SERAC

Filling, capping and blowing machines for liquids and viscous products for rigid packaging.

Serac designs and manufactures filling, capping, blowing, and sealing machines for liquids and viscous products in rigid packaging. Its expertise covers the processing of products requiring stringent hygiene standards, extending shelf life in ESL and aseptic conditions, precise dosing, and explosion-proof configurations. The product range includes PET blowing, gravimetric and volumetric filling, capping, capping, and sealing, up to complete lines.

Founded in 1969 in La Ferté-Bernard, Sarthe, by Jean-Jacques Graffin, the company serves the dairy, oil and sauce, hygiene and cleaning product, lubricant, paint, cosmetics, and beverage industries. As a designer and assembler, it outsources the machining of parts to partners and focuses on engineering and integration. Generating nearly 80% of its sales from exports, it employs over 700 people in about ten countries and opened its Jean-Jacques Graffin Innovation Center in 2024, ahead of plans to build a new factory by 2028.

Positioning on the line

Primary packagingPackaging machinesIndustrial process

Sector

Food processing,Beverages and liquids, Chemicals,Cosmetics,Detergents

SERAC in video

Serac, a French manufacturer of filling and capping machines since 1969, has developed a comprehensive understanding of the challenges of packaging liquids and viscous products in rigid containers. This expertise allows them to add value at every stage, thanks to a range of solutions covering PET blow molding, gravimetric and volumetric filling, capping, capping, aseptic sealing, and complete lines.

SERAC in figures

1969

year of creation

Founded in La Ferté-Bernard by Jean-Jacques Graffin, headquarters of the group since its inception

€178 million

revenue

The group's 2023-2024 fiscal year, compared to €135 million the previous year, aims to reach the €200 million mark

725

collaborators

Of these, 340 are in La Ferté-Bernard, the rest are spread across about ten countries

80 %

export sales

A highly international business, supported by subsidiaries on several continents

SERAC range of solutions

Serac solutions fall under the primary process and packaging: blowing, filling and closing of packages.

Filler

The filling machine doses and introduces a predetermined quantity of product into a container. It handles free-flowing, viscous, pasty, or foaming liquids, as well as...

Foodand beveragesChemicalsCosmeticsDetergentsPharmaceuticals

Filler

Theidentity of SERAC

The Power of Passion

The company's signature embodies its culture: a cultural and generational melting pot placed at the heart of the innovation dynamic, serving tailor-made solutions all over the world.

Expertise in difficult liquids

Serac excels in the treatment of liquids and viscous products requiring rigorous hygiene, long-term preservation, precise dosing and explosion-proof environments.

Designer and assembler

The company focuses on engineering and assembly, outsourcing machining to partners, which allows it to increase in sophistication and production rate on ever-larger machines.

Innovation and support

The Jean-Jacques Graffin innovation center, opened in 2024, combines laboratories and continuing education, with a focus on supporting the client from design to maintenance.