Assystem - Registration Document 2016

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PRESENTATION OF THE GROUP

BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND GROUP STRATEGY

1.2 BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND GROUP STRATEGY

Assystem operates in the engineering market through three divisions: ● Global Product Solutions (60% of the Group’s revenue in 2016);

● during the support phase, to analyses aimed at reducing maintenance costs and to revamping rail equipment and platforms. In Industry, by supplying: ● during the development phase, product design services, man-machine interface solutions ( e.g. visualisation systems) and connectivity expertise; ● during the production phase, services for automating processes and monitoring suppliers; ● during the support phase, cybersecurity solutions. In order to more effectively serve its clients and develop new markets, GPS has a matrix organisational structure, with: ● business units responsible for developing a portfolio of strategic clients (generally, multinational) and for determining strategy; and ● regions responsible for implementing the strategy put in place by the business units and for developing business with local clients. The business units and regions closely coordinate with one another, with a view to optimising costs, ensuring the quality of deliverables, guaranteeing consistency and fluidity of internal processes, and effectively tracking project risks. Thanks to this approach, GPS has been awarded EN 9001 certification. Additionally, GPS draws on its innovation capacity, which is backed by investments in: ● skills related to data science and the digitisation of industrial equipment; ● targeted projects such as MiTu – a technology demonstrator for individual vehicles; ● in-house developments ( e.g. a proprietary software for automating tests), which can be shared through intellectual property partnerships. ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE The Energy & Infrastructure (E&I) division works with nuclear utilities companies and contractors, players in the conventional and renewable energy sectors, designers and operators of transport infrastructure and other complex infrastructure, and life sciences companies, providing them with the expertise it has built up through its long experience in the nuclear industry and infrastructure engineering in environments with complex operating conditions and/or stringent safety requirements. E&I operates in France and internationally in the Nuclear, Energy, and Infrastructure (collective and industrial) markets and its clients are generally large prime contractors. It specialises in research instruments, electricity production plants and the fuel cycle, urban and regional transport systems, site decommissioning and waste processing. 1.2.2

● Energy & Infrastructure (33% of revenue);

● Staffing (6% of revenue).

1.2.1 GLOBAL PRODUCT SOLUTIONS The Global Product Solutions (GPS) division specialises in outsourced research and development for industrial clients operating in the Aerospace, Automotive, Transport (rail) and Industry sectors. It has strong technical capabilities and proven expertise in complex and critical systems. GPS works alongside its clients throughout the product life cycle in each of its four business sectors: In Aerospace, by contributing to: ● the development and customisation of systems, aerostructures, spacecraft and engines thanks to its high-level skills in design, stress analysis and electronic systems; ● the optimisation of manufacturing processes by designing tools and machines, creating production ranges, monitoring and certifying suppliers, and carrying out tests and quality audits; ● operational support by designing solutions aimed at reducing the total cost of ownership of aircraft and their equipment and by drawing on its retrofit skills. In Automotive, by supplying: ● during the development phase, services ranging from the design of sub-systems to the global design of derivative versions (for example the estate model) as well as creating prototypes of electronic components, with a strong positioning in highly strategic areas (such as self-driving and fully-connected cars). In addition, the division has developed a test offering that covers the full range of test solutions from creating testbeds to taking complete responsibility for performing all of the tests for a particular vehicle; ● during the production phase, services related to developing production ranges and monitoring suppliers; ● during the support phase, research related to in-service incident analyses and on-road validation of system specifications. In Transportation, by contributing: ● during the development phase, to research on navigation and signalling systems, security and safety analyses, and assistance with the certification process for new components; ● during the production phase, to processes for monitoring suppliers;

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ASSYSTEM

REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2016