Our solutions for industry

The industry encompasses economic activities aimed at designing, manufacturing, and selling material goods from raw materials, whether virgin or recycled. The National Industry Council distinguishes 19 sectors: aeronautics, agri-food, automotive, wood, chemicals and materials, construction, water, electronics, rail, digital infrastructure, marine, mining and metallurgy, fashion and luxury goods, new energy systems, nuclear, health, safety, solutions for the industry of the future, and waste processing and recovery.

Manufacturers are natural partners for AFNOR, if only because voluntary standards were born in this world that demands quality, safety, interoperability, and standardization.

Some key figures for the sector

  • 274,212 industrial companies
  • 3.2 million employees
  • 9.7% of GDP in 2023
  • 185 robots for 10,000 jobs
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Your needs

Quality, lean management, responsible purchasing, environmental impact, circular economy, energy efficiency, water conservation, social responsibility, relocation, digital transformation... There are many challenges in industry! You will be better equipped to tackle each of them if you know and apply best practices. These include major certifiable management standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, etc.

Conducting the regulatory energy audit

AFNOR Energies is your partner.

Conducting the regulatory energy audit

Obtain the Origine France Garantie label

The sign indicating that at least 50% of the product's value is local.

Obtain the Origine France Garantie label

Obtain ISO 45001 certification

For your occupational health and safety approach.

Obtain ISO 45001 certification

Striving for excellence with EFQM

European proof of your commitment to operational excellence and a culture of transformation.

Striving for excellence with EFQM

Presentation of industry professions with AFNOR Skills

Discover how to build better, faster, and more efficiently with our range of services dedicated to new construction projects, using lean approaches and problem-solving methods. You can also optimize your material processing with applied technical training courses, such as tribology and corrosion management.

Industry: all AFNOR resources for applying best practices and demonstrating compliance

All local government stakeholders will find what they need at AFNOR to implement best practices, report that they are doing so in the proper manner, and evaluate the performance of their actions.

  • Switch to quality culture mode

    A culture of quality is essential for optimizing daily performance in the service of customers or stakeholders. And for ensuring the sustainability of the organization.

  • Monitor non-quality costs

    Overconsumption, supplier failure, absenteeism... A study by the AFNOR group on the costs of non-quality conducted among 816 companies.

  • 50 normative ideas for successful reindustrialization

    A white paper aimed at opening up prospects for successful reindustrialization through the optimal use of voluntary standards.

  • Our selection of standards for the industry

    Voluntary NF, EN, and ISO standards for manufacturers in all sectors.

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