Ekium is a multidisciplinary engineering firm serving the industrial, mining, naval, and energy sectors.

We support our clients with their industrial strategy, the design of their equipment and buildings, construction management, production oversight, and facility maintenance.

Our clients rely on our engineers and technicians to assess the transformation of their plants as part of the energy transition, expand their production capacity, optimize their processes and productivity, and ensure the compliance and reliability of their facilities through maintenance, scheduled shutdowns, and plant upgrades.

Ekium designs, builds and creates value.

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As an international industrial partner, Ekium capitalizes on its cutting-edge engineering expertise and innovative solutions to transform your technical challenges into performance opportunities, accelerating the energy transition, decarbonization and operational excellence of your facilities.
Jean-François YOT
CEO

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EKIUM
In 1990, four friends launched us into the instrumentation, electrical and automation businesses for industry. Since then, 2,700 employees have shared in this entrepreneurial adventure. In over 35 years, our Lyon-based automation and instrumentation company has become a multi-trade engineering and automation company serving process industries worldwide.
Philippe LANOIR
Deputy CEO of the Snef Group / Director of Design and Engineering BU and Founder of Ekium

Our history: 400 years of combined experience

2015 : CONSULTEC

Our expansion in Mauritius strengthens our strategic positioning and our proximity to Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

2018 : GROUPE ATEIM & AIR CONSULT ENGINEERING

Expand into steel, metallurgy, materials, paper, and energy, and strengthen our presence in the life sciences and in Belgium

2019 : ISO INGENIERIE

Establishment of a Consulting Division incorporating this industrial risk management consulting firm

2021

Following the cessation of operations and the PSE (Employment Protection Plan) at Amec Foster Wheeler France, a subsidiary of Wood Group, the company is hiring approximately 50 process and project engineers to strengthen its capabilities in the refining, petrochemical, renewable energy, energy, and process engineering.

2022 : CPQ INGENIEROS

Strengthening our presence in the life sciences and expanding in Spain

2023 : SOFRESID ENGINEERING & GROUPE FIVA

Strengthening our position in the naval, oil & gas, nuclear, and mining sectors in France, Spain (Techno Pro), and Australia (KADEGO)

2025 : SCITECH & PUREWORL ENGINEERING

Expansion in Europe (Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Romania) in the oil & gas and life sciences sectors

Our growth multiplied by 3 with the impetus of Groupe Snef

This independent group provides us with financial stability and enables us to move up the industrial value chain.

Since 2017, this integration has also enabled us to strengthen our international presence so that we can work more closely with our clients and undertake larger and more complex EPCM projects.

The Groupe Snef is a forward-looking company at the heart of the energy transition and the digital revolution.

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2.2

Billions of euros in sales

16 000

Employees

30

Countries

120

Years of experience

Our unique & global network of expertise

Our various Business, Industry, and Software teams are responsible for monitoring products and solutions, leveraging feedback from project experiences, and drafting dedicated methodological guides. They ensure the sharing of their expertise and keep the reference framework up to date.

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Our network of expertise is structured: each expertise relies on dedicated players. They are the guarantors of their sector, business or software.
Sébastien
Operational Excellence Manager
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Ekium and its customers rewarded for solutions and projects in favor of innovation and decarbonization

  • Ekium Wins the 20th Annual National Engineering Grand Prix!

    On October 1, Syntec Ingénierie presented Ekium with the prestigious National Engineering Grand Prize for a project carried out in collaboration with the BEL Group, which will soon enable its Boué facility to become one of the first agri-food sites to recycle its treated wastewater.

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  • GPNI: "Decarbonizing Industry" 2024 prize

    Ekium wins the "Decarbonizing Industry" award for building Europe's first Gigafactories dedicated to the production of key low-carbon batteries.

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  • GPNI: "Decarbonizing Industry" award 2023

    We have been awarded this prize for the project we carried out for EUROAPI: drawing up a strategic, technical and economic roadmap for 2030 and 2050, with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality and reducing energy and water consumption.

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  • GPNI: "Industry and Technology Consulting" award 2021

    The Ekium and EDF Ingeum teams were rewarded for their intelligent and innovative early fire extinguishing concept.

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  • Prix "Industrie et Conseil en Technologies " 2019

    Nos équipes d'innovation ont été récompensées pour leur concept de barge électrique ELEMANTA, qui offre une solution innovante pour réduire l'empreinte carbone dans les ports.

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Our News

  • Ekium acquires stake in Canadian engineering firm Norda Stelo

    Norda Stelo is an engineering company founded in Quebec City in 1963, with nearly 900 employees working in the infrastructure, energy and natural resources sectors.

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  • EKIUM strengthens its Life Sciences expertise with SCITECH

    Ekium is pleased to welcome Scitech and its 140 employees. Founded in 2002, Scitech provides pharmaceutical design and qualification consulting services, as well as qualification and ...

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  • Ekium accelerates its international development with the acquisition of Pureworld Engineering

    Since September 25, 2025, Ekium has taken a new step in its development with the acquisition of Pureworld Engineering, an engineering company established in Romania for over 20 years ...

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  • Welcome to SOFRESID ENGINEERING!

    Ekium is delighted to welcome SOFRESID ENGINEERING and its 320 employees to Ekium.

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  • FIVA Group joins Ekium

    Ekium enters a new phase with the arrival of the FIVA Group companies.

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Group presence

The Snef Group operates across four continents—the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Oceania—in 30 countries and 80 cities, with a network spanning more than 100 international locations.