EGOIN SA

Their core work

EGOIN SA is a Spanish SME based in Vizcaya (Basque Country) that manufactures prefabricated timber building modules using industrial mass-production methods. Their work sits at the intersection of traditional timber construction and modern digital fabrication, applying Building Information Modeling (BIM) to factory-produce standardized building components designed for energy renovation of existing buildings. In EU research consortia they contribute a factory-floor perspective that universities and research institutes cannot provide: the ability to translate research prototypes into scalable, industrially produced building systems. Their more recent involvement in the forest-based circular bio-economy broadens this into the full wood value chain, from sustainably sourced timber to end-of-life material recovery.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (BERTIM, 2015-2019), EGOIN's focus was tightly defined: timber prefabrication, BIM, and mass manufacturing applied to building energy renovation — a product and process identity. Their second project (WoodCircus, 2018-2021) marks a shift in framing, moving from the manufactured product to the sector that supplies it, with the forest-based circular bio-economy as the organizing concept. This suggests EGOIN may be repositioning from a narrow construction-product manufacturer toward a company that sees itself as part of a wider sustainable materials ecosystem, though the evidence base is thin with only two projects.

EGOIN appears to be broadening from a construction-product identity toward the sustainable forest value chain, which makes them a more versatile partner for bio-based building material projects than their early profile would suggest.

How they like to work

EGOIN has never led a project — both participations were as consortium member — which is typical of an industrial SME whose value lies in practical manufacturing capability rather than research leadership. Despite only two projects, they engaged with 30 distinct partners across 11 countries, indicating involvement in large, multi-partner Innovation Action consortia rather than small bilateral collaborations. Expect them to serve as an industrial validation partner: the company that proves a research concept can actually be built at scale in a factory.

Across just two projects, EGOIN has built connections with 30 unique partners spanning 11 countries — a remarkably broad network for a two-project portfolio, consistent with the large multi-stakeholder consortia typical of Horizon 2020 Innovation Actions. Their network is European in scope, anchored in the construction, forestry, and sustainable materials communities.

What sets them apart

EGOIN occupies a rare niche as a Basque Country industrial SME that combines hands-on timber prefabrication manufacturing with digital BIM integration — a combination that gives research consortia a credible route from prototype to factory-scale production. Most timber construction players in EU research are either large industrial groups or academic wood-science labs; EGOIN sits in the middle as a practical manufacturing partner at SME scale. For projects that need to demonstrate industrial replicability of bio-based or prefabricated building systems, they offer a real production environment rather than a pilot line.

Highlights from their portfolio

• BERTIM
  EGOIN's defining project: the largest budget (EUR 310,555), the clearest expression of their core capability in timber prefabrication and BIM, and a concrete Innovation Action with real building renovation targets.
• WoodCircus
  Signals a strategic broadening into the circular bio-economy and forest sector, a significant thematic shift from BERTIM's construction focus even though the funding was modest (EUR 30,312).