What does Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie do?

Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie is a machinery manufacturer in Liège. Public Limited, started on 15 July 1910, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie?

The registered office of Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie is located at Rue Ernest-Solvay 372, 4000 Liège.

Is Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie still active?

No. The CBE lists Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie with legal situation “Opening faillissement”. The date of the court ruling is published in the Belgian Official Gazette; the register does not carry it.

Is Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie registered on Peppol?

Yes, Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0403965705.

What is the enterprise number of Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie?

The enterprise number of Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie is BE0403965705.

When was Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie founded?

Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie was founded on 15 July 1910.

Who are the directors of Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie are: COUR DE CORTENBACH SRL, SCRL NOSHAQ PARTNERS, FP CONSEIL scom, SRL W7, SPARAXIS SA, SA INVEST FOR JOBS, JEAN-CLAUDE HERMAN, SA WALLONIE ENTREPRENDRE.

Is Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Opening faillissement according to the CBE, started on 15 July 1910; 4 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 8 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie make in 2025?

Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie posted a profit after taxes of € 218,408 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie reported revenue of € 27,664,208.

How much does an employee at Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie was € 74,200 in 2025: staff costs of € 10.3 million for 138.3 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie has 138.3 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Does Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie have a website?

Yes, Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie has a website at mkb.be.

Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie (Public Limited)

Dossier Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0403965705/fonderies-j-marichal-ketin-et-cie. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.

Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 52 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Legal situation KBO

Opening faillissement according to the CBE.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie from Liège, company number BE0403965705, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 218,408 after tax. For that financial year Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie recorded revenue of € 27.7 million and equity of € 13 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -2.7 million to € 218,408. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on December 10, 2025.

What it is worth Growing

€ 13 million

▲ 78% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Growing

€ 218,408

▲ still € 2.7 million loss in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 460,605

▼ 52% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Growing

Stays in the company

No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -11.7 million.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

138.3

▼ 6.2 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 10.1 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 10.3 million

▲ 13% vs 2024

€ 74,200 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 156,358

▼ 15% vs 2024

Of which on lease € 67,875.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 3 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 13.2 million

▼ 3% vs 2024

€ 1.9 million is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 6.8 million

▲ 22% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 106 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 2.5 million

