Non-destructive Testing
and control solutions

Advanced Terahertz Photonics for Enhanced Productivity and Reliability

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See the invisible

Teratonics offers innovative solutions for contactless non-destructive testing and imaging inside dielectric materials and on coated metallic surfaces. Our non-hazardous technology reveals invisible defects and can simultaneously control the dimensions.

At lightning speed?
At the speed of light!

The ground-breaking innovation in terms of speed and stability allows exploiting the unique potential of ultrashort pulses of terahertz frequencies in industrial environments, also on large scale and moving objects.

A quantum leap
for in-line control and inspection

Based on the patented technology and our profound know how on its application, we offer:
  ► Instruments for product and process control as well as for inspection with automated evaluation
  ► Laboratory services for industrial R&D, fatigue tests, maintenance, end of life studies




Listen to our co-founders to learn more about Teratonics (thanks to Incuballiance for this nice video):

Use cases

Defect Detection in Composites


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Control of Glued Components


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Contactless Control of Coatings

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Control of Assemblies...and much more!






Terahertz Technology


What is Terahertz radiation?

Terahertz (THz) radiation is the last part of the electromagnetic spectrum to be industrially exploited. Sandwiched between microwaves and infrared, it has many interesting features for industrial applications, for example:

▸ Penetration inside dielectric materials such as plastics, composites, paper, cardboard...

▸ Reflection by metals

▸ Non-ionising, i.e. no radiation protection is needed


Teratonics STRIPP Control - a unique technology

Our patented pulsed THz technology and our proprietary software enable imaging and measurements within the typical cycle time of many industries, even in the presence of environmental fluctuations such as vibrations and air flows.



Selected technical and scientific publications on the innovation and application examples, authored by Teratonics's founding team

▸ Single-shot pulsed terahertz non-destructive evaluation systems for in-line production control and automated inspection.

     11th International Symposium on NDT in Aerospace, Paris-Saclay, France (13-15 November 2019)

▸ Bonding Control by Single-Shot Terahertz Pulses

     JEC Composites Magazine, 127, 144-146, March-April 2019

Rapid Control of Machined Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics by Single Shot Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy.

     Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IEEE Xplore) DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2015.7327395 (2015)

Ultrafast Pulsed Terahertz Sensing for the Contact-free Control of Composites and Adhesive Assemblies.

     7th International Symposium on NDT in Aerospace, Bremen, Germany (16-18 November 2015)

▸ Ultraschnelle Werkstoffprüfung mit Terahertz Pulsen: Ein neues Tool für die kontaktfreie Kontrolle und industrielle Bildgebung

     Fortschritte in der Werkstoffprüfung für Forschung und Praxis 33, 235 – 240 (2015)

Ultrafast Pulsed Terahertz Sensing for Process Monitoring and Industrial Imaging.

     11th European Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, www.ndt.net (2014)

▸ Pulsed THz Imaging for Non-Destructive Testing of Adhesive Bonds.

     Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IEEE) DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956127 (2014)

Ultrafast THz Sensing for Inline Monitoring and Real Time Observation of Transient Phenomena.

     Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IEEE) DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956204 (2014)

“On-the-fly” monitoring with a single shot THz time domain spectrometer

     Special Edition on THz Sensing, IEEE Sensors Journal 13, 44 - 49 (2013)

Products & Services



We offer Non-Destructive Testing and imaging systems based on our patented THz technology and our proprietary software.

We also provide analysis services in our lab and inspection services in your premises to support your process optimisation, SPC routine controls, first article inspection, post mortem analysis, product development, research, maintenance...

Please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page for our product data sheet and for additional information.

News

1 February 2023
Demo Day - Sixth Sense Program

The Hague – Netherlands

Teratonics has been selected for the Sixth Sense Innovation Program by Hexagon. This program set out to bring together ambitious start-ups and world-class companies. The aim is to advance smart and sustainable manufacturing with disruptive solutions and to scale them up. Uli Schmidhammer, our CEO, will pitch on Demo Day on 1 February at The Hague.

15-17 November 2022
Sampe Europe Conference Hamburg 2022

Handelskammer Hamburg – Germany

We're looking forward to the conference with the theme “Composites – The Gateway to Green Mobility?”. Join our oral presentation "Ultrafast Terahertz Sensing for inline production control and automated inspection: Non-Destructive Testing and 3D Imaging of Composites and Bondings” on Wednesday afternoon in Room 3 Elbe-Zimmer.

17 November 2022
Sampe France - Journées Techniques 2022

Lorient - France

Teratonics will be at Technical days of Sampe France, Lorient. Come to our stand to see the invisible!

