Asteel manufactures and distributes electronic end electro-mechanical sub-contracting components. The company operates through three divisions: Design, Electronics, and Technical Plastics and Components. The Design division's activities include electronics design and CAD, embedded computing design, mechanical design, prototypes, pilots and industrialization, rheology studies, and product/process value analysis. The Electronics division offers automatic insertion machines, such as axial, radial, and integrated circuits; double reflow and varnishing products, vision and x-ray testing equipment, in situ and functional testers, and climatic varnishing booths. The Technical Plastics and Components division offers plastic injection, overmoulding, and cutting out presses; capacitor coil winding and silk screening machines; and tampography, hot stamping, laser marking, insertion, resin casting, electronic component assembly, cable cutting and crimping, and electrical and image processing equipment. Asteel was founded in 1999 and is based in Paris, France. The company has sites and locations in VALFRAMBERT, SAINT-VIT, DOUARNENEZ, SAINT-ISMIER, SAUMUR, DÉVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, MERCIN ET VAUX, DUTTLENHEIM, SAINTE-MARIE, CLEURIE, DOMÉRAT, TUNIS, and FOUCHANA.