SOCIEDAD EUROPEA DE ANALISIS DIFERENCIAL DE MOVILIDAD SL

Their core work

SEADM is a Spanish SME that designs and manufactures Differential Mobility Analysis (DMA) instruments — precision equipment for classifying, measuring, and detecting nanoparticles and aerosols based on their electrical mobility. Their instruments are applied across environmental monitoring, automotive emissions testing, and chemical/biological threat detection. The company sits at the intersection of advanced analytical instrumentation and real-world measurement challenges, providing hardware solutions to research consortia and industry alike.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

SEADM's H2020 trajectory spans only 2016–2018 in project start dates, making evolution analysis limited. Their earliest activity (2016) combined environmental hazard detection commercialization (HAZEL) with automotive emissions research (SUREAL-23), while their most recent project (COSMIC, 2018) moved into security applications for CBRNE detection. This suggests a deliberate broadening of their core DMA instrumentation from environmental and industrial uses toward security and defense markets.

SEADM is expanding its DMA instrumentation from environmental monitoring toward security and defense applications, signaling interest in dual-use detection markets.

How they like to work

SEADM operates primarily as a specialist partner, joining larger consortia (2 of 3 projects) while coordinating one SME Instrument Phase 1 project independently. With 16 unique partners across 9 countries from just 3 projects, they integrate well into diverse European consortia. Their participation in both RIA and SME-1 schemes shows a company that can function as a technology provider within large research teams and also pursue its own commercialization path.

Despite only 3 projects, SEADM has built a network of 16 partners across 9 countries, indicating they join substantial, geographically diverse consortia rather than small bilateral collaborations.

What sets them apart

SEADM occupies a rare niche as a European SME manufacturing Differential Mobility Analysis equipment — a specialized instrumentation field with very few commercial players. Their ability to apply the same core measurement technology across environmental, automotive, and security domains makes them a versatile instrumentation partner. For consortium builders, they offer a commercially-minded SME that brings proprietary hardware rather than just research expertise.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SUREAL-23
  Largest project by funding (EUR 708,650), addressing the regulatory-critical challenge of measuring sub-23nm particle emissions from vehicle engines.
• COSMIC
  Represents SEADM's expansion into security applications, applying their particle detection expertise to CBRNE threat screening in containers.
• HAZEL
  SEADM's only coordinated project — an SME Instrument Phase 1 aimed at commercializing their hazardous particle detection equipment.