What Cedrat Technologies does

Cedrat Technologies (CTEC, legal entity CEDRAT TECHNOLOGIES SAS) is a French private mechatronics company headquartered in Meylan (Inovallée technology park near Grenoble) with a wholly-owned regional subsidiary in Bengaluru, India. According to the company's own history, it was established in 1993 and has accumulated more than thirty years of specialized experience in piezoelectric and magnetic actuator and sensor technologies, supported by a 30-person in-house R&D team that the firm identifies as its core innovation engine.

The company's product portfolio centers on piezoelectric actuators (Parallel Pre-stressed Actuators, Amplified Piezoelectric Actuators, piezo stages, Fast Piezo Shutters), stepping piezo motors and stages, magnetic actuators and motors (including the MICA Moving Iron Controllable Actuator family), fine and fast steering mirrors (P-FSM and M-FSM series) for optical beam steering, eddy current and strain gauge sensors, and a complete electronics stack covering linear piezo amplifiers (PLa series), digital controllers, OEM amplifier boards and magnetic controllers. Evaluation kits (Demokit P-FSM150S, EP120S) support customer prototyping. The portfolio is unified by a "Compact, Dynamic, Precise" engineering philosophy and a registered 3C® process (Co-development, Co-design, Co-production) that engages customers from feasibility through industrialization.

Commercially, Cedrat generates revenue from two streams: (i) sale of standard and customized mechatronic products, and (ii) system engineering and collaborative R&D services covering mechanism, driving electronics, sensors/control, opto-mechanical engineering and industrialization. The company sells predominantly through direct enterprise sales to space agencies and primes (ESA, CNES, ESO), aerospace and defense OEMs (Airbus, Thales Alenia Space, ONERA), scientific instrument programs (MTG, ELT), and selected industrial customers such as Michelin, supplemented by a global distributor network and regional presence in EMEA, India and China. Named flagship engagements include the ESO Extremely Large Telescope M5 Mirror Stabilization Units, Thales Alenia Space's SOLiS optical communication feeder link, ESA's LISA gravitational wave mission, and Meteosat Third Generation instruments. Pricing is quote-based on custom specifications with multi-year contract cycles typical of space- and defense-qualified hardware.

Name

Cedrat Technologies

Legal name

CEDRAT TECHNOLOGIES SAS

Website

https://cedrat-technologies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Cedrat Technologies is a French private mechatronics company (est. 1993) that designs and manufactures piezoelectric and magnetic actuators, motors, fast steering mirrors, sensors and control electronics for space agencies, aerospace and defense primes, scientific instrument builders and select industrial customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Precision Mechatronics

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (335), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515)

SIC

Electronic Components & Accessories (3670), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)

akta.pro primary industry

Space Structures, Mechanisms & Thermal Control (IMABACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Optoelectronics & Photonics (LED/Laser/Optical ICs) (HDAHAAAH), Automotive Electric Motors & Actuators Manufacturing (EPS/Brake-by-wire/Seat/Window) (IMACAJAL), Sensor Fusion, Interface ICs & Modules (AFE/Readout/Packaging/Calibration) (HDAHALAO)

Keywords

• Piezoelectric actuators
• Magnetic actuators
• Precision mechatronics
• Fast steering mirrors
• Motion control sensors

Headquarters

HQ city

Meylan

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Mechatronic Products: Sale of standard and customized mechatronic products including piezoelectric actuators, motors, magnetic actuators, sensors, and controllers. Products are designed to be compact, dynamic, and precise with optimized weight, volume, and energy consumption.
2. Engineering Services: System engineering services including mechanism engineering, driving electronics engineering, sensors and control engineering, opto-mechanical engineering, and industrialization support from prototype to production.
3. Collaborative R&D Projects: Joint development projects with customers and partners on advanced mechatronic solutions for specific applications such as space missions, defense systems, and scientific instrumentation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Cedrat Technologies (CTEC) designs, manufactures, and sells mechatronic hardware built on piezoelectric and magnetic technologies, including piezo actuators, piezo motors, magnetic actuators, fine and fast steering mirrors, sensors (strain gauges, eddy current sensors), and dedicated control electronics (linear amplifiers, digital controllers, powered racks). The company also delivers related system engineering services covering mechanism design, driving electronics, sensors and control, opto-mechanical integration, and industrialization. Products are designed to be Compact, Dynamic, and Precise for demanding environments in space, optronics, scientific instrumentation, aircraft, production machinery, and medical technology.

