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          Studiel Monaco Engineering and General   the alignment of fluid ducts on satellites,   in one year. “We have over 300 project
          Manager of the Studiel group.       essential to avoid leaks in space (tubing),”   requests a week right now. The activity is
          Studiel has several multinationals in its   adds the Director.           strong, the only rare commodity is the staff,
          client portfolio. After working with Texas                               but this is the sinews of war: there is a
          Instruments, the group, which specialises   A digital strategy           shortage of candidates and the competition
                                              Having collaborated for years with the   is  fierce.  In  France  and  Monaco,  we
       “We work on many                       Single Buoy Moorings Offshore group,   are looking for operators, technicians
                                                                                   and engineers, in project management,
                                              which  specialises  in  oil  extraction
           projects in the                    solutions, Studiel decided to set up in   calculation and design,” notes the Arts et
                                                                                   Métiers-qualified engineer. For the time
                                              the Principality in 2020. “Single Buoy
          defence sector.”                    Moorings was our third client. We used the   being, the company does not seem to be
                                              Covid-19 crisis to launch major projects,   much affected by the Ukrainian crisis. “The
                                              such as the QUALIANOR certification,   end of the Australian military project had a
          in maintenance electronics with on-board   for new nuclear markets, Studiel already   bigger impact upon us, as a subcontractor
          technology, mechanics and IT, has signed   being ISO 9001-certified, in order to be
          framework agreements with Thales Alenia   efficient at the time of recovery. Thus,
          Space, Airbus, Siemens and Naval Group.   we have restructured and changed our   “We used the
          “In terms of sectors, we cover aeronautics,   working methods, thanks to a real digital   Covid-19 crisis
          space and rail. We work on many projects   transformation. We have implemented
          in the defence sector. For example, we   a paperless policy and digitalised our   to launch major
          create on-board safes for fighter planes   validation processes. Finally, we opened
          and armoured vehicles.” Certified for   our Monaco branch to position ourselves in   projects…”
          classified projects, Studiel contributed   a market focused on the digital transition,”
          to the development by Thales of the   explains David Garbarino – a successful
          first Monégasque satellite, MonacoSat   strategy, since the Monégasque market   of Thales and Naval Group,” observes
          (now Turkmensat), launched at Cape   now represents 10% of overall turnover.   David Garbarino, recalling that according
          Canaveral in April 2015 and the group is   Studiel thus counts amongst its customers   to this “contract of the century”, France
          now working on the Sentinel 3 project, a   Marss, which specialises in the surveillance   was supposed to provide Australia with
          series of satellites for observing the Earth   of airport zones.         Barracuda submarines with diesel-electric
          by the European Space Agency, developed   Since the crisis, the group, which has 180   propulsion for an amount of €34 billion,
          under the Copernicus programme. “We are   employees*, “has gone back into growth   committing Naval Group for a period of
          particularly successful in a niche activity:   mode”, with more than 80 recruitments   25 years...


          *In electronics, mechanics, IT and production


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