Who are we ?
Founded in 1984, CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION is an analysis, tests, expertise, and R&D centre, specialized for study and characterization of the materials and their surface properties. It is located at Charleville-Mézières (France, Ardennes) and Nogent (France, Haute-Marne).
Serving the industry, CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION performs a complete offer, from standardised services to R&D projects:
Material physicochemical analysis, to core or surface
Controls and tests on samples or finish parts
Expertise to determine causes of an issue or a malfunction (breakage, wearness, corrosion…)
Solutions research for a materials or process issue…
CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION has a team of about fifty engineers and technicians working in a very requiring quality environment. This excellence has enabled it to gain recognition at European level in the implantable medical devices sector, aeronautics and in all other sectors performing or treating metallic materials.
Who are we ?
Founded in 1984, CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION is an analysis, tests, expertise, and R&D centre, specialized for study and characterization of the materials and their surface properties. It is located at Charleville-Mézières (France, Ardennes) and Nogent (France, Haute-Marne).
Serving the industry, CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION performs a complete offer, from standardised services to R&D projects:
Material physicochemical analysis, to core or surface
Controls and tests on samples or finish parts
Expertise to determine causes of an issue or a malfunction (breakage, wearness, corrosion…)
Solutions research for a materials or process issue…
CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION has a team of about fifty engineers and technicians working in a very requiring quality environment. This excellence has enabled it to gain recognition at European level in the implantable medical devices sector, aeronautics and in all other sectors performing or treating metallic materials.
The team
Acquisition and maintenance of the skills of its staff is a major challenge for CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION. All its Employees are under permanent contracts, except for a few apprentices and PhD students. Significant resources are allocated to their training and resourcing throughout their professional lives.
CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION can therefore rely on a stable, competent team that is fully involved in serving its industrial clients.
General Manager
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Director of the
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Quality, Safety and
Environment Manager
Our values
Confident of our customers and others partners is our most valuable asset. This is based on our staff’s expertise and on professionally qualified equipment, which are garantator of reliable and impartial results.
We warrant the confidentiality of all studies entrusted to us. All CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION employees and trainees have signed a confidentiality agreement.
We always look for the best solution for your needs, at the best cost.
We are transparent: we don’t tolerate any ambiguity about our results and undertake to communicate any anomaly that could compromise them.
All CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION employees have made a declaration of interest in which they undertake to refuse any compromise, wherever it may come from.
Business model and governance
CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION is an non-profit association, with about 250 members, all of them industrialists. 85% of its resources come from services invoiced to its customers, the rest comes from subsidies received for the conduct of collaborative R&D projects with university, industrial or other CRT partners, which provide a permanent resourcing for its staff.
Profits from services are used in full to complete the funding of these collaborative projects or to conduct internal R&D studies.
CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION is governed by a Board constituted of two colleges: eight full members representing the local authorities and nine industrial members elected by the General Assembly.
The Board elects a Bureau, consisting of a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The current President of CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION is Mr Pierre GRABETTE, Industrial Director of SPHERING GROUP.
All Board and Bureau members are volunteers.
CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION have also a Scientific Council, constituted of about 15 members, from industry and academia.
The network
CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION is very active in national and European networks. It’s member of MICA CARNOT Institute which gathers 18 academic labs and CRT specialist in materials.
It’s also member of several scientific circles: EPMA (European Metal Powder Association), A3TS (Thermical Treatment and Surface Treatment Association), “Cercle d’Etude des Métaux” (Metal Study Circle) …
In addition of these networks, CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION regularly collaborates with some twenty laboratories on collaborative research projects.
At last, CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION is active in the regional innovation ecosystem animation. In particular, it participates in the governance of the MATERALIA Competitiveness Cluster, the PLATINIUM 3D technology platform and the NOGENTECH business cluster.
Key dates
CRITT-MDTS foundation, in Charleville-Mézières
Accredited by the “Réseau National d'Essai” (National Tests Network) (precursor of the ISO/CEI 17025 standard)
Creation of the Nogent site
Establishment in new dedicated buildings in Charleville-Mézières
ISO 9001 certification and CRT labelling
Establishment in dedicated buildings in Nogent
Integration into the CARNOT MICA Institute
Accredited from NADCAP
CRITT-MDTS becomes CRITT MATÉRIAUX INNOVATION
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