G.H.M.

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. 19 official records from 12 official sources are on file. 3 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

• First recorded on the web archive (record type: web-presence-since) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The web archive holds a page at this address from 1999. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-20. Internet Archive (Wayback)
• The inspection report describes the site: La société Générale d’Hydraulique et de Mécanique GHM SOMMEVOIRE est spécialisée dans la production de pièces métalliques en fonte d’art (FGL et FGS) destinées au mobilier urbain et à la décoration interne (Bouches de métro du Grand Paris, bancs publics, statues...). L’usine exerce également des activités de type chaudronnerie (fabrication de poteaux électriques…). (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: La société Générale d’Hydraulique et de Mécanique GHM SOMMEVOIRE est spécialisée dans la production de pièces métalliques en fonte d’art (FGL et FGS) destinées au mobilier urbain et à la décoration interne (Bouches de métro du Grand Paris, bancs publics, statues...). L’usine exerce également des activités de type chaudronnerie (fabrication de poteaux électriques…).. 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 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2024-02-01: 7 control points, 3 with follow-up: Nomenclature: proposed Mise en demeure, dépôt de dossier (formal notice), 3 mois; Bassin de confinement des eaux incendie - modalités d'actions: proposed Mise en demeure, respect de prescription (formal notice), 6 mois; Consignes de sécurité: proposed Lettre de suite préfectorale; capacité inférieure à 50t au total Par conséquent, l’exploitant doit transmettre un. 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 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 2010. 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)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 250 and 499 employees on the state record. One indication of the company's size as the register records it; it does not establish production capacity. effective since 2026-07-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-07-28. Domain registry record
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 25.11Z. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €73.8M, profit -€2.6M. 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 2025-12-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
• 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. effective since 2026-04-24. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• 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)
• A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2024-02-01. 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 2026-10-15. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• Takes part in public tenders (record type: public-contract-awarded) [official record; status green] 3 public contracts on record, the latest awarded 2025-10-10. A public buyer selected this supplier through an official tender. Open the source for the contracts themselves. effective since 2025-10-10. TED (Tenders Electronic Daily), EU public procurement award notices Qui l'aggiudicazione porta con sé anche un controllo altrui: nell'UE e nello SEE la stazione appaltante deve escludere gli operatori condannati per frode, corruzione o riciclaggio e quelli con debiti fiscali o contributivi accertati con decisione definitiva. Quel controllo valeva per quella gara alla data dell'aggiudicazione: non mostra la situazione attuale dell'azienda, e un'aggiudicazione non mostra che il contratto sia stato eseguito. Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 57 (exclusion grounds)
• 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)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 4 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-09. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-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. effective since 2026-10-14. OpenSanctions
• EU customs identifier (EORI) active (record type: export-registered-eori) [official record; status green] An EORI number identifies the company to EU customs for imports, exports and transit. A valid number does not show that any shipment took place and is not a licence to export a particular product. checked 2026-09-05. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-address) [official record; status green] The address the company itself gave the register, so post and inspectors reach it there. checked 2026-08-10. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-08-20. VIES (European Commission)
• Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. effective since 2026-07-04. Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE / INPI)
• Places goods on the market (national producer register) (record type: places-goods-on-market; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] A state register lists this company as placing these goods on the market, as their maker or importer. By itself it does not show who makes them. checked 2026-10-15. Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 11 active business units of 14 on the register, 2 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Shows the register lists the registration as active on the date we read it. It does not show how busy the business is. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)

Registered business units

11 active and 3 closed units in INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement); 2 active units carry a manufacturing activity code (section C of the activity classification). The activity code is what the register records for each site, not a finding that goods are made there.

• RUE ANTOINE DURENNE 52220 SOMMEVOIRE: SIRET 52890204200027, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 25.11Z (Fabrication de structures métalliques et de parties de structures), staff 250-499 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 44 BOULEVARD DES BELGES 69006 LYON: SIRET 52890204200050, active, manufacturing activity code 25.11Z (Fabrication de structures métalliques et de parties de structures), opened 2018-07-31, staff 1-2 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• RUE DE CHANLAIRE 52110 DOMMARTIN-LE-FRANC: SIRET 52890204200035, active, trade activity code 46.72Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de minerais et métaux), opened 2018-07-31. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 15 RUE GIVAUCOURT 52110 DOMMARTIN-LE-SAINT-PERE: SIRET 52890204200043, active, activity code 52.10B (Entreposage et stockage non frigorifique), opened 2018-07-31. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 1475 AVENUE ALBERT EINSTEIN 34000 MONTPELLIER: SIRET 52890204200076, active, trade activity code 46.73A (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de bois et de matériaux de construction), opened 2018-07-31, staff 1-2 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 35 RUE CHANZY 75011 PARIS: SIRET 52890204200084, active, trade activity code 46.73A (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de bois et de matériaux de construction), opened 2018-07-31, staff 3-5 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 12 RUE DES GRANDES VARENNES 21121 AHUY: SIRET 52890204200092, active, trade activity code 46.73A (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de bois et de matériaux de construction), opened 2018-07-31, staff 3-5 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ESPACE FRANCE - BAT G 4 VOIE ROMAINE 33610 CANEJAN: SIRET 52890204200100, active, trade activity code 46.73A (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de bois et de matériaux de construction), opened 2018-07-31, staff 3-5 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• PARC D'ACTIVITES ALBASUD 35 AVENUE DU DANEMARK 82000 MONTAUBAN: SIRET 52890204200126, active, trade activity code 46.73A (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de bois et de matériaux de construction), opened 2018-07-31, staff 3-5 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• LES FONTAINES DE LA DURANNE 185 AVENUE ARCHIMEDE 13290 AIX-EN-PROVENCE: SIRET 52890204200134, active, trade activity code 46.73A (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de bois et de matériaux de construction), opened 2021-01-01, staff 3-5 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• PARC SCIENTIFIQUE DE LA HAUTE BORNE RUE HADDOCK BATH 59650 VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ: SIRET 52890204200142, active, trade activity code 46.73A (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de bois et de matériaux de construction), opened 2025-01-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 140 RUE MAULJEAN 52130 WASSY: SIRET 52890204200019, closed 2016-07-21, activity code 70.10Z (Activités des sièges sociaux), opened 2010-11-25. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• ZONE ARTISANALE ZA DE LA TRANCHE 04180 VILLENEUVE: SIRET 52890204200068, closed 2021-01-01, trade activity code 46.73A (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de bois et de matériaux de construction), opened 2018-07-31. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• BAT A PARC TELMAT 78 RUE GUSTAVE DELORY 59810 LESQUIN: SIRET 52890204200118, closed 2025-01-01, trade activity code 46.73A (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de bois et de matériaux de construction), opened 2018-07-31. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Relationships

19 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.

Recorded in a source

• 4 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• GHM - SOMMEVOIRE: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
• RUE ANTOINE DURENNE 52220 SOMMEVOIRE: Site named in the record. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• Rue Antoine Durenne, 52220 Sommevoire: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Candidates, not confirmed

• ghm.fr: Website of this business. Source record

Import rules for these goods

• Construction products sold in the EU need a Declaration of Performance and CE marking under the Construction Products Regulation. European Commission (CPR)

Check independently

• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)
• VAT number check (EU VIES)