AKKODIS INGENIERIE PRODUIT SAS

Their core work

Akkodis is a large French engineering services firm (part of the Adecco Group) that provides specialized product engineering and R&D consulting to the aerospace, automotive, and transport industries. In H2020, they contributed technical expertise in areas ranging from IoT-enabled autonomous driving to passive ventilation systems for aircraft engines and next-generation railway traction systems. Their role has consistently been as a contracted engineering specialist brought in by larger consortia for targeted design, modelling, and prototyping work.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their earliest H2020 involvement (2017) was in IoT and autonomous driving through AUTOPILOT, reflecting the digital transformation wave in automotive. By 2020-2023, their focus shifted decisively toward hard engineering problems in transport — railway traction reliability, SiC power electronics, and aerospace thermal management using advanced materials like shaped memory alloys. This trajectory shows a move from software-adjacent IoT work toward deep mechanical and thermal engineering for transport applications.

Akkodis is deepening its transport engineering capabilities, moving from digital/IoT support toward advanced materials, thermal systems, and power electronics — suggesting future value in next-generation aircraft and rail projects.

How they like to work

Akkodis operates almost exclusively as a third-party contributor or minor participant — they have never coordinated an H2020 project. Their presence in consortia with 72 unique partners across 17 countries reflects their role as a contracted engineering service provider embedded in large Joint Technology Initiative programmes. This means they are easy to bring on board for specific technical tasks but unlikely to drive project strategy or lead work packages.

Despite only 3 projects, Akkodis has touched 72 unique partners across 17 countries, a consequence of participating in large JTI consortia in the Clean Sky and Shift2Rail programmes. Their network is broad but shallow — wide exposure rather than deep repeat partnerships.

What sets them apart

Akkodis brings the engineering consultancy model into EU research — they are not a research lab or a product company, but a large-scale engineering services firm that can supply specialized design, modelling, and prototyping capacity on demand. For consortium builders, this means access to a deep bench of engineers across multiple disciplines without long-term commitment. Their cross-sector versatility (automotive, aerospace, rail) makes them a flexible partner when a project needs applied engineering muscle rather than fundamental research.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PALOMA
  Their only project as a direct participant, focused on an innovative passive ventilation system for next-gen aircraft engines using shaped memory alloys and heat pipes.
• RECET4Rail
  Covered an unusually broad range of railway technologies — from SiC semiconductors and wireless charging to predictive maintenance and additive manufacturing — in a single project.