protect and relieve workers' backs during manual handling tasks, demonstrating the company's commitment to worker safety and ergonomics.
- Dimequip (historical)minorPrimary client for the ISO8 clean room from inception in 2008 until November 2017, using the facility for medical equipment packaging operations.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Ateliers De Tertre competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- CHEP: Global pooled-pallet and supply-chain solutions company. Comparable to Ateliers de Tertre's Pôle Palettes in scale of pallet handling and reuse, though CHEP operates a proprietary pool versus Ateliers de Tertre's authorized EPAL repair and recycling model.
- Elis: European leader in textile and hygiene services (flat linen, workwear, clean-room garments). Closest industrial peer to Ateliers de Tertre's Pôle Titres-Services and the ironing/laundry segments of Pôle Conditionnement, at a much larger scale.
- Sodexo Belgium: Multi-service facility management and resource solutions provider in Belgium. Overlaps with Ateliers de Tertre on cleaning, grounds, and on-site workforce services, and competes for the same B2B/ESG-driven corporate contracts.
- Atalian Belgium: International facility services group with cleaning, maintenance, and workforce solutions across Belgium. Overlaps with Ateliers de Tertre's cleaning, painting, and on-site staffing divisions for generalist contracts outside social-clause procurement.
- ISS Belgium: Global facility services group with operations across cleaning, maintenance, and workplace support in Belgium. Comparable as a broad incumbent across several of Ateliers de Tertre's divisions (cleaning, painting, grounds maintenance), though ISS is not a social/adapted-work employer.
Others
- EPAL (European Pallet Association e.V.): Licensor and quality-network operator for the EPAL pallet pool across Europe. Ateliers de Tertre operates as an EPAL B-306 authorized repairer under EPAL's framework — a structural counterpart relationship rather than direct competition, but defines the addressable market for the pallet division.
Direct peers
- ManpowerGroup Belgium: Global staffing provider with a strong Belgian footprint in industrial and logistics staffing. Competes directly with Ateliers de Tertre's Pôle Personnel sur site for short-term and on-site industrial workforce contracts.
- Randstad Belgium: Global staffing leader with a substantial Belgian operation covering blue-collar, logistics, and industrial placements. Direct overlap with Ateliers de Tertre's on-site staffing division for forklift operators, packers, and production operators.
- 5àsec Belgium: Belgian dry-cleaning and garment-care franchise network. Most directly comparable to the consumer-facing ironing/garment-care portion of Ateliers de Tertre's Pôle Titres-Services, particularly for individual customers in Wallonia.
- Adecco Belgium: Major staffing group operating in Belgium with a strong blue-collar and industrial placement franchise. Most directly comparable to Ateliers de Tertre's Pôle Personnel sur site, though Adecco is a generalist staffing firm and does not carry ETA social-clause advantages.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Ateliers De Tertre social profiles
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Trust signalCompliance6 records
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Ateliers De Tertre leadership team
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Profiles9 records
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Ateliers De Tertre M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Ateliers De Tertre
What does Ateliers De Tertre do?
Ateliers De Tertre operates eight service divisions under an adapted work company (Entreprise de Travail Adapté) model: pallets management (purchase, sale, repair, sorting, recycling), metal fabrication and installation, packaging and assembly including ISO8 clean room services, interior/exterior and industrial painting, parks and gardens maintenance, industrial and window cleaning, on-site staffing augmentation, and Titres-services ironing. Services are delivered by a supervised workforce of more than 350 employees, at least 70% of whom are workers with disabilities, to private businesses, public institutions, and individual consumers in the Wallonia region of Belgium.
Is Ateliers De Tertre a public or private company?
Ateliers De Tertre is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was Ateliers De Tertre founded?
Ateliers De Tertre was founded in 1968. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Ateliers De Tertre based?
Ateliers De Tertre is headquartered in Tertre, Belgium, in the Europe region.
How does Ateliers De Tertre make money?
Eight revenue lines are on record. Pallet Management Services are the primary driver. The others are metal Division (Mécano-soudure), packaging Services, painting Services, parcs et Jardins (Parks & Gardens), cleaning Services, on-Site Staffing and titres-Services (Ironing).
Who are Ateliers De Tertre's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are CHEP, Elis, Sodexo Belgium, Atalian Belgium and ISS Belgium. EPAL (European Pallet Association e.V.) is listed as an others. Direct peers are ManpowerGroup Belgium, Randstad Belgium, 5àsec Belgium and Adecco Belgium.
Does Ateliers De Tertre have an API?
No public API is recorded for Ateliers De Tertre.
What industry is Ateliers De Tertre in?
Ateliers De Tertre's product category is Adapted Workforce and Industrial Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPACAEAD, Warehousing, Distribution & Material Handling Staffing, with a secondary code of HSAJALAE, Commercial/Institutional Pressing & Finishing Services. Its NAICS code is 56132 and its SIC code is 7361.