Over the last several years, the aerospace sector has experienced unprecedented change :

• Airlines have placed record orders to modernise and expand their fleets to meet growing demand and now want more customised aircraft and more segmented aircraft lines.
• Environmental constraints have increased: goals for 2020 include reducing CO2 emissions by 50%, reducing nitrogen oxide emissions by 80%, and cutting noise pollution by half.

As a result, aircraft and equipment manufacturers have reviewed their design and production processes and adopted new methodologies and technologies (materials, onboard energy efficiency, etc.).

Working with the aerospace sector's major players (aircraft manufacturers, equipment manufacturers and systems suppliers) on aerostructures, embedded systems (software, real time), installation and new product industrialisation, ALTEN offers a comprehensive range of services :

• We can handle outsourced work packages in our facilities. For example, the Starpark in Saint-Martin du Touch, near Toulouse, has nine secure wings on three different levels, with the ability to deploy entire teams for a given project or client.
• Our facilities are located close to our client's operations, so our international teams are ideally positioned to coordinate transnational work packages. We have facilities in France (Paris area, Toulouse, Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux, Nantes, Villeneuve-d'Ascq), Spain (Madrid), Germany (Hamburg, Munich) and the United Kingdom.
• ALTEN teams leverage high-performance, dependable offshore operations on a case-by-case basis through partnerships with companies in India, Vietnam and Romania, all of which have extensive experience on challenging aerospace projects.

ALTEN was one of the first AIRBUS suppliers to set up a direct link with the company's IT systems to work in the client's engineering environment from a remote location. ALTEN has also been selected as one of only five international EADS A-Suppliers for Engineering Services.

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