AMS INTERNATIONAL AG

Their core work

AMS International AG is a Swiss technology company based in Rapperswil that applies sensor systems, drone technology, and extended reality (AR/VR) to solve problems in industrial environments and smart mobility. In the mining domain they contributed to digital safety solutions using wireless sensor networks and predictive maintenance. In the mobility domain they work on smart energy systems for electric vehicles, including bidirectional V2G charging, energy harvesting from tyres, and integration with smart grids. Their cross-domain presence in both industrial digitalization and EV energy ecosystems suggests a company that develops or integrates sensor-driven digital intelligence across sectors.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

AMS's earliest H2020 involvement (illuMINEation, 2020) was grounded in industrial digitalization — sensor networks, drones, AR/VR, and predictive maintenance applied to mining safety. Their more recent project (Energy ECS, 2021) marks a clear shift toward smart mobility and clean energy infrastructure, with keywords pivoting to EV charging, V2G, smart tyres, and autonomous driving. Drones are the one consistent thread across both phases, suggesting AMS has a stable aerial sensing capability that it applies to whichever sector it enters.

AMS is moving toward the EV energy ecosystem — particularly bidirectional charging and V2G — which positions them for growing demand as EV adoption accelerates across Europe.

How they like to work

AMS has not led any H2020 project, joining exclusively as a participant or third party — a pattern that suggests they contribute specific technical capabilities rather than driving the scientific agenda. Their 53 unique partners from 10 countries across just 2 projects indicates they operate within large, multi-partner consortia rather than tight bilateral arrangements. This makes them a specialist plug-in for consortia that need sensor, XR, or smart energy expertise from a Swiss industrial actor.

AMS has built connections with 53 distinct consortium partners across 10 countries from only two projects, which reflects participation in large, geographically diverse consortia. There is no visible geographic concentration, suggesting openness to pan-European collaboration.

What sets them apart

AMS is a non-SME Swiss private company, which is relatively rare in H2020 and signals industrial scale rather than a startup profile. Their ability to contribute to both a mining safety project and a smart EV energy project — using overlapping technologies like drones and sensors — suggests they sell a technology platform adaptable across sectors rather than a single-domain product. For consortium builders, they offer Swiss industrial credibility and cross-sector sensor/XR expertise in a single partner.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Energy ECS
  Their only directly funded project (€353,341), covering a broad and commercially relevant stack: V2G, smart tyres, EV charging, autonomous driving, and LiDARs — one of the more technically dense mobility projects in H2020.
• illuMINEation
  Notable for the unusual combination of underground mining safety with digital tools (drones, AR/VR, WSN), and for AMS's third-party role, which hints at a subcontracted or in-kind technology contribution.