BROWN EUROPE

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. 4 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

• The inspection report describes the site: La société Brown Europe est spécialiste du tréfilage des alliages hautes performances destinés aux secteurs industriels à fortes exigences techniques. Acteur reconnu depuis 1985 par divers secteurs - aéronautique, automobile, médical et autres marchés de niche - Brown Europe fournit couronnes et barres tant sur le marché national pour moitié de sa production que sur le marché international pour les 50 autres pour/cent. En 2021, le fonds "Ace Capital Partners" a finalisé l'acquisition de la société BROWN Europe. Le site de Laval de Cère compte environ 70 salariés fonctionnant en postes 3x8. (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: La société Brown Europe est spécialiste du tréfilage des alliages hautes performances destinés aux secteurs industriels à fortes exigences techniques. Acteur reconnu depuis 1985 par divers secteurs - aéronautique, automobile, médical et autres marchés de niche - Brown Europe fournit couronnes et barres tant sur le marché national pour moitié de sa production que sur le marché international pour les 50 autres pour/cent. En 2021, le fonds "Ace Capital Partners" a finalisé l'acquisition de la société BROWN Europe. Le site de Laval de Cère compte environ 70 salariés fonctionnant en postes 3x8.. 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 green] Inspection 2025-12-04: 6 control points, 0 with follow-up: Suivi de la visite du 11/05/2023: proposed Levée de mise en demeure (lifting of the prior formal notice; the prefect decides by a separate act, not in this report); Moyens de lutte incendie – moyens: proposed Levée de mise en demeure (lifting of the prior formal notice; the prefect decides by a separate act, not in this report). 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 1991. 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)
• 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 2026-08-23. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
• No insolvency proceedings on record (record type: insolvency-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] We searched the official bulletin and found no insolvency proceedings on that date. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (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 2026-07-25. VIES
• 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)
• Site address listed in a government regulator's register (record type: facility-registered) [official record; status green] Shows the regulator records a site of this company at a named address. A registration is not an observation of current production. checked 2026-10-15. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 3 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-25. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2023: revenue €37.1M, profit €1.8M. 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)
• 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 2026-07-25. 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 2026-06-25. ici.fr
• 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 2026-07-25. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• 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 2026-07-25. OpenSanctions
• Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2023 Matched to this company by name only; no second anchor confirms it is the same legal entity.. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• 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 50 and 99 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)
• A change to the company's registration was published on the official record (record type: registry-change-published) [official record; status green] Indicates the register still receives filings from this company, so the record is maintained rather than abandoned. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• 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. checked 2026-09-10. GLEIF Global LEI record
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 2 active business units of 5 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)
• registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 24.31Z. 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)
• 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 2026-04-28. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2025-12-04. 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 2026-10-23. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Government supervision

Supervision records found: 2 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 4 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.

Registered business units

2 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.

• 259 ROUTE DES USINES 46130 LAVAL-DE-CERE: SIRET 38284457900013, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 24.34Z (Tréfilage à froid), opened 1991-08-19, staff 50-99 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• PARC D'ENTREPRISES BRIVE OUEST RUE JEAN ALLARY 19100 BRIVE-LA-GAILLARDE: SIRET 38284457900054, active, manufacturing activity code 24.34Z (Tréfilage à froid), opened 2015-02-01, staff 20-49 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 59 AVENUE DES COURLIS 78110 LE VESINET: SIRET 38284457900021, closed 1998-11-19, activity code 74.1J, opened 1997-07-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 7 RUE DE ROUVRAY 92200 NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE: SIRET 38284457900039, closed 2000-11-02, activity code 74.1J, opened 1998-11-19. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• TOUR MAINE MONTPARNASSE 33 AVENUE DU MAINE 75015 PARIS: SIRET 38284457900047, closed 2005-12-22, activity code 74.1J, opened 2000-11-02. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Relationships

9 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

• 3 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• BROWN EUROPE: Site named in the record, registry number 0006802159. European Industrial Emissions Portal (E-PRTR / IED), European Environment Agency
• BROWN EUROPE: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
• Z. A. Champs des Cros, 46130 Laval-de-Cère: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)

Check independently

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