What Astec does

Astec is a Polish custom software development and IT services firm founded in 1993 in Zielona Góra, operating as a brand of Rublon Services sp. z o.o. The company provides nearshore enterprise software development and dedicated teams to clients primarily in the automotive, energy, and telecommunications sectors, with documented engagements for Electricité de Tahiti, Esri Poland, GE Energy, Huawei, ShareThis, Sulzer, and Tiba Technologieberatung. Astec runs engineering offices in five Polish cities (Zielona Góra, Krakow, Warsaw, Poznan, Wroclaw) and serves end markets across DACH, Western Europe, North America, and Central Europe, with a stated operating scale exceeding 5,000 development hours per month and 100+ delivered projects.

The company's technical portfolio spans a broad conventional stack — Java EE, .NET, PHP, JavaScript/Node.js/Angular, Spring, Spring Boot, React Native, Electron, Swift, and Kotlin — and includes a proprietary Smallworld IDE called MDT (Magik Development Tools), described as the world's first IDE for Smallworld development. Astec holds Accredited GE Smallworld Partner status and contributed to Smallworld 5 core development as part of GE's Cambridge team. Beyond services, the firm has productized assets under the Rublon brand (multi-factor authentication: Authenticator, Windows Logon & RDP, macOS, Authentication Proxy), the Teamstack Slack-based employee engagement SaaS (launched 2019), and Board Management Software targeting automotive manufacturers.

Revenue is generated primarily through professional services on a time-and-materials basis — project-based custom software development and dedicated-team/staff augmentation — with no public pricing disclosed. The go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales augmented by event-driven thought leadership (Gartner CIO Summits, KuppingerCole) and content marketing. The firm is privately held under founder control (CEO Michal Wendrowski and founder/Operations Director Dr.-Ing. Witold Wendrowski) and holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2017 certifications, with stated pursuit of SOC 2 Type 2 and TISAX.

Name

Astec

Legal name

Rublon Services sp. z o.o.

Website

https://astec.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Astec is a Polish custom software development and IT services firm founded in 1993, providing nearshore enterprise software teams and bespoke solutions in automotive, energy, and telecom sectors, with proprietary GIS tooling, MFA, and board management products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Zielona Góra

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development Services: Astec designs, builds, ships and scales innovative, enterprise-class software solutions. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements and staff augmentation for clients in automotive, energy, and telecom sectors.
2. Dedicated Teams / Staff Augmentation: Providing top software developers, programmers, engineers and coders to help companies scale their development teams. Flexible engagement through nearshore partnership model.
3. Nearshore Software Development: Time-and-materials partnerships offering productive hours with visible progress through tickets, pull requests, build pipelines, and environments. Targets European organizations seeking cost-effective development capacity.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Astec designs, builds, ships and scales enterprise-class custom software solutions, primarily delivering dedicated/nearshore development teams for European enterprise clients in automotive, energy, and telecommunications. Its proprietary product portfolio includes Board Management Software for automotive OEMs, GIS-based Infrastructure Management and Planning for FTTH/gas/electricity networks, the MDT (Magik Development Tools) IDE for GE Smallworld, and the Rublon family of multi-factor authentication products (Authenticator app, Windows Logon & RDP, macOS plug-in, Authentication Proxy), as well as the Teamstack employee engagement Slack app.

