AFR var sandt nok i 2005 en del af en koncern kontrolleret af holdingselskabet Arbel SA. Ud over forretningsområdet for jernbanemateriel (bestående af AFR og Lormafer) var koncernen aktiv inden for byggeri med en række virksomheder specialiseret i vindueskonstruktioner for byggeindustrien.
It is true that in 2005 AFR was part of a group controlled by the holding company Arbel SA. Aside from its railways division (made up of AFR and Lormafer), the group included a construction division made up of firms specialising in the manufacture of windows for the construction industry.