CES-Creative Electronic Systems SA, founded in 1981 in Geneva, Switzerland, is a designer and manufacturer of complex high-performance electronic boards, subsystems and complete systems for the embedded computing market, including industrial, automotive, physics, commercial aerospace, defense, telecommunications, medical, as well as other domains requiring advanced technology. CES has developed a unique portfolio of agile, reliable and innovative technologies, and has proven to be a trusted partner of choice for safe technical solutions in the most advanced aerospace and defense programs throughout Europe and the US.

The key activities at CES consist of design, development, integration, environmental testing, certification and production of computer boards and systems. Additionally CES provides other key added value services, including consulting, custom development, customer installation, training, technology transfer, hot-line, repair and maintenance.

The company has developed very sophisticated know-how and expertise to integrate reliable hardware and software building blocks into market-specific solutions. The software solutions developed at CES accompany all of the hardware products, from COTS elements to complete systems. This includes extended Board Support Packages, middleware and tools. CES has also acquired the expertise to develop safety-critical software and hardware according to air-worthiness regulations (DO-178B and DO-254).

CES is equipped with modern production and testing facilities and has access to special external test laboratories for a complete panel of environmental testing. Some of the in-house capabilities include rapid prototyping, board and system assembly, low to high volume, conformal coating, temperature testing, certification, qualification, obsolescence management and product support.

Today CES counts over 100 employees with diverse cultural, educational and professional backgrounds. The company is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and has sales branches in England, Germany, Spain and the USA. CES is certified ISO 9001:2008 and EN9100, and has also developed a thorough knowledge of DO-160D and ABD100 standards.

Product Overview

Board Products

• VPX Single Board Computers
• VXS Single Board Computers
• VME Single Board Computers
• CPCI Single Board Computers
• PMC Processors
• FPGA Processing
• Carrier Boards
• Avionic Interfaces
• Network Interfaces
• Graphic & Video Interfaces
• Enclosures
• Board Support Packages & Drivers
• Data Communication & Middleware

System Products 

• Ground Test Systems
• Ground Station Subsystems
• Radar Subsystems
• Flight Test Computers
• Mission Computers
• DAL A Certified Computers