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Their core work

AEROMEC is a mechanical manufacturing SME based in Iurreta, in Spain's Basque Country — one of Europe's most concentrated industrial manufacturing regions. They specialize in precision mechanical construction and machining, and bring real shop-floor production environments to EU research consortia as an industrial end-user and validation partner. In practice, this means research projects gain access to a functioning manufacturing facility to test and validate ICT tools, quality frameworks, and digital process control systems against real production conditions. Their value in a consortium is not as a technology developer but as the industrial reality check — the company where the solution must actually work.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first project (MC-SUITE, 2015-2018), AEROMEC engaged with ICT solutions for machining — essentially software tools for improving production processes, with no recorded keyword specialization suggesting they were in a broad industrial end-user role. By their second project (InterQ, 2020-2023), the focus sharpened dramatically toward data-driven quality assurance: digital twins, AI, distributed ledger, virtual sensors, and supply chain traceability. This is a clear shift from tool adoption to data intelligence — from "better machining software" to "zero-defect manufacturing through interconnected data."

AEROMEC is moving toward full Industry 4.0 integration — digitizing their shop floor through AI, digital twins, and data quality frameworks — and is likely to be a strong fit for future consortia targeting smart manufacturing, predictive quality control, or industrial IoT validation.

How they like to work

AEROMEC has never led a project — both participations are as consortium member — which positions them firmly as an industrial partner that contributes a real manufacturing environment rather than driving research direction. Their consortia have been large (34 unique partners across just 2 projects, averaging 17 per project), indicating they are comfortable operating within complex, multi-partner structures. Working with them means gaining access to a Basque manufacturing facility willing to open its processes to external validation, which is a relatively rare and valuable asset in manufacturing research.

AEROMEC has built connections with 34 unique partners across 12 countries through only two projects — a notably wide network for an SME of this size. Their footprint is pan-European, consistent with the international consortium structure typical of RIA and IA projects.

What sets them apart

AEROMEC's core differentiator is geography and sector density: a manufacturing SME embedded in the Basque Country, Spain's industrial heartland, with real machining operations that can serve as a living lab for manufacturing research. Most Spanish manufacturing SMEs in EU projects come from this region, but AEROMEC's specific combination of mechanical construction background with active adoption of AI and zero-defect frameworks makes them more digitally forward than typical industrial end-users. For a consortium that needs an industrial partner who will genuinely implement and stress-test a manufacturing technology — not just sign off on it — AEROMEC is a credible candidate.

Highlights from their portfolio

• InterQ
  Their most technically ambitious project, combining AI, digital twins, distributed ledger, and virtual sensors into a zero-defect manufacturing framework — the clearest signal of AEROMEC's digital transformation trajectory.
• MC-SUITE
  Their entry into EU-funded research, validating an ICT-powered machining software suite in a real production environment and establishing their role as an industrial end-user partner.