Novatio Engineering

What Novatio Engineering does

Novatio Engineering Inc. is a private engineering consulting and technology development firm founded in 2008 and headquartered at 1395 Main St, Waltham, Massachusetts. The company provides mechanical design, combustion systems engineering, clean energy technology development, and prototype fabrication services to commercial clients across electric vehicles, solar tracking, heavy-duty diesel emissions, hydrogen generation, and appliance sectors. Its engineering practice is anchored in state-of-the-art computational tools — Finite Element Analysis (FEA) via Ansys and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) via Fluent — used as both analytical and design tools, supplemented by in-house prototyping capabilities including CNC machining, EDM, 3D printing, welding, precision sheet metal fabrication, and injection mold prototyping.

Beyond consulting, Novatio has developed and sells a proprietary family of lightweight, multi-fuel expeditionary generators branded as the Ex-Power series (Ex-Power 500, 1000, and 2000) for US Military applications. These generators combine the power density of gasoline units with the efficiency of small diesels and can switch between JP-8, F-24, JP-5, JET-A, diesel, gasoline, and alcohol fuels via a selector switch. The Ex-Power 1000 delivers 900W continuous / 1000W peak at 32.9 lbs with a 59 dB(A) acoustic signature; the Ex-Power 2000 delivers 1250W continuous / 1500W peak at 52 lbs and supports parallel operation of two units.

The business operates two revenue streams: (1) engineering consulting services delivered on a project/engagement basis to commercial and government clients, and (2) hardware sales of the Ex-Power generator product line plus replacement parts to US Military and government buyers. Distribution is direct-to-customer via phone and email; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company employs approximately 11 named staff members including two Principals (Mimmo Elia, Ph.D., and Jason Targoff) and leverages strategic partnerships with machine shops, sheet metal fabricators, and testing facilities to extend its manufacturing and analysis capabilities beyond its in-house footprint.

Name

Novatio Engineering

Legal name

Novatio Engineering Inc.

Website

https://novatioengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Novatio Engineering is a Waltham, MA-based engineering consulting and product development firm (founded 2008) specializing in mechanical design, combustion systems, clean energy, and prototype fabrication for commercial clients and the US Military, including its proprietary Ex-Power multi-fuel generator line.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing (333611), Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing (333618), Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (3353)

SIC

Engines & Turbines (3510), Motors & Generators (3621)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Engineering & Simulation (CFD/FEA, Digital Twins, Model-Based Engineering) (IMAJAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Engine Control, Fuel & Ignition Systems (FADEC/Accessories) (IMABADAK), Testing, Inspection, Certification & Commissioning (TICx) Technical Services (BPAHAIAL)

Keywords

• Mechanical engineering consulting
• Combustion systems design
• Multi-fuel generators
• Prototype fabrication
• Clean energy engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Waltham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Technology development and engineering consulting services provided to companies requiring innovative design and prototyping. Services include mechanical design, computational analysis, and prototype development from conceptual design through fabrication.
2. Generator Product Sales: Sale of multi-fuel expeditionary power generators (Ex-Power series) to government/military customers. Includes replacement parts and accessories.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Novatio Engineering is a technology development and engineering consulting firm that performs mechanical design, computational analysis (FEA/CFD), and prototype fabrication from conceptual design through functional prototype for clients in clean energy, transportation, and combustion systems. The company also designs and sells the proprietary Ex-Power series of lightweight, multi-fuel expeditionary power generators (500W, 1000W, 2000W) for the US Military, capable of operating on JP-8, diesel, gasoline, or alcohol fuels.

