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The profession

Metalu Plast is the leading French manufacturer of sports equipment, sports fences and open access sports fields: Soccer 5, multisports and padel. Leader on the French market, all our production is manufactured in our premises in Normandy. We ship throughout France and to 42countries around the world. We sell our products exclusively to professionals, installers, craftsmen, distributors, mail order sellers…

The story

Metalu Plast is the result of 44 years of experience in the manufacture of sports equipment. The French industry is the DNA of Metalu Plast and its teams. More than just design know-how, it is the synergy of skills that allows Metalu Plast to equip today’s largest stadiums and sporting events.

1980
Creation of Filmasport - Manufacturer of sports nets
1990
Creation of Metalu Plast - Manufacturer of sports equipment
1991
Manufacture of the 1st ball-stop
1997
Manufacture of the 1st multisports playground
2010
Merger of Filmasport and Metalu Plast
2012
Creation of an agency in Lyon and an International department
2014
Buyout of Synchronicity : a playground manufacturer
2015
Manufacture of the 1st Soccer
2016
Creation of an subsidiary in Algeria
2017
Creation of an office in Morocco
2022
Expansion of the production site by 10 000 m²
2024
Creation of an office in Miami

The values

Nos valeurs
Professionalism

Metalu plast puts all its experience and the skills of its employees at the service of its customers. The result is a quality work, the respect of the commitments made, and a constant support of our partners.

Service & advice

Day after day, year after year, the men and women of Metalu plast, accompany you, and advise you on products, technical solutions, but also on the resolution of any problems. The know-how and experience of our collaborators are at your disposal in order to best meet your expectations and offer you the best solutions for your projects.

Innovation

Beyond the "simple" dimensions of research and technological development, Metalu Plast gives itself the means to constantly innovate in terms of logistics, production and human organization to support you as best it can, in France and abroad.

Safety

Safety is one of our main objectives at every stage of our production. This involves not only our supply and manufacturing, but also the testing of all our products, carried out by an independent organism, so that they comply with the codes of sport and the requirements of the sports federations.
Metalu Plast guarantees to end-users that they can practice their sporting activities on our equipment in complete peace of mind.

The label Origine France Garantie

Metalu Plast is the first sports equipment manufacturer to obtain the Label Origine France Garantie for all its product ranges.
To obtain this label, the manufactured product must comply with the following two criteria: the place where the product has its essential characteristics must be located in France, and at least 50% of the unit cost price of the product must be acquired in France. In other words, unlike “Made in France”, finishing or packaging alone is obviously not enough to obtain this demanding label.

 

Discover all our certifications and labels on our dedicated page: Labels and networks.

The teams

The heart of Metalu Plast is made up of its 4 teams: production, the design office, the sales team and the support team

The design and methods department
  • Design, creation of new products, evolution of existing products, load testing
  • Studies of tailor-made projects
  • Industrialization, scheduling, document database management
  • Study and costing of Basketball structure and gymnasium equipment on plan, simulation of the best solution…
  • Special sports fence with ball-stop: analysis of the technical feasibility of the project, calculation of the structure, study of the resistance of the materials. The design office recommends the most suitable layout: diameter and height of the posts, spacing between the posts, mesh size of the nets, it draws up the layout plans.
  • Adaptation of standard products to a specific version (special dimensions, adapted anchoring system…)
The production and shipping teams

Two production and shipping teams that account in total:

  • 63 people on 2 different production sites.

They take care of:

  • Aluminium and steel metalwork
  • Surface treatment and painting
  • Packaging and shipping
  • Quality management
The sales team

Metalu-Plast owes the loyalty of its customers to, among other things, the quality of its commercial relationship. Each client is followed by the same team consisting of a sales representative on the ground and a sedentary sales representative.

A sales team on the ground that:

  • Encounter
  • Listen
  • Counsels clients
  • Formulate estimates

A sedentary sales team ensures permanent contact with customers by:

  • Responding to the quotation
  • Advising
  • Following orders and transport
The support team
  • Administrative and financial department
  • Human Resources
  • Health, quality, safety and environment
  • IT & Telephony
  • A marketing and communication team

The support team is there to support the sales team, the design office and production. She ensures the smooth running of the company on a daily basis.

A few figures

22 M€

of turnover in 2023

98

Collaborators

2 000

Clients

42

Delivered countries

11 000

Deliverys/year

16 000 m²

Production site

63

People: Production staff

7

People in design offices

15

Loading bays

700 t

of steel and aluminium used per year

10 000

Manufactured components

3 000

Football goals/year

1 100

Handball goals/year

100

Km of ball-stops and handrails per year

150

Soccer and multi-sports pitches per year