KACHELMANN GMBH

Their core work

Kachelmann GmbH is a Swiss private company providing professional weather and climate data services, operating from Sattel, Switzerland. They contribute specialized meteorological data, weather models, or environmental monitoring datasets to research consortia as a third-party service provider — meaning they supply real-world inputs that academic or technology partners cannot generate internally. Their involvement in CityCLIM points to expertise in high-resolution weather data and urban climate modeling, while Cross-CPP demonstrates their ability to feed environmental data streams into broader digital and cyber-physical research ecosystems.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (Cross-CPP, 2017–2021), Kachelmann participated in a digital/ICT-oriented consortium focused on cyber-physical data integration — their weather or environmental data was one input stream among many sectorial sources. Their second project (CityCLIM, 2021–2024) moved squarely into climate services, with weather modeling and emerging data sources as the central theme. This shift from a broad digital-data role toward a focused climate-services positioning reflects a deliberate move into a market growing rapidly under EU climate adaptation mandates.

Kachelmann is moving from being a generic real-world data provider in digital/IoT projects toward a specialist position in urban climate and weather services — a segment receiving increasing EU research investment as climate adaptation becomes a policy priority.

How they like to work

Kachelmann has participated in all H2020 projects exclusively as a third party — supplying data or services to consortia without holding formal participant status or receiving direct EC funding. Their two projects involved a combined 18 unique partners across 8 countries, indicating membership in large, multi-national research consortia rather than small bilateral arrangements. This is typical of operational data providers who are contracted by a lead partner to supply ground-truth inputs that the research team cannot generate themselves.

Kachelmann's two projects connected them with 18 unique consortium partners across 8 countries — a notably wide network for a company with only 2 EU project entries. Their reach spans both ICT and climate research communities across Europe.

What sets them apart

As an operational weather and climate data provider, Kachelmann fills a niche that pure research institutes and technology companies cannot easily replicate: access to commercial-grade, real-world meteorological observations collected outside the academic system. This makes them a practical bridge between theoretical climate models and validated ground-truth data. For consortia working on climate adaptation, smart cities, or environmental monitoring, they offer a data infrastructure contribution without the administrative overhead of a formal research partner relationship.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CityCLIM
  Directly aligned with Kachelmann's core weather expertise — next-generation urban climate services using advanced weather models — making this their most domain-specific and strategically relevant EU project.
• Cross-CPP
  An ICT and cyber-physical data integration project that demonstrates Kachelmann's ability to contribute environmental data streams beyond pure meteorology contexts.