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FANEL Solutions SAS is a privately held French industrial sales representative founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chamery (Reims), France. The company represents 14 specialized original equipment manufacturers serving the paper and cardboard manufacturing industry, covering France, French-speaking Belgium, and Luxembourg. Its product portfolio spans high-pressure water jet cleaning and cutting systems (FASTPAP), break and defect monitoring via smart cameras on a unified OnePlatform (Procemex), cross-direction actuators and QCS interfaces (Tasowheel), chemical injection systems without fresh water addition (Wetend), starch preparation and enzymatic conversion lines (BVG), humidity and color gauges (Visilab), coating blades and process controls (BTG), high-temperature and CEMS emissions monitoring (Sintrol), filtration baskets (Johnson Screens), tomography measurement (Rocsole), thermal spray coatings (Fincoat), washers and nozzles (Trial), and energy management software (Ultiwatt).

FANEL Solutions generates revenue by acting as an exclusive or primary commercial representative for these partner OEMs, providing pre-sales engineering support, project accompaniment from feasibility study through commissioning, and post-sales service to paper and cardboard mills. The sales motion is direct and field-based, supported by a product website with downloadable brochures, routine participation in ATIP industry congresses, and periodic customer bulletins. Named end-customers include Saica Paper Champblain Laveyron and Condat (Groupe Lecta), indicating a focus on mid- and large-sized European paper mills.

The business is structured as a Société par actions simplifiées with a nominal capital of 5,000 euros (SIREN 489 995 563), led by Christian Wurtz (Président – Business Director) and Yves Chavant (Directeur de publication). There is no disclosed institutional ownership, parent company, funding history, M&A activity, or headcount figure; operations appear to be founder/management-owned and tightly held. The company does not disclose revenue, pricing, or financial performance metrics publicly.

Name

fanel solutions finnish alliance nationale export licensed

Legal name

FANEL Solutions

Website

https://fanelsolutions.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Short description

FANEL Solutions is a privately held French sales representative founded in 2006 that exclusively represents 14 industrial equipment OEMs for the paper and cardboard manufacturing industry across France, French-speaking Belgium, and Luxembourg, providing engineered solutions from feasibility study through commissioning.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chamery

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Equipment and Solutions Representation: FANEL Solutions represents innovative companies providing equipment and solutions for the paper and cardboard industry. They act as a sales representative and distributor partner, generating revenue through the sale and distribution of industrial equipment and solutions from their partner manufacturers to end customers in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

FANEL Solutions is a French sales representative and distributor for specialized industrial equipment manufacturers serving the paper and cardboard industry. The company represents 14 technology partners and sells their equipment and solutions to paper mills and cardboard manufacturers in France, French-speaking Belgium, and Luxembourg, with project support from initial study through commissioning.

