cre

What cre does

CRE (株式会社シーアールイー) is a privately held Japanese aerospace engineering services firm founded in April 1991 and headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. The company specializes in aircraft design and system design services for the aerospace industry, with core technical capabilities built around CATIA V5 3D CAD modeling and finite element method (FEM) structural analysis. CRE publicly organizes its business around three pillars: aerospace design (first pillar), logistics industry support (second pillar), and environmentally conscious new business (third pillar). Its core products and services comprise aerospace design technical support, technical engineer staffing and outsourcing, and an internal Engineers Training Center that develops CATIA V5 and engineering skills, supported by an internal CRE Portal for employee management. Revenue is generated through professional-services engagements — primarily direct technical services contracts and engineer dispatch/outsourcing — with named enterprise clients including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, SUBARU, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales reinforced by geographic proximity (offices adjacent to client manufacturing sites in Komaki and Kobe), industry-event participation (International Aerospace Exhibition, aerospace fairs), and earned-media coverage in major Japanese business and regional press. Operations are entirely domestic Japan, with five offices (Nagoya HQ, Akishima/Tokyo, Komaki, Kobe, Utsunomiya). Leadership transitioned in June 2021 under a new corporate structure with Hasegawa Tadashi as President & CEO and Owaki Osamu as Chairman.

Name

cre

Legal name

株式会社シーアールイー

Website

https://cre-nagoya.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CRE is a Japanese aerospace design and engineering services firm founded in 1991, headquartered in Nagoya. It provides CATIA V5-based aircraft and system design, FEM analysis, and technical staffing to Japanese aerospace primes including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, SUBARU, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nagoya

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Technical Services and Engineering: The company provides aerospace design services and technical support to clients in the aerospace, logistics, and environmental technology industries. Services include 3D CAD design using CATIA V5 and analysis services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CRE (株式会社シーアールイー) provides specialized aerospace design services centered on aircraft component and system design using CATIA V5 3D CAD, supplemented by structural/FEM analysis. It also offers technical engineer staffing and outsourcing to aerospace manufacturers, and runs an internal Engineers Training Center that delivers CATIA V5 and engineering skills development to its workforce.

Product overview

株式会社シーアールイーは、航空宇宙設計を第一の柱とする技術支援会社であり、航空宇宙設計サービス、技術者派遣・アウトソーシング、エンジニア育成センターによる教育研修の3つのコア事業を展開しています。CATIA V5を使用した航空機設計・解析技術を核とし、CRE Portalという社内システムで従業員管理を行っています。

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aerospace Design Services (航空宇宙設計サービス) Specialized aerospace design and system design services for the aerospace industry, including aircraft component design, structural analysis, and system design executed using CATIA V5 3D CAD. Targeted at Japanese aerospace manufacturers and related engineering programs.
• Technical Engineer Staffing and Outsourcing (技術者派遣・アウトソーシング) Staffing and outsourcing services that place CRE-trained engineers into aerospace and manufacturing companies to supplement their technical workforce. Covers engineer dispatch and contract-based technical support for client engineering projects.
• Engineers Training Center (エンジニア育成センター) Internal education and training division that delivers CATIA V5 training, engineering skills development, and professional development programs to build CRE's pool of qualified aerospace design engineers. Functions as the foundation of the company's talent and capability pipeline.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Kawasaki Heavy IndustriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 April 2018CRE participated in the restoration project of the Kawasaki Ki-61 (Tony) fighter aircraft for the Kagoshima Aerospace Museum as part of Kawasaki Heavy Industries' 120th anniversary project. CRE contributed design, drawing creation, parts manufacturing support, and assembly support using advanced CAD tools.
• SUBARUcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 October 2017CRE participates in SUBARU's public events such as the Handa Fureai Festival, offering CATIA aircraft design experience booths. This partnership helps CRE engage with the broader aerospace community and showcase their design capabilities to potential customers and the public.
• Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2017CRE established its Komaki South Office near Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Komaki South Factory to provide direct technical support and design services. This proximity-based partnership enables close collaboration on aerospace manufacturing projects.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MEITEC Corporation: MEITEC is a Japanese engineering services firm specializing in outsourced design and development, with a dedicated aerospace division serving major Japanese primes. It is the closest publicly listed analog to CRE's aerospace engineering staffing and design services model.
• Outsourcing Inc. Outsourcing Inc. is a Japanese engineering services and staffing firm with significant aerospace and manufacturing exposure, providing design and technical support engineers to Japanese manufacturers. It directly competes with CRE for aerospace engineering talent and contracts.
• WDB Holdings: WDB Holdings operates a Japanese technical staffing business deploying engineers, including women scientists, into R&D and manufacturing customers. Its staffing-led model to Japanese technical customers overlaps with CRE's engineer dispatch / outsourcing business line.
• Career Design Center: Career Design Center is a Japanese staffing firm focused on engineers, IT professionals, and specialists placed into manufacturing and technology customers. Its technical staffing model to Japanese industrial customers parallels CRE's engineer dispatch services.
• Will Group: Will Group is a Japanese HR services company operating engineering and technical staffing businesses that place engineers into manufacturing, R&D, and IT customers. Its engineering dispatch model competes with CRE for outsourced engineers serving Japanese manufacturers.
• ALT Co., Ltd. (formerly Avio): ALT is a Japanese engineering services firm with a track record in aerospace and manufacturing technical support, including outsourced engineering to Japanese primes. Its service portfolio and customer base closely mirror CRE's aerospace engineering services offering.

Broad incumbents

• TechnoPro Holdings: TechnoPro is one of Japan's largest engineering staffing and solutions providers, serving automotive, aerospace, and electronics OEMs. It is a broader incumbent that competes for the same type of outsourced engineering contracts CRE provides, but at significantly larger scale across multiple verticals.
• Pasona Group: Pasona Group is a major Japanese HR services company providing staffing, BPO, and engineering dispatch services across multiple industries. It is a broader incumbent that places engineers into Japanese aerospace customers alongside CRE.
• Alten Group: Alten is a European engineering and technology consulting firm with a strong aerospace and defense practice providing outsourced design and systems engineering services to Airbus and other primes. It represents the international version of CRE's aerospace engineering services business at significantly larger scale.
• Bertrandt AG: Bertrandt is a German engineering services provider with a strong aerospace and automotive development practice, offering design, simulation, and prototyping support to OEMs and Tier-1s. It is a comparable global engineering services peer serving aerospace customers at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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