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About French

French® is an ISO-certified, 4th generation family-owned U. S. company that custom designs, manufactures and supports hydraulic press systems for molding rubber and composite materials, industrial rubber mixers, screw presses for synthetic rubber processing and for the separation of liquids from solids, and oilseed equipment used to extract vegetable oil from seeds and nuts, and to produce biofuels.

We make machines to make people’s lives better.

American Family-Owned Custom Equipment Manufacturer Since 1900

French’s 225,000 square foot corporate office and manufacturing facility are located in Piqua, Ohio near Interstate 75 and approximately 20 miles north of Dayton International Airport. Our mission is to partner with our stakeholders through design, manufacture and service of custom equipment. Our “stakeholders” are our worldwide customers, our employees, our families, our shareholders, our suppliers, our communities, and our country. For over a century, we have partnered with our stakeholders in over 80 countries worldwide to provide products with superior value and service that improve our customers’ productivity and reduce their overall production costs.

Interested in being part of our team?  Visit our Career Opportunities page to review our open positions.

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Manufacturing Custom Hydraulic Presses, Oilseed and Polymer Machinery

We ensure the delivery of superior quality products on time through the operation of our dedicated manufacturing facility. Our facility produces customized equipment and components for Hydraulic Presses, as well as machinery for Oilseed, Polymer, and Fiber, all adhering to our stringent quality standards and following precise ISO 9001:2015 procedures.

In addition, French provides tailored metalworking, machining, and fabrication services for a diverse range of industrial applications. With advanced technical expertise in machining, fabrication, assembly, and inspection, French is capable of managing entire projects seamlessly from initiation to completion, resulting in time and cost savings for our customers.

Our Innovation Center

French's Innovation Center provides an extensive array of testing services, catering to Polymer, Oilseed, and Fiber customers who seek to evaluate their products in the company's laboratory. Dewatering and/or drying trials are conducted using pilot scale and semi-works mechanical screw presses, accommodating a diverse range of materials such as synthetic rubber, polymers, wood pulp, various oil-bearing seeds or nuts, and other solid materials containing liquids. Our proficiency lies in the field of liquid-solid separation.

To safeguard the confidentiality of your testing endeavors, French offers confidentiality agreements, ensuring that any information obtained will not be disclosed to third parties. Recognizing the significance of trade secrets to your business, we commit to preserving their confidentiality. If you are interested in leveraging our Innovation Center for your specific application, please reach out more detailed information.

TMP, A Division of French and FOM Shanghai

French owns the brand TMP, A Division of French, which supplies hydraulic presses to the composite, lamination and rubber industries. They also offer technically advanced composite, plastic and rubber mixing systems.

French is also the parent company to FOM (Shanghai) Company, Ltd., a wholly foreign-owned enterprise in Shanghai, China, serving the domestic Chinese oilseed and polymer processing markets.

French’s Core Value: Partnership | The Customer Experience

Exports

French first began exporting equipment in 1905 to Canada, Great Britain, Germany and Norway, and soon after to China. In the 1920s French further expanded into the Asian markets and eventually into the Middle East, Africa and South America. We now have sales representation coverage in major markets worldwide. Over the history of our company, we have exported hydraulic presses, screw presses, or other processing equipment to every continent other than Antarctica and supported customers in over eighty countries.

We have received multiple awards for our exporting achievements. In 1984 we were awarded with the highest recognition any U.S. entity may receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports, the Presidential “E” Award for Exports. In May 2012, we received the Presidential “E” Star Award from U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary John Bryson at the White House in Washington, DC.

We received the Ohio Governor’s “E” Award for Exports in 1997 and again in 2006.

Additionally, French was named a finalist in the exporting category of the first-ever Dayton Business Journal Manufacturing Awards held in October 2012 and we were honored with the first place award in 2013.

For more information on our hydraulic presses and other processing equipment, contact French engineers or download our free brochure literature.

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