MGA Technologies History

MGA Technologies started as a mechanical design office for key accounts of Lyon area, with headquarters in the Lyon Vaise area in France. Automated machine tools designed and built by MGA were for key regional pharmaceutical companies, consumer goods companies and the packaging industry.

At the end of 1980s, MGA Technologies invested in a workshop in Limonest then in 1993 built its Assembly Hall in Lissieu, 10 minutes northwest of Lyon, close to the A6 motorway. This plant allows execution of special custom machines and turnkey equipment in a specialist environment for clean design machines. A team of automation engineers and roboticians was recruited and then reinforced to produce increasingly higher performance equipment.

In constant development since its launch, MGA Technologies was taken over in 2010 by Hervé de Malliard. The result was a focus on international markets,  pharmaceutical, biotech and medical industries and also mechanical and electrical industries necessitating assembly and control equipment in clean environments. The team is getting stronger in mecatronics and  robotics and proposes services upstream and downstream of projects.

 

Some important events in the history of MGA Technologies:

1981
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1981

1st complete mechanical study : continuous machine to make nappies

1981
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1981

1st turnkey machine

1982
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1982

1st machine delivered to a pharmaceutical company in Lyon

1984
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1984

1st robotized machine, metalisation application

1988
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1988

1st fully automatic machine (comprising a Schneider Electric TSX17 at that time !)

1990
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1990

1st export (Saoudi Arabia), application : hygiene products – see international section

1992
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1992

1st machine installed in a clean room

1995
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1995

1st revamping of a MGA machine : automation of an existing line

1998
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1998

1st machine fully design in 3D – CAD : packaging machine

1999
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1999

1st machine automated with Siemens S7

2000
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2000

Design and co-development of the sterile welder with SANOFI

2002
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2002

1st machine with integrated vision (camera Cognex)

2003
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2003

1st machine with HMI Pro-face

2004
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2004

500th machine delivered

2005
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2005

General use of Solidworks in our design department

2006
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2006

Launch of our Tube sealer to disconnect aseptic flexibles in clean rooms

2010
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2010

Hervé de Malliard took over MGA Technologies

2011
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2011

Launch of new services on installed machines, including preventive maintenance and first-aid assistance

2013
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2013

Combination design office and the assembly hall on a new site of 6,200 m² to Civrieux D’Azergues (France)

2014
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2014

Industrial partnership with O3P, reconstitution tools for the preparation of chemotherapies

2015
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2015

Extension of the assembly hall to over 1,000 m²

2016
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2016

Launching of the new product: hall effect sensor cutting and bending machine tool

2017
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2017

Reactivation of ACTEMIUM electrical testing, a Vinci subsidiary in Lyon. Integration of computer and programming skills in LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI

2018
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2018

Industrial partnership with TECLIS INSTRUMENTS, scientific leader in characterization of foams and emulsions.

2018
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2018

Lancement de la version anglaise du site pour appuyer le développement à l'international - www.mga-tech.com

2018
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2018

Acquisition of ATG Technologies, an expert in advanced technologies in the industrial sector

2019
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2019

Establishment of the company in Montreal, Canada, for the North American market

2020
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2020

MGA Technologies strengthens its position in the Industry of the Future by acquiring Focussia

2020
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2020

Re-industrialisation in France of HME filters for artificial respirators at the heart of the COVID-19 crisis with INFIPLAST, PhysioAssist and STÄUBLI

2021
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2021

Creation of MGA TechLab 4.0 and innovation partnership with SANOFI for the EVF project in Neuville-sur-Saône and Singapore

2022
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2022

Foundation of MGA MedTech in Roanne and innovation partnership with STILLA Technologies for the development of the NiO dPCR instrument

2023
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2023

Installation of photovoltaic panels on the roof at Civrieux d’Azergues: self-consumption of low-carbon energy

2023
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2023

Worldwide launch of the NiO by STILLA Technologies: the best precision IVD diagnostic instrument in the world

2024
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2024

Inauguration of the new MGA MedTech industrial site: a factory of the future built in 1 year at Mably (South-East of France)

2025
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2025

Maison MGA announces the acquisition of ALCYM, an engineering consultancy renowned for its expertise in mechatronics and the development of medical devices

2025
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2025

MGA MedTech has been awarded the ‘Vitrine Industrie du Futur’ label

2025
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2025

Maison MGA has been selected to represent the Rhône department at the 5th Grande Exposition du Fabriqué en France at the Palais de l’Élysée

2026
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2026

Myriade joins Maison MGA. Integration of the flagship product Videodrop, a tool designed to address biopharmaceutical challenges.

2026
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2026

To be continued...

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