French SME designing and manufacturing piezoelectric actuators, motors, and energy harvesting systems for aerospace, automotive, and industrial applications.
Cedrat Technologies designs and manufactures piezoelectric actuators, motors, and energy harvesting systems for demanding industrial applications — particularly aerospace and automotive. They specialize in turning piezoelectric materials into reliable mechanical motion for aircraft landing gear systems, active flow control in turbines and wind tunnels, and vibration energy harvesting. Their work spans the full chain from advanced materials (nano-structured piezoelectrics) through actuator design to integration into safety-critical systems like aircraft structures and gas turbine compressors.
Core expertise demonstrated across AUDACITY (landing gear actuators, as coordinator), ACONIT (surge control in gas turbines), FloCoS (AFC drive systems), SYNJET3C (synthetic jet flow control), and GUDGET (gust generators for wind tunnels).
Growing focus shown in FAST-SMART (nano-structured piezoelectric and thermoelectric energy harvesting, their largest-funded project), PULSE-COM (photo-piezo actuators with energy harvesting), and ENHANCE (piezoelectric energy harvesters for automotive sensors).
ReMAP focused on real-time condition-based maintenance for aircraft with edge computing and sensor technology; ReACTIVE Too addresses reliability and prognostics for electronics in automotive and safety applications.
InterQ (zero-defect manufacturing with digital twins), MC-SUITE (machining software), and FAST-SMART (nanomanufacturing and thin-film fabrication) show capability in production process optimization.
OLIVE-SOUND (ultrasound reactor for olive oil extraction) and PROTECT (nanostructured antimicrobial textiles) show the company applying its transducer expertise to non-aerospace domains.
In the early period (2015–2018), Cedrat was building breadth — participating in machining software (MC-SUITE), smart robotics (SMOOTH), and active flow control for aerospace (FloCoS, SYNJET3C). Their early keywords centered on condition-based maintenance, prognostics, sensor technology, and edge computing (via ReMAP). From 2019 onward, a clear consolidation emerged around piezoelectric actuators for aerospace (AUDACITY, ACONIT, GUDGET) and energy harvesting from advanced materials (FAST-SMART, PULSE-COM), with their largest project budgets concentrated in these areas.
Cedrat is doubling down on piezoelectric and nano-structured materials for both actuation and energy harvesting, positioning themselves at the intersection of smart materials and aerospace reliability — expect future work in self-powered sensors and autonomous structural health monitoring.
Cedrat operates primarily as a specialist partner (13 of 15 projects as participant), contributing deep piezoelectric actuator expertise to larger consortia. They have coordinated twice — both in aerospace actuator topics (SYNJET3C and AUDACITY) — suggesting they lead when the project is squarely in their core domain. With 134 unique partners across 22 countries, they are well-networked and comfortable working in diverse European consortia rather than sticking to a small circle of repeat collaborators.
Cedrat has collaborated with 134 distinct partners across 22 countries, indicating a broad and well-established European network. Their heavy involvement in Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking projects (5 projects) connects them deeply to the European aerospace supply chain.
Cedrat occupies a rare niche: they are an SME that both designs and manufactures piezoelectric actuators for safety-critical aerospace applications — a space typically dominated by large Tier 1 suppliers. Their ability to move from nano-structured materials research (FAST-SMART) through actuator design (AUDACITY) to system-level integration in aircraft and turbines makes them a uniquely vertical partner. For consortium builders, they bring hardware credibility — not just simulations or papers, but actual devices for landing gears, flow control, and energy harvesting.
