EDITO. The goal is to turn these SMEs / VSEs into intermediate-sized companies and make them world leaders in their fields.

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1 EDITO «Our challenge: to boost growth by helping each of the 11 SMEs named «Systematic Paris-Region Cluster Champions» with one promising development project» The Systematic Paris-Region Cluster, an ecosystem of excellence which offers valuable network opportunities, has chosen 11 innovative SMEs with excellent growth potential, and has committed to helping them through the SME AMBITION program. Modeled on the «Innovative Enterprise» label, whose goal is to bring together private investors and financing for promising SMEs from the cluster, we have created the «Champions of the Cluster». Our objective is to assist innovative SMEs from the Systematic Paris-Region Cluster in a more comprehensive way, not only in terms of fundraising. This will leverage all development factors: Business, Export, HR, Innovation Strategy, Network Effects The goal is to turn these SMEs / VSEs into intermediate-sized companies and make them world leaders in their fields. These 11 SMEs were carefully selected by the cluster s Marketing and Promotion Committee, led by Laurent Kott and made up of industrialists, investors, and experts in innovation strategy. This committee helps the SMEs define their strategic positioning on the market, draw up technological road-maps, and develop appropriate financing strategies. The goal is to assemble the tools and resources necessary to guide them through their strategic development projects, notably via the SME AMBITION program.» Jean-Luc Beylat, President of Systematic Paris-Region

2 2 «Alter Way, a new approach to recruitment La Libre Académie is a training and specialization center for open source technology aimed at four different groups of people: young people working in co-op or training programmes, recent graduates, people undertaking a new career path, and company employees. For us, La Libre Académie represents a new approach to recruitment, training, and employment in the field of open-source digital services. With an expected 200 new jobs planned for between now and 2013, Alter Way will continue to seek out passionate, talented employees who love their work.» Véronique Torner, Philippe Montarges, Co-Founders and Co-Présidents The open source service operator... A new kind of «open» Alter Way helps companies develop and exploit their IT systems using the best open-source digital solutions. Defining itself as an open-source service operator, Alter Way is the only player on the French market to offer 360 services, responding to a full range of IT service needs: Consulting, Design/ Communication, Solutions, Hosting, and Training. Alter Way 1, rue Royale Saint Cloud Standard : Date founded : 2006 Sales in 2010 : 11 mil. Staff: 125

3 3 «With an average annual growth rate of 116% since 2005, we are pursuing our international expansion. Encouraged by the excellent feedback we receive from our clients in the French industrial sector, we are now turning our attention to the export and logistics sectors. Our company can also take pride in the fact that, this year, we were truly on the cutting edge of innovation with the launch of our new 3D «geo-guidance» technology. This combination of innovation and international expansion gives us excellent growth prospects!» Raul Bravo, CEO Simply automatic Balyo has created a mobile robot navigation technology to guide standard forklifts without wireguided or laser-guided infrastructure. This new generation of automatic vehicles can be used for transporting pallets or specific loads in the industry and logistics sectors. Balyo 170, rue Raymond Losserand Paris Standard : Date founded : 2005 Sales in 2010 : 5 mil. Staff : 39

4 4 D «ictao owes its success both to its expertise in security technologies, and to the trust of its major clients. Our priority has always been reaching high levels of security and performance, which are indispensable for our clients and partners. In the last 18 months, there has been a high demand for service-based solutions. We are strengthening our relationship with largescale integrators and are committed to a strategy of international development.» Jacques Pantin, Chairman and CEO Trust and security for paperless applications Dictao is the leading publisher of software relating to trust and security. Its products and services serve three broad functions: safeguarding identity with multi-method strong authentification, ensuring secure transactions with electronic signatures and transaction proof management, and data protection with the digital vault, archiving for legal purposes, and traceability. Dictao 152, avenue de Malakoff Paris Standard : Date founded : 2000 Sales in 2010 : 11 mil. Staff : 95

