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Outstanding Expertise at the Service of Your Ambitions OUTSTANDING EXPERTISE AT THE SERVICE OF YOUR AMBITIONS #enablingyourambitions MILLION TURNOVER IN 2017 ambitions your EMPLOYEES INCLUDING ING 60% ENGINEERS OUR GOAL: L 70+ TO COMBINE‘‘ ENAB TECHNOLOGICAL EXCELLENCE AND 360 COMPETITIVENESS SODERN TO TRANSFORM OUR CUSTOMERS’ AMBITIONS 2 INTO REALITIES.‘‘ OUR DNA Franck Poirrier, CEO of Sodern We rely on more than 50 years of experience sharehoLDers: ArianeGroUP (90%) in optronics and neutron technology AND CEA (10%) 16600 to develop innovative and competitive solutions for our commercial and institutional customers. M2 OF FACILITIES 2 KEY AREAS As a subsidiary of the We preserve and enhance To meet the expectations of OF KNOW-HOW: European leader in access this exceptional technological changing markets, we set high OPTRONIC, to space, ArianeGroup, know-how by participating in competitive requirements for NEUtron we are operationally scientific programs that push ourselves: the implementation technoLOGY independent. the limits of the state of the of lean management, perfect art: the caesium atom clock understanding of our We are also a historical and Pharao, the seismometer of customers’ needs, agility and strategic defence supplier, a the Mars mission InSight, cells optimisation of production characteristic that guarantees of Pockels for the Megajoule costs are the commitments us a solid base of industrial laser, etc. that allow us to maintain a activities, thereby affirming competitive edge with a very durability and reliability. Sodern’s core business is the high level of customer Our institutional clients’ high series production of star satisfaction, and to consolidate level of requirements has led trackers that enable satellites our position as a world leader us to develop an extraordinary to orient themselves precisely in in several markets. expertise that now benefits space, and neutron systems stakeholders in space, mining, for analysing and detecting industry and research. materials. © Getty Images 02 03 S optronic WE ARE PATHFINDERS IN SPACE We help humanity find its way into space. Our star trackers allow probes, also participate in observation satellites, satellites and spacecraft to the exploration of the solar contribute to our knowledge orient themselves by detecting, system, and the study of the of the climate, the ecosystem, identifying and calculating the planets that compose it. the geography and the wonders position of the stars. Their role Our rendezvous sensors of our planet. is essential to ensure the guide space vehicles to their proper functioning of destination in orbit, and make We are developing new satellites and allow us, on it possible to meet and dock geolocation systems. Earth, to benefit from their between celestial objects. Tomorrow, our daytime star services: geolocation, trackers integrated into communications, observation, Thanks to space, we help aircraft, ships or land vehicles etc. humanity to know our planet will provide humanity with a better. new geolocation technology. Our star trackers, which are Our optronic technologies, integrated into scientific integrated into Earth 04 05 OGY L techno NEUTRON WE TURN SMALL PARTICLES INTO GREAT achiEVEMENTS We use neutrons to save you a lot of time. Our neutron exploration precise composition of a flow contribution to laboratory tools make it possible to of raw material, which is a applications, or quality control. explore a field or terrain with great facilitator for cement We produce nearly one exceptional precision and applications, in particular. hundred neutron tubes a year, unmatched speed. They and these are used by a wide constitute a real revolution for We place the energy of variety of companies or the mining or petroleum neutrons at your service. research institutes in more industry, during both the Our neutron generators than forty countries around the exploration and exploitation provide science and industry world, reinforcing our position phases. players with the power and as the world leader in this Our material analysers make reliability of these particles. For market. it possible to determine the example, they make a valuable 06 07 protection WE ARE DEFENDERS OF PEACE We are historically committed to the service of defence. Our neutron sources are applications, calibration, the coordinates, or protect our vital designed to ensure the opening of trapped ground infrastructure in space. credibility of the posture of routes, etc. French nuclear deterrence. We offer innovative solutions This imperative of reliability is a Our strong commitment to for security stakeholders. guarantee of the technological defence is an assurance of Our neutron detection systems control of our teams. continuity and excellence. for explosives or narcotics offer broad prospects, especially for We participate in many defence We anticipate future export. programs, using our optronic strategic issues for the and neutron know-how: armed forces. ground observation, specific In particular, we develop star trackers for military solutions that can replace GPS © EADS Astrium - Michel Hans 2008 08 09 innovation WE ARE WRITERS OF SCIENCE FICTION We bring imagination to life by pushing the boundaries of science. We occasionally participate prowesses, enabling new and our production methods, in extraordinary programs, scientific experiments to be which have allowed us to at the limits of scientific carried out, and will undoubtedly initiate major breakthroughs knowledge. be sources of new discoveries. in terms of competitiveness The PHARAO caesium atom and efficiency. clock, to be installed on the Innovation is critical to us International Space Station; and we constantly question To root this aspect of our the seismometer of the InSight paradigms. We also apply this culture within our walls, mission, designed to study state of mind, which governs the and to remind ourselves that the seismology of the planet development of our products what’s impossible today might Mars, the Pockels cells for the and has made some of our not be tomorrow, our Megajoule Laser are some most remarkable technical production spaces bear the examples. achievements possible, to our names of science fiction Their common points: they are industrial project. Thus, we authors. examples of technological focus our efforts on our tools 010 011 OUR KNOW-HOW OUR COMMITMENTS Neutron technology Optronics Excellency Competitiveness Neutron technology is a branch of neutron Thanks to various fields of knowledge derived The technical challenges and the high level of For our customers, excellence is nothing without physics, involving a sub-particle of the atom. from our neutron activities, such as vacuum demand inherent in the markets we are present competitiveness. Thanks to our experience in deterrence, we control, we quickly diversified into the field of on, including space, defence and science, have now master the most advanced applications optronics. led us to develop exceptional expertise and place This means that we do our best to offer them and we are, on the industrial front, one of the a high value on quality and the reliability of our solutions at the best cost. world leaders in neutron technology. Thus, we design, develop and produce systems products. using both optics and electronics. To achieve this goal, we reorganised our entire Most of our activity is now civil. The wealth of This culture of performance is found on all our production chain, generalising the principles of our know-how and our equipment allows us to We work for a wide variety of sectors, but space programmes. For example, during seven million lean management, and investing in optimised develop solutions adapted to a wide variety of and science are two of our preferred markets. hours of cumulative operation, the software of means of production. Our products are designed needs. our traditional star trackers did not record any to sacrifice nothing for quality, while resolutely errors and did not fail. seeking simplicity, efficiency and economy. By making this competitiveness objective an intrinsic part of our culture, our products and our structure, we have managed to impose ourselves as a New Space actor with our Auriga star tracker, to reinforce our market share on the traditional star trackers segment, and to continue to grow with exports in the neutron markets. Dawn probe approaching Ceres 012 013 014 #enablingyourambitions SODERN 20 AVENUE DESCARTES, 94451 LIMEIL-BRÉVANNES, FRANCE www.sodern.com CREATED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF SODERN, SUBSIDIARY OF ARIANEGROUP.
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