June 1-2 2022
Symposium Foaming

Lüdenscheid (DE)

We are present at Fachtagung Schäumen of Kunststoffinstitut Lüdenscheid. On the 2nd June at 14:30, Uli Schmidhammer is going to deliver a talk about: “Qualitätssicherung von TSG-Bauteilen mit zerstörungsfreier THz-Prüfung.” If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

TERATONICS pushes forward real-time quality control by providing immediate insight into every part.

Read more on JEC Composites and Controles Essais Mesures websites

Mai 18 2022 at 9:50
Semaine scientifique de la COFREND

en distanciel

Pendant la Web matinale "Terahertz", le 18 Mai à 9:50, Uli Schmidhammer donne une présentation « Spectrométrie par impulsions THz pour l’analyse et l’imagerie 3D : CND à la vitesse de la lumière sur ligne de production » Vous pouvez vous enregistrez ici : Inscription

Mai 18 2022 at 9:50
Semaine scientifique de la COFREND

en distanciel

Pendant la Web matinale "Terahertz", le 18 Mai à 9:50, Uli Schmidhammer donne une présentation « Spectrométrie par impulsions THz pour l’analyse et l’imagerie 3D : CND à la vitesse de la lumière sur ligne de production » Vous pouvez vous enregistrez ici : Inscription

3-6 May 2022
Control - International Trade Fair for Quality Assurance

Stuttgart

Teratonics participates at “Control - International Trade Fair for Quality Assurance" 3 - 6 May Stuttgart - Come to our stand 3413 in hall 3 and see our technology !

November 25 2021
Photonics Excellence Day

Institut d'Optique Graduate School

Teratonics is pleased to contribute to this event organised by Systematic Paris-Region. Please join our CEO Uli Schmidhammer in the workshop : "Enjeux industriels : vers des capteurs toujours plus compacts, résolus et intelligents ?" at 2PM. Click here to register. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

November 17-18 2021
Fachtagung Kunststoffanalytik

Kunststoff Institut Lüdenscheid (DE)

On the 18th November at 11:00, our CEO Uli Schmidhammer is going to deliver a talk about: “Zerstörungsfreies THz Prüfen zur Qualitätssicherung im Labor oder in der Produktionslinie”. Click here to download the program. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

September 23-24 2021
Wirth Innovation Days with Live Demo

Helmbrechts (DE)

On the 23rd September at 13:10, our CEO Uli Schmidhammer is going to deliver a talk about: “Der prüfende Blick ins Innere: innovative TerahertzPhotonik zur unmittelbaren Produktionskontrolle”. During this two-days event, you will be able to see a live demonstration of our game changing STRIPP Control system analysing injection molded foamed plastic parts just extracted from their mold. Click here to register. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

June 16 2021
KINT

On-line

Our CCO Marco Cavallari will give a presentation to the Dutch industry association for Non-Destructive Testing, Inspections and Examinations: "Automated inspection and in-line production control by single-shot pulsed terahertz non-destructive testing and imaging systems".

June 1-2 2021
JEC Composites Connect

On-line

We are thrilled to be selected for the JEC Booster finals, the leading event in the composites industry! Support our pitch on June 1s between 5 and 6pm. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

May 20-21 2021
Paris-Saclay SPRING

On-line

Teratonics will be present at this major innovation event. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

May 20 2021
COFREND Event

On-line

At 14:00 our CCO Marco Cavallari is going to deliver a presentation about: "Analysis of material degradation by ultrafast pulsed terahertz imaging"

April 22 2021
BINDT Aerospace Event

On-line

At 13:30 UK time our CCO Marco Cavallari is going to deliver a presentation about: "Single shot pulsed terahertz imaging for in-line production control and automated inspection" during the Aerospace Event organised by The Bristish Institute of Non-Destructive Testing

April 6-7 2021
MD&M | BIOMEDigital

On-line

Teratonics will be present at this major Medtech event. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

March 31 2021
Techinnov

On-line

Teratonics will be present at this major event dedicated to innovation. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

January 21 2021
Consorcio Caucho Innovation Committee

On-line

Our CCO Marco Cavallari is going to deliver a presentation to the spanish rubber industry organisation about: "Single shot pulsed terahertz imaging and non destructive testing systems for in line production control and automated inspection".

November 16-23 2020
Hello Tomorrow Global Summit

On-line

We won the Industry 4.0 finals!

