Silver Atena – Milestones of a High-Tech Engineering Success Story Since 1997

Silver Atena reaches another milestone in sustainability: the Karlsfeld production site operates CO₂-neutral thanks to its own photovoltaic system. At the same time, all other locations are powered entirely by renewable electricity.

25th company anniversary – Since its foundation in 1998, Silver Atena evolved into a premium developer and high-tech supplier of fail-safe systems and power electronics to the automotive, aerospace, renewable energy, and industrial sectors.

Silver Atena opens a new production facility in Karlsfeld. The expansion of manufacturing capacity marks another step towards delivering sophisticated electronic systems for automotive, aerospace and defence – from concept through to series production.

iONiX is charging! Under the brand name iONiX, Silver Atena is launching an "eichrecht" compliant DC charging station with 25 kW up to 50 kW.

Silver Atena GmbH brand relaunch.

“Silver Atena Electronic Systems Engineering GmbH” is renamed as “Silver Atena GmbH”.

Silver Atena begins operating its own EMC chamber.

Silver Atena gets a makeover as part of the Assystem Technologies brand relaunch.

The certification process for the V12 Diesel Motor FADEC is successfully concluded with the final SOI#4 Audit from the EASA. This puts the company in an exclusive echelon of companies who have developed their own aircraft control unit and achieved certification from the EASA.

Silver Atena becomes a 100% subsidiary of Assystem.

Development of the first approved diesel engine control unit (FADEC).

Silver Atena develops KERS, the Kinetic Energy Recovery System for Formula 1 racing cars.

On behalf of Liebherr Aerospace Lindenberg, Silver Atena develops the hardware for the Secondary Flight Control System – also known as SLAT MCE, which controls the retraction and extension of the wing leading edges of the Airbus A350 XWB to increase buoyancy during take-off and landing.

Atena Engineering (electronics division) and the British-Indian firm Silver Software found the joint venture Silver Atena Electronic Systems Engineering GmbH.

Purchased by the Assystem Group.

Delivery of the first series control unit for the BMW Hydrogen 7 (Clean Energy). This is the industry’s first SIL3 developed dual-channel control unit for monitoring the hydrogen balance throughout refuelling, as well as pressure control in the LH2 storage and delivery to the engine. 85% of the software code was automatically generated.