La Fonte Ardennaise – Mecafor
How a Serbian factory within a French group communicates with its head office
300+
Hours of mentoring for executives
12
Months of the intensive program
100%
of participants in director-level roles
About the company
Mecafor Products is a manufacturing plant in Kikinda and part of the French group La Fonte Ardennaise, one of Europe's leading groups in precision metallurgy and foundry work. The plant produces components for international industrial customers and operates to the group's standards, built over decades.
The challenge
English as the group's language
Head office is in France, but the group's corporate language is English. Reporting, investment plans, audit visits, and day-to-day coordination with head office all happen in English.
Technical precision in every sentence
In metallurgy, there's no room for imprecision. The director team has to convey technical and operational information, from production quality to capacity planning, just as precisely in English as in Serbian.
Production doesn't stop
Plant directors manage operations in real time. The program had to fit into schedules where priorities shift day to day, without interrupting the continuity of work.
The solution
We created a twelve-month Executive Business English program built around the director team's needs. The program's foundation was one-on-one mentoring with a dedicated senior mentor, alongside small-group work and sessions with native speakers for communication situations where every detail matters. The curriculum was built around real business needs: communicating with the group's head office, industry-specific manufacturing terminology, and presenting to international counterparts.
One mentor, one participant, and continuity throughout the program. Sessions are built around real business materials: reports for head office, preparation for meetings with group representatives, and correspondence with international customers.
Precision metallurgy, quality control, supply chain, and production metrics. Participants pick up the language of their industry, not generic textbook English.
Work with native speakers focuses on confidence, precision, and persuasiveness in communication: running meetings in English, asking the right questions, and making a well-argued case to head office.
Results
Progress that's measured
Business impact
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