What Ater Metrologie does

Ater Metrologie is a thermal and climatic testing laboratory operating as an internalized expertise center within the Sofrigam Group, headquartered in Monchy-le-preux, France. Its core activity is the qualification and measurement of temperature-controlled packaging solutions — encompassing climatic tests, thermodynamic and calorimetric measurements — for temperature-sensitive products. The entity is described as part of a wider Sofrigam stack that includes CETI (R&D engineering bureau), MIROFRET France (refrigerated bodywork), and Stockage d'Énergie (thermal energy storage), giving Ater visibility across the full design-to-qualification cold-chain pipeline.

On the technology side, Ater Metrologie draws on 45+ years of thermodynamics know-how applied to the cold chain. The Sofrigam group (of which Ater is the qualification arm) positions itself as the inventor of the Pallet Shipper category and as developer of 100% decarbonized active cold technology, with measurable outputs such as pallet shippers up to 2,000L operating between -60°C and +25°C. Differentiators cited are domain specialization in thermal/climatic testing and integration with adjacent design and bodywork units within the same parent group.

The business model is best characterized as a captive, fee-for-service qualification function feeding the Sofrigam Group's broader cold-chain packaging franchise (passive, active, and refrigerated bodywork solutions). The customer base spans pharmaceutical, medical device, clinical trial, hospital, medical-laboratory, medical-transport, and meal/grocery delivery verticals. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and sales run through a website-driven direct contact model with a stated 24-hour response commitment, targeting enterprise and mid-market buyers globally — though actual third-party external revenue versus internal cost-center allocation is not broken out in the source data.

Name

Ater Metrologie

Legal name

ATER Métrologie

Website

https://atermetrologie.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ATER Métrologie is a thermal and climatic testing laboratory within the Sofrigam Group, providing qualification services for temperature-controlled packaging used in pharmaceutical, medical device, clinical trial, and food-delivery cold-chain logistics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Thermal and Climatic Testing Services

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Cold Chain Monitoring, Data Logging & Chain-of-Custody Services (TLACAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cold Chain & Temperature-Controlled Packaging (Insulated Shippers, Gel Packs) (IMALAIAG)

Keywords

• Thermal testing services
• Climatic testing
• Cold chain qualification
• Thermodynamic measurement
• Calorimetric analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Monchy-le-preux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ater Metrologie provides thermal and climatic testing and measurement services, including calorimetric and thermodynamic analyses, to qualify temperature-sensitive packaging and cold chain solutions. The laboratory supports the qualification of pharmaceutical, medical device, clinical trial, and logistics cold chain systems across their lifecycle.

Product overview

ATER Métrologie is a thermal and climate expertise center within the Sofrigam Group, providing qualification and testing services for temperature-controlled packaging solutions. It operates alongside other internal expertises including the CETI R&D engineering bureau, MIROFRET France (refrigerated bodywork), and industrial textile services. ATER Métrologie supports the group's comprehensive approach to mastering thermal flows from concept through production to qualification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Thermal and Climatic Testing Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Pallet Shipper capacity up to 2000L with temperature range from -60°C to +25°C

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SGS: Global testing, inspection, and certification firm with established pharmaceutical and life-sciences testing practices. Comparable as a broad incumbent that competes for cold-chain and pharmaceutical qualification work, with a far broader geographic footprint than Ater Metrologie.
• Intertek Group: Large multinational testing, inspection, and certification company with pharmaceutical and cold-chain-related testing capabilities. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering independent testing services that compete for the same pharma and 3PL budgets Ater Metrologie addresses.
• Bureau Veritas: International testing, inspection, and certification group with commodity and life-sciences testing services. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose testing portfolio overlaps with thermal and packaging qualification work for pharmaceutical and food customers.
• Eurofins Scientific: Global leader in testing laboratory services for pharmaceutical, food, and environmental sectors. Comparable as a broad incumbent that provides thermal and stability testing services which overlap with Ater Metrologie's cold-chain qualification work, though at much larger scale and across many adjacent testing categories.

Direct peers

• Pelican BioThermal: Specialist provider of temperature-controlled packaging and parcel solutions for the life-sciences industry. Comparable as a direct peer operating in the same cold-chain pharmaceutical packaging space that Ater Metrologie qualifies, and also utilizes and offers thermal testing services to customers.
• Envirotainer: Specialist in active temperature-controlled air-freight container solutions for the pharmaceutical cold chain. Comparable as a direct peer in advanced pharmaceutical cold-chain solutions and engages in rigorous thermal qualification testing of its container fleet.
• va-Q-tec: Manufacturer of high-performance thermal insulation and temperature-controlled shipping containers for pharma and biotech logistics. Comparable as a direct peer in advanced cold-chain packaging and has historically operated its own thermal testing infrastructure, competing for the same qualification mandate.
• Sonoco ThermoSafe: Division of Sonoco providing temperature-assured packaging for pharmaceutical and clinical trial shipments. Comparable as a direct peer in cold-chain pharmaceutical packaging whose products would routinely be qualified by a thermal testing lab such as Ater Metrologie.
• Cold Chain Technologies: Provider of thermal packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotech, and life-sciences cold chain. Comparable as a direct peer in pharmaceutical cold-chain packaging whose product portfolio is dependent on thermal qualification testing analogous to Ater Metrologie's services.
• Cryopak: Manufacturer of cold-chain packaging, insulated shippers, gel packs, and temperature monitors used in pharmaceutical and food logistics. Comparable as a direct peer in temperature-controlled packaging and shipping whose products require the kind of thermal qualification testing Ater Metrologie performs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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