Industry typology
Steel industry
Product typology
"Carbon" steels
Long steels
Special steels and/or stainless steel
Steel
Groups
Certifications
Annual revenues
180 M€
Company Headcount
700
APE
Steel is at the heart of all FORLAM products, a group driven and guided by shared values.
Between the forges, perimeter protection activities and rolling mills traditional in Isère, where the family group was born almost 600 years ago, FORLAM anchors its know-how in the service of a world which, like steel, is changing.
It is in this spirit of respect and tradition that the Group has expanded its industrial tool and its teams in recent years. After the forging of small and medium-sized parts, the activity is being deployed on a larger scale by strengthening its know-how in machining, locksmithing, profiling and digital.
The Group has set itself the ambition of making steel an ever more innovative product.An ambition supported by all FORLAM employees and guided by a management team of responsible women and men.
If France is our processing territory, our market extends well beyond its borders.
140 000 t of transformed steel; 44% exported
HOT AND COLD STEEL DRAWING AND ROLLING
An undisputed specialist in steel rolling and drawing, the Forlam group meets the specific needs of manufacturers who are not satisfied with a standard product offering. By the transformation of stainless steels, carbon steels, special steels or titanium, the Group's rolling mills and steelworks are capable of offer tailor-made solutions to the most demanding industries, including the railway and mechanical industries.
To consolidate its position as European leader in rail fishplates for railways, the FORLAM group has taken a stake in Transalys, a player specializing in the distribution of railway equipment. A strategic partnership that allows the Group to offer its customers a complete range of equipment: rail saddles, soles or even fastening systems... and to position itself as a global solution provider.
With this same ambition, the ALMAR joint venture was created in 2021. The collaboration between FORLAM and the Austrian company Martin Schienentechnik aims to develop and distribute, in France and internationally, an offer of bonded insulating joints for the railway sector.
- ALR extension
- Bompertuis Steelworks
Forge
With almost a century of experience in steel forging, the FORLAM group is today an internationally recognized player in the stamping of precision parts. Its know-how is based on the expertise of its two specialized companies, Bourguignon Barré and PréciForge. A complementarity of teams, products and processed materials that allows it to offer a complete range of forged, machined and assembled parts, as well as a whole range of ready-to-use products.
Made to measure to meet particularly demanding specifications, these precision parts are exported to more than 40 countries all over the world. The share of the Forge division's turnover from exports varies from 60 à 90% depending on the years and companies.
FORLAM Forge's expertise was recognized in 2021 by the BPI France Excellence label. A recognition that makes the Group proud and encourages it to share its experiences and best practices within a network of companies mobilized to support the growth of the French economy.
Fence Industry
The Clotex brand brings together all the activities of the FORLAM group's Fencing division. Created in 1993, this division is now positioned as a true expert covering different perimeter protection professions : the delimitation, securing and enhancement of residential, collective and industrial sites and the development of urban spaces.
For several years, the Group's Fencing activities have experienced strong growth. To meet the expectations of this very dynamic market, Clotex has chosen to control the entire value chain: all stages of production are integrated, from design to distribution.
Gate and perimeter fence of a private property, perimeter protection of a sensitive area, trellising to support the growth of the vine… Clotex products meet a very wide variety of uses. Brought together in a complete range, they allow cover the needs of businesses, communities and individuals.
Rail
FORLAM RAIL, the new division of the FORLAM Group, has as its main activity the marketing of railway equipment. Products manufactured by the Group such as fishplates and bonded insulating joints, as well as trading products with rail accessories (lug screws, bolts, fasteners, saddles, etc.) or even rail lubrication systems, bumpers, ballast resin, etc.
After taking a stake in 2021 in Transalys MDV (now called FORLAM RAIL France) specializing in the distribution of railway equipment in France, a joint venture ALMAR (collaboration between FORLAM and the Austrian company Martin Schienentechnik) was created the same year, for the manufacture and marketing of insulating joints.
A strategic partnership that allows the Group to offer its customers a complete range of equipment and thus position itself as a global solutions provider, with an extensive offering of railway components, for distribution in France and internationally.
By relying on historical know-how, on a product offering adapted to all countries and thanks to the complementarity of the teams, FORLAM RAIL is consolidating its position as the European leader in rail fishplates for railways.
