REGULUS
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REGULUS. Registered manufacturer in GF (APE 20.51Z).
- Type
- manufacturer (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Manufacturer (official record)
- Location
- Kourou, French Guiana
- Founded
- 1989 (matches the state register)
- Categories
- Chemicals & Plastics
Listed in a source registry
France INSEE Sirene / INPI RNE state register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr)
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 11 official records from 5 official sources are on file. 2 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. The manufacturing role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes: a facility registration or licence is not an observation of current production. Nothing here confirms ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 50 and 99 employees on the state record. Tells you whether the supplier can realistically take on your volume. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1989. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-08-22. OpenSanctions
- No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-08-22. OpenSanctions
- Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. checked 2026-08-28. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
- An environmental inspector visited the plant, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2026-03-26. An inspector came to the site on that date, so the site existed then and was not only licensed on paper. The visit itself does not show what was being made there. checked 2026-10-13. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
- Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Indicates the company is not dissolved or winding down. checked 2026-09-07. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
- Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-establishment) [official record; status green] The place of business the company itself declared when it registered. The register records the declaration; it does not inspect the site or show that anything is made there. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- The inspection report describes the site: L'Usine de Propergol de Guyane (UPG), est exploitée par la société franco-italienne REGULUS. Elle assure la fabrication de propergol solide et le chargement des corps de moteurs P120C et P160C composant les boosters d'Ariane 6 et le premier étage de Vega-C. (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: L'Usine de Propergol de Guyane (UPG), est exploitée par la société franco-italienne REGULUS. Elle assure la fabrication de propergol solide et le chargement des corps de moteurs P120C et P160C composant les boosters d'Ariane 6 et le premier étage de Vega-C.. A state inspector wrote this after standing on the site, so it describes what the plant actually does, not what its own website claims. checked 2026-10-13. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
- financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2023: revenue €22.2M, profit -€411.1K. Lets you size the supplier against your own volume: the figure comes from accounts filed with the state, not from a claim on a website. effective since 2023-12-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
- Listed in the national industrial register as an industrial site (record type: industrial-site-registered) [official record; status green] The country's industrial register lists this company as holding a working industrial establishment, with its own registry number and activity code. A trading office does not get one. Open the source for the entry. effective since 2024-12-31. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
- registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 20.51Z. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-09-07. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
- inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2026-03-26: 6 control points, 1 with follow-up: Formation du personnel: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 3 mois. The inspector checked each regulatory point and wrote down which ones need a follow-up. A request for documents is an open question, not a proven breach; the report does not say how it was resolved later. checked 2026-10-13. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
Import rules for these goods
- Chemical substances imported into the EU above 1 tonne/year must be REACH-registered. ECHA (REACH)