Europe Technologies Group was created in 1998, with its first society SONATS founded in 1993. With more than 25 years of experience, Europe Technologies group offers you its expertise for the industrialization, the manufacturing and the maintenance of composite, metallic and plastic parts and sub-assemblies.
Find out here the key dates of its history:
Europe Technologies knows its first success in 1996 trough its brand SONATS. Indeed, at this time, SONATS launched its first own product based on a patented ultrasonic technology. Nowadays, Europe Technologies counts more than 50 processes/products/services.
Europe Technologies took its first step with material composites in 2002 and get interested to industrial robotics and automation in 2005. Today, Europe Technologies is reknown by the main OEMs in many industrial sectors.
Between 2002 and 2018, the company growths its export strategy based on its own products and processes. Europe Technologies is actually present in Japan, Germany, russia, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Korea, etc. These days, it is between 35% and 40% of turnower is generated outside of France. Futhermore, the group has two sisters companies : EMPOWERING TECHNOLOGIES USA in Alabama and EMPOWERING TECHNOLOGIES CHINA in Hangzhou.
The very small business of 1993 makes way for the reknown intermediate business, with more than 350 employees in 2018.
Europe Technologies holding creation
MECAREC takeover
Headquarters move in Carquefou, France
SONIMAT final takeover : Ultrasonic expertise
Creation of AIC : Solutions and engineering for composite parts
Creation of MPS : Mechanical and precision sytems
Creation of SONATS Inc. – Canada
ORATECH takeover : Large dimension machining, composite and tooling
Creation of ETIM – a composite testing laboratory (subsidiary of Europe Technologies and CETIM)
Development of our international network – Brazil – new agents
Creation of CRYOGENIC CONTAINMENT – LNG Bunkering
Brand new facility for SONIMAT (Ain, 01), in the heart of the “Plastics Valley”.
Reorganization based around 3 activities : ENGINEERING – PRODUCTION – TECHNOLOGIES. New corporate graphic identity.
In St Hilaire de Loulay (Vendée, 85), creation of a EUROPE TECHNOLOGIES cluster with a brand new facility for GEBE2, facing ORATECH and CRYOGENIC CONTAINMENT’s facility.
Acquisition of SERVISOUD – Designer and manufacturer of welding carriages and customized machines dedicated to naval, energy and metallic infastructure industry….
Recovery of GOBIO ROBOT activities – Manufacturer of exoskeleton, cobots (collaborative robots) and manipulator arms to assit operators
Inauguration of our chinese subsidiary EMPOWERING TECHNOLOGIES CHINA
Acquisition of PRODESS – Technical and engineering office. PRODESS becomes ORATECH Innovation (69) within our “Engineering and Integration” business unit
Acquisition of the society of A2i – Aquitaine Ingénierie Industrielle – an Engineering office expert for design and system and industrial means implementation from manufacturing to installation. It will become in the future part of ORATECH Innovation.
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