Product overview

Novatio Engineering offers a family of lightweight, multi-fuel engine generators branded as the Ex-Power series for US Military applications. The product line includes the Ex-Power 500, Ex-Power 1000, and Ex-Power 2000 generators, which share common multi-fuel capability (JP-8, diesel, gasoline, alcohol) while serving different power requirements. These generators combine the power density of gasoline generators with the efficiency of small diesels, featuring fuel-switching capability. Beyond generator products, Novatio provides engineering consulting services including mechanical design, combustion systems development, computational analysis and modeling, and prototype fabrication for clients in electric vehicles, solar tracking, diesel emissions, and hydrogen generation sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Engineering Consulting Services Technology development and engineering consulting services for clients requiring innovative design and prototyping. Covers mechanical design with a goal of engineering cost out of systems, state-of-the-art computational analysis (FEA, CFD), and engineering from conceptual design through prototype fabrication. Serves companies in electric vehicles, solar tracking systems, heavy-duty diesel emissions, hydrogen generators, gas-fired appliances, automotive fuel injectors, exhaust treatment systems, lithium-ion battery safety devices, and fuel cell power plant systems.
• Ex-Power 500 Generator

Quantifiable outcome

• Multi-fuel capability: Operates on JP-8, diesel, gasoline or alcohol fuels with switch-based transition between fuel types
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Machine Shops (Unnamed)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership providing access to machine shops for precision manufacturing capabilities supporting prototype fabrication and production.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• HDT Global: HDT Global is a direct peer for the Ex-Power product line: it designs and supplies expeditionary military hardware including shelters, heaters, and power systems for US DoD customers, addressing the same lightweight, deployable-power mission with comparable ruggedization requirements.
• Arthur D. Little: Arthur D. Little is a direct peer on the consulting side - both Novatio Principals (Elia and Targoff) spent material careers in Arthur D. Little's Energy Technologies group (later TIAX), and the firm runs the same model of technology-development consulting focused on energy and combustion systems for industrial and government clients.
• TIAX LLC: TIAX is a direct peer for Novatio's consulting practice: it is the clean-energy and fuels technology consulting firm from which both Principals (Elia and Targoff) came, and it serves the same R&D-to-prototype client base in combustion, energy, and thermal systems.

Broad incumbents

• Cummins: Cummins is a broad incumbent that supplies large-scale military and commercial power-generation systems (including AMMPS-family tactical generators), competing with Novatio's Ex-Power line for DoD expeditionary power budgets while also offering the engine and generator set breadth that Novatio's product roadmap could be benchmarked against.
• Generac: Generac is a broad incumbent in portable and standby power generation; its commercial and military power products compete directly in displacement and backup-power categories where Novatio's lightweight multi-fuel generators compete, even though Generac's primary market is stationary and residential backup.
• Caterpillar Defense: Caterpillar's defense power systems division supplies tactical and auxiliary generator sets to the US military and allies; it competes with Novatio in expeditionary and multi-fuel power programs, while also anchoring the broader engine and power-transmission manufacturing category Novatio falls under.
• Honeywell Aerospace: Honeywell Aerospace is a broad defense incumbent whose auxiliary power units, engines, and fuel-system components both compete with and supply into the same DoD expeditionary-power ecosystem Novatio targets; it defines the integration and certification bar Novatio would need to meet to grow Ex-Power into larger air-and-ground platform programs.

Emerging players

• EcoFlow: EcoFlow is an emerging portable-power competitor that has moved aggressively into higher-wattage battery and hybrid inverter generators serving outdoor, emergency-response, and prosumers - adjacent to Novatio's Ex-Power 1000/2000 use cases, with overlapping buyers in field operations and disaster response.
• Goal Zero (NRG Energy subsidiary): Goal Zero pioneered portable solar-generator kits sold into military, expeditionary, and emergency-response channels - a peer for Novatio's expeditionary power positioning, albeit with a consumer/solar-led product base instead of multi-fuel engine technology.
• Plug Power: Plug Power is an emerging hydrogen/fuel-cell player that overlaps with Novatio's hydrogen-generator and fuel-cell power-plant design consulting engagements; both serve telecom-backup and clean-energy pilot programs where Novatio performs engineering and Plug Power is a potential product supplier.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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