CERIS Ingenierie

What CERIS Ingenierie does

CERIS Ingénierie, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Saint-Herblain (Nantes), France, is a construction engineering and consulting firm specializing in controlled-environment facilities. The company serves the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, radiopharmaceutical/nuclear medicine, animal research, and laboratory sectors, providing full-lifecycle engineering services from master planning and feasibility studies through design, construction management, and qualification. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orano Group (acquired via Orano Projets in March 2022) and operates alongside sister entities CERIS Architecture and ELIX within the CERIS Group structure, which collectively employs approximately 50 people across France.

The firm's service portfolio spans five core offerings: upstream engineering studies (Prestations amont), master contractor services (Maîtrise d'œuvre), turnkey general contracting (Clé en main), tailored flexible services including a "Convergence" open-book partnership model, and owner's representative services (AMO). Technical differentiation centers on clean room engineering across ISO 5 to ISO 8 classifications, HVAC and process utility design, and specialized knowledge in radiopharmaceutical and nuclear medicine facility compliance, including documented contributions to the industry Guide de l'Ultrapropreté on airlock and clean room envelope design. Notable project references include the >€250M biology-pharmacy-chemistry pole at Université Paris-Saclay, ESPCI reconstruction (€136M), Nîmes Cancer Institute (€34M), Curium radiopharmaceutical production facility (€15M), and SÜDPACK Medica extension (€20M).

CERIS generates revenue primarily through professional services fees on project-by-project engagements, with pricing determined by scope, complexity, and contract type rather than published tiers. The firm employs approximately 40 people across two French offices (Saint-Herblain and Vaulx-en-Velin), serving a mix of public-sector clients (university research buildings, hospitals, blood transfusion centers) and private enterprises (pharma, medical packaging, chemicals, animal vaccines). Following the 2022 Orano acquisition, the company has positioned itself within Orano Projets' engineering portfolio for industrial projects in regulated industries, with synergies accessed via the Orano ecosystem and sister firm INEVO for process engineering.

Name

CERIS Ingenierie

Legal name

CERIS Ingénierie

Website

https://ceris-ingenierie.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CERIS Ingénierie is a French construction engineering and consulting firm, founded in 1999 and owned by Orano Group, specializing in controlled-environment facilities—clean rooms, pharmaceutical plants, laboratories, and radiopharmaceutical/nuclear medicine sites—serving public and private clients across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial General Contracting (New Build) (IMAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Education & Research Facility Construction (Schools, Universities, R&D) (IMAFACAE)

Keywords

• Clean room engineering
• Construction engineering services
• Controlled environment facilities
• Pharmaceutical facility design
• Radiopharmaceutical engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-herblain

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: CERIS Ingénierie generates revenue through professional engineering services including project management, master contracting, and turnkey project delivery for construction projects in regulated industries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CERIS Ingenierie is a French construction engineering firm that provides full-cycle engineering and consulting services for controlled environment premises, including clean rooms (salles blanches), pharmaceutical production facilities, hospital buildings, research laboratories, radiopharmaceutical units, and animal research facilities. The company serves as prime contractor, consortium member, or owner's representative (AMO), offering upstream studies, master contracting, and turnkey design-build delivery.

Product overview

CERIS Ingenierie is a construction engineering firm and subsidiary of the Orano Group, offering a full-service portfolio of engineering and construction services structured around five core offerings: upstream engineering studies (Prestations en amont), master contractor services (Maîtrise d'œuvre), turnkey general contracting (Clé en main), tailored flexible services (Prestations adaptées, including the 'Convergence' approach), and owner's representative support (AMO). The company operates across specialized sectors including pharmaceutical industries, laboratories, biotechnology, animal facilities, hospitals, radiopharmaceuticals and nuclear medicine, and cleanrooms. Services cover the complete engineering lifecycle from master planning and feasibility studies through design, construction management, and qualification, drawing on synergies with group subsidiaries CERIS Architecture and ELIX.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Prestations d'ingénierie en amont (Upstream Engineering Services)

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• ELIXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerELIX is a sister company within CERIS Group specializing in programming, laboratory organization consulting, design assistance, hospital qualification, and audit services. Particularly known for leading services in medical biology laboratory analysis sector.
• CERIS ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm within CERIS Group providing integrated approach of architecture and engineering services for complex construction projects.
• Bouygues ConstructionmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBouygues Construction as mandataire in PPP project for biology-pharmacy-chemistry pole at University Paris-Saclay. CERIS Ingénierie provides fluid engineering and laboratory equipment services as part of the consortium.
• Legendre Génie CivilmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLegendre Génie Civil partnered with CERIS for turnkey projects including Curium radiopharmaceutical facility and NOVASEP pharmaceutical laboratory, handling civil works while CERIS manages technical lots and clean concept.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AIA Life Designers: French architectural and engineering group specialized in healthcare, life sciences and tertiary facilities. Directly comparable to CERIS in serving French hospital, university and pharma clients with integrated programming/design/AMO services.
• Chabanne (Artelia Architecture): French architecture firm focused on healthcare, life sciences and complex tertiary projects; now part of Artelia. Direct comparable on integrated design + engineering delivery for hospitals, research and pharma facilities.

Broad incumbents

• Artelia: Major French multi-disciplinary engineering group with established life sciences, healthcare and industrial building practices. Competes with CERIS on larger pharma and clean-room projects while offering broader sector coverage.
• Egis: Large French engineering firm with dedicated healthcare, life sciences and building engineering divisions. Competes with CERIS on hospital, pharmaceutical and laboratory projects at national scale.
• Ingérop: Independent French engineering group with building, infrastructure and industrial practices. Overlaps with CERIS on complex construction engineering for public-sector and industrial clients.
• Assystem: French engineering firm rooted in nuclear and regulated industries, now expanding into healthcare and life sciences. Comparable to CERIS on technical/regulated facility engineering, with sister-company INEVO dynamics similar to CERIS's position within Orano Projets.
• Tractebel (Engie): European engineering consultancy owned by Engie with nuclear, energy and building practices. Comparable in regulated-industry engineering depth and cross-border project delivery.

Emerging players

• Spie Batignolles: French construction and engineering group with growing clean-room and life-sciences capabilities. Competes with CERIS on technical building lots within consortiums and is a potential partner on turnkey projects.

Regional players

• Nuvia (Vinci Construction): French nuclear and regulated-industries engineering specialist within Vinci. Comparable to CERIS in combining nuclear-grade engineering with regulated facility construction, and a credible competitor in radiopharma projects.

Others

• Bouygues Construction: Major French general contractor and existing consortium partner on the Paris-Saclay project. Functions both as partner and competitor to CERIS, depending on whether it is the mandataire or a technical-lot provider on bids.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ceris-ingenierie

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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