About us
Cetim, the French technical center for mechanical industries is one of the largest industrial research organizations in Europe.Internationally recognized, its experts participate in major industrial challenges of today and tomorrow. Cetim is a reference in the world of innovation for an industrial future attentive to the planet.
Providing innovation to the mechanical industry for 50 years
Thanks to 50 years of experience, Cetim provides rare multidisciplinary competencies to succeed your project through high value support combining outsourced R&D, technological engineering, project engineering and consulting.
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R&D Partnerships
Common laboratories
Seats in international standarization committees
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Active clients worldwide
Scientific papers per year
Engineers and scientists
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R&D Partnerships
Common laboratories
Seats in international standarization committees
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Active clients worldwide
Scientific papers per year
Engineers and scientists
Our intervention areas
Together with our international subsidiaries and partners, we accelerate your environmental and digital transformation to success considering your local issues.
Europe
Cetim is today one of the European leaders in R&D and technology transfer.Middle East and Africa
Original partner of North Africa industrial actors with Cetim Morocco in Casablanca.Asia Pacific
Cetim deploys its expertises for over 30 years through Cetim Matcor located in Singapore.They trust us
Case studies
Working on the mechanical industry’s most complex and pressing challenges to lead our customers to success.
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“The Kazakh teams were very impressed with Cetim's sevices, which opened up real prospects fo the Centre in the market, either alone or working with French firms.”
Jean-Pierre Guérin - project manager at Airbus DS .
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“Finally the company increased both, its productivity and its workforce. First we improved the skills of our CAM operators then we had to recruit a person for the workshop and another one is in the process of being recruited”
Jean Patenet — Moules et Outillages de Bourgogne - Manager
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“Cetim’s expertise in machining and machine-tool technology provided us with significant technical and operational support. Another advantage of this support is that we had only one single point of contact from the needs analysis stage until acceptance of the machines ”
Arnaud Coupard — ArianeGroup - Head of the facility's "industrial equipment-solid propulsion cluster" department
News and Events
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Aerospace
15/10/2026
Cetim commissions its technological platform dedicated to harsh environments
Hydrogen, LNG, CO₂, cryogenics: a unique platform combining state-of-the-art testing facilities and multidisciplinary expertise to qualify equipment, enhance reliability and accelerate the industrialisation of critical technologies for the energy transition.
Storing liquid hydrogen at -253°C, transporting pressurised CO₂, or ensuring the leak-tightness of equipment exposed to highly diffusive gases such as hydrogen: the emerging energy sectors are creating major mechanical challenge...
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Automotive
12/10/2026
Mobility and Energy: Cetim accelerates inverter testing without a physical motor, through Motor Emulation
One inverter, multiple motors, multiple mission profiles. Thanks to its new high-power motor emulator, Cetim enables inverter manufacturers, system integrators and OEMs to rapidly evaluate numerous configurations without physically changing motors.The result: accelerated test campaigns, optimized sizing and tuning of electrical systems and power converter cooling, improved control of failure risks, and reduced energy consumption from the grid during high-power testing.
Cetim is strengthe...
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Automotive
07/10/2026
Automobiles Dangel Testimonial: Acoustic challenge overcome in a mechanical transmission
When Automobiles Dangel faced an audible whistling noise in the passenger compartment of a vehicle equipped with a new electromechanical transmission system, it turned to Cetim to identify the root cause and define a corrective action.
Through on-road acoustic testing, gear metrology and contact analysis, Cetim pinpointed the source of the noise and defined a targeted micro-geometry correction to the gear teeth. The result: a 50% reduction in cabin noise at 70 km/h.
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