Our 2026 exhibitors

The Agence nationale pour la formation professionnelle des adultes has been serving employment for 80 years.

Some figures for 2023

160,715 people enrolled, including 86,100 trainees and 67,900 people supported

Regional coverage with 126 centres

655 million in sales

5% rate of access to employment

Our core business: vocational training

With 5 key ambitions:

Support each individual in their professional project

Successfully integrate those furthest from the labour market into the world of work

Provide companies with the skills they need to remain competitive

Promoting regional economic development

Anticipating emerging skills

42 skills incubators, including a Hydrogen incubator at the AFPA centre in Belfort

State-funded

To respond to changes in professions

Training courses co-developed with companies and local authorities

The AFPA is developing hydrogen incubators in the following areas:

Metal processing

Heavy vehicle mechanic assembler

Production and maintenance of autonomous H2 production/distribution units

Industrial maintenance (Belfort)

We offer companies

Training tailored to :

– meet attractiveness and recruitment needs

– enable employees to upgrade their skills

– facilitate access to shortage occupations

A CFA and its apprenticeship solutions

Co-constructing the skills of tomorrow

Profiles

With six decades of experience, CTI Systems is renowned as a leading partner for its project design and system integration expertise when it comes to handling or storing heavy loads.

CTI Systems is a material flow specialist with the ability to understand a customer’s unique requirements and develop them into highly individualised solutions, allowing interconnection of all production sequences in a safe, efficient and most cost-effective way.

With more than 1000 installations commissioned all over the years, CTI stands for highest quality and reliability. Thanks to significant capacity and efficiency gains achieved in industrial production and maintenance processes, all plants are designed to ensure a rapid return on a customer’s invest.

Mincatec Energy develops and produces a game-changing industrial solid hydrogen storage solution. Our metal hydride-based product operates in a range from 1 to 50 bar at ambient temperature. This enables us to bring to market a high-density hydrogen storage solution that is safe, affordable and environmentally friendly, paving the way for rapid decarbonization of a wide range of sectors: industry, renewable energies, off-road, rail and maritime mobility…

A century of expertise in metal transformation at the heart of one of France’s largest automotive manufacturing regions.

A family-owned group with 350 employees, continuing to grow…

Our expertise:

• Development and manufacturing of tooling
• Product development in co-design
• Prototype production
• Design and construction of equipment and inspection systems
• Cutting / Stamping / Bending
• Automatic presses – 30 to 1000 tons
• Servo presses – 300, 400 and 630 tons
• Transfer presses – 400 and 500 tons
• Secondary operation presses – 15 to 320 tons and 500-ton hydraulic
• Deep drawing
• Tapping and clinching within the tooling
• Processing of all steels and aluminum
• Thickness from 0.6 to 6 mm
• Strip width up to 1 m – Feeding line with straightener
• Laser cutting (2-axis and 5-axis) – Table 1500 × 3000
• Press brakes – 80 to 100 tons
• Assembly and welding
• 6-axis MAG welding robots / 6-axis spot welding robots
• PRP spot welding
• Crimping and clinching
• Sealing
• Bonding
• Silicone application
• Installation of foam, seals… (1 or 2 components)
• Leak testing
• Surface treatment
• Mass finishing – deburring, polishing
• Shot blasting – rust removal, adhesion preparation
• Degreasing – passivation
• Particle cleaning

Certifications:

• IATF 16949 (Automotive certification)
• ISO 9001 certification

Group quality system – Group ethical charter

CSR commitments:

• Raw materials sourced in France
• Subcontracting purchases made from long-standing partners located within a 50 km radius