Proud of our history …

1758: Charles-Joseph de Pimodan creates the forge at Froncles to transform the iron ore present in large quantities in the Marne Valley.

1858: Télèphe de Bonnecaze considerably enlarges the forge and its production by adding ovens for the preparation of sheet metal, rolling mills and even a power hammer operated already at the time by a steam engine.

1906: The widow of baron Félix-Léonce Bruslé de Valsuzenay, who had rebuilt the forge after the war with Prussia, sells the company, which then becomes "Société anonyme des Forges de Froncles".

1927: Citroën buys up the company.

1952: Citroën decides to specialize the plant in the cold rolling of sheet metal for the production of automobile body parts.

1968: Citroën diversifies the plant's activity with the production of cold-formed parts and complementary processes, such as rolling or heat treatment.

1981: Citroën sells the company, cessation of rolling activities.

1991: Refocusing of the activity on cold forming.

2006: The forge is bought by the German Group Altenloh, Brinck & Co, leader in the development of assembly techniques and known worldwide in particular for its SPAX brand of screws.
...and building for the future..

SFF decides to invest in a lot of new machinery, in order to be better able to keep growing and to bring its clients the best technical and economical solutions.

Its new industrial equipment, the improvement of the plant’s energy efficiency, scrupulous compliance with changing standards and also its proactive policy of training in its specialties resolutely position SFF as a player for the future in its businesses.