Product overview

Cedrat Technologies offers a comprehensive portfolio of mechatronic products centered on piezoelectric and magnetic actuation technologies. The core product lines include Piezo Actuators (Parallel Pre-stressed Actuators, Amplified Piezo Actuators/APA, Piezo Stages, Fast Piezo Shutters), Piezo Motors (Stepping Piezo Actuators, Stepping Piezo Stages, Piezo Motor Controllers), and Magnetic Actuators including MICA (Moving Iron Controllable Actuators). Supporting these actuators are dedicated controller and amplifier product families: PLa Series Linear Piezo Amplifiers, Piezo Controllers (Electronic Amplifier Boards, OEM Amplifiers, Digital Controllers, Powered Racks), and Magnetic Controllers. The company also produces Sensors (Strain Gauges, Eddy Current Sensors), Fine and Fast Steering Mirrors (P-FSM and M-FSM series for optical communication), and Evaluation Kits for product testing. The portfolio is tied together by system engineering services covering mechanism design, driving electronics, sensors and control, opto-mechanical integration, and industrialization. Products are designed to be 'Compact, Dynamic, and Precise' and serve demanding applications in space, optronics, scientific instrumentation, aircraft, production machines, and medical technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CTEC: Primary commercial abbreviation for Cedrat Technologies, used in product branding and communications

Products and services

• Piezo Actuators Piezoelectric actuators for precise positioning and motion control, including Parallel Pre-stressed Actuators, Amplified Piezoelectric Actuators (APA, carbon-epoxy shell), Piezo Stages, and Fast Piezo Shutters. Sold to OEMs in space, optronics, scientific instrumentation, aircraft, production machinery, and medical technology.
• Piezo Motors Stepping Piezo Actuators, Stepping Piezo Stages, and Piezo Motor Controllers enabling fine nanometric positioning and motorization with high resolution and external force resistance, sold to OEMs in demanding industrial and scientific applications.
• Magnetic Actuators (MICA series) Magnetic actuators and motors (including Moving Iron Controllable Actuators, MICA series, and Voice Coil Actuators) that generate dynamic motion, force, and controlled displacement for demanding environmental conditions including space compressors and rotating voice coil motors for satellite instruments.
• Fine and Fast Steering Mirrors (P-FSM and M-FSM) Piezoelectric (P-FSM) and magnetic (M-FSM) fast steering mirrors for optical beam steering in space optical communication (e.g., Thales Alenia Space SOLiS Feeder link), space constellations, defense optronics, and high-resolution imaging stabilization.
• PLa Series Linear Piezo Amplifiers Linear power amplifiers (PLa Series, including PLa05 and PLa25) for driving piezoelectric actuators with precise electronic control, sold as standalone amplifier units to OEMs using piezo actuators.
• Piezo Controllers Electronic amplifier boards, OEM amplifiers, digital controllers, and powered racks for managing and controlling piezoelectric actuators and piezo systems, sold to OEMs integrating piezo motion control.
• Magnetic Controllers Controllers for magnetic actuators and motors enabling precise motion control, sold to OEMs integrating magnetic actuation in demanding applications.
• Sensors (Strain Gauges and Eddy Current Sensors) Strain gauges for force, torque, position, and speed measurement, plus eddy current sensors (ECS) for contactless position sensing and high-stability positioning in space mechanisms and compact mechatronic systems.
• Evaluation Kits (Demokit P-FSM150S, Evaluation Pack EP120S) Demo and evaluation kits that allow customers to test and evaluate Cedrat Technologies' fast steering mirror and piezo products (e.g., Demokit P-FSM150S and Evaluation Pack EP120S) ahead of integration.
• System Engineering Services Engineering services including mechanism engineering, driving electronics engineering, sensors and control engineering, opto-mechanical engineering, and industrialization support, delivered under the 3C® (Co-development, Co-design, Co-production) model for customers building space, optronics, scientific, aircraft, and industrial mechatronic systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Several thousands of specific products delivered per year worldwide in space, optronics and instrumentation fields