5 5 «For nearly 40 years, ESI has been developing proven digital technologies to simulate physical phenomena, all founded on a deep understanding of materials. Historically, the automotive and energy sectors have accounted for a large part of our sales. More recently, we have become increasingly active in the field of aeronautics. The principles and tools of end-to-end virtual prototyping can in fact be successfully applied across several industries where they can help reduce the number of physical prototypes. With the help of business clusters, and Systematic in particular, ESI aims to increase its sales in France and to multiply that expansion internationally.» Vincent Chaillou, Product Operations President & COO The experts in virtual prototyping for industry ESI is a pioneer and world leader in virtual prototyping solutions for the manufacturing sectors, taking into account the physics of materials. ESI offers a suite coherent industry-oriented applications, which constitute a unique, open and collaborative solution for end-to-end virtual prototyping, allowing the gradual elimination of physical prototypes during the product development phase. ESI Group , avenue de Suffren Paris Standard : Date founded : 1973 Sales in 2010 : 84 mil. Staff : 850

6 6 «Esterel Technologies is focused on a very specific market: the development of critical software and systems, often «embedded» in high-tech industrial products. It s a worldwide market, which has led us to establish a strong international presence in the USA, the UK, Germany, Russia, and China. It has also led us to pursue a policy of constant innovation in our R&D center in Elancourt, near Paris (within Systematic Paris-Region), in Toulouse and Sophia Antipolis, as well as in our testing and validation team in Shanghai.» Eric Bantégnie, President and CEO Safety-critical Systems and Software Development Solutions Esterel Technologies publishes software specialised in the development of critical systems and software. It is the world leader in this field, with its SCADE Suite for control software, SCADE Display for embedded graphic interfaces, SCADE System for system design and architecture, and SCADE Life- Cycle for life cycle management. Esterel Technologies Parc Euclide 8, rue Blaise Pascal Elancourt Standard : Date founded : 2000 Sales in 2010 : 14 mil. Staff : 104

7 7 «Having doubled its sales in the last four years, HGH Infrared Systems has entered a new phase of ambitious expansion. We have defined three main development priorities. The first is innovation. Through our involvement, notably, in several collaborative research projects, HGH has developed a technical excellence that has been recognized by numerous innovation awards. Next, HGH has positioned itself on international markets, with more than 80% of its sales made abroad in 30 countries. Finally, HGH is constantly striving to optimize its organization, to improve efficiency and service for our clients. With ISO9001 certification, we work every day to improve our organization and keep our partners happy.» Thierry Campos, Chairman and CEO The standard in infrared HGH Infrared Systems designs, develops, assembles and sells complete optro nics systems for industrial, civil, and safety-related applications. Its principal areas of activity are Security, Industry, and Test and Metrology. HGH Systèmes Infrarouges 10, rue Maryse Bastié Igny Standard : Date founded : 1982 Sales in 2010 : 9.5 mil. Staff : 45

8 8 «As we grow, we will continue to respect the same principles that made us successful in the first place a high level of technological expertise coupled with stringent business and production processes. We are pursuing a policy of sustained growth, and we expect to double our staff numbers again in the next 4 years. To this end, we are working to develop complementary services for mobile, DSS, networks, and Open Source ERP. We are accelerating our expansion to new geographical areas and are also expanding our publishing activities. Finally, we are valorizing the solutions resulting from collaborative R&D projects.» Patrick Bénichou, Chairman and CEO Open Source Architect Open Wide, one of the first French technological expertise groups to work on Open Source software, designs, creates, and operates innovative and reliable ready-to-use solutions. The company dedicates a large part of its resources to R&D and innovation. More recently, it has started work on publishing and Open Source base for Java-management applications. Open Wide 23, rue Daviel Paris Standard : Date founded : 2001 Sales in 2011 : 10 mil. Staff : 100