Product overview

FANEL Solutions is a manufacturer representative/distributor company serving the paper and cardboard industry in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The company represents multiple innovative equipment manufacturers (partners) and offers their solutions under a unified service model. The portfolio includes: ACA Systems (lab and online analyzers for paper quality control including hardness gauges, porosity meters, viscosity and water retention analyzers for coating colors); Wetend Technologies (chemical injection systems including TrumpJet mixing and inline PCC); Procemex (break monitoring WMS and defect inspection WIS systems, machine vision, and infrared cameras); Visilab (humidity and color measurement gauges); Tasowheel (cross-direction actuators and QCS interfaces); Fastpap (high-pressure water jet cleaning and cutting systems); Sintrol (high-temperature cameras and dust monitoring for boilers); BVG (starch preparation and cooking equipment); BTG (coating blades and process controls); Trial (cleaning solutions with washers and nozzles); Fincoat (thermal spray coatings); Johnson Screens (filtration baskets); Rocsole (tomography measurement systems); and Ultiwatt (energy management software). These products are sold and supported as a coordinated portfolio covering the entire paper manufacturing process from wet end to converting, with FANEL providing technical support from study to commissioning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ACA Systems Quality Control Analyzers ACA Systems portfolio including ACA RoQ hardness profiler, Rollscore coil quality rating software, Permi online and Lab LP-100 porosity/permeability meters, AX-100 viscosity analyzer, and Flow WR water retention analyzer for paper and coating color quality control.
• Wetend Technologies Chemical Injection Systems TrumpJet mixing system for homogeneous introduction of chemicals into pulp without adding fresh water, and In-Site PCC inline precipitated calcium carbonate generation system for paper manufacturing wet end processes.
• Procemex Web Monitoring and Inspection Systems WMS Break Monitoring System, WIS Defect Inspection System, OnePlatform integrated WMS/WIS platform, ATC Automatic Traverse Control, Machine Vision smart cameras, and IR Thermal Cameras for paper, cardboard, and coater machines.
• Visilab Moisture and Color Measurement Gauges Portable NIR humidity gauge (AK30), online humidity gauges (AK40/AK50), humidity gauge for heavy grammage and black paper (MK30), coating deposition gauge (AK50CW), and L*a*b* color gauge (FC10) for paper production measurement and quality control.
• Tasowheel Cross-Direction Actuators and QCS Interfaces Manual and automatic cross-direction actuators for slice and dilution profiler, steam profiler (CAV/Steambox), moisturizer, and coating head; Scienta QCS quality control system with non-radioactive BW NIR gauge; and QCS interface for CD controls.
• FASTPAP High-Pressure Water Jet Cleaning and Cutting Systems LineSprint, ComboSprint, FormerSprint continuous HP cleaning systems for forming fabrics, felts, and dryer screens, plus Single&TwinCut, WetCut, Mobile Cut-to-Length, and Auto Format Cut HP water jet or rotary blade trim/format/cutoff cutters.
• Sintrol Emission and Combustion Monitoring Systems HT Vulcan high-temperature cameras for boiler and lime kiln combustion/temperature monitoring, Dust Analyzers Series 100/200/300 for filter status and emissions, and S305QAL CEMS for dust emission monitoring compliant with QAL1/2/3 and AST standards.
• BVG Starch Preparation and Cooking Equipment Slurry and chemical dosing preparation units, Super-Jet continuous cationic starch cooker, Super-ECC enzymatic conversion system for native starch, and CCK Coating Kitchen for coating color preparation in paper manufacturing.
• BTG Coating Blades and Process Controls Coating blades, pencils and blade holders for coaters and MSP Sizers, tissue creping blades, and Capstone MACS Control advanced process controls with dataPARC monitoring for process optimization and data analysis.
• Trial Cleaning Washers and Nozzles BP and HP washers for wires, felts, circuits and tanks, oscillating fountain washers, and stainless steel shower pipes and nozzles for paper industry washing and cleaning applications.
• Fincoat HVOF Hard Coatings HVOF thermal spray hard coatings (tungsten carbide and polymer) for machine rolls and cylinders used in paper manufacturing.
• Johnson Screens Pressure Purifier Baskets Vee-Wire pressure excluder baskets (ESP) and basket rechroming services for pulp and paper manufacturing filtration applications.
• Rocsole Tomographic Measurement Systems Tomographic measurement systems for visualizing different fluids in pipelines (air entrainment, scaling, corrosion) and LITI Tank Profiler for real-time analysis of different layers inside industrial tanks.
• Ultiwatt Energy Management Software and Advisory ULTIvision energy performance software for real-time calculation of the most economical operating mode considering production, maintenance, purchasing, and regulatory constraints; energy audits; and ISO 50001 certification support for industrial sites.