November 9-13 2020
Hello Tomorrow Investor Days

On-line

As a finalist of the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit, we have been invited to the Investor Days. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

October 20-21 2020
Spitze bleiben - Staying on the Top Jubilee Forum

On-line

On Wednesday 21st October at 10:50 our CCO Marco Cavallari is going to deliver a pitch in this virtual event for matching start-ups and innovators with investors, strategic partners, and clients. Please contact us if you're interested to join this event.

October 19-25 2020
Euronaval

On-line

Please visit our virtual booth in the "SEAnnovation" area of this major trade show. Also, our CCO Marco Cavallari will contribute to the panel “Innovation to Help Operational Maintenance”, which will be available on-line from Monday 19th October 17:00. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

October 1 2020
Baden-Württenberg Hightech Summit

9 locations (DE) and on-line

Teratonics has been invited to this major hightech event in hybrid format (presence + on-line). If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

September 24 2020
Wirth Innovation Day

Helmbrechts (DE) and on-line

At 11:45 our CEO Uli Schmidhammer is going to deliver a talk about: "Neue Möglichkeiten der Inline Produkt- und Prozesskontrolle Ultraschnelles zerstörungsfreies Prüfen mit Terahertz Pulsen". If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

September 16 2020
Analyse Industrielle

Paris

Our CEO Uli Schmidhammer has been invited to contribute to the workshop "Contrôle qualité en ligne : Le Térahertz - une méthode en plein essor" from 3PM to 4PM in the Gaudi meeting room. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

September 16 2020
Summer Invest

Online event

Teratonics has been selected for this FundingEvent! Our CCO Marco Cavallari is going to pitch in front of a panel of investors between 3PM and 5PM. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

July 6-10 2020
JEC Business Meetings Week

Online event

Teratonics will be present at the World's No.1 online event for composites. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

June 30 - July 3 2020
Global Industrie

Online event

Teratonics will be present at this leading Industry 4.0 online event. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

June 11 2020
Hello Tomorrow Japan

Online event

Our CEO Uli Schmidhammer is going to pitch in front of Japanese corporations and investors, as a finalist of the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit. From over 5000 applications, we have been named as one of seven "Industry 4.0" finalists.

May 7 2020
Applications of THz technologies

Webinar

Our CEO Uli Schmidhammer and our CCO Marco Cavallari are pleased to contribute to this webinar organised by Secpho. At 13.10 they're going to deliver a talk entitled: "Single-shot pulsed terahertz imaging and non-destructive evaluation systems for in-line production control and automated inspection". Click here for the replay.

February 27 2020
Techinnov

Paris - La Défense

We won the Industry 4.0 challenge!

February 6 2020
Deep Tech Tour

Paris-Saclay

Teratonics is pleased to contribute to this event organised by BPI France. Please join our CCO Marco Cavallari in the workshop 5: "Comment aborder et gérer sa croissance?". If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

December 4-5 2019
Fachtagung Kunststoffanalytik

Kunststoff Institut Lüdenscheid

On Wednesday December 4th at 15:30, our CEO Uli Schmidhammer will deliver a talk about: "Zerstörungsfreies THz Prüfen zur (inline) QS und Schadensanalyse". For more informations, click here. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

November 19-20 2019
Foammelt

Engel, Schwertberg (Austria)

Teratonics will be present in this seminar dedicated to foamed plastics, hosted by Engel. Our CEO Uli Schmidhammer is going to give an invited talk entitled "Inline-Kontrolle von Geschäumten Bauteilen - Terahertz-Photonik zur Zerstörungsfreien Prüfung" on Nov.20th at 11h40. Simultaneous english translation is provided during the seminar. Please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page if you wish to plan a meeting.

November 13-15 2019
11th Symposium on NDT in Aerospace

Paris-Saclay

On Thursday November 14th at 11:10, our CEO Uli Schmidhammer will deliver the talk THU.1.A.3 about: "Single-shot pulsed terahertz non-destructive evaluation systems for in-line production control and automated inspection". If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

October 16-23 2019
K 2019

Düsseldorf

Teratonics will be present at the World's No.1 trade fair for plastics and rubber. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

October 16 2019
PSA Factory Booster Day

Poissy

Teratonics has been selected for this major automotive industry event. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

October 10 2019
BPI France Inno Génération

Paris

Teratonics will be present at the biggest meet up of entrepreneurs in Europe. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

September 1-6 2019
IRMMW-THz conference

Paris

If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

July 4 2019
I-Lab 2019 Winner!!!

Paris

Teratonics is awarded the prestigious I-Lab 2019 by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, and BPI France (click here to read more).

