Freyssinet India

What Freyssinet India does

Freyssinet India (legal name: Freyssinet Menard India Private Limited) is a specialist civil engineering contractor that builds and repairs complex infrastructure across India. Incorporated in 1996 and operating for 29 years through 4 Pan India offices with a primary structural design hub in Bengaluru, the company has completed more than 200 projects and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Soletanche Freyssinet (part of the VINCI group), headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France.

The company operates two business lines. The Build division supplies engineered products and on-site specialist services for new construction, including cable systems, post-tensioning systems (with a first-in-India galvanized and HDPE-sheathed PT strand specification), expansion joints, structural bearings, seismic protection and isolation, heavy lifting and handling using the CAL® synchronized hydraulic jacking system (precision to one tenth of a millimetre), bridge and deck construction, ground anchoring, and waterproofing geomembranes. The Repair division delivers certified remediation under the Foreva® quality label, covering concrete restoration, structural strengthening (additional prestressing, CFRP, UHPC), seismic retrofitting, corrosion protection (including cathodic protection), and component-level maintenance for bearings, post-tensioning tendons, stay cables, and expansion joints, plus the Beyond Asset SIMS digital inspection service for structural integrity management.

Freyssinet India earns revenue through project-based specialist contracts on large infrastructure programs, primarily as a sub-contractor to major EPC firms and government owners. Pricing is custom per project scope and the company pursues enterprise field sales via direct engagement with clients such as L&T Ltd. (Mumbai Trans Harbour Link), Afcons Infrastructure (Chenab Bridge), GPT Infra (Bardhman Cable Stayed Bridge), and government programs including the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor. The company is led by Managing Director & CEO Sreekumar Balasubramanyam.

Name

Freyssinet India

Legal name

Freyssinet Menard India Private Limited

Website

https://freyssinetindia.co.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Freyssinet India is a specialist civil engineering contractor (subsidiary of Soletanche Freyssinet / VINCI) that designs, supplies, and installs post-tensioning, stay-cable, bearing, seismic, and heavy-lifting systems for new infrastructure and provides certified Foreva® repair, strengthening, and retrofit services across India's bridges, metros, and industrial assets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Specialist Civil Engineering Services: Project-based contracts for design, construction, repair, and maintenance of civil engineering structures including bridges, buildings, water infrastructure, and industrial facilities. Revenue generated through specialized contracting services for government and private infrastructure projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Freyssinet India (Freyssinet Menard India Private Limited) is a specialist civil engineering contractor providing solutions for building and repairing infrastructure. The company delivers post-tensioning systems, cable systems, bearings, expansion joints, seismic protection, heavy lifting and handling, bridge deck construction, geotechnical anchoring, and waterproofing geomembranes for new construction, alongside proprietary Foreva-branded concrete restoration, structural strengthening, seismic retrofitting, corrosion protection, and structural integrity management services for repair and life-extension of existing assets.

Product overview

Freyssinet India is a specialist civil engineering company providing a comprehensive portfolio of products and services for building and repairing infrastructure structures. The company operates through two main divisions: Build (new construction) and Repair (maintenance and strengthening). Under Build, Freyssinet offers core engineering products including Cable Systems, Post-Tensioning Systems, Expansion Joints, Bearings, Seismic Protection, Heavy Lifting and Handling, Bridge and Deck Construction, Anchoring Systems for Geotechnics, and Waterproofing Geomembranes. Under Repair, the company provides specialized maintenance services including Concrete Restoration, Structural Strengthening, Seismic Retrofitting, Corrosion Protection, and component-specific maintenance for Bearings, Post-Tensioning Tendons, Stay Cables, and Expansion Joints. The company also offers Structural Integrity Management services using the Beyond Asset SIMS digital inspection platform. All repair services are backed by the Foreva® certified quality label, which encompasses specific repair products like carbon fiber reinforcement (Foreva TFC®) and protective coatings (Foreva Relastic®). The company serves diverse structure types including bridges, buildings, water infrastructures, energy infrastructures, industrial facilities, heritage structures, ports, tunnels, and culverts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Foreva® Solutions: Quality-certified repair and strengthening solutions under the Foreva® quality label, providing assessment, repair, strengthening, protection and maintenance of all types of structures.

Products and services

• Cable Systems

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• L&T and IHI ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Package 1 and 3 of Mumbai Trans Harbour Link awarded to L&T and IHI Consortium. Freyssinet India provides specialized post-tensioning services for this landmark 22km marine bridge project, Asia's longest.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tensa (Tension Control Systems): Tensa is a specialist in bridge bearings, expansion joints, and seismic protection with India operations. It is a direct product-line competitor in bearings and expansion joints and competes with Freyssinet India on the same infrastructure tenders.
• Mageba: Mageba is a Swiss specialist in structural bearings, expansion joints, and seismic devices with a global presence including India. Its product portfolio overlaps directly with Freyssinet India's bearings, expansion joints, and seismic protection lines, and it tenders on the same bridge and metro projects.
• BBR VT International: BBR VT is a long-established Swiss-origin specialist in post-tensioning, stay cables, and ground anchors with India project references. It competes with Freyssinet India on cable-stayed bridges and specialist prestressing scopes and is one of the most comparable international specialist contractors operating in India.
• VSL India: VSL, part of Bouygues Construction, is one of the closest direct competitors to Freyssinet India in post-tensioning, stay cables, and specialist bridge works. Both firms operate globally with India subsidiaries and compete head-to-head on large bridge, metro, and high-rise post-tensioning tenders in India.

Others

• L&T Construction (Infrastructure IC): L&T Construction is simultaneously Freyssinet India's largest customer (MTHL) and a broader incumbent in India's EPC infrastructure market. It is an important ecosystem peer because it controls prime contracting on the very mega-projects where Freyssinet India acts as a specialist sub-contractor.
• Afcons Infrastructure: Afcons is a major Indian infrastructure EPC contractor and one of Freyssinet India's named clients (Chenab Bridge). It is a relevant ecosystem peer because award flow on tough bridge and metro projects is heavily shaped by Afcons' tendering and sub-contracting decisions.

Emerging players

• Fosroc India: Fosroc is a construction chemicals specialist active in India across concrete repair, waterproofing, and structural strengthening. It is a partial competitor to Freyssinet India's repair and waterproofing geomembrane product lines, especially on non-flagship infrastructure projects.
• Mapei India: Mapei supplies structural repair mortars, adhesives, and concrete restoration systems competing with Freyssinet India's Foreva®-branded repair products. While more materials-focused than Freyssinet India's full-service model, it competes directly in concrete restoration and structural strengthening scopes.

Broad incumbents

• Freyssinet (Global / Soletanche Freyssinet HQ): The global Freyssinet entity (parent brand) provides the same specialist civil engineering technologies worldwide. It is the direct counterpart to Freyssinet India and represents the global benchmark for the technology, project types, and customer base that Freyssinet India operates in.
• Soletanche Bachy (India): Soletanche Bachy is the sister geotechnical specialist entity within the Soletanche Freyssinet / VINCI group. While focused on foundations and ground engineering rather than post-tensioning, it operates out of the same Indian ecosystem and is a related-entity peer in the broader specialist infrastructure services market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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