What Comatec Group does

Comatec Group is a privately held Finnish engineering consulting group founded in 1986 in Tampere by Aulis Asikainen. The company provides multi-disciplinary engineering design, project management, and expert services across mechanical, electrical, automation, hydraulic, and software design domains, organized into specialized subsidiaries (Insinööritoimisto Comatec Oy as parent, plus Comatec Industrial and Marine Oy, Comatec Mobility Oy, and the newly formed Comatec Process and Automation Oy created on January 1, 2025 from the merger of Oucons Oy, Rantotek Oy, Comatec Automation Oy, and Comatec Project Services Oy). It serves enterprise industrial clients in eleven verticals including mobile machinery, maritime and shipbuilding, energy, industrial automation, food, defence, transport/railway, chemical, mining and metals, forest/wood/paper, and circular economy.

The group's revenue model is professional services-based, delivered via direct enterprise sales and project-based engagements with quote-based pricing tied to scope. Distribution is anchored by approximately 550 technology professionals operating from more than 20 offices across Finland, Sweden, Poland, Estonia, and Romania, providing a nearshore delivery model to Nordic OEMs. Technology credentials include Siemens Solutions Partner and TÜV-certified Machine Safety Partner status, Aveva System Integrator Partner status, ISO 9001:2015 certification, and a 2024 Dun & Bradstreet AA credit rating.

Comatec reported revenue of 43 million euros for fiscal year 2025, with a stated customer roster including Metso, Sandvik, John Deere Forestry, ANDRITZ, Valmet, Posiva, Patria, Kalmar, Helsinki Port, VR FleetCare, Raute, and Metsä Board. The company maintains private Finnish ownership with no external venture capital or public listing disclosed, having grown primarily through organic expansion supplemented by selective tuck-in acquisitions such as Vemika Oy (2003) and Deemec Oy (2022).

Name

Comatec Group

Legal name

Insinööritoimisto Comatec Oy

Website

https://comatec.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Comatec Group is a privately held Finnish engineering consulting firm providing multi-disciplinary design, project management, and expert services across mechanical, electrical, and automation domains to industrial enterprise clients in 11 verticals, operating from 20+ offices in five European countries with ~550 employees and €43M FY2025 revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampere

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Design Services: Professional services revenue from design, consulting, and project management services delivered to industrial clients across multiple sectors including energy, maritime, mobile machinery, and manufacturing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Comatec Group delivers multi-disciplinary engineering design, project management and expert services to industrial clients through operating subsidiaries in Finland, Sweden, Poland, Estonia, and Romania. Services span mechanical, electrical, automation and software design across sectors including mobile machinery, maritime, energy, automation, defense, railway, food processing, mining and pulp/paper. Project delivery covers the full lifecycle from concept and feasibility through detailed design, simulation, commissioning and modernization.