June 26-27 2019
Fachtagung "Fortschritte in der Kunststofftechnik"

Osnabrück

Our CEO Uli Schmidhammer will deliver a talk on: "Neue Möglichkeiten der Inline Produkt- und Prozesskontrolle: Ultraschnelles zerstörungsfreies Prüfen mit Terahertz Pulsen". If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

June 19-20 2019
International Paris Air show

Paris - Le Bourget

Teratonics has been choosen to be part of the Paris Air Lab 2019 Selection. We will be present on the booth of our investor Socomore (Hall 2b C170). If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

June 5-6 2019
SFIP / IMP Lille / GPA International congress

Douai

Our CCO Marco Cavallari will deliver a presentation about: "Single-shot terahertz Non-destructive evaluation systems for inline production control in the smart factory". If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

June 4-5 2019
Fachtagung Schäumen 2

Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid

Our CEO Uli Schmidhammer is going to deliver a talk entitled: "Inline Kontrolle von geschäumten Spritzgussbauteilen". If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

May 17 2019
VivaTech

Paris

If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

May 15 2019
SPRING Paris-Saclay

Centrale-Supelec Campus

We'll be in the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Village. If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

May 13 2019
Teratonics labeled French Tech Seed

To read the press release click here

April 25 2019
DeepTech4Good

Barcelona

If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

March 20 2019
Seed capital from Socomore Ventures

Teratonics pushes ahead in the real-time NDT market with support from Socomore Ventures. To read the press release click here.

March 12-14 2019
JEC World

Paris-Nord-Villepinte

If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

February 14 2019
Techinnov

Paris

If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the Techinnov platform or via the form at the bottom of this page.

December 6 2018
Forum innovation CETIM

Senlis

We'll be present at this workshop with more than 40 start-ups. Its purpose is to strengthen the links between the mechanical industry and the start-ups with innovative technologies. We hope to see you during our talk at 13h30: "Technologie térahertz impulsionnelle monocoup pour l’inspection et le Contrôle Non Destructif (CND) en ligne dans l’industrie du futur". If you want to plan a meeting, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page.

November 20-21 2018
Foammelt - MuCell®

Engel, Schwertberg (Austria)

As a Trexel partner, Teratonics will be present in this two day seminar dedicated to foamed plastics co-organised by Trexel and Engel. Our CEO Uli Schmidhammer is going to give an invited talk entitled "Inline Kontrolle von geschäumten Spritzgussbauteilen" on Nov.21st at 10h30. Please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page if you wish to plan a meeting.

November 7 2018
DeepTech4Good

Stuttgart

Following our award in the Paris event (July 11th), we're happy to be back with DT4G for another exciting event. Please contact us via the form at the bottom of our web site if you wish to plan a meeting.

October 23-24 2018
ENOVA

Paris

We are going to deliver two talks: "Technologie terahertz monocoup pour l'inspection et le Contrôle Non Destructif (CND) en ligne dans l'industrie du futur" (Oct. 23 at 12.00, room#3) and "Vers la détection de contrefaçons par contrôle THz impulsionnel ultrarapide : imagerie couplée à la caractérisation de matériaux" (Oct. 23 at 15.45, room #2). You are most welcome to visit our booth, H3. You can also contact us via the form at the bottom of this page if you wish to plan a meeting.

October 18 2018
Distribution agreement

Trexel and Teratonics announce a distribution agreement for Teratonics’s STRIPP Control IM solution for injection molded plastics. Click here for the press release.

October 16-19 2018
Fakuma

Friedrichshafen

Please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page if you wish to plan a meeting.

October 17-18 2018
Automotive Connection

Versailles - Palais des Congrès

Please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page if you wish to plan a meeting.

July 11 2018
#DeepTech4Good winner!

Paris - Hôtel de ville

Teratonics won the pitching contest in the "Industry 4.0" category for start-ups selected across Europe. #DeepTech4Good is a european programme for scaling up high potential deep tech start-ups. [Read More]

May 23 2018
Teratonics selected by Paris-Saclay Spring

Centrale-Supelec Campus

Teratonics is one of the 5 "smart manufacturing" pitch contest finalists!
Support us and visit our booth at the Innovation village !

April 24-27 2018
Control Messe

Stuttgart

Please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page if you wish to plan a meeting.

Mardi 11 avril 2018
Atelier : Contrôle santé matériaux et structures & gestion de l’information

Arts et Métiers ParisTech - Campus de Paris

Si vous souhaitez planifier un rdv, contactez-nous à l'aide du formulaire en bas de cette page.

