GEOMETRY FACTORY SARL

Their core work

Geometry Factory is a French software SME that develops algorithms and software libraries for computational geometry — specifically mesh generation, shape processing, and geometric computing. They contribute production-quality geometry software components to research consortia, bridging the gap between theoretical algorithms and deployable tools that engineers and scientists can use in real simulations. In the TITANIUM project they delivered robust geometry processing software components, and in GRAPES they participated in a large Marie Curie training network spanning meshing, isogeometric analysis, fluid dynamics, and deep learning-based shape retrieval. Their core value to any consortium is turning geometry research into working software.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their earliest H2020 project (TITANIUM, 2017–2018) was a small ERC Proof of Concept with no keyword detail beyond the title — 'Robust Geometry Processing' — pointing to a tightly scoped, software-first contribution grounded in classical geometry algorithms. By 2019 their profile expanded substantially: the GRAPES training network brought in isogeometric analysis, fluid dynamics, architectural design, deep learning, and shape retrieval alongside their core meshing and splines work. The direction is clear — they are adding AI and simulation physics to a traditional computational geometry foundation, making them more relevant to engineering and design industries beyond pure mathematics research.

They are extending classical geometry software expertise into AI-augmented shape processing and physics-coupled simulation, positioning toward engineering simulation and generative design markets.

How they like to work

Geometry Factory has participated exclusively as a specialist partner — never as coordinator — in both their H2020 projects, contributing targeted software components rather than leading scientific direction. They appear comfortable in very different consortium types: a compact ERC Proof of Concept (TITANIUM) and a large multi-partner MSCA training network (GRAPES). With 10 unique partners across 10 countries from just 2 projects, they bring a surprisingly wide network footprint for a small SME, which is mostly a function of GRAPES being a large ITN.

Geometry Factory has worked with 10 unique partners spread across 10 countries despite participating in only 2 projects, driven largely by the breadth of the GRAPES MSCA-ITN consortium. Their network reach is European in scope, with no evident geographic concentration.

What sets them apart

Geometry Factory is a rare private SME in the EU research ecosystem that operates at the level of foundational geometry software infrastructure — a space dominated almost entirely by universities and research institutes. Their ability to deliver robust, deployable software components (not just prototypes) is precisely what most academic consortia lack and what makes project outcomes transferable to industry. The combination of classical meshing and spline expertise with emerging deep learning capability means they can contribute to both traditional engineering simulation pipelines and newer AI-driven design tools.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GRAPES
  Their largest project by far (EUR 274,802, 2019–2024), an MSCA Innovative Training Network that brought together geometric computing, deep learning, fluid dynamics, and architectural design — an unusually broad scope for a geometry-focused SME and the source of almost all their recorded keyword expertise.
• TITANIUM
  An ERC Proof of Concept grant (EUR 37,500, 2017–2018) specifically aimed at commercialising geometry processing software, confirming that productising research algorithms — not just doing research — is a core part of their mission.