9 9 «My ambition is to see Spring Technologies become an intermediate-sized company by strengthening our activities with our Major Clients and their suppliers (EADS, Safran, Dassault, Thales, Alstom, Areva, DCNS, Renault...) and by helping their international subsidiaries to develop new markets. I m interested in North Africa for a Nearshore presence, and in the emerging markets of Mexico, Brazil and India, and I plan to accelerate the company s expansion by external growth and links with other SMEs. I am a great supporter of european team work, and am an active participant in the SME association «Pacte PME» as a representative of the cluster.» Gilles Battier, Chairman and CEO Your PLM partner, from design to manufacturing A Builder of PLM solutions, Spring Technologies has been helping industrial companies through the product development and process phases for 30 years. It offers CAD/CAM and PLM services, expertise in the areas of industrial product development, machining, and software publishing (simulation, optimization, tool management, and technical instructions). In the last 5 years, Spring Technologies has established a presence in Germany, China, and the USA, at BMW, Raytheon, the US Army, GE, Toyota, Hyundai, and Cast, among others. Spring Technologies 261, rue de Paris Montreuil Standard : Date founded : 1983 Sales in 2010 : 10 mil. Staff : 100

10 10 F «or 25 years, Systar has been at the forefront of innovation, responding to the new needs and complexities of Cloud computing and real-time enterprises. Our software packages provide business managers with the information, diagnostics and recommendations they need to improve the performance of their IT infrastructure as well as the efficiency, quality, and security of their business operations. Systar will continue to invest massively to anticipate its clients emerging needs and to win new market share, notably in the Asia Pacific region.» Guy Kuster, Chairman and CEO Manage with Vision Over 180 clients worldwide, including 10 of the world s 15 largest banks, rely on Systar s performance management software to transform their business and IT operations from reactive to proactive, solving problems prior to impacting the business. Systar is widely regarded as the leading provider of Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) solutions and offers innovative Virtualization Management and IT Governance software for physical and virtual server and storage environments.. Systar 171, Bureaux de la Colline Saint Cloud Standard : Date founded : 1984 Sales in 2010 : 20.1 mil. Staff : 130

11 11 transatel T «ransatel is emerging as an important new player in the field of machine to machine (M2M). Having won a contract with Everything Everywhere, the result of the merger between T-mobile and Orange UK in England, Transatel has shown that its M2M platform meets the needs of major operators seeking to limit their investments, gain flexibility, and improve «time to market». Spurred on by this success, Transatel is now ready to approach all the mobile telephone operators on the planet!» Jacques Bonifay, Chairman of the Board and CEO Ready-to-use solutions for MVNO and M2M Transatel is an MVNO Enabler which provides ready-to-use services for these companies. Practically speaking, Transatel offers hosting for all necessary infrastructure (Telecom network backbones, IT platforms, SIM cards). Transatel Tour Monge, La Défense 5 22, Place des Vosges Paris La Défense Standard : Date founded : 2000 Sales in 2010 : 15 mil. Staff : 75

12 12 «Thanks to our Research & Development work over the last 7 years, we now offer IT security solutions that help companies Chief Information Officers and computer security managers respond effectively to IT risk management regulations linked, notably, to outsourcing. We plan to pursue our investments in products in order to provide new innovative functionalities for Cloud computing and the mobile sector. Wallix s growth is due to the strength of our network of integrators in France and abroad. New strategic partners in Europe and the United States, combined with an ambitious marketing and sales policy, will allow us to increase our presence on the market.» Jean Noël de Galzain, Chairman and CEO Securing access and traceability for Information Systems Wallix publishes IT security software specialised in risk management related to accessing companies safety-critical IT infrastructure. It offers solutions for username and password management, traceability, and session logging. Simple and economical, Wallix s solutions give companies the tools they need to conform to safety and governance standards for IT systems. Wallix 118, rue de Tocqueville Paris Standard : Date founded : 2003 Sales in 2011 : 3.5 mil. Staff : 35