SAARSTAHL RAIL (LIBERTY RAIL)

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. 20 official records from 13 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

• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1993. 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)
• 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)
• An environmental inspector visited the plant, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2025-09-23. 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)
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 24.10Z. 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)
• 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'établissement Saarstahl Rail est spécialisé dans la fabrication de rails. Cette activité est encadrée notamment par l'arrêté préfectoral n° 2009-DEDD/IC-243 du 15 décembre 2009 modifié prescrivant l'actualisation des prescriptions de l'arrêté préfectoral n° 97-AG/2-143 du 2 juillet 1997 autorisant la société Corus Rail à exploiter sur son site de Hayange/Nilvange une unité de laminage et de parachèvement de profilés. (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: L'établissement Saarstahl Rail est spécialisé dans la fabrication de rails. Cette activité est encadrée notamment par l'arrêté préfectoral n° 2009-DEDD/IC-243 du 15 décembre 2009 modifié prescrivant l'actualisation des prescriptions de l'arrêté préfectoral n° 97-AG/2-143 du 2 juillet 1997 autorisant la société Corus Rail à exploiter sur son site de Hayange/Nilvange une unité de laminage et de parachèvement de profilés.. 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)
• 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 2026-07-22. Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE / INPI)
• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status amber] Inspection 2025-09-23: 8 control points, 3 with follow-up: Suivi des prélèvements et rejets: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 1 mois; Volume de référence: proposed Demande d'action corrective (request for corrective action), 1 mois; Améliorations / investissements liés à la gestion de l’eau: proposed Demande de justificatif à l'exploitant (request to the operator for supporting documents), 2 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)
• 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)
• 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 2026-07-26. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2026. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-07-26. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 5 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-26. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2024: revenue €382.9M, profit -€11.9M. 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 2024-12-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
• 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 2026-07-26. OpenSanctions
• Mentioned in independent media (record type: media-mention) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The press has written about it. A fact, not an endorsement. effective since 2026-07-11. republicain-lorrain.fr
• 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 2026-07-26. OpenSanctions
• 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)
• Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 250 and 499 employees on the state record. Tells you whether the supplier can realistically take on your volume. effective since 2026-07-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
• Active legal entity ID (LEI) (record type: lei-active) [official record; status green] A global identifier used in finance; an active one is renewed yearly. checked 2026-09-07. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• 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)
• Takes part in public tenders (record type: public-contract-awarded) [official record; status green] 6 public contracts on record, the latest awarded 2026-03-16. A public buyer selected this supplier through an official tender. Open the source for the contracts themselves. effective since 2026-03-16. TED (Tenders Electronic Daily), EU public procurement award notices Hier draagt de gunning ook een controle van een ander: in de EU en de EER moet een publieke inkoper inschrijvers uitsluiten die zijn veroordeeld voor fraude, corruptie of witwassen, en degenen bij wie een definitief besluit belasting of premieschulden heeft vastgesteld. Die controle gold voor die aanbesteding op de datum van gunning: ze toont niet de huidige situatie van het bedrijf, en een gunning toont niet dat het contract is uitgevoerd. Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 57 (exclusion grounds)
• 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 2026-07-26. VIES
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 2 active business units of 4 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)

Registered business units

2 active and 2 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.

• 164 RUE MARECHAL FOCH 57700 HAYANGE: SIRET 39157535400017, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 24.10Z (Sidérurgie), opened 1993-07-01, staff 250-499 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• TOUR EUROPLAZA 20 AVENUE ANDRE PROTHIN 92400 COURBEVOIE: SIRET 39157535400041, active, manufacturing activity code 24.10Z (Sidérurgie), opened 2022-12-19, staff 10-19 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• PARC ST LAURENT-IM.TORONTO 54 ROUTE DE SARTROUVILLE 78230 LE PECQ: SIRET 39157535400025, closed 2003-12-25, manufacturing activity code 27.1Y, opened 1999-12-17. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 2 AVENUE PRESIDENT J KENNEDY 78100 SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE: SIRET 39157535400033, closed 2022-12-19, manufacturing activity code 24.10Z (Sidérurgie), opened 2002-06-24. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Check independently

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