Every dossier examines one company: what it builds, what it earns, and who it hires.
One named company or site at a time: strategy, money, projects and who they hire.
18 dossiers
Symbio announced 50,000 systems a year from 2026 and, two years later, a restructuring maintaining 175 jobs. Both are official. Its shareholder Forvia files 121,852 employees, 8,247 in France, 249 industrial sites, and a European programme designed to affect up to 10,000 jobs by 2028.
In 2024 Safran hired more than 18,000 people on permanent contracts, "the same number as in 2023", while delivering 1,407 LEAP engines against 1,570, down 10% on supply-chain difficulties. Read together, those two filed sentences say that hiring at a prime tracks the promise, not the shipment.
Net sales of €32.7bn and a €38.8bn backlog say demand outruns delivery. Roughly six High-NA systems shipped by July 2025, with the largest foundry customer still evaluating whether it needs them, says where the work actually is.
Airbus delivered 766 aircraft in FY2024 and 793 in FY2025 against a backlog that grew to 8,754. Twenty-seven more aircraft in a year, with rate targets publicly moved, is the fact an engineering career should rest on, not the order book.
Thales published the same order intake two years running: €25.3bn in FY2024 and FY2025, while sales rose from €20.6bn to €22.1bn and adjusted EBIT from €2.419bn to €2.740bn. That combination, not the defence headline, is what determines which engineering roles get funded.
An in-depth analysis of Dassault Systèmes, the world's largest industrial software company by scope, examining how its 3DEXPERIENCE platform has become the invisible operating system for aerospace, automotive, pharma, and defense, and why its talent strategy is reshaping French tech.
An in-depth analysis of LVMH's unprecedented dominance in the global luxury market, examining the strategic acquisitions, vertical integration, and French savoir-faire that transformed a textile company into the world's most valuable luxury conglomerate.
A comprehensive analysis of TotalEnergies' ambitious transformation from oil & gas major to integrated energy company, examining its US$16B annual capex strategy (about €15B), LNG dominance, and the political tightrope between fossil fuels and renewables.
Go beyond the prestige. Understand the day-to-day reality of management consulting at McKinsey, from case interviews to project delivery.
From Siemens Xcelerator to smart grid dominance: why this 177-year-old German powerhouse is outperforming Big Tech in industrial AI and digital twins.
Inside Sanofi's radical transformation from diversified pharmaceutical conglomerate to focused immunology and mRNA powerhouse, with €50B+ in pipeline value.
Air Liquide has committed roughly EUR 8 billion to low-carbon hydrogen by 2035. A working map of the Normandy and Antwerp-Rotterdam corridors: which of the group's four businesses will actually hire you, the six competences that get through the door, indicative euro pay bands, and what could invalidate the thesis.
