What PRO DESIGN Electronic does

PRO DESIGN Electronic GmbH is a privately held German E²MS (Electronic Engineering and Manufacturing Services) provider founded in 1982 by Helmut Mahr in Bruckmühl, southeast of Munich. The company operates two complementary businesses: (1) full-service EMS for highly complex electronic assemblies, covering PCB layout and design, electronics development, materials management, SMD assembly, test and inspection, logistics, and after-sales service for customers in automotive, medical technology, aerospace, and semiconductor markets; and (2) proprietary FPGA-based hardware products, currently the prodesign FALCON and HAWK PCIe acceleration cards for High Performance Computing, AI/ML, storage, networking, and broadcast workloads, after the June 2021 divestiture of the proFPGA prototyping business to Siemens/Mentor.

Core technology spans precision SMT production using ASM/Siplace SX lines (handling 01005 components down to 350µ BGA pitch, boards with up to 4,500 components and 200 component types), modular FPGA board design using Intel Stratix 10 (FALCON) and AMD/Xilinx Versal AI Core (HAWK) silicon with HBM2 memory and Samtec NovaRay 112 Gbps PAM4 interconnect, and a wholly owned development center in Arnstadt, Thuringia. Capabilities are supported by DIN EN ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 13485:2016 (medical devices) certifications, with a sales-led, direct enterprise GTM motion across Germany, France, and the United States.

Revenue is generated primarily through B2B professional services (custom EMS projects at project-specific pricing) and hardware sales (own-brand FPGA acceleration cards). The company is currently led by CEO Philipp Ampletzer (since June 1, 2021, following the proFPGA divestiture) alongside founder Helmut Mahr and a managing-director team of five, with no disclosed institutional or PE/VC ownership and active ongoing capacity investment (€1.3M building expansion started November 2025 and €1.5M in new SMD technology deployed June 2025).

Name

PRO DESIGN Electronic

Legal name

PRO DESIGN Electronic GmbH

Website

https://prodesign-europe.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PRO DESIGN Electronic GmbH is a German E²MS provider offering full-service electronics manufacturing (PCB design, SMD assembly, testing) for automotive, medical, aerospace, and semiconductor customers, plus proprietary FPGA-based PCIe acceleration cards (prodesign FALCON and HAWK) for HPC and AI workloads.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electronic Manufacturing Services

NAICS

Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing (334418), Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing (334412), Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411)

SIC

Printed Circuit Boards (3672), Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (No Computer Equip) (3600)

akta.pro primary industry

PCB Assembly (PCBA/EMS) (HDAHAOAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

PCB Fabrication (Rigid PCBs) (HDAHAOAG), Industrial PCB & Substrate Components (Bare PCBs, rigid-flex, ceramic substrates, thick-film) (IMAGAJAM), System-Level, Multi-Physics & Package/PCB Co-Design (EDA) (HDAHAFAD)

Keywords

• Electronics manufacturing services
• PCB design
• SMD assembly
• FPGA acceleration cards
• High performance computing

Headquarters

HQ city

Bruckmühl

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. EMS Services: Electronic Manufacturing Services including PCB layout and design, development, prototyping, SMT assembly, testing, and after-sales service. Customers can engage at any stage of the process.
2. Proprietary FPGA Products: Development, production and sale of own FPGA-based products including proFPGA prototyping systems and prodesign Acceleration Cards (FALCON and HAWK) for High Performance Computing applications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

PRO DESIGN Electronic GmbH provides full-service Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) including PCB layout and design, electronics development, SMD assembly, testing, logistics, and after-sales support for highly complex electronic assemblies. The company also develops and manufactures its own FPGA-based PCIe acceleration cards (prodesign FALCON and HAWK) targeting high performance computing, AI, data center, and storage acceleration applications.

Product overview

PRO DESIGN Electronic operates as both an EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services) provider and a developer/manufacturer of FPGA-based products. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio consisting of two main product lines: (1) prodesign Acceleration Cards for High Performance Computing (FALCON based on Intel Stratix 10 and HAWK based on AMD/Xilinx Versal), and (2) proFPGA modular prototyping systems (UNO/DUO/QUAD based on Xilinx Virtex UltraScale+ VU19P, plus specialized modules for Zynq UltraScale+ and Intel Stratix 10). The proFPGA line includes various motherboards, FPGA modules, and the proFPGA Cut partitioning software. Additionally, the company provides EMS services encompassing the full electronics product lifecycle from PCB design through prototyping to volume manufacturing, including SMD assembly, testing, and logistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• proFPGA: FPGA-based prototyping product family for ASIC and IP prototyping and pre-silicon software development. Sold to Siemens/Mentor in 2021.
• prodesign FALCON
• prodesign HAWK
• prodesign FALCON-NEST

