NAVINFO EUROPE BV

Their core work

NAVINFO EUROPE BV is a Dutch technology SME and the European arm of a mapping and location intelligence company, based in Eindhoven — the heart of the Netherlands' automotive and high-tech corridor. Their work centers on digital mapping, navigation software, and location data services that underpin connected and automated vehicle systems. In both H2020 projects they entered as a third-party specialist, meaning other consortium members brought them in specifically to contribute proprietary technology or data assets rather than research capacity. Their project footprint points to a focus on the data and software layer that makes cooperative, automated mobility actually function across real road and port infrastructure.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

NAVINFO's early H2020 engagement (2018) was tightly focused on cooperative connected automated mobility — the vehicle-centric, 5G-enabled driving use case. Their second project, starting in 2021, shifts the lens toward ports and multimodal freight hubs, suggesting they are broadening from passenger vehicle corridors toward the full transport and logistics chain. With no keywords recorded for the MAGPIE period, this later trajectory is harder to read precisely, but the direction is clear: from road-based automated driving toward integrated smart infrastructure across multiple transport modes.

NAVINFO appears to be moving from narrow vehicle-connectivity use cases toward broader transport ecosystem roles, which positions them as a candidate partner for smart city, logistics, and port digitisation consortia — not just autonomous driving projects.

How they like to work

NAVINFO participates exclusively as a third party in both recorded projects — never as a formal consortium partner or coordinator. This is a deliberate positioning: they are brought in by other partners to contribute specific technology or data that the core consortium cannot produce itself. Both projects sit inside very large Innovation Action consortia (touching 111 unique partners), meaning NAVINFO operates as a specialist plug-in to major EU-scale mobility programmes rather than building their own research network.

Despite only two projects, NAVINFO has been exposed to 111 unique consortium partners across 15 countries — a footprint that reflects the scale of the flagship mobility Innovation Actions they joined. Their network spans major European transport operators, infrastructure authorities, and digital technology companies active in the connected mobility space.

What sets them apart

NAVINFO EUROPE occupies a rare niche: a commercially-oriented mapping and location-data SME that engages in EU research consortia as a specialist supplier rather than a research institution. For consortium builders, this means access to proprietary location intelligence assets — the kind of real-world data and navigation software that academic or infrastructure partners cannot produce internally. Their Eindhoven base places them directly inside the Brainport ecosystem, giving them proximity to automotive OEMs, tier-1 suppliers, and smart mobility testbeds that few mapping companies can match.

Highlights from their portfolio

• 5G-MOBIX
  A flagship European 5G trial for automated vehicles on cross-border corridors — one of the highest-profile connected-mobility Innovation Actions in H2020, involving cross-country 5G infrastructure deployment.
• MAGPIE
  A long-running (2021–2026) smart port project that shows NAVINFO extending its mobility data expertise into maritime and freight logistics — a significant thematic expansion.