Quantifiable outcome

• ACA RoQ hardness profiler sold 300 units since June 2014
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Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BVG (Bauer Verfahrentechnik GmbH)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 March 2019BVG is a German family-owned equipment manufacturer founded in 1984 by Dr. Jochen Bauer, located near Munich with about 60 employees. They specialize in complete starch preparation and cooking units, enzymatic conversion for native starch, coating and glue kitchens, and other papermaking process equipment. FANEL Solutions represents BVG in France and Belgium starting March 1, 2019.
• ACA SystemscoreTechnology or IntegrationACA Systems provides advanced analyzers for sheet and roll quality control, including hardness gauges, online and laboratory porosimeters, and viscosity/water retention analyzers for coating colors. FANEL Solutions distributes ACA products including RoQ (hardness profiler), Rollscore, Permi online/Lab, and AX-100 viscosity analyzer.
• Wetend TechnologiescoreTechnology or IntegrationWetend Technologies specializes in chemical injection systems without fresh water addition, including TrumpJet mixing system for homogeneous chemical introduction, Flash Mixing between Screen and CDT, and inline PCC generation. FANEL Solutions represents Wetend in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
• PROCEMEXcoreTechnology or IntegrationPROCEMEX is a leader in break analysis (WMS) and defect inspection (WIS) on paper, cardboard, and coater machines. They integrate infrared vision with new thermal cameras. FANEL Solutions distributes PROCEMEX OnePlatform solutions combining WMS and WIS on a unified server.
• TasowheelcoreTechnology or IntegrationTasowheel is the original manufacturer of cross-direction actuators and dilution valves for 40 years, supplying Valmet/Metso headbox actuators. Over 200,000 actuators have been built. FANEL Solutions represents Tasowheel for slice/dilution profiler, steam profiler, moisture profiler, and coating profiler applications.
• FASTPAPcoreTechnology or IntegrationFASTPAP provides automatic HP cleaning systems for forming fabrics, felts, and dryer screens, automatic roll cleaners, and trim/border/cutoff cutters using high-pressure water jet or rotary blade technology. Products include LineSprint, ComboSprint, FormerSprint, Single&TwinCut, and WetCut systems.
• Johnson Screens (Aqseptence Group)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJohnson Screens, part of Aqseptence Group with Vee-Wire trademark, is a leader in industrial filters, water wells, and architecture screens. FANEL Solutions was recruited to commercialize pressure purifier baskets for pulp and paper manufacturing, including rechroming of existing baskets.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Allimand: French manufacturer of paper machines and pulp equipment based in France. Allimand is a direct comparable because it supplies major paper-mill capital equipment into the same French customer base that FANEL serves (e.g., Condat/Lecta sourced FANEL's Fastpap installation through Allimand for machine transformation).
• IBS Paper Performance Group: European group of paper-industry service and equipment companies. IBS PPG provides consumables, services, and equipment (including doctoring, cleaning, and process optimization) to paper mills across Europe — directly overlapping FANEL's service-based, multi-OEM model.

Broad incumbents

• Valmet: Finnish global leader in paper, pulp, and energy technologies. Valmet is a broad incumbent serving the same paper-mill end customers with overlapping equipment categories (QCS, actuators, process optimization), and uses Tasowheel-supplied cross-direction actuators in its headboxes.
• Voith Paper: German-headquartered global supplier of paper machinery, stock preparation, and paper-making process technology. Voith competes with the same OEMs FANEL represents (e.g., chemical preparation, monitoring, finishing) at paper mills in Western Europe.
• ANDRITZ: Austrian global supplier of pulp, paper, and stock-preparation equipment. ANDRITZ is a broad incumbent with direct sales competing against the OEM brands FANEL represents in pulp processing, screening, and chemical dosing.
• Kadant: US-listed global supplier of stock-preparation, fluid-handling, and papermaking process equipment. Kadant overlaps with FANEL's portfolio in chemical preparation, screening, and paper-machine stock-prep systems.
• Toscotec: Italian paper machinery specialist focused on tissue and specialty paper machines. Toscotec serves the same European paper-mill customers and provides complementary capital equipment to FANEL's process optimization portfolio.

Others

• BTG: Sweden-based supplier of coating blades, creping blades, and process measurement/control solutions to paper mills. BTG is both an OEM FANEL distributes for (under partnership) and an adjacent competitor with its own direct global sales force.

Emerging players

• PMP Group: Polish paper machinery supplier offering tissue, printing-writing paper, and board machines. PMP Group is a comparable niche European paper-machinery player competing for the same regional mill modernization projects.

Regional players

• Cellwood Machinery: Swedish manufacturer of pulping, screening, and dewatering equipment for the pulp and paper industry. Cellwood is a regional specialty player in adjacent process areas (pulping/screening) that competes for similar European paper-mill upgrade budgets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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