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MCE5 in a nutshell
Date of founding
January 2000
Head Office
Vaulx-en-Velin – France
Company chairman and CEO
Jean-François Roche
Key facts and figures
- Over 700 private shareholders
- Staff : 50 people – 80% with engineering university degrees and doctorates
- Cumulated funding: > €130M
- Industrial network and partners : more than 60 companies including tier 1 automobile equipment manufacturers
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Capital of € 6,062,339.15 as of December 31st, 2018
Business model
Intellectual property business model (IP-BM), license grants and technology transfer
Operational model, 4 key processes
- Identify innovative technology concepts and qualify their potential industrial applications
- Develop selected technology concepts to TRL x MRL to enable the compilation of patent portfolio and associated know-how at a level suitable for their adoption by industry
- Transfer the innovations to customers in the form of know-how and technology transfers, services and license grants
- Up-front front funding of technology research and development investments
A bridge between research and industry
The Company’s position in the automotive ecosystem value chain lies between applied research (internal of external), the source of innovative concepts (TRL 1 to 3), and industry, providing the latter with access to innovative technologies derived from these concepts, which it develops, patents, pre-validates, and carries out preliminary production engineering on (TRL 6 to 7).
Global automotive market
- Places: Europe, USA, China, Japan, and South Korea.
- Segment: motor cars medium to premium segments, medium to high volumes.
- Clients: car makers and tier 1 automobile equipment manufacturers.
Field of activity
Automotive powertrain systems : advanced internal combustion engines, hybrid engine technology, waste energy recovery
Portfolio technologies
- Variable compression ratio
- High energy ignition
Company development
MCE5’s has historically focused on its innovative VCRi variable compression ratio technology, whose maturity level reached TRL6 in 2015 and has led to the conclusion of a strategic agreement with the Chinese car maker Dongfeng. This agreement aims at developing a family of VCRi engines intended for its future vehicle platforms.
While MCE5’s position remains that of a world specialist in variable compression ratio engines, several non-VCR technologies are also being actively developed in all the Company’s fields of activity.
In line with its operational strategy and positioning, MCE5 implements open innovation by getting its customers, potential customers, and technical partners involved as early as possible in its research programmes. Its IP-based business model (IP-BM) entails managing and exploiting knowledge flows between stakeholders (customers, industrial partners, internal and external inventors/laboratories).
Board of Directors
MCE5 Board of Directors comprises:
Jean-François Roche
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
After studying management, sales, and communication then starting a career in press and radio, focusing on sales and the development of sales networks, Jean-François Roche began his entrepreneurial journey in 1993, when he bought out a communication and advertising agency. From 1999, he invested in various companies via his investment holding company. Having been a key MCE 5 DEVELOPMENT shareholder since 2001, Jean-François Roche was appointed Director in 2002 then became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2003. He is the main architect of the various fund attracting schemes that have provided the Company’s finances to the tune of over €100m. Jean François Roche currently serves as the Company’s Chairman and CEO. He is also a Manager and Director of various companies involved in the property, automotive, oil, and infotainment fields. Jean-François Roche is one of MCE5’s three main shareholders.
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Investor/Shareholder contact
MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT S.A.
Investor Relations
4 Rue Fulgencio Gimenez
69120 Vaulx-en-Velin
France
Phone +33 4 78 39 40 27
E-Mail investors@mce-5.com