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Company profile	INVENT GmbH is a proven lightweight specialist for innovative fiber composite technologies in the aerospace, automotive, mechanical engineering, rail vehicle, and shipbuilding industries. As an EN 9100 and Nadcap-certified company, INVENT has been developing and producing high-precision structural components from the initial idea to series production since 1996. Space is one of the main fields of application for the company’s core competence, fibre composite lightweight design. With over 20 years of experience in developing, producing, and qualifying sophisticated space hardware, INVENT’s products are utilized in conventional satellites, small satellites, probes, rovers, as well as space stations and launch vehicles.
Products & Services	The product range includes monolithic fiber composite and metal components, along with complex multi-material structures. During the development of spacecraft structures, INVENT can manage or support various stages, such as design and analysis, manufacturing, and the assembly of optical instruments or primary structures for satellites. With a modern, well-equipped machine park and a certified quality management system, INVENT provides comprehensive solutions from a single source. INVENT offers the following products and services: · structural panels · central cylinders · (deployable) radiators · precise instrument/bus assemblies · antenna components (e.g. waveguides, antenna reflectors) · booms · support structures (e.g. struts, brackets, cleats) · launcher structures · demisable structures for controlled de-orbiting · carbon fibre honeycomb CCORE® · inspection, repair, and training services
References and export activities	ExoMars TGO, Sentinel 1, 2, 4, 5P & 5, Solar Orbiter, EUCLID, eROSITA, ELECTRA, Galileo FOC, Heinrich Hertz, Meteosat Third Generation (MTG), MetOp-SG, BepiColombo, SWARM, JUICE, TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-x
Target group	SMEs, mid-caps, and LSIs, especially small satellite, small- to micro-launcher companies, as well as research organizations and universities
Competitive advantages	Our product portfolio ranges from bespoke developments up to series production for Navigation, Telecommunication, Science, Earth Observation, Exploration and Space Transportation applications. We also collaborate with qualified partners on ambitious R&D projects (incl.material development and qualification work or the design of sophisticated functional demonstrators and prototypes for testing under space environments).
Ideal Business Partners	SMEs, mid-caps, and LSIs, especially small satellite, small- to micro-launcher companies, as well as research organizations and universities