About
COMPANY
MEMSCAP®, the high added value MEMS leader, provides innovative products and solutions based on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems*.
The company is committed to enable its customers active in high-growth, high value added markets to incorporate strategic MEMS technology into their systems as a means of addressing critical performance, technical, reliability and cost challenges.
MEMSCAP® mainly addresses 3 market segments: aerospace/defense, medical and biomedical, and optical communications.
The company is constantly investing in Reserach and Development growing its Intellectual Property portfolio –considered one of the largest in the world – to support its customers’ needs and to keep its competitive advantage.
In March 2001, MEMSCAP® became the first publicly listed pure play MEMS company in the world. Its shares are trading in NYSE-Euronext (Ticker symbol FR0010298620 MEMS).
*MEMS, or micro-systems, are microscopic mechanical systems that combine some mechanical, optical, electromagnetic, thermic and fluidic elements with electronics on semi-conductor substrate electronics. They act as sensors able to identify physical parameters in their environment (pressure, acceleration, etc.) and/or actuators able to act on this environment.
Company history
Created in November 1997, MEMSCAP is a leading provider of high added value MEMS-based solutions.
The company became a publicly listed company in less than 3 years (in March 2001) with a market capitalization of 430 million Euros, one of the largest instances of value creation in the world. At its Initial Public Offering (IPO), the company had raised 101 million Euros, the second largest amount raised on the Nouveau Marché.
MEMSCAP®’s shares are now traded on the Eurolist (the main market) of NYSE Euronext.
MEMSCAP® has acquired six companies, one in Norway (2002), one in the USA (2002), three in France (2003, 2005 and 2007) and one in Israel (2003). In 2022, MEMSCAP finalized its "fablite" plan by selling its assets in North Carolina while securing a multiyear strategic agreement regarding the supply of optical MEMS chips.
MEMSCAP® delivers products and solutions to a wide range of customers in various high growth market segments with high entry barriers.
MEMSCAP® provide strong value proposition in terms of cost, miniaturization, power consumption and reliability. Its main market segments are aerospace, medical/biomedical and optical communications.
Among other, MEMSCAP® is N°1 supplier of Pressure Sensors for Air Data Computers Market Segment & N°2 supplier of Pressure Sensor for all the Aerospace Market. In optical communications, MEMSCAP® is ranked N° 1 supplier of Optical MEMS chips for VOAs in optical telecom markets (source: iSuppli, High Value MEMS Tracker H1 2010).
Mission
MEMSCAP® goal is to be in the business of preserving and improving human life. Our technical contributions are focused for the advancement and welfare of humanity.
MEMSCAP® envisions a world where every life saved in a hospital or in a security mission, where every pain reduced, and where every distance abolished, is supported by its MEMS technology.
Activities
Products
MEMSCAP designs, manufactures and markets high precision, high stability pressure sensors for the aerospace and medical markets.
MEMSCAP also supplies Variable Optical Attenuators (VOA) chips for the optical networks and receives royalties from one of its regitered trade marks (IOMA ®).
MEMSCAP is offering proprietary MEMS based high added value products at the level of chips, packaged components and modules.
Experience
MEMSCAP supplies a wide range of packaged components and pressure sensor modules for the aerospace and defense segments. With more than 20 years experience in this highly demanding field,MEMSCAP products are flying is most civil aircrafts, helicopters and in an increasing number of drones.
The main applications served by our sensors are Air Data Computers, cabin pressure systems, emergency systems, altimeters and ground test sets.
In the medical field, MEMSCAP customers are among the largest patient monitoring systems manufacturers in Intensive Care Units and in dialysis. MEMSCAP solutions are based on reusable transducers coupled with disposable accessories, hence combining ecofriendlyness and economics.
Company history
Created in November 1997, MEMSCAP is a leading provider of high added value MEMS-based solutions.
The company became a publicly listed company in less than 3 years (in March 2001) with a market capitalization of 430 million Euros, one of the largest instances of value creation in the world. At its Initial Public Offering (IPO), the company had raised 101 million Euros, the second largest amount raised on the Nouveau Marché.
MEMSCAP®’s shares are now traded on the Eurolist (the main market) of NYSE Euronext.
