Almatech SA

Almatech was founded in 2009 on the EPFL Innovation Park where innovation and entrepreneurship meet by Dr Luc Blecha and Hervé Cottard, 2 experienced engineers and managers. Almatech quickly picked up momentum on the space market by contributing to multiple ESA Science missions through the Prodex programme of Switzerland. Lastly, Almatech has several patent-pending innovations under development with the ultimate goal to commercialize recurring products. Almatech is a privately-held Swiss SME delivering critical hardware and engineering services for the space market with reliability, flexibility and efficiency as core company values. An Almatech delegation invited by NASA will be on site for the launch! Almatech SA has been selected by ArianeGroup SAS to develop, manufacture, and test the deployable Landing Legs system of the THEMIS TH1 reusable launcher in the frame of ESA (European Space Agency) Future Launcher Preparatory Program. With a space heritage on 10+ ESA/CNES missions, Almatech is now working directly for all main European industrial leaders. Graduated from the Polytechnical Institute of Paris, Hervé has 20+ years of experience in the space industry as a project manager.