APAVE is a company which exists for more than 130 years. It plays an important role in the inspection, technical support, consulting and professional training in France and throughout the world.

Today the APAVE group is present everywhere in France, with one hundred and twenty agencies and eight laboratories; it intervenes in more than one hundred countries on the six continents. Its 8000 collaborators, in which 5800 engineers and technicians, field inspectors and consultants, give the governments, companies and local institutions the right solutions to their specific needs in various sectors.

APAVE group is composed of four local entities in France, in which three are equipped with a Technical Centre (CETE). APAVE group has seen its turnover increased by 3,5 % in the year 2005, to be established at 536 millions euros.

The APAVE group develops missions in every sector of activities responding to the needs of the clients: Civil Engineering, Property, Electrotechnics, Energy and Environment, Metallurgy, Pressure vessels, Transportation of dangerous goods, Prevention, Quality, Mechanics, Lifting and Handling, Training… Our main objectives are to fulfil the needs of the market, to integrate new activities, to develop and increase our competitiveness, so as to give a better service to our 200,000 clients.

N° 1 in training on technical risk assessment in France, using our experience, our technical competencies and our knowledge of the evolution of the regulations, APAVE helps organisations to implement their correctives and preventives safety measures, in particular in buildings and on sites.

APAVE puts at their disposal its laboratories, its testing centers and the skills of its collaborators in the sector of pollution, control of materials, testing of products, metrology, assessment of working conditions.

Organization, management, business strategies are successfully dealt by the preventors, specialists of the environment, quality auditors, doctors, veterinaries of APAVE. They offer customized services to manage risks, for long lasting performance.

AETS, “Applications Européennes de Technologie et de Services”, has been set up as a consulting subsidiary of CETE APAVE SUDEUROPE in 1996. AETS performs consulting missions for international private clients, local institutions, and more specifically international organizations financing projects in developing countries: technical assistance projects for the European Commission (FED, MEDA, PHARE, SYNERGY, TACIS,…) as well as other sponsors like the World Bank, African Development Bank and the French Development Agency.

With its main office based in Macedonia, the rope access division services the needs of the at-height requirements of the group globally.  Apave rope access can also provide a standalone service to other sectors of business which is out with Apave group's normal scope of work.

Rope access is a growing industry; this is due to substantial cost savings coupled with an unrivalled safety record, compared to more conventional access methods. This lures clients to look toward the service as a solution for their working at height needs. Since ARA’s inception a number of accreditations have been achieved, such as industry recognised IRATA membership and ISO 9001 certification for quality. These accreditations combined with good health and safety controls allow for a flexible safe cost effective service.