Novium is a French industrial company specialized in designing, manufacturing, homologating and maintaining railway work machines and innovative solutions for the defence sector.

We have already delivered more than 250 On-Track Machines, road-rail vehicles and modular units for track and catenary maintenance, for the handling and unloading of rails, ballast, tools, for personnel transport, structure inspection, cleaning and infrastructure operations including hybrid and decarbonised solutions.

Our main customers are SNCF, Société des Grands Projets (Grand Paris Express), RATP, NGE/TSO, EIFFAGE, COLAS RAIL, VINCI, SPENO, INFRABEL…

Our machines operate in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, Singapore, Madagascar and Australia.

We support the entire equipment lifecycle, from design and certification through commissioning, retrofit and maintenance, with expertise in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety (RAMS) and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) studies, always trying to optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). We also integrate European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and European Train Control System (ETCS) equipment on our On-Track Machines.

We are ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001 (in progress), EN15085 for welding and ECM Entity in Charge Maintenance certified.

We are more than 100 employees on 3 industrial plants, 2 of them directly connected to the national rail network. We operate 6 km of private test tracks with training catenary systems and dedicated infrastructure.

Since the founding, we have placed innovation, reliability and safety at the heart of our approach. Our agile organization and collaborative culture ensure a tailored development, specific to the needs of our customers.

NOVIUM: Sustainability at the Heart of Our Strategy

At NOVIUM, we place respect for the planet at the center of our industrial approach. Convinced that innovation and environmental responsibility must go hand in hand, we pursue a comprehensive and proactive strategy to reduce our environmental impact at every level of our value chain.

NOVIUM has been awarded the EcoVadis Silver Medal, a distinction that highlights our efforts in corporate social and environmental responsibility.

Our concrete commitments for a more sustainable future:

🌍 Reducing our carbon footprint: a target of -8% CO₂ (excluding the machine use phase), to limit our impact on the climate.

♻️ Waste recovery: a target rate of 95% recovery, reflecting our commitment to a genuine circular economy approach.

✅ ISO 14001 certification: currently in progress, it will help structure and strengthen our environmental management system over time.

📊 Transparency & accountability: annual publication of our carbon footprint assessment, to track our progress and report on our commitments with full transparency.