KORONA INZENIRING DD

Their core work

Korona Inženiring is a Slovenian engineering SME based in Ljubljana that provides technical implementation and engineering expertise within EU research consortia. Their work spans two distinct domains: industrial process efficiency in manufacturing settings and, more recently, nature-based engineering solutions for urban environments. As a private engineering company, they likely contribute practical design, integration, or on-site implementation capacity that larger research partners cannot provide directly. The breadth of their two projects — from factory-floor resource efficiency to city-scale green infrastructure — suggests a versatile engineering firm capable of adapting its core skills across different application contexts.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 engagement (EPOS, 2015–2019), Korona Inženiring operated firmly in the manufacturing and industrial efficiency space, contributing to a project targeting resource and energy performance in process industries — with no environment or urban keywords attached. By 2020, their focus shifted markedly: VARCITIES places them squarely in urban greening, public health co-benefits, and nature-based infrastructure. This is a significant thematic pivot, moving from factory-floor optimization toward city-scale environmental engineering — likely reflecting either a deliberate strategic repositioning or an expansion of services into the growing green urban infrastructure market.

Korona Inženiring appears to be moving toward the green cities and urban resilience space, making them a potentially useful partner for future Horizon Europe missions on climate-neutral and smart cities.

How they like to work

Korona Inženiring has participated exclusively as a consortium partner — never as a project coordinator — across both H2020 projects. Despite only two projects, they have accumulated 43 unique partners across 13 countries, which indicates participation in large, multi-partner consortia rather than small focused collaborations. This profile suggests they function as a specialist contributor: brought in for specific engineering or implementation capabilities, not for project management or scientific leadership.

Korona Inženiring has built a surprisingly broad network for a two-project participant: 43 unique partners spanning 13 countries, entirely through large EU consortia. Their geographic reach is European, though no recurring partner relationships can be confirmed from the available data.

What sets them apart

Korona Inženiring is a rare Slovenian engineering SME with proven participation in both industrial efficiency and urban nature-based solutions — two areas that rarely overlap in one organisation's portfolio. For consortium builders, this cross-domain experience can be valuable when projects need practical engineering implementation grounded in both industrial systems and urban infrastructure. Their SME status also makes them eligible for SME-specific funding roles and quotas within Horizon Europe consortia.

Highlights from their portfolio

• EPOS
  Their largest project by EC funding (€328,500), placing them in the industrial process efficiency space and representing their earliest — and so far only — manufacturing-sector engagement.
• VARCITIES
  A major urban resilience Innovation Action running to 2025, signalling a deliberate expansion into nature-based solutions and green city infrastructure that marks a clear strategic shift.