About us
Your trusted business partner for securing your missions.
In a unique all-in-one facility, we design, manufacture, and apply high-performance surface coatings for satellites, launchers and aircraft, ensuring efficiency and reliability at every step.
Our story
The guardian artisan of space ventures
Founded in 1986, MAP SPACE COATINGS emerged from a collaboration between CNES’s Materials Research Laboratory and Maestria, a French paint manufacturer. From the first coatings for Ariane 4 to today’s cutting-edge formulations, the company has continuously refined its expertise in space-grade protection. With industry-leading expertise, key certifications, and an all-in-one facility, MAP SPACE COATINGS ensures that satellites, launchers and aircraft withstand the harshest conditions.
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pieces coated since 1986.
customers worldwide, from space pioneers to emerging innovators.
of dedicated surface area to design, manufacture, and apply high-performance coatings.
product references covering the whole span of satellites, launchers, and aircraft missions shielding requirements.
Our Quality Approach
Commitment to Excellence:
A Culture of Continuous Improvement
At MAP SPACE COATINGS, continuous improvement is the foundation of our QHSE system, ensuring excellence across all operations and strict compliance with ISO 9001 and AS 9100, the aerospace quality management standards.
We take a forward-thinking approach to risk management, anticipating potential challenges early to safeguard performance and reliability.
Our partners
Our offer
Products
For satellites, launchers, aircrafts and other space-vehicules, our talented experts formulate, develop, and produce high-performance coatings. Grounded to our flight heritage, our products safeguard your missions, ensuring durability and reliability in the harshest environments.
Application
Thanks to our know-how built since 1986, we apply our coatings on your parts making it easier for you. Our experts operate with jeweler-like precision, ensuring rigorous and highly controlled application process.
Qualification
By combining advanced chemistry expertise with comprehensive qualification capabilities, MAP SPACE COATINGS delivers a complete qualification support ecosystem. Through early-stage co-engineering, material compatibility assessments, and in-house qualification using advanced testing equipment, we streamline your qualification process and accelerate decision-making. Our integrated approach reduces technical risk, shortens development cycles, and helps bring your space systems to market — and to orbit — faster and with confidence.
