Overview of our portfolio

Agilence develops a video-based business intelligence solution and services that enables retailers to quickly identify shrink caused by cashier fraud and operational inefficiencies that directly impact the profitability of the organization. The Agilence solution can reduce cashier shrink by up to 80% and provide retailers with a 6-to-1 ROI in just 12 months.

Agilence is based in Camden (NJ), USA and was launched in 2006.

Casanova is the market leader in France for VDI solutions (Voice, Data and Images) in the residential market. The solution is based on standard wires with copper twisted pair cable and RJ 45 outlets to which any device can be plugged: PCs, TVs, phones or audio systems. The company has recently extending its offering to the SOHO market (Small Office, Home Office).

Casanova is based in Paris, France and was launched in 2002.

ConnectBlue is the leading supplier of complete Bluetooth solutions (products, engineering services § training) for industrial and commercial use. In that area, ConnectBlue offers a wide range of qualified Bluetooth products both in an industrial housing and as OEMs. Moreover, with a unique competence from both the telecom and automation industry, ConnectBlue can help all the way form feasibility study to product management. Well tested and qualified platform serves as basis for custom design products.

ConnectBlue is based in Malmö, Sweden and was launched in 2000.

CPower is a leading provider of demand response solutions, with a proven track record of helping its clients, large energy users, uncover hidden market revenues and cost savings opportunities available with their facility assets.

CPower is based in New York, USA and was launched in 2000.

Fludicon develops, manufactures and sells active mechatronic components, based on electro rheological fluids (ERF). ERF fluids are smart materials of which viscosity instantly changes when exposed to a voltage, ranging from liquid to solid. Fludicon products deliver unique security, adaptative comfort and energy saving features to applications in the sport and medicine equipment, transportation, and industry markets. Fludicon is the first organization worldwide to bring erf applications to an industrial production state.

Fludicon is located in Darmstadt, Germany and was launched in 2001.

HBA was founded by two doctors in bio-climatology from the university of Grenoble with the idea to create a company that would develop an air decontamination process without secondary effects on human health. The company has designed and produced a patented filtering and bio-decontamination agent that not only stops micro-organisms but also prohibits proliferation as well as killing most biological contaminants and molds.

HBA is based in Grenoble, France and was launched in 1994.

Jet Metal Technologies, develops and markets an innovative and clean metallization solution. The Jet Metal^tm process consists of the simultaneous projection of two aqueous aerosols on the surface of a substrate to obtain a metalized film. The technology is suitable for decoration, mirror, photovoltaic, electromagnetic shielding, or conductivity applications.

Jet Metal Technologies is based in Lyon, France and was launched in 2007.

Microbridge Technologies, Inc. is an early stage product and technology licensing company that specializes in micro-systems technology for electronics, micro-devices and sensor-based systems. In particular, Microbridge uses micro-thermal devices based on conventional silicon integrated circuit technology to create solutions for a variety of industries. These devices utilize a micro-membrane with embedded micro-heater, suspended over a cavity in a silicon chip. The Rejustor and eTCR technologies form the basis for a broad family of products in the form of electronically adjustable resistive micro-devices that provide an unprecedented combination of high precision, price, and ease of use.

Microbridge is based in Montreal, Canada and was launched in 1999.

Netasq is a European company which develops and markets innovative IPS firewall and VPN security solutions for all types of companies: small-to-medium sized firms, large enterprises and government agencies. Netasq has full control over its proprietary in-line Intrusion Prevention Technology: ASQ (Active Security Qualification), thereby ensuring its customers the longevity required for best-of-breed security appliances which adapt to the ever-changing risks faced by information systems. Netasq distributes its products via a network of partners, including distributors, ISPs, approved VARs, retailers and integrators.

Netasq is based in Paris, France and was launched in 1998.

O-Flexx is based in Ratingen, Germany.

Open Wide is a spin-off of Thalès positioned as an integrator of solutions open source for the industrial world.
Open Wide's ambition is to become quickly an European actor in term of architecture of systems, security and integration of components in the world of the free software. Open Wide displays its offer around 3 poles:

- embedded and industrial solutions
- infrastructure and security
- application software

The company has already brought its expertise in advanced sectors such as the avionics, the embedded manufacturer, the embedded multimedia, etc...

Open Wide is based in Paris, France and was launched in 2001.

Nowadays, manufacturing data processing covers a wide range of applications, from pc operator control to manufacturing execution system (MES) solutions. 
MES together with Supply Chain Management and Customer Response Management software enables full enterprise integration.
With more than 10 years of experience in these fields, Ordinal Technology offers both innovating industrial software and recognised solutions.

Ordinal is based in Paris, France and was launched in 1989.

Oxford Sensor Technology is one of the market leaders in design and supply of vision sensors for industrial robot guidance and process automation. Its unique technology has attracted customers including Ford, Opel, Nissan, Rover, VW, Audi, Mannesmann or General Dynamics.

Oxford Sensor Technology is based in Oxford, UK and was launched in 1994.

SemiSouth is a leading actor specialised on silicon carbide, a disruptive high performance semiconductor material. SemiSouth provides both epitaxy materials and components for the power electronics market with applications including power supplies of high-end server, network card overload protection, UPS or power converters.

SemiSouth is based in Austin (Tx), USA and was launched in 2001.

SolaireDirect is the first energy operator fully dedicated to solar electricity production in France. The company designs, installs and exploits photovoltaic structures of all sizes from residential installations to ground power plants.

SolaireDirect is based in Paris, France and was launched in 2006.

Following the acquisition of some JDSU assets, Teem Photonics has become one of the market leaders in microlasers with products that provide sub nanosecond, high peak power pulses, generated from compact packages at high repetition rates. Applications include biophotonics, instrumentation, remote sensing, and material processing.

Teem Photonics is based in Grenoble, France and was launched in 1998.

Tiempo develops and commercializes a complete solution - IPs and EDA tools - for the design of innovative asynchronous (clockless) integrated circuits. Tiempo technology allows the design of chips that are ultra-low power (energy and current peaks), ultra-low noise, functionally robust and secured against attacks by power analysis and fault injections. Tiempo portfolio of IPs includes asynchronous cores of microcontrollers, microprocessors, crypto-processors and miscellaneous communication and sensor interfaces.

Tiempo is based in Grenoble, France, and was launched in 2007.

Tracetel was created in 1998. Its objectives are to develop and distribute new applications destined to the maintenance and the identification of materials using radiofrequency technology (RFId). Tracetel has developed innovative micro-electronic solutions destined to exchange datas stored on transponders, with an offer consisting in RFId lectors, tags and also computing services. These solutions offer a new generation of products and they are particularly noted when related to integrated competitive offers because they enable the integration of a RFId lector to a pocket computer (PDA) or a classic computer in order to form an acquisition equipment at a low price or a stand-alone system.

Tracetel is based in Paris, France and was launched in 1998.

Tronics Microsystems is a flexible MEMS foundry with unique technological know-how and years of experience in the contract development and manufacture of custom Sensors, Optical devices, RF MEMS, Microfluidic devices and Precision microstructures. Serving OEM customers, Tronics Microsystems provides expert services in the contract design and manufacture of silicon-based Microsystems for high-end applications.

Tronics is based in Grenoble, France and was launched in 1997.

Watteco is a B2B leading « no-new-wire » fabless company in the rapidly emerging market of intelligent home control. Watteco has developed Watt Pulse Communication (WPC) a revolutionary worldwide patented wideband powerline technology for a variety of residential applications such as lighting and appliance control, HVAC control, gateway connectivity, energy efficiency...

Watteco is based in Toulon, France and was launched in 1998.