CIMPA
| Industry | PLM Consulting and Services |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | CIMPA S.A.S.,[1] Blagnac, France; CIMPA GmbH, Hamburg, Germany; CIMPA Ltd., Filton/Bristol, England |
| Revenue | 99.6 Million € in 2012 |
Number of employees | approx. 940 (30.11.13) in France, Germany and UK |
| Website | www.cimpa.com |
CIMPA offers PLM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) consulting and services with the overall objective to increase operational efficiency and performance. With around 940 employees, CIMPA is represented across Europe and provides services worldwide. CIMPA is headquartered in Blagnac/Toulouse, France. Other offices are located in Bordeaux, Marseille, Nantes and Paris.Hamburg and Ottobrunn in Germany and Filton/Bristol in the United Kingdom.
CIMPA operates on a world-wide basis in the aerospace and defense industry as well as automotive, energy and transportation.
The annual turnover reached 99.6 million € in 2012. It was a fully owned subsidiary of Airbus until sold to Sopra-Steria in 2015.[2]
History
CIMPA was founded in 1995 as a spin-off by employees of the Corporate Research Center of Aerospatiale[3] (now Airbus Group) in Suresnes, France.
CIMPA quickly expanded to Toulouse, Nantes (France), in Hamburg in 2001 (Germany) and also to Filton, in 2006 (UK). In 2003, as an established company in the aviation and aerospace industry, CIMPA became a 100% owned subsidiary of Airbus SAS. From this point on, the name Airbus CIMPA or CIMPA SAS/ GmbH/Ltd is used. With further business in the south of Germany, CIMPA opened offices in Ottobrunn (2011).
Products and Supports
CIMPA PLM Services are based on effective business processes, integrated information systems, smooth supplier collaboration and In-Service Lifecycle Management, particularly in connection with CAD, CAM and PDM software. CIMPA offers customised solutions along the entire process chain without being bound to software vendors.
The offer covers all the product lifecycle phases, from creating or refreshing a PLM strategy to deploying processes, methods and tools as well as educating and training
The sservice offering includes :
- Consulting
- Solution integration
- Business Processes
- Support and Training
CIMPA is specialised in complex IS/IT products, processes and supports:
- PLM harmonisation projects
- PDM implementation, integration & support
- Application consulting
- Configuration management
- Optimisation of project and programme management
- Process optimisation
- Supplier collaboration
- Technical training & workshops
CIMPA addresses the aerospace and defence, automotive, energy and transportation industries.