By becoming an official sponsor of Massy Essonne Rugby Club for the 2024/2025 season, CODRA is championing the shared values of innovation, unity and self-improvement. These values are central to the company’s mission and the spirit of rugby. With its headquarters in Massy, France, CODRA is reinforcing its role as a local patron and contributing to the town’s vitality.
A local commitment
Since 2016, CODRA has been a Massy-based company, actively participating in local life beyond its core business, especially as most of its employees live in the county of Essonne.
By supporting the local Rugby Club, the company is making its mark on the county’s economy, which in Massy includes over 9,000 businesses. CODRA engages with the club’s active members and invites its customers and partners to matches, creating opportunities to share enjoyable sporting moments and to discuss common ventures.
Key facts about the Club:
- Founded in 1971
- 4 senior French championship titles
- 1 women’s title
- 5 seasons in Pro D2
- 66 employees
- 40 coaches
- 650 members, including 300 children at the rugby school
As one of 150 corporate partners of the rugby club, CODRA aims to inspire young and old alike to take part in activities that promote healthy and inspirational values. This support enables the club to invest in equipment, nature talented players and raise awareness of sporting activities. The club is renowned for its dedicated training centre to, which has trained many professional champions, such as Mathieu Bastareaud, Gregory Lamboley, and Jimmy Marlu, who have played for the French national team.
A partnership based on shared values
Similar to rugby, the world of SMEs relies on teamwork to tackle daily challenges. CODRA shares many similarities with Rugby Club of Massy. The values of innovation, unity and self-improvement that drive the players on the pitch are the same as those that drive CODRA’s teams.
Innovation in rugby enhances performance. On the field, sport uses creativity and adaptability to develop tactical strategies and execute bold plays to surprise opponents. Innovation also involves using technical tools to help players improve their performance and ensure their safety (video analysis, advanced medical approaches, work management, etc.).
CODRA has two distinct businesses: the development of specific software projects and the production of software products: the Panorama Suite SCADA platform and COOX MES software. These provide customers with the best possible support for their industrial IT projects, enabling companies to innovate and succeed together with their workforce. The solutions developed meet the current challenges faced by manufacturers and infrastructure operators (buildings, hospitals, urban transport, data centres, etc.). To stay ahead of the game, CODRA relies on its teams to continually develop these products.
What’s more, with a local presence not only in France, but around the globeabroad, CODRA and its integrator and distributor partners offer local technical support to customers. That’s why the company’s motto is: support innovation, be beneficial every day.
This sponsorship goes beyond financial support; it is a symbolic and tangible commitment to the development of Massy and the county of Essonne. This partnership between a local SME and a rugby club symbolises a united effort for a common cause, promoting team spirit and local development.
