CAO Concept is a French electronics design bureau founded in 1987, headquartered in Angers with secondary offices in Nantes. In 2017, the company joined WAE Group (West Advanced Electronic Group), an industrial federation combining specialized entities in electronics CAD design, test bench manufacturing (Quasar Concept), mechanical industrialization (Seretec), and series contract manufacturing (SNEES).
The company specializes in electronic CAD (Computer-Aided Design), schematic capture, PCB layout, and rapid prototyping. Operating under an ISO 9001 certified quality system, CAO Concept handles complex board layout projects for high-reliability sectors, integrating manufacturing (DFM) and testing (DFT) constraints directly into design workflows.