CADCAMATION KMR SA

Their core work

CADCAMation is a Swiss engineering software SME whose name directly signals its core business: CAD/CAM automation tools and software for precision manufacturing and design workflows. In H2020, they applied these capabilities to photovoltaic technology projects — contributing software, design automation, and data management expertise to PV manufacturing and system integration challenges. Their project footprint spans building-integrated PV (BIPV) deployment at the system level and deeper technical work on crystalline silicon and flexible thin-film module manufacturing. Based in Onex in the Geneva metropolitan area, they operate as a specialist technical partner bringing software-side capability to hardware-heavy solar energy consortia.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first project (PVSITES, from 2016), CADCAMation's focus was system-level: BIPV integration, market deployment pathways, and demonstration at scale — the kind of work where design tools help bridge R&D and real-world installation. By SUPER PV (from 2018), the keyword set shifted decisively toward component-level technical depth: specific module technologies (c-Si, flexible CIGS), power electronics, and data management. This suggests a trajectory from broad system integration toward more specialized contributions in PV manufacturing software and performance data infrastructure. The trend points to a company deepening its technical niche rather than widening its sector scope.

CADCAMation is moving from deployment-level BIPV work toward component-level PV manufacturing software and data-driven performance optimization — a direction well-suited to future projects on digital twins, PV factory automation, or smart energy monitoring.

How they like to work

CADCAMation has participated exclusively as a consortium partner — never as a project coordinator — across both H2020 projects. They work within large Innovation Action consortia (both PVSITES and SUPER PV are multi-partner, multi-year projects), bringing a specific technical capability rather than leading the overall agenda. With 40 unique partners across 14 countries from just two projects, they show broad network exposure but no indication of repeated pairings, suggesting they are sought out for specialist tooling contributions rather than consortium loyalty patterns.

CADCAMation has built a network of 40 unique partners across 14 countries through only two projects — a high partner density reflecting the large, Europe-wide consortia typical of Innovation Actions. Their Geneva-area location places them at a natural crossroads between Swiss research institutions (EPFL, CSEM) and French and Italian solar industry actors.

What sets them apart

CADCAMation occupies an uncommon niche: a software-oriented SME (CAD/CAM automation) embedded in photovoltaic hardware projects, bridging manufacturing process design and solar technology development. Most PV consortia are dominated by research institutes, module manufacturers, and utilities — a specialist in design automation and data management tools fills a gap that pure-science or pure-industry partners cannot. For a consortium building a PV digitalization or smart manufacturing project, they bring software credibility without competing with the hardware partners.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SUPER PV
  CADCAMation's only funded project (EUR 383,687 EC contribution), targeting both c-Si and flexible CIGS technologies simultaneously — an unusually broad PV materials scope for a single Innovation Action.
• PVSITES
  A flagship BIPV market deployment project — one of the largest building-integrated PV Innovation Actions in H2020 — giving CADCAMation exposure to a 40+ partner consortium and real-scale BIPV integration challenges.