Safier Engineering

What Safier Engineering does

Safier Ingenierie SAS is a privately-held French civil and structural engineering firm headquartered in Serris (Paris region), structured as a SAS with €125,000 share capital. The firm delivers design, analysis and checking services across offshore platforms, subsea installations, FPSO vessels, marine pipelines, naval architecture, steel and concrete structures, nuclear-energy installations, decommissioning, renewable energy, and specialized earthquake, blast and fatigue analysis. The customer base of 200+ active enterprise clients spans oil & gas majors and EPC contractors (TOTAL, TECHNIP, SAIPEM, SUBSEA7, DORIS, PROSERNAT), classification societies (DNV, Bureau Veritas), renewable-energy players (IDEOL, EDF) and EU-funded consortia (Blue Growth Farm).

The firm is staffed by 50 permanent (CDI) engineers, all holding a minimum Bac+6 qualification, bilingual in English and French, and credentialed with 26 European Engineer (Eur. Ing.) and 7 Pipeline (P.I.P.E.) qualification title accreditations. Wholly-owned regional subsidiaries in London (SILTD), Dakar (SI LAXONE), Shanghai (GT Engineering) and Spain (SAFINTAST SL) provide local delivery. The company has built an exclusively-owned portfolio of registered patents, trademarks and know-how covering submerged floating tunnels (C²C), floating offshore wind (ALFOWT), wet-to-storage (W2S), caisson launch (C2L) and marine safety cabins (SAFE2CABIN), extending the practice from pure engineering services into proprietary marine-technology commercialization. A partnership with Bardex extends the stack into floating-lift solutions for marine operations.

The business model is sales-led professional services, with revenues generated through direct enterprise client engagements (no public pricing disclosed) and complemented by IP-licensing opportunities on the patented product portfolio. The go-to-market is anchored on industry-association memberships (Oil & Gas Industry French Suppliers Council, Offshore Engineering Society, France Energie Eolienne, AISC, ACP) and direct enterprise relationships rather than broad marketing. Ownership is concentrated with the founding management team (E.D. Safier and Karim Sylla are named personnel), with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds or public-market activity.

Name

Safier Engineering

Legal name

SAFIER INGENIERIE SAS

Website

https://si-engineer.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Safier Ingenierie SAS is a privately-held French civil and structural engineering firm delivering design, analysis and checking services for offshore, subsea, FPSO, marine pipeline, nuclear and renewable-energy projects, supported by an exclusively-owned portfolio of patented marine technologies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil and Structural Engineering Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Engineering Services (541330), Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Navigation, Communications & Integrated Bridge Systems Engineering (IMAJAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Subsea Construction & IMR Vessel Newbuilds (CSV, DSV, ROV Support) (IMAJACAD), Life-Saving Appliances & Safety Equipment (Davit Systems, Lifeboats, Firefighting) (IMAJAIAG)

Keywords

• Offshore engineering services
• Structural engineering design
• Marine pipeline engineering
• FPSO engineering
• Subsea engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Serris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Services: Civil and structural engineering design, analysis and checking services provided to clients in offshore, petrochemical, renewables, and industrial sectors worldwide.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Safier Ingenierie SAS provides civil and structural engineering design, analysis and checking services for offshore, subsea, FPSO, marine pipeline, naval architecture, steel, nuclear, decommissioning, renewable energy, earthquake, blast and fatigue engineering projects. The firm supplements its services with a portfolio of patented proprietary technologies (C²C, ALFOWT, W2S, C2L, SAFE2CABIN) exclusively owned worldwide.

Product overview

Safier Ingenierie SAS is a civil and structural engineering company providing specialized engineering services and proprietary technologies primarily for offshore, marine, and renewable energy sectors. The company operates a portfolio of patented technologies including C2C (Connect 2 Concrete) for submerged floating tunnels, ALFOWT for floating offshore wind turbines, and related marine launch systems (LAUNCH 2 SEA, CAISSON 2 LAUNCH) and storage solutions (WET2STORAGE). The portfolio also includes SAFE2CABIN for marine safety and BLUE GROWTH FARM for aquaculture engineering. These products are complemented by comprehensive civil and structural engineering design services covering offshore, subsea, FPSO, marine pipelines, naval architecture, nuclear energy, decommissioning, and renewable energy sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GT Engineering SI: Regional office brand for Shanghai operations.
• SAFINTAST-SI
• SILTD
• SI LAXONE
• C2C (Connect 2 Concrete)
• Safe2Cabin
• Blue Growth Farm
• ALFOWT
• WET2STORAGE
• Launch 2 Sea
• Caisson 2 Launch