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European Southern Observatory (ESO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTEC supplies piezoelectric actuators for ESO's Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) M5 Mirror Stabilization Units, contributing to one of the world's most significant astronomical observatories.
• European Space Agency (ESA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with ESA on space missions including gravitational wave observation (LISA project), Earth observation satellites, and various scientific space instruments.
• CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerR&T collaboration with French space agency CNES on proximity sensors and end-of-stroke detection technologies for space applications.
• Thales Alenia SpacecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerM-FSM45-HPL Magnetic Fast Steering Mirror selected by Thales Alenia Space for the SOLiS Feeder link optical communication system.
• AirbuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on advanced aircraft actuation systems including active flaps, rotor control, and other aeronautical applications. CTEC participated in TECHI'DAY organized by Airbus.
• MichelinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQUICKSAN project collaboration with Michelin for connected tire technology using vibration-based sensing systems.
• OPTITEC ClusterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of OPTITEC photonics cluster in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, supporting regional innovation ecosystem for photonics and optronics.
• ONERAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with ONERA (French aerospace research lab) on rotor research applications.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• CEDRAT Group (parent/affiliate): CEDRAT Group is the related French engineering holding with overlapping expertise in magnetic and mechatronic systems; relevant as an adjacent/ecosystem participant and potential sister entity rather than a pure market competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Moog Inc. Moog is a global motion control and actuation specialist serving aerospace, defense, and industrial markets with electromagnetic, hydraulic, and electromechanical actuators — overlapping CTEC in aircraft actuation and space mechanisms but at vastly larger scale.
• TDK (Piezo & Protection Devices): TDK manufactures piezoelectric components, actuators, and sensors as part of a much broader electronic components portfolio; competes with CTEC in piezo actuators and sensors but also serves consumer, automotive, and industrial markets at far greater scale.
• Ball Aerospace (BAE Systems): Ball Aerospace builds space-qualified mechanisms including fast steering mirrors and pointing assemblies for space optical communications and science missions — a much larger prime contractor that competes indirectly with CTEC in space mechanisms.

Direct peers

• Cambridge Technology (Novanta): Cambridge Technology, part of Novanta, makes galvanometer and piezo-based fast steering mirrors and beam steering subsystems for laser processing, medical, and aerospace — directly comparable to CTEC's P-FSM and M-FSM products.
• Physik Instrumente (PI): PI is the global leader in piezo-based nanopositioning and motion control systems, offering piezoelectric actuators, motors, and controllers across scientific instrumentation, semiconductor, and optics markets — directly overlapping CTEC's piezo actuator and stage portfolio.
• Thorlabs: Thorlabs provides piezoelectric actuators, motorized stages, and fast steering mirrors for photonics, quantum, and optronics applications, with a similar catalog of PZT-based products and similar scientific/defense customer base as CTEC.
• CTS Corporation (Noliac / Piezo Technologies): CTS owns Noliac and Piezo Technologies, supplying custom piezoelectric actuators, stacks, and transducers for aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial applications — overlapping CTEC's piezo and space/defense actuator niche.
• nPoint: nPoint manufactures piezoelectric nanopositioning stages and actuators for microscopy, semiconductor metrology, and optics — a like-for-like competitor to CTEC's piezo stages and stepping actuators.

Emerging players

• Optics in Motion (OIM): OIM designs fast steering mirrors and optical beam steering platforms for defense, laser communications, and directed energy applications — a focused FSM competitor relevant to CTEC's P-FSM/M-FSM offering in optronics and space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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