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Altran Group news in 2010

Wednesday July 28, 2010 : Altran Pr[i]me, winner of the Janus de l’Industrie 2010

Already a winner in 2007, Altran Pr[i]me, a division of the Altran Innovation Development and Management department, has just won one of the "Janus de l’Industrie 2010" awarded by the French institute of design, for the new "Open trade" telephone and computer tool by Orange Business Service.


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Wednesday July 28, 2010 : Altran CIS has won the tender to create a "serious game" for the University of Paris 13 on Internet jobs, intended for the general public

With the support of its partner "Abeilles communication", a company specialising in the development of "serious games", Altran CIS is capitalising on its experience in information systems and organisation strategies to pursue the ever increasing interest of companies and institutions in educational video games.


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Monday July 19, 2010 : 2010 Altran Engineering Academy winners get set to join the Renault F1 Team

The final of the Altran Engineering Academy (AEA) took place at the Renault F1 Team’s UK headquarters in Enstone last week where 10 young engineers competed to win two internships with the Renault F1 Team.


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Thursday July 08, 2010 : Congratulations to Bertrand Piccard’s team for having successfully pulled off the first Solar Impulse night-time flight without fuel

Solar Impulse has just passed its first major test with flying colors: a 26-hour day and night flight without any fuel. The sun’s first rays recharged the batteries, allowing the plane to keep on flying foranother 24 hours.


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Tuesday July 06, 2010 : Experience the night flight of Solar Impulse

After the cancellation of the flight planned on July the 1st, due to a breakdown in the telemetry transmitter of the plane, the first Night Flight of the Solar Impulse will occur on Wednesday the 7th.


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Tuesday June 29, 2010 : Altran speeds up development and adopts a new international organization

Altran announced during the General Assembly of shareholders today, changes to its international organization to support the objectives set by the group as part of the framework of their Action4 strategic plan.


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Monday June 28, 2010 : Altran and the Renault F1 Team reveal the finalists of the 2010 Altran Engineering Academy

A British student among the finalists…


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Monday June 14, 2010 : Altran and Pensum join forces!

[Pays : Germany & Austria]


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Thursday June 10, 2010 : New lunar lander project relies on SPARK programming language

Altran Praxis, the international specialist in embedded and critical systems engineering and assurance, today announced that its SPARK language has been selected by a new, NASA-funded US lunar mission.


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Saturday June 05, 2010 : Solar Impulse: 8th flight before night flight

Saturday morning in Payerne, Switzerland, the prototype HB-SIA made its eighth test flight. Never before has Solar Impulse flown longer or higher: four hours and 50 minutes, 3657 meters.


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Monday May 17, 2010 : Renault F1 Team has Monte-Carlo at its feet

The 68th Monte-Carlo Formula 1 Grand Prix was once again the stage for a wild race on the tortuous track, delivering a verdict after 78 laps and nearly 2 hours.


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Tuesday April 27, 2010 : Altran-Centrale Paris triumphs in the Edhec 2010 Cruiser Challenge

[Pays : France]

After a week of competitions between more than 170 sailing teams from the Grandes Écoles, Saturday 24 April saw the Altran-Centrale Paris Grand Surprise keelboat win the final of the Edhec Cruiser Challenge!


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Thursday April 22, 2010 : Solar Impulse: an enlightening second flight

After making history by taking to the air on April 7, the HB-SIA Solar Impulse prototype took off for the second time this morning on Switzerland’s Payerne airfield for a revelatory flight.


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Thursday April 15, 2010 : Altran Spain participates in the first prototype of the UAV Atlante

[Pays : Spain]

The Systems of Defence Division from EADS Group, involved in recent years in the development of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), has decided to launch for the first time a UAV designed and manufactured fully in Spain.


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Wednesday April 07, 2010 : Complete success for Solar Impulse’s first flight

For the first time, the Solar Impulse prototype remained 90 minutes in the air.


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Monday March 22, 2010 : Altran and Renault F1 Team launch the 2010 Altran Engineering Academy

[Pays : France]

Altran and the Renault F1 Team today launched the 7th season of a unique competition with a proven track record of bringing young engineering talent into F1: the Altran Engineering Academy.


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Monday March 15, 2010 : Altran announces industrial partnership agreement with Akaer in Brazil

[Pays : Brazil]

Altran and Akaer, two well established companies in the Aerospace and Defense Sector have decided to launch a strategic cooperation in Brazil.


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Tuesday February 16, 2010 : Altran in the auto magazine AutoReview

[Pays : The Netherlands]

During the last Grand Prix of the Formula 1 season at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, the eyes of the world were focused on the new world champion, Jenson Button, and his Brawn GP team.


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Tuesday February 16, 2010 : Altran Sustainable Development Report 2009

"Being an international player means acting now while aiming at tomorrow" is the slogan of the first Sustainable Development Report of the Altran Group.


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Monday February 08, 2010

2009 revenue: euros 1403.7 millionFurther improvement in invoicing rate

2009 revenue [08/02/2010]

Tuesday January 19, 2010 : Altran announces the creation of a centre of excellence in embedded and critical systems

The launch today of Altran Praxis marks the international deployment of a powerful new force in delivering engineering, technology and innovation for embedded and critical systems.


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Wednesday January 13, 2010 : Technology is the driving force behind commercial success

Crisis or no crisis, businesses must stay focused on innovative technology to have any chance of success. That is what is most likely to keep them ahead of their competitors.


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