INDUSTRY X.0
Smart Engineering & Industry
Design resilient, high‑performance and sustainable industrial infrastructures.
Transforming industrial infrastructure into resilient, high-performance platforms
Optimizing Investments and Costs
Leveraging Industry X.0 technologies (collaborative robots, digital twins, predictive maintenance, simulations, connected sensors, etc.) to eliminate inefficiencies at every stage of the industrial lifecycle, optimize investments, accelerate production, and reduce operational costs.
Agility and Resilience
Securing and streamlining your production and logistics capabilities by transforming your assets into a responsive ecosystem able to absorb demand shocks without compromising margins.
Growth and New Services
Generating new revenue streams by transforming your products into intelligent service platforms and leveraging usage data to develop servitization models.
Our expertise in transforming your infrastructure into competitive platforms
Astek supports its clients end‑to‑end on their journey toward Industry 4.0 and 5.0, from the design of critical infrastructures to the integration of advanced technologies: data, AI, IoT, robotics, and cybersecurity.
We master operational engineering, including process definition, production line and cell design, utilities sizing, network architectures, industrial flows, and facility layouts.
We also design next‑generation industrial equipment and systems that are more resilient, intelligent, and decarbonized, with the objective of maximizing performance and ROI.
By ensuring continuity from the engineering office to the connected factory, we optimize:
- Your network of plants and infrastructures.
- The development of intelligent equipment and products.
- Operational performance across production, energy, and supply chain.
- Asset availability (OEE) and total cost of ownership (TCO).
2,500
experts
4
Global Centers of Excellence (CoE)
Augmented Engineering
- Design and Delivery Engineering: from complex civil engineering projects (e.g. Grand Paris) to cutting‑edge energy infrastructures (nuclear, renewables, water) and industrial infrastructures (OEMs), we cover the full lifecycle: design, calculations, modeling, deployment, and large‑scale program management, integrating eco‑design principles and intelligent technologies (e.g. BIM, AI).
- Intelligent & Autonomous Systems: we accelerate their development by combining engineering (design, delivery, testing, maintenance), embedded systems, and high‑performance computing (Edge & Quantum). We select or design advanced assets for our clients, including robots and cobots, automated lines, inspection and automated maintenance systems, and smart equipment and products.
- Interfaces, Services and Resilience: we design intuitive human‑machine interfaces to simplify the use of complex systems, along with Secure by Design architectures that ensure sovereign and protected computing power. We also support the development of digital services for end users.
Smart Manufacturing & Smart Logistics
- Digital transformation of the industrial value chain: we optimize your entire value chain (R&D, eco‑design, design, production, supply chain) as well as your industrial and logistics networks through the deployment of digital twins, IoT equipment, and advanced AI‑ and robotics‑based solutions.
- Operational simulation, automation, and decarbonization: we select, develop, and deploy technologies to simulate operations, automate processes, optimize resource consumption (energy, water, raw materials), and ensure optimal production quality while meeting decarbonization objectives.
Operational Performance
- Data‑driven performance management: we turn data into a decision‑support lever by leveraging 5G infrastructures, secure IoT networks, and enterprise‑generated data.
- Interoperability and real‑time operations management: we ensure the interoperability of your assets to enable end‑to‑end, real‑time operational control, deploy agile and predictive corrective actions (e.g., predictive maintenance, production volume adjustment, product and service updates), and improve performance from commissioning through operation and evolution.
Our Interventions
Our Research Work
Sovereignty challenges, skills shortages, and technological transformations are reshaping every stage of the industrial lifecycle. To remain competitive, industrial assets and operations must transform.
Our Articles
Engineering Health: The Digital Transformation of Life Sciences
Life sciences are entering a new era where AI, cloud, IoT, digital twins, and cybersecurity technologies are no longer optional, but essential levers to optimize R&D efficiency, ensure regulatory compliance, accelerate time-to-market, and enhance patient safety.
The Rise of Advanced Robotics and Its Implications for the Future
Today, advanced robotics is emerging as a powerful driver of change, reshaping how businesses approach production, productivity, and innovation.
Building a Hyperconnected World: 5G, IoT, Digital Twins, and Smart Infrastructures – From Concept to Engineering Reality
In 2024, the line between digital innovation and operational necessity has blurred. Technologies once considered “next-generation” – 5G, IoT, digital twins, smart infrastructures – are no longer mere aspirations.
Augmented Engineering & Digital Continuity: Structural Optimization for Defense Programs
Astek supports a global leader in defense aerospace in the structural sizing of aircraft across multiple military programs.
Our engineers diagnose technical issues encountered on aircraft structures in production and in-service fleets, working within advanced simulation environments to perform all calculations required to validate structural integrity.
Critical System Intelligence: High-Reliability Validation of Engine Control Systems
Astek supports a world leader in critical aerospace equipment across the validation and qualification chain of FADEC engine control units.
Our services ensure compliance with stringent aerospace quality standards, enabling these systems to perform their critical engine regulation functions in highly constrained environments.
Automation, Robotics and Intelligent Inspection in Hostile Environments
For a global leader in nuclear energy, the Group supports a high-technology equipment unit in modernizing its production systems. The engagement includes piloting test phases for multi-task robotic cells in controlled environments, optimizing production continuity, and integrating Inspection 4.0 solutions (industrial vision, 3D scanning, and AI-based defect detection), ensuring absolute quality compliance and maximum operational safety.
Robotics & Smart Mobility: Engineering Autonomy through AI and Robotic Vision
For a global leader in industrial machinery, the Group accelerates the transition to autonomous construction vehicles by developing a cutting-edge AI architecture. The engagement combines software design, deep learning model training for obstacle detection, and deployment of embedded computer vision solutions, validated through real-world mobile robotics testing, turning operational safety into a strategic advantage.
