Société d'études techniques et économiques

Société d'études techniques et économiques

Company type	Private
Industry	engineering and consulting services
Founded	Paris, France (1957 (1957))
Founder	Henri Grimond & Guy Saias
Headquarters	Paris , France
Revenue	€235 million (2011)
Number of employees	2,100 (2011)
Website	setec.fr

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".

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:

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 :

• the Channel Tunnel,
• the Millau Viaduct,
• the LGV Rhin-Rhône and LGV Est
• the Peking opera,
• the Cœur Défense skyscraper,
• the Macau Light Rail Transit
• the Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la création

and many others infrastructures and buildings.