Our suppliers

It is the responsibility of the CEO of each of our subsidiaries to choose their suppliers and to maintain trusting relationships with them.

Although some suppliers are shared by several subsidiaries, we do not consider it useful to have a centralised purchasing department for the group. We prefer each company to focus on its own priorities, linked to its market, and ask everyone to share information about these ‘group’ partners. Our suppliers are manufacturers that we have selected from among the best in their profession. We work closely with them over the long term, ensuring that their products comply with all current technical and safety standards.

The challenges posed by sustainable development and the forthcoming European CS3D (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive) regulations have led us to develop a uniform set of procedures for all the group’s subsidiaries: our responsible purchasing charter and our supplier rating system were rolled out in 2021 and 2024 respectively. In 2025, we determined a uniform audit approach.

We are also working to estimate the geopolitical and climatic risks associated with the industrial sites from which our products originate. Generally speaking, our site visits are very thorough: we pay particular attention to the working conditions of employees and ensure that no children are present in the workshops and factories of our partners (see our sustainable development report in chapter 3.4.2 of this reference document).

From the outset, the group’s development has been based on collaboration with Italian manufacturers, renowned for their expertise in valves and pumps. They now account for 35% of our supplies. Caleffi, Cordivari and DAB consolidated their positions as No. 1, No. 2 and No. 5 suppliers in 2025.

Since the end of ‘90s, we have also selected Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers specialising in our businesses, with whom we maintain solid partnerships.

Today, 33% of our purchases are made in China and Taiwan, where we have a hundred regular suppliers of good quality. With the exception of health crisis years, our teams make around 20 to 30 trips per year to this country, often accompanied by a Chinese employee living in France, with the added remit of assisting and advising the subsidiaries to develop and facilitate the relationships we have with our industrial partners and their managers.

For several years now, Odrea has had a representative office in Shanghai, where a team that is very loyal to the company carries out checks in the factories and organises logistics to optimise the filling of containers.