MAP SPACE COATINGS and Anywaves announce the signing of a three-year framework agreement (2025-2027) for the application of high-performance surface coatings on several hundred space antennas. This strategic partnership, which will support Anywaves' sustained commercial growth, illustrates MAP SPACE COATINGS' ability to adapt to developments in the space sector and in particular to the specific needs of New Space players.
With this new partnership, MAP SPACE COATINGS confirms its position as the business partner of choice for players in the space industry, particularly in the New Space sector. In 2024, this customer segment represented 20% of its business, compared to 5% in 2022.
Pierre Valenti, CEO of MAP SPACE COATINGS, said:
« This strategic partnership, in terms of both volume and duration, fully illustrates our industrial capacity to meet the demands of mass production, while guaranteeing our customers impeccable quality standards.
We're particularly pleased to be working with Anywaves, as it reflects our desire to strengthen our synergies with New Space players in order to help them achieve their growth ambitions. »
Nicolas Capet, PhD, CEO of Anywaves:
« To support our international expansion and scaling up, we must rely on trusted partners. Our space antennas, critical equipment, require high-performance coatings to withstand the harsh space environment. Our partnership with MAP SPACE COATINGS aligns with our quality standards and provides an appropriate response to our needs. »
About d’Anywaves • Anywaves, pure player in the space industry, aims to become the global leader in its market. The company designs, manufactures, and delivers high-performance space antennas and New Space RF modular payloads worldwide, offering both off-the-shelf and custom solutions. Driven by an innovative industrial vision, Anywaves adopts the highest market standards, including EN 9100 and ISO 27001 certifications. Performance, reliability, and short lead times are at the core of its value
proposition. For more information, visit www.anywaves.com
About de MAP SPACE COATINGS • Founded in 1986, MAP SPACE COATINGS is a French SME based in Mazères (Ariège) specialising in the supply of surface coatings for satellites and launchers, which it designs, manufactures and applies altogether on a single site. In this context, the company works for both Legacy Space and New Space industrial players, in close collaboration with leading technical partners such as space agencies, universities and research centers.
For its Legacy Space customers, MAP SPACE COATINGS supplies coatings for Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space satellites, as well as for ArianeGroup's Ariane 6, Avio's Vega C and Hanwha Aerospace's KSLV-2 launchers. The company's customers also include leading players in the New Space ecosystem such as Anywaves, Comat, D-Orbit, EnduroSat, ENPULSION, Exotrail, HEMERIA, Isar Aerospace, MECANO ID, Orbex and SWISSTo12. With 20 permanent employees, MAP SPACE COATINGS achieved a turnover of approximately 7.5 million euros in 2024.www.map-coatings.com