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October 2005 GIMEF 1
HIGHLIGHTS FROM FRANCE
October 2005
GIMEF
French Association for sheet-metal working
(cutting, stamping, spinning, tooling,)
GIMEF / ICOSPA
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Working hours :
Officially : 35 h/week
In fact : 35.6 h / w
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
2004 : 1,536 billions
2005 : est. +1.5%
Unemployment :
9.7 %
(July 2005)
2004 : 10 %
The French economy
2004/2005 key figures
Inflation rate
2005 : est. 1.8%
2003 & 2004 < 2 %
2004 Export :
432.3 billions
2003: 422,2
Wages :
2004 : +2.4%
2005 : est. + 2.6 %
GIMEF (F)
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The French mechanical
industry in 2004
Sales :
5th worldwide industrial player
Export
(45 %)
:
Share in the French industry: 10,1%
Number of companies :
Employment :
1st French industrial employer : 17 % of total industry
88 billions
81
(2003)
37 billions
34.6
(2003)
7,000
613,000 people
GIMEF (F)
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The French mechanical
industry in September 2005
+6.1 %
+6.7 %
+4.1 %
Mechanical equipments
+2.4 %
-0.8 %
+1.4 %
Incl. Subcontracting
+2.0 %
-1.7 %
+1.3 %
Metal working
+3.1 %
+2.1 %
+2.7 %
TOTAL MECHANICAL
2005/2004
6 months
Expected
2005/2004
1st quater
2004/2003
yearly
Trends
for next
3 months
INVOICING
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+1.8 %
-1.1 %
+3.1 %
Precision equipments
+34.2 %
+16.5 %
-10.9 %
Machine tools
+3.3 %
+3.5 %
+8.5 %
Agriculture equipments
+5.0 %
+6.6 %
+4.6 %
Components
2005/2004
6 months
expected
2005/2004
1st quater
estimation
2004/2003
yearly
Trends
for next
3 months
INVOICING
The French mechanical
industry in September 2005
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Production (index 100 in 1995)
The French metal working
industry
110
120
130
140
150
9
8
9 9
0
0
0 1
0
2
0 3
0
4
0
5
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Sales breakdown per activity
Surface
Treatment
12%
Powder
metallurgy
1%
Forging
9%
Screw-cutting
10%
Industrial
mechanics
33%
Metal forming
35% 15.5 billions
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Sales breakdown of the
automotive industry
Metal
stamping
50%
Others
7%
Forging
11%
Industrial
mechanics
18%
Screw-
cutting
14%
est. 7.3 billions
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-1.2 %
705,275
Renault
3.0 %
26,041
Renault Trucks
-31.3 %
11
Etal Mobil
1,5 %
1,759,634
TOTAL
3.5 %
1,028,307
PSA Peugeot Citroën
-2.4 %
647,951
Peugeot
15.4 %
380,356
Citroën
6 months 2005
/6 months 2004
Production
1
st
six months 2005
Production of French vehicle
manufacturers in France
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Production of French vehicle
manufacturers in France
2.1 %
1,310,497
Renault
12.6 %
48,583
Renault Trucks
2.6 %
40
Etal Mobil
1.4 %
3,293,399
TOTAL
0.7 %
1,934,279
PSA Peugeot Citroën
0.8 %
1,282,674
Peugeot
0.4 %
651,605
Citroën
2004 / 2003
Production
2004
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Metal stamping industry
GIMEF - in 2004
5,382 millions
+10.4 %
For companies more 20 employees
2004/2003
Employees
41,544
+1.1 %
Companies
441
- 1.8 %
GIMEF Company members ( 12%) 52
Export
18.1 %
+19.1 %
Sales
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Metal stamping industry
GIMEF - in 2004
(annual company survey)
Companies > 20 employees
Investment / Sales
3.7 %
2003 : 4.6 %
Sales / employees
167,700
2003: 122,000
Export / Sales
18.1 %
2003 : 16.8 %
Result / Sales
1.3 %
before taxes
2003 : 1.2 %
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Companies more 20 employees
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222
16.0
4,828
39,731
424
2003
142
13.4
3,256
29,701
374
1996
139
13.6
3,696
33,646
388
1997
166
12.8
3,805
33,476
393
1998
180
13.1
4,079
36,444
412
1999
240
14.9
4,773
39,612
417
2000
266
15.3
4,991
40,754
423
2001
176
16.0
4,836
40,977
432
2002
212
18.1
5,798
34,576
406
2004
Investments
Millions
Export
%
Sales
(without taxes)
millions
Employees
Companies
Metal stamping industry
GIMEF
(annual company survey) 14
Automotive
67,2%
Others
17,3%
Electrotechnics
9,1%
Non ferrous
2,5%
Mechanical
industry
2,9%
Sales : 5,382 millions
Breakdown per customer
Metal stamping industry
GIMEF 2004
GIMEF (F)
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Steel price increase
A bad year for both production and profitability
Due to annual contracts signed end
2004, mid size companies suffered
whereas material price is slowing down.
Small size comp. with 3 month contracts
are in a slightly better situation.
Low possibility to re-invoice a part of
material increase to customers.
Car industry comp. are very concerned
by a decreasing scrap purchase price.
Better profitability for companies manuf.
components/equipments outside auto.
Metal stamping 2005
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Financial situation
End 2004/beginning 2005, increase of
bankrupties. 16
GIMEF 2005 achievements
Rewriting B to B sales terms
Target : gathering around the table the metal sheet
producers, the car manufacturers, tier 1 equipement
manufacturers and subcontractors.
(Eurofer meeting in Brussel, october 25, 2005)
Lobbying about EC Oligopolistic metal sheet producers
Lobbying against Tools property Taxation
GIMEF (F)
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In spite of the absence of a General Secretary,
the key planned actions have set up: 17
A first flavour of GIMEF 2006s
Provide wider, more appropriate services and closer
communication to the current GIMEF members.
From a new communication package, approach new
companies in order to grow GIMEF membership.
GIMEF / ICOSPA 15th International Congress on Sheet Metal Work Tokyo (J) Oct.30 / Nov.2 2005
Among many others to be defined,
the following actions have already been planed:
Re-energize negociations to get better payment terms
from customers.
Develop communication/actions with other ICOSPA
members.