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The defence industry requires parts that perform under the most demanding conditions while maintaining absolute reliability when lives depend on equipment performance. From armored vehicles operating in hostile environments to weapon systems requiring high accuracy, military applications leave no room for failure. These systems must function across extreme temperature ranges, resist impact and blast effects, and maintain performance despite exposure to corrosive environments and electromagnetic interference.

At Setforge, we understand the critical nature of tactical applications and our responsibility in supporting national sovereignty through reliable manufacturing partnerships. Our forge capabilities produce parts ranging from 0.1 kg precision elements for guidance systems to 1500 kg structural components for heavy military vehicles. We work with defence contractors developing land, naval, and aerospace applications using steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and specialized military-grade alloys.

One Partner. At every step.

For your national sovereignty!

Engineering excellence

Co-development

Our metallurgical and design experts work alongside your R&D, improving forgeability, reducing buy-to-fly ratio and lowering cost without compromising structural integrity.

Full capabilities

From 0.1 kg to 1,500 kg

First prototype to serial production. We cover the full spectrum of closed-die forging technologies across titanium, aluminium alloys and high-performance steels.

EN 9100 and NADCAP certified

Defence-grade quality

Quality and IT systems built around defence OEM requirements, with full traceability and defect prevention. On-time worldwide delivery and attentive service.

Customer centric

A 360° approach

Engineering, Tooling, Machining, Heat treatment and more… in-house or through our certified partners. One point of contact, one quality standard.

Ground defence

Ground defence
Naval defence

Naval Defence
Aerospace defence

Aerospace Defence

SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE

Depending on their function, defence components may be exposed to shocks, high cyclic loads, extreme temperatures or particularly severe operating environments. Our hot forging, cold forging, hot extrusion and electrical-upsetting processes produce parts with high metallurgical integrity and grain flow matched to their geometry and loading.

Combined with rigorous material selection, controlled manufacturing parameters and appropriate inspections, this expertise delivers the required levels of strength, toughness and fatigue resistance. Process qualification and property characterization demonstrate consistent mechanical behavior in line with the requirements of critical defence applications.

SOVEREIGNTY MANUFACTURING

As an industrial partner to defence prime contractors, Setforge helps preserve know-how and production capabilities essential to sensitive applications. Our forging expertise supports the development of strategic components and strengthens supply-chain resilience, in line with the quality, traceability, documentation and lead-time requirements of each program. Our support covers the entire industrial journey, from defining the forging process through machining and finishing operations. Our in-house capabilities, supplemented where necessary by selected, qualified partners, allow us to deliver finished components and control every critical step of their manufacture.

Our industrial organization supports projects from the first prototypes through to series production. Material traceability, operation tracking and comprehensive quality records ensure components comply with the technical and documentation requirements of defence programs.

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