Products and services

• Civil and Structural Engineering Design & Analysis Comprehensive civil and structural engineering design, analysis and independent checking services for enterprise clients in offshore, subsea, FPSO, marine pipelines, naval architecture, steel, nuclear, decommissioning, renewable energy, earthquake, blast and fatigue engineering.
• C2C (Connect 2 Concrete) Proprietary submerged floating tunnel technology for constructing underwater concrete tunnel infrastructure, exclusively owned worldwide by Safier Ingenierie SAS.
• ALFOWT Patented floating offshore wind turbine technology—novel floating wind energy solution, exclusively owned worldwide by Safier Ingenierie SAS.
• SAFE2CABIN Marine safety cabin solution for offshore and maritime applications, exclusively owned worldwide by Safier Ingenierie SAS.
• LAUNCH 2 SEA Marine launch system for deploying structures to sea, part of Safier Ingenierie SAS's proprietary offshore launch technology portfolio.
• CAISSON 2 LAUNCH Caisson launch engineering solution for marine construction, exclusively owned worldwide by Safier Ingenierie SAS.
• WET2STORAGE Underwater storage solution for marine and offshore applications, exclusively owned worldwide by Safier Ingenierie SAS.
• Submerged Floating Tunnels Engineering services for floating concrete submerged tunnel construction using C2C technology, covering design, construction and installation per international standards.
• Floating Lift Floating lift technology offered in partnership with Bardex for marine lifting operations.
• Blue Growth Farm Engineering solution for offshore aquaculture and fish farming, addressing global food challenges through innovative marine structures; Safier Ingenierie SAS provides all structural engineering for this EC-funded project.

Quantifiable outcome

• 200+ active clients worldwide

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record.

• OIL & GAS INDUSTRY FRENCH SUPPLIERS COUNCILOthersProfessional membership organization for French oil and gas industry suppliers. Safier Ingenierie is a member based in Paris.
• OFFSHORE ENGINEERING SOCIETYOthersProfessional society for offshore engineering professionals. Safier Ingenierie is a member based in London.
• FEE (France Energie Eolienne)OthersFrench wind energy association. Safier Ingenierie is a member based in Paris.
• AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction)OthersProfessional institute for steel construction. Safier Ingenierie is a member based in USA.
• ACP (Paris)OthersProfessional association in Paris. Safier Ingenierie is a member.
• Association Camerounaise des Droits de l'Enfant (ACDE)OthersCameroonian Association for Children's Rights. Safier Ingenierie SAS is proud to sponsor this organization.
• Solidago FranceOthersEnvironmental organization. Safier Ingenierie SAS is proud to sponsor Solidago France.
• Project Aqualtune BrazilOthersBrazilian project. Safier Ingenierie SAS is proud to sponsor Project Aqualtune Brazil.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Wood: Global engineering and consulting major with deep offshore, subsea, and energy transition practices. Competes with Safier for engineering mandates across offshore wind, oil & gas, and nuclear/decommissioning.
• Subsea7: Global subsea engineering, construction and services contractor with in-house offshore engineering. Competes with Safier for subsea engineering mandates and is simultaneously a Safier client — a key channel-overlap relationship.
• Aker Solutions: Norwegian integrated offshore engineering and field-development company covering subsea, FPSO and offshore wind. Significantly larger but addresses the same offshore engineering design space as Safier.
• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) major with a marine and offshore classification practice. Comparable because it both certifies Safier's designs and operates in adjacent marine engineering/advisory scope.
• Technip Energies: Major French offshore and energy project contractor with broad offshore engineering capabilities. Comparable to Safier in technical disciplines but operates as an integrated EPC; also a Safier client.
• Saipem: Italian integrated offshore EPCI contractor with very large in-house engineering capabilities for subsea, FPSO and offshore wind. Overlaps with Safier's engineering design scope but operates at much larger scale and as a Safier customer as well.

Direct peers

• Doris Engineering: Paris-based offshore and subsea engineering consultancy providing FEED and detailed design for FPSO, floating wind, and marine pipelines. Closely comparable specialist positioning to Safier and an overlapping client base (also a Safier customer).
• ODE (Offshore Design Engineering): UK-based independent offshore engineering consultancy delivering concept, FEED and detailed design for fixed and floating offshore structures. Comparable boutique specialist serving similar oil & gas and offshore wind clients.
• AMOG Consulting: Australian structural integrity and offshore engineering consultancy with deep naval architecture and FPSO expertise. Closely comparable niche specialist in offshore structural design and integrity management.
• Principia: Spanish marine and offshore engineering consultancy specializing in naval architecture, hydrodynamics, and offshore structures — directly comparable specialist profile to Safier with similar size and geographic reach into Iberia.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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