UNM and its ecosystem

The French mechanical engineering industries represent a €115 billion turnover for 11,000 companies hiring more than 10 people. Export sales account for approximately 45% of their turnover, ranking them as the 6th greatest leader in mechanical engineering.

We are in line with the professions’ collective strategies. As collective R&D studies or actions that regulation wise, standardization is a powerful tool for environmental and digital transformation, and on a larger perspective, a tool to promote the vision of professions at the international level.

Since 1977, UNM has progressively spread its expertise, from mechanical engineering industry to rubber, welding, steel industries and more recently, foundry. This expansion was made possible thanks to the trust of the related professions as well as the professional federations, technical centres, suppliers and customers.

In this ecosystem, the stakeholders work closely to develop standards and meet specific needs and challenges faced by these professions: unions, professional federations educate companies on standardization. They set and promote collective strategies in favor of standardization ; technical centres and laboratories develop and test technological solutions. They also lead prenormative studies. On its part, UNM shares its expertise in standardization tools and processes.