CLAITEC SOLUTIONS SL

Their core work

Claitec is a Spanish technology SME specialising in connectivity-based safety systems for industrial environments, most visibly through their SME Instrument-funded SAFETY 4.0 project, which focused on deploying Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radio technology to protect workers in Industry 4.0 facilities. Alongside this core safety-tech business, they contributed technical expertise to Feed-a-Gene, a large EU consortium researching precision feeding and genetic optimisation across pig, poultry, and rabbit production systems — suggesting sensor, automation, or data-capture capabilities applicable to livestock management. With a portfolio spanning industrial IoT safety and agricultural precision systems, they occupy a narrow but practical niche at the intersection of connectivity hardware and process optimisation. Their SME profile and coordinator experience indicate a commercially-oriented organisation that moves technology toward market rather than conducting fundamental research.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Claitec's earliest recorded H2020 engagement (Feed-a-Gene, starting 2015) placed them firmly in food and agriculture, with keywords centred on precision feeding, livestock genetics, and feed by-products — suggesting they either had agricultural domain knowledge or were applying sensor/automation tools to animal production systems. By 2017 they pivoted sharply, self-funding a feasibility study (SAFETY 4.0) in an entirely different domain — industrial workplace safety using UWB connectivity — which they chose to coordinate themselves, signalling this is much closer to their actual commercial product line. The recent-period keywords are empty because SAFETY 4.0 carried no tagged keywords in the dataset, but the thematic shift from livestock precision systems to Industry 4.0 safety hardware is clear and suggests Claitec used the food project to build EU project experience before pursuing their own technology-to-market trajectory.

Claitec appears to be moving away from participation in research consortia and toward commercialising their own UWB safety-system product through EU SME funding instruments — future collaborations are most likely in industrial safety, real-time location systems, or smart factory applications rather than agriculture.

How they like to work

Claitec operates in both follower and leader modes depending on the domain: in the large Feed-a-Gene consortium (25+ partners across 9 countries) they contributed as a specialist participant, while in SAFETY 4.0 they stepped up as coordinator — typical of an SME that joins large research projects to build network and credibility, then leads smaller market-focused instruments with their own technology. Their 25 unique partners from 9 countries is notably broad for just two projects, suggesting they are comfortable in international multi-partner settings. They are unlikely to be a repeat-partner organisation at this stage; their portfolio diversity points to opportunistic consortium building rather than long-term institutional relationships.

Despite only two projects, Claitec has touched 25 unique consortium partners across 9 countries — a wide reach driven primarily by Feed-a-Gene's large RIA structure. Their geographic spread is European, with a Spanish home base but no discernible regional concentration beyond that.

What sets them apart

Claitec is unusual in combining real-time wireless positioning hardware (UWB safety systems) with direct EU research project experience in precision agriculture — a combination that could be valuable in smart farming, automated livestock facilities, or food-chain traceability projects requiring embedded connectivity. As a coordinating SME with both RIA and SME Instrument experience, they bring market-readiness thinking that large research organisations often lack. For a consortium needing a commercially-anchored technology partner with cross-sector sensor expertise, Claitec offers a credible but compact profile.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SAFETY 4.0
  Claitec's only coordinator role — an SME Instrument Phase 1 feasibility study focused on commercialising UWB-based worker safety systems for Industry 4.0, directly reflecting their core commercial technology.
• Feed-a-Gene
  A major RIA project (Claitec received €67,875) involving precision feeding, genetics, and sustainability across three livestock species — their largest project and evidence of multi-partner European research capacity.