GRADEL

GRADEL is an industrial engineering and manufacturing company in Luxembourg. Its headquarters is in Ellange. The company's history goes back to 1965, when it started with nuclear maintenance equipment. It says it now has more than 60 years of experience.

GRADEL works in four markets: the nuclear industry, aerospace and defence, the glass industry and composites. In the nuclear industry it offers engineering office services and manufacturing. In aerospace and defence it builds special containers and equipment, and it offers manufacturing capability for these markets.

Its glass industry work includes sputtering targets, and the company runs a production line for them. Its composite work is in lightweight products. The GRAM R&D and GRAM PRO pages cover the company's composite research and product work.

Recent projects include a new container shipped for Airbus in January 2026. GRADEL also delivered its fourth equipment unit to Safran in India in November 2025. It carried out a factory acceptance test for RWE in April 2026.

The aerospace team works on development and testing for the ESA JUICE mission. The website also shows a carbon fiber seat made by filament winding for BMW M Visionary Materials, made with GRADEL Light Weight.

The company takes part in several European research and development programmes, with projects worth EUR 12 million over three years. To move from pilot scale to industrial production, it is talking with strategic investors. It is also looking at joint ventures, including one in Saudi Arabia for composite structures used in construction. The company says these structures can cut construction cost by up to 30 percent by replacing steel with fibres.

GRADEL lists trade shows it will attend in 2026. They include JEC World, ILA Berlin, Eurosatory, World Space Business Week, Glasstec and the NIDV Exhibition for Defence and Security. Its stated values are integrity, customer centred innovation, passion for outcomes, collaboration, and sustainability and people.

Services

• Engineering office services
• Special containers
• Manufacture capability
• Nuclear equipment
• Aerospace equipment
• Defence equipment
• Sputtering targets
• Lightweight composites
• GRAM composite research
• Container shipping for Airbus