BOOT&WORK CORP SL

Their core work

Boot&Work Corp is a Spanish technology SME specialising in open hardware and software platforms for industrial automation and Industry 4.0 applications. They develop integrated computing solutions aimed at connecting manufacturing equipment, sensors, and control systems within industrial environments. Their H2020 work centred entirely on their own product concept — "Integral Open Technology for Industry 4.0" — which they progressed from a feasibility study all the way through to a fully funded development project, suggesting a product-oriented rather than research-oriented company. Their base in Sant Fruitós de Bages (Catalonia), an established industrial and tech cluster, fits a profile of a hardware-software integrator serving regional manufacturing clients.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

The available project data covers a single product journey: a Phase 1 feasibility study in 2016, followed by a Phase 2 full development grant in 2019. Both projects carry the identical title and concept, meaning there is no visible pivot or broadening of focus within their H2020 record — just a deepening commitment to one product. Without keyword data for either period, it is not possible to trace how their technical priorities shifted; what is clear is that they had enough commercial validation between 2016 and 2019 to secure over €1M for full-scale development.

They appear to be a product company that used EU funding as a development runway for a single focused offering; future collaboration would likely involve piloting or integrating their platform rather than co-researching new concepts.

How they like to work

Boot&Work Corp used the SME Instrument, a solo-applicant grant scheme, for both projects — meaning they have no recorded consortium partners and have never led or joined a multi-partner EU consortium. This makes them an unusual case: highly self-directed, product-focused, and accustomed to working independently rather than within collaborative R&D networks. Anyone seeking to involve them in a consortium should expect to engage them as a technology provider bringing a finished or near-finished product, not as a co-researcher co-developing knowledge.

Boot&Work Corp has no recorded consortium partners across their two H2020 projects, both of which were solo SME Instrument applications. Their network within the EU research system is effectively zero, though they may have industrial client relationships outside the EU project framework.

What sets them apart

Boot&Work Corp stands out because they successfully navigated the full SME Instrument pipeline — Phase 1 to Phase 2 — for the same product concept, which fewer than 10% of Phase 1 winners achieve. This signals genuine commercial traction and a validated business case, not just a research idea. For a consortium builder looking for an industrial IoT technology provider with a working product and a track record of EU validation, they represent a lower-risk option than a pure research lab with no product history.

Highlights from their portfolio

• IOTI4.0 (Phase 2)
  With €1,005,249 in EC funding, this is their flagship project and one of the larger SME Instrument Phase 2 awards — awarded only after demonstrating commercial viability in Phase 1, making it a strong signal of product maturity.
• IOTI4.0 (Phase 1)
  The 2016 feasibility study that preceded and enabled the full development grant, showing a deliberate two-stage commercialisation strategy rather than opportunistic project applications.