March 19-20 2018
Schäumen : Technologien, trends, und neuheiten

Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid

Teratonics's CEO Uli Schmidhammer will give an invited talk entitled "Qualititäts- und Prozess-Kontrolle von TSG am Bauteil"

March 6-8 2018
JEC World 2018

Paris-Nord-Villepinte

Please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page if you wish to plan a meeting

Tuesday, 28th November 2017
Polymer Foam 2017

Cologne, Germany

The singular performance of Teratonics’s technology for the rapid and precise analysis of foamed polymer components has been demonstrated. In this context, we are going to present at Cologne: “Towards inline quality control of foamed parts using ultrafast pulsed terahertz testing”

29./30. November 2017
Kunststoffanalytik Hands-on Veranstaltung für QS und Reklamationsmanagement

Kunststoff-Institut Lüdenscheid

Come to discuss about our analytic services and control solutions on polymer parts and their assemblies

Jeudi 19 Octobre 2017 à 18h
Welcome Session Opticsvalley

Opticsvalley - 35 boulevard Nicolas Samson - 91120 Palaiseau

En tant que nouveau membre d'Opticsvalley, Teratonics sera présent pour vous rencontrer !

June 23, 2017 at 9 AM
TechMeeting

International Paris Air Show

Paris - Le Bourget

https://connect.eventtia.com/en/dmz/techmeetingbourget/website

8 juin 2017 à 8h
Café Rencontre de l’Adezac

L’ADEZAC, association pour le développement des entreprises du pôle Courtaboeuf-Saclay au Laboratoire de Chimie Physique

Bâtiment 349, Avenue Jean Perrin 91400 Orsay

Sur le thème : Développements instrumentaux et méthodologiques au LCP
Venez nous rencontrer !

Teratonics’s solution selected after comparative tests

Teratonics has been selected by an industrial consortium to set up a control procedure for 100 percent online inspection of particularly light and high performance plastic components. Our technology is the only one retained in the last project step, it was chosen out of different non-destructive testing methods such as ultrasound approaches, acousto-optics and other THz approaches via test measurements.

04 mai 2017
Come to see us!

Institut Pierre Gilles de Gennes

Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie de la ville de Paris
6 rue Jean Calvin, 75005 Paris

Contrôle Non-Destructif par impulsions Terahertz : De la recherche scientifique à la création de la start-up Teratonics
Congrès « Instrumenter et Innover en Chimie Physique pour Préparer l'Avenir »,

31 Janvier 2017 

INSA Rouen

Automotive Connection 2017

Contrôle santé matière & procédés industriels :
outils innovants Terahertz pour les nouveaux besoins de fabrication automobile congrès « Procédés et assemblages »

Press Room

Corporate shareholder


Socomore Ventures is the Corporate Venture Fund of Groupe Socomore, a specialist in chemicals and materials focused on the aerospace industry.



Awards

Hello Tomorrow winner

Industry 4.0 Challenge

On-line - 17th November 2020

Click here for the replay of our winning pitch at the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit, the "epicentre of Deep Tech". More than 5000 start-ups from all over the world applied to the Global Challenge 2020.

Techinnov Challenge winner

Category « Industry 4.0 »

Paris-La Défense - 27th February 2020

Techinnov is a leading French business convention dedicated to Innovation, with more than 2000 participants and close to 15000 meetings.

I-Lab 2019 winner


Paris - 4th July 2019

I-Lab is the biggest and the most prestigious challenge dedicated to deep tech innovation in France.

#FrenchTechSeed label


Paris-Saclay - 13th May 2019

French Tech Seed is a support programme financed by BPI France that selects promising technology start-ups.

#DeepTech4Good winner

Category « Industry 4.0 »

Paris - 11th July 2018

DeepTech4Good is an Acceleration Programme, financed under the Horizon 2020 framework, committed to help Deep Tech startups accelerate their development and scale up at European level.



Lauréat du concours d’entreprises innovantes 2014 

Catégorie « émergence »

organisé par le Ministère de la Recherche et BPI France

Single Shot THz Sensing for Rapid Industrial Product and Process Control

Prix d'instrumentation en Chimie-Physique 2013

Société Chimique de France

Spectroscopie THz dans le Domaine Temporel par Détection Monocoup Ultrarapide

Prix de la Valorisation 2012

Université Paris-Sud

Spectrométrie Terahertz monocoup pour le contrôle non-destructif dans le milieu industriel

Contact Us

TeraTonics S.A.S.
15 avenue Jean Perrin,
bâtiment 350,
91400 Orsay - France
info (@) teratonics.com
tel: +33 - (0)1 69 15 30 33