CIMPA

CIMPA was established in 1995 in France as a spin-off formed by employees of the Corporate Research Center of Aérospatiale in Suresnes. The company's creation gave it a close connection to the engineering and information-management needs of the aerospace industry. From the outset, its identity was associated with specialized support for complex industrial products and the processes used to design, develop, manufacture, operate, and maintain them. Aérospatiale later became part of Airbus, and CIMPA operated as a fully owned subsidiary of Airbus. During this period, the business developed its expertise around product lifecycle management and related consulting and services. PLM work addresses the management of product information and processes across successive stages of an asset's life. For aerospace and defense companies, this can involve very long development and operating periods, strict configuration requirements, extensive technical records, and collaboration across many organizations. These characteristics also made CIMPA's methods applicable to other asset-intensive sectors. The company's sector scope came to include aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, and transportation. Its activities are best understood as a combination of consulting, engineering-services support, and information-technology implementation rather than as the sale of a single consumer-facing product. CIMPA's work is associated with industrial digitalization, engineering processes, product data, lifecycle information, and the integration of systems used by complex manufacturing and transportation organizations. A significant change in CIMPA's corporate history took place in October 2015. Airbus sold the business to Sopra Steria Group, after which CIMPA became a 100%-owned subsidiary of Sopra Steria. The transaction moved CIMPA from an aerospace-group ownership structure into a broader European digital-services and consulting organization. Its specialized industrial focus remained important, while its new parent provided a wider corporate setting for technology consulting and transformation work. CIMPA is headquartered in Blagnac, France, an important aerospace location near Toulouse. The headquarters location is consistent with the company's historical relationship to the French aerospace ecosystem, although its services are applicable across several industrial markets. Public reference material states that CIMPA recorded annual turnover of €124 million in 2019. No later turnover figure, detailed employee count, named executive roster, or standalone public listing information is established by the supplied materials. CIMPA is described as an active Sopra Steria subsidiary.

• 2019

  Reported annual turnover reaches €124 million

  [1]CIMPAen.wikipedia.org

  Reference material reports CIMPA annual turnover of €124 million for 2019.

• 2015

  CIMPA is sold to Sopra Steria

  [1]CIMPAen.wikipedia.org

  In October 2015, Airbus sells CIMPA to Sopra Steria Group, which makes the company a wholly owned subsidiary.

• 1995

  CIMPA is founded as an Aérospatiale research-center spin-off

  [1]CIMPAen.wikipedia.org

  Employees of Aérospatiale's Corporate Research Center establish CIMPA in Suresnes, France, creating a company focused on specialized industrial and product-lifecycle expertise.

A specialist industrial consulting and digital-services brand focused on product lifecycle management, engineering information, and transformation programs for complex-asset industries.

• Professional services

  Product lifecycle management consulting

  CIMPA's core offering is consulting and services for managing product information and processes throughout the lifecycle of complex industrial assets. The work can connect engineering, manufacturing, operation, maintenance, and retirement activities, with an emphasis on improving data continuity, process control, and collaboration across organizations.

• Professional services

  Digital engineering and industrial transformation services

  These services support industrial organizations undertaking digital transformation of engineering and operational processes. They may include process analysis, information-system integration, engineering-data management, and the implementation of digital practices for complex products and assets. The supplied reference material identifies the service area but does not specify individual software products.

• 2015

  Sale from Airbus to Sopra SteriaM&A

  Background

  CIMPA had operated as a fully owned Airbus subsidiary after originating within the Aérospatiale research environment.

  Action taken

  Airbus sold CIMPA to Sopra Steria Group in October 2015, making CIMPA a wholly owned Sopra Steria subsidiary.

  Aftermath

  CIMPA continued as a specialized product lifecycle management and industrial-services business within the Sopra Steria group.

  Source

1. 1CIMPAen.wikipedia.org