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The Continental Automotive France Qualification Laboratory joins Sopemea

Top News06/04/2025
The Continental Automotive France Qualification Laboratory has joined Sopemea, a subsidiary of the Apave Group specializing in qualification testing and simulation on equipment and systems. The entities have complementary expertise, with Sopemea already established in Toulouse. This acquisition will enable the Apave Group and Sopemea to draw on each other's strengths to better serve their customers in the field of testing, measurement, and simulation, notably by offering new expertise in failure and materials analysis.

Testing, measuring, and qualifying:

key skills strengthened in Toulouse

Sopemea Testing Laboratory Services
Sopemea Testing Laboratory Services

Sopemea, a subsidiary of the Apave Group, is expanding its testing services in Toulouse with the acquisition of Continental Automotive France's Qualification Laboratory. With this acquisition, Sopemea is strengthening its expertise at several levels in the following areas:

 

  • EMC: radiated and conducted immunity, ESD electrical testing...
  • Climatic, corrosion, tightness, vibration, mechanical and accelerated testing..
  • Failure and material analysis (destructive and non-destructive): control of electronic boards, cross-sections, dimensional measurements, 2D/3D X-rays, electronic microscopy, technical cleanliness...

 

Following this acquisition, the Continental Automotive France Qualification Laboratory becomes Sopemea Testing Laboratory Services (TLS).

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Founded in 1988 and based in Toulouse, this qualification laboratory, which belonged to Continental Automotive France, has more than 40 employees and offers a comprehensive range of high-quality services: testing and measurement, materials and failure analysis, technical support throughout the equipment life cycle, and production testing in direct line with industrial chain requirements. Historically focused on supporting the design and production of electronic components for the Continental plant in Toulouse, the laboratory has diversified its customer and sector portfolio and now covers a wide range of industrial sectors, including automotive, aerospace, defense, consumer goods, and medical.

I am absolutely delighted to welcome Continental's qualification laboratory to Sopemea. This acquisition, which brings together our complementary expertise, is a major strategic step for our development. In particular, it adds a new skill set in the form of materials analysis. Our shared approach to our businesses will enable us to strengthen our position as a trusted third party in the market. I am particularly pleased with this development, which ensures a promising future for the teams involved and guarantees continuity of high-quality service for all our customers.

Catherine Michelin
Catherine Michelin
Managing DirecTor | Sopemea

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