Product overview

Comatec Group is an engineering consulting firm offering a portfolio of design, project management, and expert services through multiple subsidiaries. The company operates as a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy organized around specialized subsidiaries including Insinööritoimisto Comatec Oy (parent company), Comatec Industrial and Marine Oy (industrial and maritime), Comatec Mobility Oy (mobile machinery and vehicles), Comatec Process and Automation Oy (process and automation, formed from 2025 mergers), and international subsidiaries in Estonia, Poland, Romania, and Sweden. Service offerings span 16 core areas including automation, industrial machinery, conveyor systems, material handling, steel structures, production engineering, electrical systems, and sector-specific services for energy, food, chemical, maritime, transport, mining, forestry, and defense industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Expert Services (Asiantuntijapalvelut) Specialized expert services that complement basic engineering design, including lifecycle support, technical calculations, simulation, testing, and environmental services. Provided to industrial clients for projects of all sizes.
• Automation (Automaatio) Custom automation solutions for demanding production needs, including system design, PLC/HMI programming, commissioning, and integration from mechanical design to control solutions and training. Delivered through Siemens-certified automation expertise.
• Commercial Vehicles (Hyötyajoneuvot) Design and development support for commercial vehicles including buses, trucks, off-road vehicles, and defense vehicles, covering concept, layout, production, and aftermarket support stages.
• Boiler and Heating Plants (Kattila- ja lämpölaitokset) Comprehensive boiler and heating plant design services including steam and hot water boilers, heat exchangers, heat recovery systems, and thermal calculations for energy efficiency. Over 100 boilers and boiler plants designed and over 100 modernizations completed worldwide.
• Conveyor Systems (Kuljetinjärjestelmät) Design services for conveyor and lifting equipment systems, material handling devices, investment consulting, plant layout, and production efficiency improvement, including for bulk material systems and pulp mill woodyards.
• Material Handling (Materiaalinkäsittely) Design services for material handling systems and auxiliary equipment including lifting devices, piping, silos, and tanks for mining, energy, food, and wood processing industries.
• Forestry Machinery and Harvesters (Metsäkoneet ja harvesterit) Specialized design and development services for forestry machines, harvesters, firewood processors, and related equipment including concept, layout, production, and aftermarket support.
• Pressure Vessels and Pipes (Paineastiat ja -putkistot) Design services for high-pressure piping, pressure vessels, and storage tanks with comprehensive process design, energy and mass balance calculations, and strength engineering.
• Rail Transport Equipment (Raideliikennekalusto) Design and consulting services for rail transport equipment including new design, product changes, fleet acquisitions, modernization, and lifecycle cost calculations. Clients include VR FleetCare and Škoda Transtech.
• Port Logistics (Satamalogistiikka) Design services for port logistics including container spreaders, spreader lifts, RMG and RTG cranes, covering investment consulting, layout, equipment design, and maintenance optimization.
• Electrical Equipment and Systems (Sähkölaitteet ja -järjestelmät) Design, development, and simulation services for electrical equipment and systems from electric motors to industrial automation and safety systems, including product development and turnkey projects. Engagement includes work such as the Helsinki Port Vuosaari shore power system pre-design, electrical design, project management, and construction supervision.
• Industrial Machinery and Equipment (Teollisuuden koneet ja laitteet) Design and consulting services for industrial machinery and equipment across the entire product lifecycle from new product design to repair and modernization of existing equipment.
• Industrial Production Plants (Teollisuuden tuotantolaitokset) Design and optimization services for industrial production plants covering investment consulting, layout, process design, production efficiency, and maintenance planning, with AVEVA-based supervision and data collection capabilities.
• Industrial Automation (Teollisuusautomaatio) Comprehensive industrial automation services including automation and software design, machine safety solutions, and commissioning from concept to implementation, leveraging TÜV-certified machine safety partnership.
• Steel Structures (Teräsrakenteet) Design services for steel structures from pre-planning to strength calculations, specializing in optimization for durability, weight, and cost efficiency.
• Production Engineering (Tuotantotekniikka) Production engineering services including SIA design, automation systems, mechanical design, application automation, logic systems, safety applications, and instrumentation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Designed over 100 boilers and boiler plants, modernized over 100 more worldwide
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Deemec OyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 July 2022Deemec Oy merged into Comatec Industrial and Marine Oy in July 2022 as part of organizational consolidation.
• SiemenscoreTechnology or IntegrationSiemens Solutions Partner providing automation and industrial systems integration services. Also Siemens TÜV certified machine safety partner - one of the first certified partners in Finland.
• AvevacoreTechnology or IntegrationAveva System Integrator Partner for supervision and data collection systems integration.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Etteplan: Etteplan is a Finnish-headquartered engineering design and embedded systems consultancy with very similar service lines to Comatec — mechanical, electrical, automation, and software design for industrial OEMs. Comparable scale, both serve mobile machinery, marine, energy, and process industry customers across the Nordics, making it the closest direct peer.
• Elomatic: Elomatic is a Finnish engineering and consulting firm specializing in marine, energy, and process industry design — directly overlapping with Comatec's maritime, boiler/energy, and industrial production plant offerings. Both are Finnish-rooted multi-discipline design houses serving similar enterprise customers.
• Rejlers: Rejlers is a Nordic engineering consultancy offering electrical, automation, mechanical, and ICT design services to industrial, energy, and infrastructure customers. Its multi-disciplinary engineering service mix and Nordic footprint position it as a close direct peer to Comatec.
• Semcon: Semcon is a Scandinavian engineering and product development consultancy serving transport, energy, and industrial customers with mechanical and embedded systems design. Its service model (concept-to-serial-production design for OEMs) closely matches Comatec's mobile machinery and product-development offerings.

Broad incumbents

• AFRY (formerly ÅF and Pöyry): AFRY is a large Swedish-Finnish engineering and design consultancy covering industrial, energy, infrastructure, and process industries. It is one of the largest players in the Nordic engineering services market and competes with Comatec for many of the same enterprise engineering mandates — particularly in energy, process, and maritime.
• Ramboll: Ramboll is a major Nordic-headquartered international engineering, design, and consulting firm active across buildings, transport, energy, and industry. It represents the broader incumbent category that competes with Comatec on industrial and energy engineering mandates in the Nordic market.
• Sweco: Sweco is a leading European engineering and design consultancy headquartered in Sweden, providing services across infrastructure, water, energy, and industry. It is a relevant comparable for Comatec's industrial design, energy, and infrastructure-adjacent mandates across the Nordics.
• Wärtsilä (marine engineering services): Wärtsilä is a Finnish marine and energy technology company that operates substantial internal ship and engine design capabilities and competes for maritime engineering talent and contracts. Comatec's maritime, ship-design, and ice-class engineering services (e.g., Finnferries projects) overlap directly with Wärtsilä's domain.
• WSP in the Nordics: WSP is a large global engineering consultancy with significant operations in the Nordics, providing industrial, transport, and infrastructure design. It competes with Comatec for engineering mandates — particularly in transport/rail, ports, and industrial production plants.

Emerging players

• Prostep AG: Prostep is a German engineering services and PLM solutions provider specializing in Siemens/AVEVA-integrated mechanical, electrical, and automation design — comparable to Comatec's automation and digital-twin engineering capabilities and partnership-driven delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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