Industrial Automation in France

E-COBOT Solutions provides consulting, design and integration of robotic and cobotic systems. The company audits industrial processes, designs and integrates custom robotic lines for assembly, palletising, packaging and quality control, and integrates AGV/AMR mobile robots. Founded in 2016, E-COBOT supports industrial clients from concept through commissioning and operator training.

ADDIXO is an international engineering group founded in 2017 and headquartered near Paris, with additional offices in Strasbourg, Morocco, Tunisia, and Germany. The company combines mechanical engineering, automation, and software development to deliver smart production equipment, shopfloor digitalisation using its own ADDIXO Smart Factory MES suite, and R&D services. It serves demanding sectors including automotive, aerospace, and pharma with 50 to 249 employees.

CT Infodream is a French MES software publisher and integrator founded in 1989, now part of the CT Engineering Group (1,800+ employees across Europe). Headquartered in Aix-les-Bains, the company develops the Qualaxy Suite — an integrated MES platform covering real-time SPC (Statistical Process Control), process digitisation, reception control, batch control, KPI dashboards, and Manufacturing Intelligence. Originally built on deep SPC expertise with the SPC Vision product (released 1995), CT Infodream expanded into full MES functionality with Check'n Go (2010) and the unified Qualaxy Suite for Industry 4.0. Thousands of workstations across hundreds of factories worldwide run the Qualaxy Suite, with reference customers including Airbus, Safran, Stellantis, Novasep, BioMérieux, and Groupe SEB — several of which have adopted the solution as their group standard. CT Infodream is present in Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Italy, Romania, Poland, Morocco, South Africa, China, the USA, and Canada, with subsidiaries in Bristol (UK) and Seattle (USA).

Fives is an international industrial engineering group with more than two centuries of history. It designs and manufactures machines, process equipment, and complete production lines for global industrial leaders in sectors such as steel, aerospace, aluminium, automotive, cement, energy, logistics, and glass. The group also provides smart automation solutions, high‑precision machines, process technologies, and transversal activities like digital & AI solutions, maintenance, and piping services. With nearly 9,000 employees and sales over €2.39 billion in 2024, Fives has a worldwide presence with nearly 100 locations in 24 countries and a history dating back to 1812.

ACEPA SYSTEMES has been active in the industrial automation market since its founding in 1987 in Marignier, Haute-Savoie. The company provides comprehensive solutions in electrical engineering and industrial production automation, with a specialisation in robotics integration. ACEPA is a certified Stäubli robotics integrator and operates workshops in La Roche-sur-Foron.

Ordinal Software is a French MES and SCADA software editor founded in 1989, now an independent subsidiary of the CODRA Group since July 2022. The company develops COOX, an integrated and modular MES + SCADA platform built on ISA-95 and ISA-88 standards using Java and JavaScript web technology. COOX delivers production order management, recipe and routing execution, process traceability, product genealogy, material flow monitoring, quality control, OEE analysis, and Manufacturing Intelligence on a single unified platform — covering continuous, discrete, and batch manufacturing. With over 8,000 licenses sold and installations at 700+ end-user facilities across hundreds of industrial sites, Ordinal operates through a network of more than 250 certified integrator partners worldwide. The company has a strong presence in agri-food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, automotive, plastics, metals, aeronautics, and glass industries. Together with the CODRA Group (Panorama SCADA), Ordinal positions itself as an independent European alternative to American publishers and automation vendor-tied MES platforms. The company has offices in France, North America, and China.

APLUS Système Automation, founded in 1988 and based near Paris in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, is one of France's leading industrial computing specialists. With around 50 employees and a 1,400 m² integration facility capable of deploying 1,200 systems per month, the company designs and manufactures custom rugged industrial PCs, embedded systems, panel PCs, and medical-grade computing hardware. Sectors served include industry, defence, transport, logistics, food and beverage, and medical.

The industrial brand of VINCI Energies, operating a global network of business units that deliver solutions and services across the industrial lifecycle. The company supports industrial projects from design and engineering to execution and maintenance, focusing on solutions for client production equipment and industrial performance. Actemium operates in multiple countries through local experts and business units.

ADR Solutions is a French industrial robotics services company based in Auzat (Ariège), providing engineering, audit, and robotisation project support to manufacturers. The company guides clients through robotics project definition, implementation, and industrial performance improvement.