PARTNERSHIPS

AEROCHEMICALS

Aerochemicals is a dynamic alliance of international specialists in specific markets within the aerospace industry. The alliance is committed to providing a wide range of essential products, services, and technical support. International suppliers for OEM and MRO, Aerochemicals members are the leading suppliers of a wide range of products and services including cleaning and stripping, surface preparation, paint, temporary protection, and non-destructive testing products for aircraft, engines, and sub-assemblies such as landing gear. They also offer chemical packaging and management services.

It represents 11 manufacturing locations, 40 sales offices, 7 R&D labs, sales > US$100,  and over 250 workers worldwide.

SOCOMORE is one of the founding members. Members include Contec Inc., Dysol, HaasFinechem, Metal Chek, Pexa, PSA, SherwinBabbCo, SOCOMORE and Testron.

AMS

Socomore participates in three of SAE’s aerospace materials committees (G8, G9 & J) collaborating with the industry to develop Standards pertaining to aerospace chemicals. SAE is an association of 128,000 technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries that coordinates Standards development and publishing.

EMC2 competitiveness cluster

EMC2, the French industrial cluster dedicated to advanced manufacturing technologies, promotes investment in innovation that will ensure the future of a strong French manufacturing sector, a crucial component for economic prosperity.

EMC2 defines technological priorities and coordinates high-value collaborative innovation projects by creating synergies between large international groups, small and medium-sized companies, research laboratories, and training. It provides a wide range of services in order to turn innovation into new processes and products and speed up the industrialization and research outcome for companies’ growth and competitiveness. SOCOMORE is a member of EMC2.

GIFAS

SOCOMORE is a member of GIFAS, the French aerospace industries association. GIFAS has more than 369 members, from major prime contractors and system suppliers to small specialist companies. They cover the full spectrum of skills from the design, development and production of aerospace systems and equipment to maintenance and operation.  Activities extend from civil and military aircraft and helicopters to engines, missiles and armament, satellites and launch vehicles, plus aerospace, defense and security major systems, equipment, subassemblies, and associated software. 

France Chimie

France Chimie is a professional organization that gathers all the chemical companies together and offers them a structure in which to exchange and meet. It helps them in their development and represents and supports them in the various fields in which it is active.

IAEG

The International Aerospace Environmental Group (IAEG) is a non-profit organization of global aerospace companies created to collaborate on and share innovative environmental solutions for the industry. The group works to promote the development of voluntary consensus standards and provide accessible solutions for key environmental issues. Members of IAEG recognize that there are currently a wide variety of different laws and regulations impacting health and the environment in place worldwide. T

SOCOMORE attends some of AEG work groups addressing such issues as chemical material declarations and reporting requirements, the development of alternative technologies and greenhouse gas reporting and management.

Created at the beginning of 2015, Socomore Ventures is an investment fund dedicated to supporting start-ups and technologies relevant to the SOCOMORE Group. The fund complements SOCOMORE's “open innovation” approach, and the R & D activities that play an important role in our strategy. 

Our investments focus on chemical and new material technologies with existing or potential applications in our key markets: aerospace, transportation, and energy.

We target early-stage and seed investments that include a minority interest, as well as venture capital and angel investment funds.

Investment conditions

• A committed and highly ambitious team that is ready to collaborate with the SOCOMORE Group
• Technology related to specialty chemicals or new materials
• Proprietary technology that has achieved proof of concept or first commercial sales
• Existing or potential applications in aerospace, transportation, or energy
• Potential for SOCOMORE to add value beyond the capital investment
• Clear growth strategy and identified needs/requirements

Socomore Ventures not only offers financing. We also support our investments through access to our industrial, commercial, and technological resources and networks around the world. For example, SOCOMORE can provide added value through access to:

• Laboratories and an R&D network
• Know-how in industrialization and growth
• A global marketing and distribution network
• Intellectual property and patent experts
• Key global aerospace customers

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CENTILOC offers a solution using NFC geolocation to monitor stock levels in real time, easily and visually, for a large number of industries. https://www.centiloc.com/

HYG MOTORS is the brand of electric thrusters. These marine thrusters change their morphology to gain performance and autonomy. https://hyg-motors.com/

ISYBOT designs and manufactures industrial collaborative robots (CoBots), to answer effectively the problems of collaboration of the worker and the machine. Examples: to increase productivity of non-automated and unpredictable tasks giving time to skilled workers, or delegate painful tasks to COBOT (MSD), securing production flow. https://www.isybot.com/en/

NORIMAT is an expert in FAST/SPS engineering and production for simple and complex 2D or 3D shapes parts, with high material properties. https://www.norimat.com/fr/

TERATONICS is a Paris-Saclay based Deep Tech startup with a proprietary technology for contactless non-destructive testing (NDT) and imaging. They specialize in Advanced Terahertz Photonics. http://www.teratonics.com/

WAOUP is a committed player for innovation that believes in meaningful innovation, and in its transformative power for a more efficient, fairer and more sustainable economy. WAOUP imagines, creates and operates innovative businesses: it gives birth to global solutions, virtuous economic models, and implements teams and entrepreneurial strategies. https://www.waoup.com/

We look forward to hearing about your project. Please send any inquiries or project presentation to [email protected].

For projects, please make sure to include a technology description, business plan with executive summary and description of required resources and intended use.