Nestadio Capital from Brittany Investment Fund has acquired an 18 % stake in the capital of MS3Dspecializing in high-precision, non-contact, real-time 3D geometric inspection on industrial production lines. The Rennes-based SME has just won the NoAE innovation competition organized by Germany's leading prime contractors, and is experiencing rapid growth.
Control systems for MS3D are used to check the conformity of complex, high value-added parts: electronic boards, optical glass, windscreens, engine pistons, railway rails, high-voltage cables, pipeline tubes, aircraft engines... Valéo, Delphi, Hutchinson, but also Bosch, Snecma, Essilor, Airbus, etc. or even Arcelor Mittal customers include MS3D.
MS3D was founded in 2010, but draws on the expertise of an earlier entity, created in 2005 by Marc Rosenbaum, then managing director of Micro-Epsilon France (a subsidiary of the German manufacturer of non-contact distance measurement sensors), in partnership with Didier Le Néel, head ofAlgoss (integrator, control systems specialist). The business taken over and developed by MS3D with the same resources, staff and management, explains the rapid pace of growth: in 2011, it achieved sales of 900,000 euros, and is forecasting 2 million in 2012. Thanks to the acquisition of Nestadio Capital, MS3D is set to pursue its international expansion and maintain its technological lead. This growth will be reflected in the hiring of 8 additional people in 2012, bringing the total number of employees to 15.
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