LARGOIKO S.L.L.

Their core work

LARGOIKO is a Spanish SME based in Navarre that develops automated industrial machinery for the printing and bookbinding sector. Their documented work centers on the D-PAL system — an automated depalletiser designed to handle the mechanical feeding of printed signatures (folded sheet sections) into bookbinding production lines, replacing slow and error-prone manual operations. They took this product from concept to market through the full EU SME Instrument pathway, first validating feasibility and then executing a full commercialization project. Their practical value is in solving a specific industrial bottleneck: automating the interface between pallet-loaded print runs and downstream binding equipment.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

LARGOIKO's entire H2020 record is a single product taken through two consecutive funding phases between 2016 and 2018, so there is no meaningful shift in technical focus to report — both projects address the same problem in the same sector. No keyword data is available for either phase, making it impossible to detect any refinement in their technical approach from the data alone. Their trajectory shows depth rather than breadth: they committed fully to one specific industrial automation challenge and pursued it to commercial scale.

As of their last H2020 activity (2018), LARGOIKO was at the commercialisation stage of a single product; any subsequent direction — whether broadening into adjacent print-industry automation or pivoting entirely — is not visible from available EU project data.

How they like to work

LARGOIKO operated exclusively as sole coordinator under the SME Instrument, a funding scheme that by design does not require consortium partners. They recorded zero external partners across both projects, which reflects the nature of the instrument rather than an active preference against collaboration. What this tells a potential partner is that LARGOIKO is product-focused and self-directed — they are likely to bring a concrete, well-defined technology to a partnership rather than function as a research collaborator seeking co-development.

LARGOIKO has no recorded consortium relationships within H2020 — both projects were executed as solo SME Instrument grants. They have no documented international co-operation footprint in EU project data.

What sets them apart

LARGOIKO holds a rare distinction: they are one of a small number of SMEs that successfully completed both phases of the EU SME Instrument for the same product, meaning their D-PAL technology has passed independent expert evaluation twice — for technical feasibility and for commercial readiness. For a consortium builder in printing, packaging, or industrial automation, they bring a validated, near-market hardware product rather than early-stage research. Their narrow focus is also their strength — there is no ambiguity about what they do.

Highlights from their portfolio

• D-PAL (Phase 2)
  At €655,916, this Phase 2 SME Instrument grant represents a successful commercialisation push for an automation product, placing LARGOIKO among the minority of SMEs that advanced from feasibility to full implementation funding.
• D-PAL (Phase 1)
  The €50,000 Phase 1 feasibility project is the entry point that validated the D-PAL concept and unlocked the larger Phase 2 grant — demonstrating structured product development discipline.