MEMSCAP® has acquired six companies, one in Norway (2002), one in the USA (2002), three in France (2003, 2005 and 2007) and one in Israel (2003). In 2022, MEMSCAP finalized its "fablite" plan by selling its assets in North Carolina while securing a multiyear strategic agreement regarding the supply of optical MEMS chips.
MEMSCAP® delivers products and solutions to a wide range of customers in various high growth market segments with high entry barriers.
MEMSCAP® provide strong value proposition in terms of cost, miniaturization, power consumption and reliability. Its main market segments are aerospace, medical/biomedical and optical communications.
Among other, MEMSCAP® is N°1 supplier of Pressure Sensors for Air Data Computers Market Segment & N°2 supplier of Pressure Sensor for all the Aerospace Market. In optical communications, MEMSCAP® is ranked N° 1 supplier of Optical MEMS chips for VOAs in optical telecom markets (source: iSuppli, High Value MEMS Tracker H1 2010).
Mission
MEMSCAP® goal is to be in the business of preserving and improving human life. Our technical contributions are focused for the advancement and welfare of humanity.
MEMSCAP® envisions a world where every life saved in a hospital or in a security mission, where every pain reduced, and where every distance abolished, is supported by its MEMS technology.
Activities
Products
MEMSCAP designs, manufactures and markets high precision, high stability pressure sensors for the aerospace and medical markets.
MEMSCAP also supplies Variable Optical Attenuators (VOA) chips for the optical networks and receives royalties from one of its regitered trade marks (IOMA ®).
MEMSCAP is offering proprietary MEMS based high added value products at the level of chips, packaged components and modules.
Experience
MEMSCAP supplies a wide range of packaged components and pressure sensor modules for the aerospace and defense segments. With more than 20 years experience in this highly demanding field,MEMSCAP products are flying is most civil aircrafts, helicopters and in an increasing number of drones.
The main applications served by our sensors are Air Data Computers, cabin pressure systems, emergency systems, altimeters and ground test sets.
In the medical field, MEMSCAP customers are among the largest patient monitoring systems manufacturers in Intensive Care Units and in dialysis. MEMSCAP solutions are based on reusable transducers coupled with disposable accessories, hence combining ecofriendlyness and economics.
Management Team
MEMSCAP®'s executive management team is composed of executives and technologists who have served at a range of well-known high technology companies, including for many of them, the semiconductor and MEMS industries.
Jean Michel Karam
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Yann Cousinet
Chief Financial Officer
Nicolas Bertsch
Roy Grelland
General Manager
Board of Directors
MEMSCAP® Board of Directors is today composed of 5 members, including 3 independant members. Each member has been chosen for his/her analysis and recommendation qualities, as well as for their extensive knowledge of our business and technology, along with the business of our customers.
Jean Michel Karam
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Jean Michel Karam has more than 25 years of experience which started in R&D in the French National Center for Scientific Research.
In 1997, Dr. Karam created MEMSCAP, the leading provider of innovative solutions based on MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) technology.
Christopher Pelly
Independant Board Member
Evelyne Galiatsatos
Independant Board Member
Bernard Courtois
Independant Board Member
Salomé Dubbé
Board Member
Joël Rodriguez ALANIS
Non-voting Board Member (Censeur)
Company quality policy
MEMSCAP is the leader of high added value MEMS providers.
We provide innovative products and solutions based on our micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technologies, know-how, and patent portfolio.
Innovation, (manufacturing) know-how, and quality control of processes and of our performance are the foundations of the trust that our clients are granting us.
In order to best satisfy our customers’ expectations, MEMSCAP is mastering its fabrication process, products deliveries, and more globally the complete supply chain including customer/supplier relationships by applying “fit for purpose” quality assurance systems.
MEMSCAP implements certifications and quality management systems fitting its core businesses: aeronautics, medical, and communications …
Our constant concern for improvement drives the development of all improvement steps aiming at continuously increasing our performance for the best satisfaction of our customers.
We are committed to develop, implement, maintain, and verify the quality management processes, to sensitize employees to customer’s requirements and to develop the quality mindset throughout the whole company.
