Altran Technologies, SA (Euronext: ALT) is a European consulting firm founed in 1982 in France. Altran, self dubbed the European leader in high technology and innovation consultancy, operates primarily in technology and innovation consultancy, accounting for nearly half of its turnover. Administrative and information consultancy accounts for a third of its turnover with strategy and management consulting making up the rest. At the end of 2005, Altran claimed a workforce of 17,000 employees form its 150 subsidiaries and a turnover of 1.43 billion Euros, 53% originated from outside France. Altran employed 4,000 new staff in 2005.