Research institute and technology transfer centre: Development of integrated and holistic solutions, which involve all aspects of a company - beginning with production planning up to production itself.

Main mission: help customers to improve per-formance, gain competitive advantages and be more effective in serving and retaining their own customers. ATOS strategy is to expand its presence in market segments where IT may create a competitive advantage for companies with large customer bases. These segments include Automotive, Banking / Finance, Tele-communication, Utilities, Pharmaceutical, Food, Chemical, Retailing and Transportation, e-commerce.

Business activity is Systems Integration and Tests, and Software Package publishing. Busi-ness areas are telecommunication, electronics, microelectronics, aeronautics, aerospace in-dustry, and French army.

Development and implementation of tailor made e-business solutions; Atlante's main mission is to offer complete services to it's customers, covering the whole value chain of e-processes; the area of activity is Internet Business Solutions;

inet-logistics connects all partners along the supply chain. Our Internet-based solutions and the integration of all IT systems involved connect the “world of shippers” with the “world of logistics service providers”. Well founded logistics know-how and most modern information technologies form the basis for our scalable and efficient solutions. inet-logistics offers solutions within the range of procurement logistics, warehouse logistics, distribution logistics, repair logistics, loading device management, freight cost clearing, shipment tracking and transport order management.
Main mission: Create and grow a community of logistics providers. Development of logistics e-services and track&trace products. Consulting for e-business and e-logistics addressing SME's .

Rationalising manufacturing processes through a balance of fundamental and application ori-ented research work. Activities of the institute are centred around fields of machine tools and machining technologies, robots, data process-ing and production management

The core business activity is the automotive industry. The company produces a complete interior program, including instrument panels, overhead systems, door and closure systems and seats.

Excellent experiences with various heat treat-ment technologies. HLH is one of the leading companies for heat treatment of metal compo-nents. Their customers are machine tool man-ufacturers, automotive industry, aerospace and defence industry.

Flame and induction hardening services

Heat treatment technologies with special expe-riences in vacuum technology, multiple-pur-pose chamber ovens and heat treatment of aluminium alloys. One of the key customers is automotive industry.

Main mission: build an expedited distribution network around the world, using the best people and technology available.

In line with the general mission of the Katho-lieke Universiteit Leuven, the mission of the division of Production Engineering, Machine Design and Automation (PMA) is threefold: education, research and service to industry and to society at large.

UMIST specialises in engineering, science, technology and management disciplines, the Department of Computation's research strate-gy advances the theory and methodology of systems engineering for the design, develop-ment, and management of complex systems.