INNOVATEC SENSORIZACION Y COMUNICACION, S.L.

Their core work

INNOVATEC is a Spanish technology SME based in Alcoy specialising in health sensing hardware and connected health platforms. They developed t-Clinic, a medical device concept using body temperature monitoring for early diagnosis, which they brought forward as an independent coordinator under the SME Instrument. They later joined SMART BEAR, a large EU Innovation Action building a big data platform for personalised support of elderly people living independently. Their real-world value lies in bridging physical sensing with digital health infrastructure — moving health data from the device to actionable, personalised interventions.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (2016), INNOVATEC operated as an independent product developer — a single-company SME Instrument bid around a physical medical device (body temperature sensor) for early diagnosis. By 2019, their profile shifted decisively toward software and data: they joined a large Innovation Action consortium centred on big data analytics, connected health, and personalised interventions for independent living. This suggests they either pivoted from hardware-centric development toward the digital health stack, or expanded beyond device manufacturing into the platform layer above it.

INNOVATEC is moving up the value chain — from standalone health sensing hardware toward integration in large-scale digital health platforms, a direction that positions them well for future Horizon Europe health digitalisation calls.

How they like to work

They have led a small, self-contained project as sole coordinator (t-Clinic under SME Instrument), demonstrating the ability to define a concept and drive it independently. They also function as a contributing partner in a large, multi-country Innovation Action (SMART BEAR), suggesting they can adapt their role to consortium size and complexity. With 42 unique partners from just 2 projects, almost all network breadth comes from SMART BEAR — they are not a repeat-partner firm but a consortium joiner comfortable working in large, distributed teams.

Their 42 unique partners across 10 countries almost entirely reflect the SMART BEAR consortium, which is a large pan-European Innovation Action — so their network breadth is real but consortium-driven rather than self-built. Their geographic footprint is European, with no evidence of a specific regional cluster within Europe.

What sets them apart

INNOVATEC is one of relatively few Spanish SMEs combining hands-on medical device development experience (demonstrated by a coordinator-level SME Instrument project) with active participation in large digital health data platforms. That dual competence — hardware sensing plus data-layer integration — makes them a credible bridge partner for consortia that need to connect physical health monitoring to analytics pipelines. Being based in Alcoy rather than a major tech hub also means they bring regional Spanish industry perspective, potentially useful for projects targeting underrepresented European geographies.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SMART BEAR
  The largest and most recent project (EUR 145,731, running to 2025), this Innovation Action is a significant EU digital health platform effort targeting independent living for elderly people — and it is where all of INNOVATEC's data and platform expertise originates.
• t-Clinic
  As sole coordinator under the SME Instrument Phase 1, this project shows INNOVATEC's entrepreneurial capability — proposing and leading an original medical device concept entirely independently.