DESARROLLO Y GESTION INDUSTRIAL Y DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE SA

Their core work

DEGIMA is a Spanish industrial engineering SME based in Maliaño, Cantabria — a coastal industrial hub with strong maritime heritage. They work on mechanical and structural engineering solutions with a demonstrated specialization in offshore mooring hardware and connection systems for floating wind installations. In the PivotBuoy project, they contributed engineering expertise to the development of a quick-connect mooring system designed to reduce installation costs and enable reliable long-term operation of floating offshore wind turbines. Their company name — Industrial and Environmental Development and Management — signals a dual focus on industrial engineering services and environmental compliance, consistent with their trajectory toward renewable energy infrastructure.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2015, DEGIMA's H2020 entry was an SME Phase 1 feasibility study on temperate welding — a manufacturing process innovation, likely aimed at reducing energy consumption or improving joint quality in metal fabrication. By 2019, their focus had pivoted sharply toward offshore renewable energy, specifically the structural and mechanical challenges of mooring floating wind platforms. This is not a random shift: welding and structural fabrication expertise is directly applicable to the demanding mechanical requirements of offshore mooring hardware, which must withstand extreme loads over decades. The trajectory suggests a deliberate strategic move from general industrial manufacturing toward the offshore wind supply chain.

DEGIMA is positioning itself as a niche engineering supplier within the floating offshore wind supply chain, specifically around mooring and connection systems — a sector expected to scale significantly through 2030 as Atlantic European waters see first commercial floating wind deployments.

How they like to work

DEGIMA has experience on both sides of the consortium table: they led a small SME Phase 1 feasibility study as coordinator, and joined a larger multi-partner RIA as a specialist participant. Their involvement in PivotBuoy — a 12-partner, 6-country consortium — shows they can integrate into complex international research teams without needing to lead. This makes them a pragmatic partner: capable of independent initiative on focused feasibility work, but equally comfortable contributing specific technical expertise within a larger programme.

With 12 unique consortium partners across 6 countries from just 2 projects, DEGIMA's network density is relatively high for their project volume. Their PivotBuoy partners likely include offshore engineering institutes, turbine developers, and marine technology firms from the Atlantic European cluster — Spain, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, and the UK are typical for this technology area.

What sets them apart

DEGIMA occupies a specific and currently undersupplied niche: an SME with hands-on manufacturing and fabrication expertise now focused on the mechanical hardware challenges of floating offshore wind. Most floating wind research consortia are led by large engineering firms or universities — SMEs with real fabrication capability and cost-reduction focus are genuinely scarce. Their location in Cantabria, with proximity to both the Bay of Biscay and Spain's industrial manufacturing base, gives them geographic and logistical relevance for Atlantic floating wind pilots.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PivotBuoy
  Their largest and most technically substantive project — a €892,974 share of a multi-million RIA developing a quick-connect floating wind mooring system, running 2019–2023 and directly relevant to the commercial floating wind pipeline in Atlantic waters.
• TEMPERATE CO2
  Coordinated as an SME Phase 1 project in 2015, demonstrating early entrepreneurial initiative and willingness to lead EU-funded feasibility work on manufacturing process innovation.