Products and services

• prodesign FALCON Acceleration Card FPGA-based PCIe acceleration card based on Intel Stratix 10 MX/NX technology with HBM2 memory integration, targeting HPC, data center, virtual networks, and broadcast solutions. Features PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, four 100GE QSFP-DD ports, and Samtec NovaRay high-speed connectors.
• prodesign HAWK Acceleration Card FPGA-based acceleration card based on AMD/Xilinx Versal AI Core technology offering AI and DSP acceleration engines, PCIe Gen3 x16 or Gen4 x8 interface, and NAND Flash module support up to 30TB capacity.
• EMS Services (PCB Design, Development, Manufacturing) Full-service Electronics Manufacturing Services including project management, PCB layout and construction, electronics development, material management, SMD assembly, test and inspection systems, logistics, and after-sales support for highly complex electronic assemblies in automotive, medical, aerospace, and semiconductor industries.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% faster production with new ASM SMT line
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Siemens/MentormajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2021PRO DESIGN sold the proFPGA business division to Siemens/Mentor on June 1, 2021, marking a significant strategic transition.
• Missing Link ElectronicscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 June 2018MLE is the new partner for IP and systems design. Together they offer FPGA turnkey solutions consisting of hardware and software for applications such as Data Center, High Performance Computing, Autonomous Driving and others.
• ARMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2015Collaboration to interface ARM Juno Development Platform with proFPGA prototyping systems. Joint development of proFPGA-ARM-Juno adapter board for increased design and verification efficiency for ARMv8-A based designs. Combined platforms allow users to benefit from all Juno Platform features with scalable proFPGA capacity for IP, sub-systems or complete ARM-based SoC designs.
• SamteccoreTechnology or IntegrationPRO DESIGN uses Samtec NovaRay Extreme Density Arrays in their prodesign FALCON acceleration cards. NovaRay connectors provide 4.0 Tbps aggregate data rate with extreme density and performance.
• ASMcoreTechnology or IntegrationASM (formerly DEK) supplies the SMT production line including DEK NeoHorizon printer and Siplace SX placement machines for high-precision electronics manufacturing.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NOTE AB: Swedish mid-sized EMS provider with industrial, medical and defense customers. Similar size band to PRO DESIGN with comparable mix of prototyping and volume production.
• Katek Group: German/DACH-focused EMS group offering PCB design, development, SMT assembly and box-build for high-quality markets. Closely aligned with PRO DESIGN on geography, vertical mix and complex-assembly capability.
• Cicor Technologies: Swiss-headquartered mid-cap EMS provider serving medical, industrial and aerospace customers across Europe. Directly comparable to PRO DESIGN in scale, regulated-end-market focus and full-service EMS-plus-engineering positioning.
• BMK Group: German EMS specialist with strong automotive and industrial exposure, offering PCB assembly and electronics development from prototypes to series production. Comparable footprint and customer profile to PRO DESIGN.
• Scanfil: Nordic-headquartered EMS serving industrial, energy, automotive and medical customers globally. Comparable in its focus on complex, high-mix electronic assemblies and its European manufacturing base.

Emerging players

• Achronix Semiconductor: US-based fabless vendor of high-performance FPGAs and eFPGA IP targeting data center acceleration and HPC. Competes with the FALCON/HAWK product family in the FPGA acceleration-card end-market.
• Missing Link Electronics: Strategic FPGA design-services and turnkey-solutions partner of PRO DESIGN since 2018. Targets the same HPC, autonomous driving and data-center customers and represents both a partner and an emerging adjacent competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Synopsys (HAPS prototyping): Acquired the proFPGA business from PRO DESIGN in 2021 via Mentor/Siemens and sells the HAPS FPGA prototyping family. Broad EDA incumbent with overlapping capability to PRO DESIGN's heritage product line.
• Jabil: Global EMS and supply-chain services provider with deep aerospace, automotive and healthcare capabilities. Competes for the same regulated end-customer wallet at vastly larger scale.
• Flex (Flextronics): Global tier-one EMS incumbent with broad automotive, health and industrial coverage. Competes with PRO DESIGN for high-complexity EMS work but at materially larger scale and geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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