Société d'études techniques et économiques

Setec is the fifth largest French engineering and consulting group, involved in infrastructure and transport systems, planning, economics, waste, project, telecommunication, water, energy, geotechnical and environmental management. Setec was created in 1957 as an acronym of the French Société d'Études Techniques et ÉConomiques, which means "technical and economical design company".

Société d'études techniques et économiques
TypePrivate
Industryengineering and consulting services
FoundedParis, France (1957 (1957))
FounderHenri Grimond & Guy Saias
Headquarters,
Revenue €235 million (2011)
Number of employees
2,100 (2011)
Websitesetec.fr

Its headquarters are located in Paris, near the Seine. From the 1960s, the company began to organise into different subsidiaries and to develop its international business. In 2012, it acquired the American MWH's Brazilian subsidiary. This new company is called setec hidrobrasileira.

Key figures

Setec group key figures setec:[1]
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Revenue (€m) 105 105 110 112 125 129 134 143 170 186 201 235 250
Employees 870 900 950 961 1,017 1,100 1,200 1,300 1,500 1,700 1,900 2,100 2,200

Main projets

The main projects that setec contributed are for example :

and many others infrastructures and buildings.

Notes and references

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