XPLORER
Company-provided description, not an official-source fact. Certifications, capacities, years and market positions stated in it are the company's own claims until a record below confirms them.
XP Metal Detectors invents and develops powerful, selective and above all ergonomic metal detectors. Our engineers work with experienced prospectors to offer you a detector that will meet your expectations.
- Type
- Not established by any record (our catalog import lists it as manufacturer; that is not evidence of the role)
- Role
- Manufacturer (manufacturing registered as the company's activity in the state register; production site not independently confirmed); the register records manufacturing as the company's declared activity (26.40Z: 26.40Z), a declaration to the register, not an observation of a working plant
- Location
- Mervilla, France
- Founded
- 1998 (matches the state register)
- Website
- http://www.xpmetaldetectors.com
- Categories
- Audio & Video
Listed in a source registry
France INSEE Sirene / INPI RNE state register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr)
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 12 official records from 10 official sources are on file. 5 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. Nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1998. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. effective since 2026-07-22. Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE / INPI)
- Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Shows the register lists the registration as active on the date we read it. It does not show how busy the business is. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
- registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 26.40Z. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
- Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 2 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-10-09. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- Website domain registered (record type: domain-registered) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] Shows how long this web address has been registered. That is the age of the domain, not of the company: a domain can change owners. checked 2026-07-31. Domain registry record
- Active legal entity ID (LEI) (record type: lei-active) [official record; status green] A global identifier used in finance; an active one is renewed yearly. checked 2026-08-23. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
- EU customs identifier (EORI) active (record type: export-registered-eori) [official record; status green] An EORI number identifies the company to EU customs for imports, exports and transit. A valid number does not show that any shipment took place and is not a licence to export a particular product. checked 2026-07-31. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
- No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-07-31. OpenSanctions
- No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-07-31. OpenSanctions
- First recorded on the web archive (record type: web-presence-since) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The web archive holds a page at this address from 2001. Shows a web archive saw a page at this address on that date. It does not show who ran the site then. checked 2026-08-21. Internet Archive (Wayback)
- No insolvency proceedings on record (record type: insolvency-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] We searched the official bulletin and found no insolvency proceedings on that date. checked 2026-09-25. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
- Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 50 and 99 employees on the state record. One indication of the company's size as the register records it; it does not establish production capacity. effective since 2026-07-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- A change to the company's registration was published on the official record (record type: registry-change-published) [official record; status green] Indicates the register still receives filings from this company, so the record is maintained rather than abandoned. checked 2026-09-25. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
- EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-08-05. VIES (European Commission)
- Places goods on the market (national producer register) (record type: places-goods-on-market; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] A state register lists this company as placing these goods on the market, as their maker or importer. By itself it does not show who makes them. checked 2026-10-15. Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France
- Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 2 active business units of 3 on the register, 1 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
Government supervision
No matching installation in the published Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE) data as of 2026-10-23. Limit: a zero only excludes a matching published Georisques record, not regulatory supervision generally.
Registered business units
2 active and 1 closed units in INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement); 1 active units carry a manufacturing activity code (section C of the activity classification). The activity code is what the register records for each site, not a finding that goods are made there.
- ZONE INDUSTRIELLE DE VIC 8 RUE DU DEVELOPPEMENT 31320 CASTANET-TOLOSAN: SIRET 41931147700022, active, manufacturing activity code 26.40Z (Fabrication de produits électroniques grand public), opened 2010-06-01, staff 50-99 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- 40 CHEMIN DU MOULIN 31320 MERVILLA: SIRET 41931147700030, active, head office, activity code 70.10Z (Activités des sièges sociaux), opened 2011-04-15. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- CAMPAGNE 40 CHEMIN DU MOULIN 31320 MERVILLA: SIRET 41931147700014, closed 2011-04-15, manufacturing activity code 27.90Z (Fabrication d'autres matériels électriques), opened 1998-06-22. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
Relationships
5 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.
Recorded in a source
- 2 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
Candidates, not confirmed
- xpmetaldetectors.com: Website of this business. Source record
Import rules for these goods
- Electronics for the EU need CE marking incl. RoHS substance limits, and producers must register for WEEE take-back in each member state of sale. European Commission (CE)
- Electronics for the US market need FCC equipment authorization under 47 CFR Part 15, which covers unintentional radiators such as switch-mode power supplies, not only radio devices. US FCC (Part 15)
Check independently
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