Propulsion & Decarbonization: Strategic Leadership of the First High-Power Hydrogen Engine
For a world leader in electric motors, the Group leads the delivery of a Zero-Emission Turboprop for Airbus’s future hydrogen-powered fleet. This highly technical mission combines strategic program management (PMO), design of high-performance insulation systems in critical environments, and coordination of an elite supplier ecosystem to deliver certified systems meeting the stringent requirements of decarbonized aerospace.
Smart Robotics & Cobotics: Strategic Deployment of Collaborative Solutions
Within the End-of-Line entity of a global packaging leader, the Group develops and leads the integration and commissioning of next-generation cobotic cells (Universal Robots, Yaskawa). This cross-functional mission combines software engineering, robotic configuration, and on-site deployment (premium agri-food sector), transforming palletizing lines into flexible, secure, and human-centric systems through advanced knowledge transfer.
Aero-Manufacturing 4.0 & Industrial Performance: Robotic Automation and AI Vision Inspection
For a robotic systems integrator serving a major aerospace engine manufacturer, the Group deploys an advanced automation solution for LEAP engine production. The engagement focuses on engineering a complex industrial vision system controlling four robots and five cameras, enabling robotic part handling, critical quality inspection of Low-Pressure Distributors (LPD), OCR-based traceability, and optimized cycle times, delivering best-in-class industrial performance.
Drone Smart Manufacturing: Product Excellence and Optimization of Professional Drone Production Lines
For a global leader in professional drone technology, the Group ensures the reliability of international production lines (USA and China) by developing critical test and calibration software architectures. The mission includes designing real-time validation algorithms, automating compliance protocols for aerial platforms and flight systems, and integrating next-generation intelligent test benches, ensuring consistent product excellence at global scale.
Sustainable Mobility: Mastering the Lifecycle of Critical Systems for the Grand Paris Express
During the deployment of new automated metro lines in the Grand Paris project, we orchestrate global project management to ensure the integrity of electrical and digital systems. Our configuration management expertise enables precise control of hardware and software version convergence, particularly for automated door control systems. Rigorous documentation and version tracking secure long-term digital continuity and maintainability of these large-scale transport infrastructures.
Circular Economy & Decommissioning: Design of Critical Nuclear Waste Treatment Units
For a global leader in the nuclear fuel cycle, we lead the engineering design of a mobile unit (pit-based cell) dedicated to the recovery and treatment of radioactive waste. Our experts handle complex 3D design of specialized equipment and machinery while coordinating technical relationships with suppliers. From component definition to qualification test management and documentation validation, we ensure operational compliance of strategic facilities for the valorization and secure management of nuclear sites.
Deployment of Connected Systems in Nuclear Environments
For a leader in radiation measurement equipment, we manage the technical and operational deployment of connected dosimetry systems. In a highly regulated context (HPC nuclear plants), we orchestrate the entire value chain, from daily production supervision to supply flow monitoring, ensuring documentary and customs compliance of strategic shipments, optimized inventory management, and international logistics to guarantee operational continuity of sensitive installations.
Nuclear Fusion (ITER Project): High-Precision Mechanical Engineering for Containment Systems
Within the international ITER program, we lead the mechanical design and technical delivery of safety-critical closure systems (nuclear doors) subject to exceptional safety constraints. Our experts manage the full design chain, from BOM extraction in PDM systems to rigorous dimensional tolerance management, ensuring absolute compliance with nuclear safety requirements.
Nuclear Safety: Ensuring Performance of Reactor Core Simulation Tools
For a leading atomic research organization, we secure the operational continuity of critical neutronics codes dedicated to core physics, radiation protection, and plant safety. Across the full verification and validation (V&V) cycle, our experts ensure the reliability of deterministic and stochastic simulation software used for nuclear safety assessments, delivering decision-support tools of absolute precision for critical facilities.
MedTech: Industrialization and Mechanical Optimization of Implantable Medical Devices
For an innovative medical technology company, we lead the industrialization and production technical support of a high-precision implantable device. Our experts optimize mechanical designs (Creo) and define stringent compliance criteria (dimensional accuracy, surface finish) to ensure patient safety. Through supplier quality management, failure analysis during verification testing, and transfer to production sites, we secure the transition from prototype to a reliable, certified industrial product.
AI and Digital Twin Driving Performance and Cost Reduction in Railway Infrastructure
For a major player in railway infrastructure, we contributed to the digitization and industrial-scale exploitation of infrastructure data derived from point clouds and images, as part of asset database audits and the deployment of a digital twin of the rail network. Our work focused on the development of algorithms for detection, classification, and geolocation of railway infrastructure, the creation and preparation of datasets (labeling, segmentation, enrichment), as well as the integration of these algorithms into an industrial data processing pipeline. These initiatives enable more reliable asset repositories, reduced costs and lead times for audit campaigns, and fewer manual field interventions, while strengthening the ability to manage the rail network at scale using industrialized, data‑driven insights.
Contribution to Critical Semiconductor Simulation and Validation Phases for Improved Industrial ROI
For a global leader in microelectronics, we contributed to critical pre‑production simulation phases on microprocessors as well as to post‑production testing and validation campaigns on wafers, through to the final component packaging stages. These activities take place at the heart of the industrial go‑to‑market cycle for semiconductors, where test reliability directly conditions product quality, regulatory compliance, and delivery timelines to highly demanding sectors such as automotive and embedded systems.