PRISMA ELECTRONICS SA

Their core work

PRISMA Electronics is a Greek SME specializing in electronic systems, sensors, and detector technologies. They design and manufacture electronic components applied across remarkably diverse domains — from particle physics detector instrumentation and cosmic ray sensors to maritime security monitoring systems and smart assistive devices. Their core competence is translating advanced electronics and sensor engineering into working hardware for both scientific experiments and commercial applications. Based in Alexandroupolis, they serve as a versatile technology supplier contributing specialized electronics expertise to large European research and innovation consortia.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

PRISMA's early H2020 work (2015-2017) split between precision electronics manufacturing — fine-pitch soldering, atomization, screen printing for PCBs — and scientific instrumentation for particle physics and astrophysics experiments. From 2018 onward, they pivoted toward applied domains: smart glasses for health, aircraft containers for aviation, and maritime security systems, while maintaining their physics detector work. The shift suggests a company deliberately moving its sensor and electronics expertise from pure research instrumentation toward commercial and security applications with clearer market potential.

PRISMA is transitioning from research-oriented instrumentation toward applied security, transport, and health monitoring electronics — expect future work in maritime surveillance, wearable devices, or embedded sensing systems.

How they like to work

PRISMA operates exclusively as a consortium participant, never leading projects, which is typical for a specialist SME contributing specific technical components to larger initiatives. With 117 unique partners across 24 countries from just 7 projects, they join large, internationally diverse consortia — particularly MSCA-RISE staff exchange networks, which suggests they value knowledge transfer and building wide-reaching relationships. Their broad partner base indicates they are adaptable collaborators comfortable integrating into varied project teams rather than returning to the same core group.

Extensive network of 117 unique partners spanning 24 countries, built largely through MSCA-RISE mobility projects that connect European, US, and Japanese institutions. For a 7-project SME, this is an unusually wide collaborative footprint, reflecting deep involvement in international research exchange programs.

What sets them apart

PRISMA occupies an unusual niche as an electronics SME that bridges fundamental physics research and commercial product development — few companies can credibly contribute to both muon detector experiments and cruise ship security systems. Their PCB manufacturing and sensor integration capabilities make them a practical partner who can turn scientific concepts into functional hardware. For consortium builders, they offer the rare combination of deep research credibility (3 MSCA-RISE projects) with genuine industrial manufacturing capacity.

Highlights from their portfolio

• See Far
  Their largest single grant (EUR 336,250) and a clear commercial application — smart glasses for visual impairment — showing their move toward market-ready health electronics.
• INTENSE
  Spans particle physics, muon radiography, cosmic rays, geology, and volcanology — demonstrates how their detector expertise crosses from fundamental physics into geoscience applications.
• ISOLA
  Most recent project (2020-2024) focused on maritime security for cruise ships, representing their clearest pivot toward applied security and monitoring systems.