▲ 18% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 29,800,946 Revenue 2022: € 29,800,946 First fiscal year in the series	€ 34,746,219 Revenue 2023: € 34,746,219 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 29,800,946) Favourable step	€ 35,264,541 Revenue 2024: € 35,264,541 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 34,746,219) Favourable step	€ 27,664,208 Revenue 2025: € 27,664,208 ▼ 22% vs 2024 (€ 35,264,541) Unfavourable step	▼ 22%
Profit after taxes	€ -3,962,933 Profit after taxes 2022: € -3,962,933 First fiscal year in the series	€ -3,907,266 Profit after taxes 2023: € -3,907,266 ▲ € 55,667 vs 2022 (€ -3,962,933) Favourable step	€ -2,669,153 Profit after taxes 2024: € -2,669,153 ▲ € 1.2 million vs 2023 (€ -3,907,266) Favourable step	€ 218,408 Profit after taxes 2025: € 218,408 ▲ € 2.9 million vs 2024 (€ -2,669,153) Favourable step	▲ € 2.9 million
Equity	€ 9,779,171 Equity 2022: € 9,779,171 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,924,411 Equity 2023: € 6,924,411 ▼ 29% vs 2022 (€ 9,779,171) Unfavourable step	€ 7,302,737 Equity 2024: € 7,302,737 ▲ 5% vs 2023 (€ 6,924,411) Favourable step	€ 13,021,151 Equity 2025: € 13,021,151 ▲ 78% vs 2024 (€ 7,302,737) Favourable step	▲ 78%
Total debts	€ 20,155,223 Total debts 2022: € 20,155,223 First fiscal year in the series	€ 26,441,845 Total debts 2023: € 26,441,845 ▲ 31% vs 2022 (€ 20,155,223) Unfavourable step	€ 26,766,250 Total debts 2024: € 26,766,250 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 26,441,845) Unfavourable step	€ 25,846,994 Total debts 2025: € 25,846,994 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 26,766,250) Favourable step	▼ 3%
Cash	€ 395,988 Cash 2022: € 395,988 First fiscal year in the series	€ 695,032 Cash 2023: € 695,032 ▲ 76% vs 2022 (€ 395,988) Favourable step	€ 959,871 Cash 2024: € 959,871 ▲ 38% vs 2023 (€ 695,032) Favourable step	€ 460,605 Cash 2025: € 460,605 ▼ 52% vs 2024 (€ 959,871) Unfavourable step	▼ 52%
Land & buildings	€ 2,808,084 Land & buildings 2022: € 2,808,084 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,346,080 Land & buildings 2023: € 3,346,080 ▲ 19% vs 2022 (€ 2,808,084) Unchanged	€ 6,321,520 Land & buildings 2024: € 6,321,520 ▲ 89% vs 2023 (€ 3,346,080) Unchanged	€ 6,211,672 Land & buildings 2025: € 6,211,672 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 6,321,520) Unchanged	▼ 2%
Retained profit	€ -5,360,796 Retained profit 2022: € -5,360,796 First fiscal year in the series	€ -9,268,061 Retained profit 2023: € -9,268,061 ▼ € 3.9 million vs 2022 (€ -5,360,796) Unfavourable step	€ -11,937,214 Retained profit 2024: € -11,937,214 ▼ € 2.7 million vs 2023 (€ -9,268,061) Unfavourable step	€ -11,718,806 Retained profit 2025: € -11,718,806 ▲ € 218,408 vs 2024 (€ -11,937,214) Favourable step	▲ € 218,408
Bank debt	€ 11,554,436 Bank debt 2022: € 11,554,436 First fiscal year in the series	€ 14,843,565 Bank debt 2023: € 14,843,565 ▲ 28% vs 2022 (€ 11,554,436) Unfavourable step	€ 13,674,729 Bank debt 2024: € 13,674,729 ▼ 8% vs 2023 (€ 14,843,565) Favourable step	€ 13,197,539 Bank debt 2025: € 13,197,539 ▼ 3% vs 2024 (€ 13,674,729) Favourable step	▼ 3%
Balance sheet total	€ 30,481,839 Balance sheet total 2022: € 30,481,839 First fiscal year in the series	€ 33,819,622 Balance sheet total 2023: € 33,819,622 ▲ 11% vs 2022 (€ 30,481,839) Unchanged	€ 34,421,632 Balance sheet total 2024: € 34,421,632 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 33,819,622) Unchanged	€ 39,138,950 Balance sheet total 2025: € 39,138,950 ▲ 14% vs 2024 (€ 34,421,632) Unchanged	▲ 14%
Employees (FTE)	142.8 Employees (FTE) 2022: 142.8 First fiscal year in the series	145.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 145.5 ▲ 2.7 vs 2022 (142.8) Unchanged	144.5 Employees (FTE) 2024: 144.5 ▼ 1 vs 2023 (145.5) Unchanged	138.3 Employees (FTE) 2025: 138.3 ▼ 6.2 vs 2024 (144.5) Unchanged	▼ 6.2

Key figures of Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.

What happened to Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie?

What happened at Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.

2027 COUR DE CORTENBACH SRL stepped down as director. NBB
2027 SCRL NOSHAQ PARTNERS stepped down as director. NBB
2027 FP CONSEIL scom stepped down as director. NBB
2027 SRL W7 stepped down as director. NBB
2027 SPARAXIS SA stepped down as director. NBB
2027 SA INVEST FOR JOBS stepped down as director. NBB
2027 JEAN-CLAUDE HERMAN stepped down as director. NBB
Dec 10, 2025 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 218,408. Source: NBB ↗

In short

From € 4 million loss in 2022 to € 218,408 profit in 2025.

Paid € 1,005 in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2025, with € 218,408 profit.

Pays suppliers within 106 days on average.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

INVEST FOR JOBS 24.9%

Wallonie Entreprendre 20.9%

Société d'Investissement du Bassin liégeois 13.3%

FONDS D'INVESTISSEMENT ET DE CROISSANCE INDUSTRIELLE 11.5%

The stake of INVEST FOR JOBS, Wallonie Entreprendre, Société d'Investissement du Bassin liégeois, FONDS D'INVESTISSEMENT ET DE CROISSANCE INDUSTRIELLE comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

Fonderies J. Marichal Ketin et Cie

Reverse Metallurgy 9%

The shares are held by INVEST FOR JOBS (24.9%), Wallonie Entreprendre (20.9%), Société d'Investissement du Bassin liégeois (13.3%) and FONDS D'INVESTISSEMENT ET DE CROISSANCE INDUSTRIELLE (11.5%). It owns 9% of Reverse Metallurgy itself.