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Apollinaire Composites & Technologies

Apollinaire Composites et Technologies

Forges-les-Eaux, Normandy, France

Air SystemsRadar & SensorsDual-use
Contract Manufacturer, Subsystem ManufacturerSupplies Defense Industry
Profile last updated: May 15, 2026

About

Apollinaire Composites & Technologies is a defense contract manufacturer based in Forges-les-Eaux, France working in air systems, radar & sensors.

Apollinaire Composites et Technologies is a French manufacturer of high-performance thermoset composites, based in Forges-les-Eaux, Normandy. Its activities include press moulding, cutting and finishing of technical composite parts, electrical insulation components, radomes and polymer optical fibres. Its products serve the aerospace, defense and critical industrial sectors, with customers including Safran, MBDA and Collins Aerospace. The company works to aerospace quality requirements, applies special process recognition from Safran, and is pursuing EN 9100 certification. Its heritage in advanced materials dates back to 1951, when it was established as part of the former Lestienne company.

Location

Forges-les-Eaux, France

Legal name

Apollinaire Composites et Technologies

Focus areas

compositesthermosetradomeelectrical insulationaerospacedefensepress mouldingpolymer optical fibretooling design

Languages

FREN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Air SystemsRadar & Sensors

Supply-chain role

Contract ManufacturerSubsystem Manufacturer

What they offer

HardwareManufacturing ServicesEngineering Services

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

Radômes composites

Radome

Custom composite radomes that protect antenna systems while preserving their electromagnetic performance, for aerospace, space and defense applications.

Pièces d'isolation électrique en composite

Electrical insulation component

High-performance composite electrical insulators for aerospace and embedded power electronics, including insulation parts for aircraft generators.

Pièces composites à haute performance

Composite part

Press-moulded, cut and finished thermoset composite technical parts and sub-assemblies, including metal and carbon fibre assemblies, produced to drawing or custom specification.

Fibres optiques polymères

Optical fibre

Custom polymer optical fibres for optical transmission and specific sensor applications.

End users

Defense Industry

Standards, platforms & customers

Defense standards

EN 9100EN 9130

Named customers

SafranMBDACollins Aerospace

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

Procédé spécial composites (special process recognition)

Issued by: Safran

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