Revitalizing Aveyron’s Industrial Sector: The Success Story of Usicap

2024-06-24 16:10:00

It is among the newest winners of the “Industrial Restoration” scheme, which helps productive investments in areas which have been hit arduous by altering transport and specifically within the automotive sector. Positioned within the Aveyron division, shaken by the problems of the US foundry and the Bosch manufacturing facility, the steering committee of the State-Area MP naturally selected Usicap. Specializing in precision machining and mechanics, the corporate has begun to modernize equipment.

The US foundry in Aveyron was labeled as a turnkey industrial web site, which implies this

“The State’s assist will assist us modernize our manufacturing strategies, for a complete funding of 800,000 euros. We purchased a robotic and a 5-axis milling machine, which permits us to machine elements that we couldn’t obtain till now, ie nearly a sq. meter,” emphasizes Alain Cornelles, basic director of MP Usicap.

This SME with 40 workers (together with some former members of a US foundry who labored for the Renault group) is at present absolutely devoted to the aeronautical trade. 100% of its exercise is ensured by means of collaboration with tier 1 suppliers within the sector. However this mono exercise forces it to diversify its buyer portfolio in gentle of the capitalist actions introduced within the sector…

“We’re in a race in opposition to time. We have now to go ahead, now we have no selection,” stated the chief.

Sale with out penalties

Based in 1990, Jean-Claude Maillard, CEO of Figeac Aéro MP purchased Usicap 4 years later. If the small firm Aveyron doesn’t have capital hyperlinks with the large participant Lot, then again, this frequent shareholder favors the commercial hyperlinks between the 2 entities.

“Through the years, we have labored loads collectively. The corporate grew because of the work supplied by Figeac Aéro. We did lots of prototypes for them, and small and medium collection. It was a successful partnership,” says Alain Cornelles.

This deep relationship specifically allowed MP Usicap to take off within the mid-2010s. The small enterprise with 15 workers moved, in 2015, to 2,000 sq. meters of latest workshops, in Boisse-Penchot (Aveyron), in comparison with three million euros. That very same 12 months, the corporate grew to 38 workers.

« Any further, Jean-Claude Maillard expressed that we wish to diversify our clients in view of the introduced sale of Figeac Aéro inside two or three years, which may have penalties for this industrial relationship”, says a director the manufacturing facility.

Figeac Aéro: “I’ll promote the corporate once we can no less than return to pre-crisis ranges”

Cut back turnover with Figeac Aéro to 30%

4 years after the start of the well being disaster, which drastically weakened the Lot group, Figeac Aéro is coming again to life with a closing monetary 12 months that ended very near 400 million euros in turnover. Consequently, if such a rebound, which is pushed specifically by the A350 program, does come, the consolidation of the tier 1 subcontractor is somewhat nearer within the medium time period. Like Figeac Aéro, MP Usicap additionally confronted difficulties in the course of the well being disaster and needed to scale back its workers to 30 individuals in the course of the low level earlier than recovering to a extra constructive dynamic.

After going from 1.5 million euros in turnover in 2014 to greater than 3 million in 2018, the corporate fell again to 2 million euros throughout Covid-19, all 90% depending on Figeac Aero. Any further, the SME, which has a turnover of 5 million euros, goals for a most dependence of 30% on Figeac Aéro inside two to 3 years, in comparison with 70% at current.

“From 2021, we lastly succeeded in disrupting the competitors by beginning to work with the Mecachrome group. It is a massive step ahead for us as a result of till now we have been too branded as a result of Figeac Aéro and different gamers have been reluctant to work with us,” says the supervisor, minority shareholder MP Usicap.

Mecachrome, a brand new aeronautical elements big, turns into the bulk shareholder of Rossi Aero

FBM Aveyron has additionally began collaborations with the Daher group and is even working with Safran, particularly to supply prototypes. She additionally needs to collaborate with Liebherr Aerospace within the close to future. To do that, he depends on his data and dedication to numerous packages (A320, A350, Rafale, Embraer and even Boeing) to draw new clients. However whereas ready to see extra clearly on industrial improvement, MP Usicap is suspending the five hundred sq. meter extension of its workshops which till now has been a precedence.