Product overview

Astec provides custom software development and IT services, primarily as a services company rather than a product company. Their core offerings include specialized development services across multiple technology stacks (Java EE, .NET, PHP, JavaScript/Node.js, Angular, React Native, Electron, Spring, Spring Boot, Swift, Kotlin) and domain expertise in GE Smallworld GIS for utilities sectors. Their principal software solution is Board Management Software for automotive manufacturers, along with infrastructure management and planning solutions for FTTH, gas, and electricity using GIS technologies. Additionally, Astec has developed products under the Rublon brand for multi-factor authentication (Rublon Authenticator, Rublon for Windows Logon & RDP, Rublon for macOS, Rublon Authentication Proxy) and an employee engagement SaaS called Teamstack. They also created MDT (Magik Development Tools), the world's first IDE for Smallworld development. The company operates as an Accredited GE Smallworld Partner and serves clients in automotive, energy, and telecom sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Software Development & IT Services End-to-end custom enterprise software development and IT services delivered as dedicated/nearshore teams across technology stacks (Java EE, .NET/C#, PHP, JavaScript/Angular/Node.js, Laravel, React Native, Symfony, Electron, Spring/Spring Boot, Swift, Kotlin) for European enterprises in automotive, energy, and telecom verticals.
• Board Management Software Software platform that streamlines corporate board management and governance for automotive manufacturers, including decision-making, meeting management, document handling, organizational board operations, and integration targets such as SAP, ERP systems, and Jira for decision export.
• Infrastructure Management and Planning GIS-based solutions for FTTH, gas, and electricity infrastructure management and planning used by utility and telecom operators.
• MDT (Magik Development Tools) World's first IDE for GE Smallworld Magik development, based on Eclipse. Provides advanced Magik code editing, in-built debugger, GIS session management, console, code assist, command history, and the SW5 Support Plug-in for Smallworld 5. Targets Smallworld developers in utility, transportation and telecommunications GIS projects.
• Rublon Authenticator Mobile authenticator app providing multi-factor authentication for Windows Logon and RDP, supporting biometric authentication on iOS and Android devices.
• Rublon for Windows Logon & RDP Windows credential provider enabling multi-factor authentication on Windows workstations and servers, with FIDO2 security keys, Azure Active Directory support, and offline mode.
• Rublon for macOS Authorization plug-in for macOS endpoints enabling multi-factor authentication with FIDO2 security keys, Active Directory, Entra ID, and Kerberos SSO support.
• Rublon Authentication Proxy On-premise authentication server enabling MFA on services supporting the RADIUS protocol, with LDAP proxying and high-availability deployment support.
• Teamstack Employee engagement SaaS application integrated with Slack that helps companies identify and celebrate their most helpful team members on a weekly basis; distributed via the Slack Marketplace.

Quantifiable outcome

• Development time reduced by 40% using React Native for mobile app modernization
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration18 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and key.

• GE SmallworldcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAstec is an Accredited GE Smallworld Partner with Solutions Provider status in the GE Energy Solutions Provider Program. They have participated in Smallworld 5 core development as part of GE's Cambridge core team and signed the Master Service Agreement facilitating cooperation in GIS technology projects.
• Tiba Technologieberatung GmbHkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerNearshore development partnership where Astec provides senior development skills for Java and JavaScript projects for German customers. Tiba is a technology consulting company optimizing planning and control processes.
• HuaweikeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerAstec built Measurement Equipment Management application on Huawei's OWS platform for a German telecommunication customer, receiving Huawei's Best Partner App Award at the 2018 Global OWS Developer Contest.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• DataArt: Global custom software development and consulting firm with European delivery centers, serving financial services, healthcare, and telecom. Comparable in custom engineering services and enterprise engagement model.
• Spyrosoft: Polish software house offering custom development, embedded, and industry-specific solutions (automotive, geospatial, finance) across nearshore and onsite models. Directly comparable in geography, verticals, and service mix.
• Software Mind: Krakow-headquartered software services and product engineering company serving enterprise clients globally with nearshore delivery. Overlaps with Astec in custom software, dedicated teams, and Central European delivery model.
• Intive: Poland- and Western Europe-headquartered custom software development and digital product engineering firm serving automotive, financial services, and industrials. Highly comparable to Astec in services model, nearshore positioning, and vertical specialization.
• Sii Poland: One of Poland's largest IT services providers with 7,000+ specialists, offering custom software, testing, and nearshore services to European enterprises. Comparable in services breadth and Polish/German market focus.
• N-iX: Eastern European (Ukraine/Poland) software development and nearshore services firm with strong enterprise client base across telecom, energy, and automotive. Directly comparable in nearshore positioning and vertical mix.
• Boldare: Polish digital product development house offering custom software, product design, and nearshore teams for European clients. Comparable in size, Polish origin, and custom software services orientation.

Broad incumbents

• EPAM Systems: Global digital engineering and IT services leader with deep Eastern European roots. Operates as a broad incumbent in custom software and digital transformation across all verticals Astec serves.
• Globallogic: Large-scale digital product engineering services firm with significant Central/Eastern European delivery. Overlaps with Astec in automotive, telecom, and energy digital engineering engagements.

Emerging players

• Geocom Informatik: GIS-focused software and services firm specializing in GE Smallworld and utility network management in the DACH region. Most directly comparable niche specialist to Astec's Smallworld GIS practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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