Scintec

What Scintec does

Scintec Corporation is a privately held manufacturer of advanced atmospheric sensing instruments, with corporate headquarters in Boulder, Colorado and operational roots in Rottenburg, Germany. Founded in 1991, the company designs, manufactures and markets optical, radio-wave and acoustic sensors used to measure wind, temperature, turbulence and heat flux in the atmospheric boundary layer and lower troposphere. Its instruments are deployed by airports and aviation operators, national meteorological services, environmental and air-quality regulators, wind-energy developers, spaceports, research institutions and other industrial or governmental buyers across global markets.

The product portfolio spans four technology families. The LAP® Series radar wind profilers use phased-array antennas and the Doppler beam-swinging method to deliver continuous, real-time tropospheric wind profiling, with a third-generation SIRP digital IF processor and proprietary Advanced Coherent-Noise Suppression. The FAS Series acoustic (sodar) wind profilers (SFAS, MFAS, XFAS) employ novel flat-array inverse-horn transducers with simultaneous multi-frequency, multi-beam operation and fully automated self-test. The BLS Neo Series large-aperture scintillometers and SLS ES2 Series laser scintillometers measure turbulence, heat flux, momentum flux and crosswind purely optically, with the SLS using a proprietary displaced-beam technique to derive inner-scale turbulence quantities without external wind data. The AWAIRE® intelligent solutions platform integrates these sensors with proprietary multi-dimensional algorithms, and AWAIRE AQ couples an atmospheric dispersion model with NCAR's Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for multi-day pollution forecasting.

Scintec sells primarily through a direct, quotation-based enterprise sales motion, with no public pricing and a Get Quotation / Contact Sales model on its corporate website. Revenue is generated mainly from hardware sales of instruments, accessories and add-ons (including RASS temperature-profiling extensions), supplemented by software (e.g., SRun) and service packages bundled with AWAIRE solutions. The customer base is globally diversified across at least twelve application segments but technically demanding, and the company's claim of being the maker of "the most widely installed radar wind profilers in the world" implies a deep, recurring footprint in meteorological networks and aviation safety infrastructure.

Name

Scintec

Legal name

Scintec Corporation

Website

https://scintec.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Scintec Corporation manufactures advanced atmospheric sensing instruments — radar and acoustic wind profilers, laser and large-aperture scintillometers, and integrated AWAIRE solutions — for aviation, meteorological services, air-quality monitoring, wind energy and climate research customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Atmospheric Sensing Instruments

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Tunnels & Underground Rail Civil Construction (IMAFAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Monitoring (Water Leak/Freeze/Gas) Services (HSAHAAAK), Advanced Wind Technology R&D (Floating Offshore, Airborne Wind, New Rotor/Blade Concepts) (EUAMAOAB), Environmental Sensors (Temperature/Humidity/Gas/Air Quality) (HDAHALAD)

Keywords

• Atmospheric sensing instruments
• Wind profiler systems
• Scintillometer measurement
• Boundary layer meteorology
• Remote sensing technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Rottenburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Atmospheric Sensing Instruments: Sale of specialized scientific instruments including radar wind profilers (LAP Series), acoustic wind profilers (FAS Series), large aperture scintillometers (BLS Series), and laser scintillometers (SLS Series). Products are sold with various antenna configurations and specifications for different applications.
2. AWAIRE Intelligent Solutions: Integrated hardware, software and service packages for specific applications (Aviation, Air Quality) combining multiple sensing technologies with data analysis and decision support.
3. RASS Extensions: Radio Acoustic Sounding System extensions for temperature profiling, available as add-on components for wind profiler systems.
4. Accessories and Extensions: Power supplies, tripods, mounting equipment, meteorological data input modules, real-time sensor extensions, crosswind extensions, and other accessories for the instrument product lines.
5. Software and Support Services: SRun operation software, Real-Time Sensor Interface Software, and related support services for data processing and system operation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Scintec develops, manufactures, and markets advanced atmospheric sensing instruments that measure wind, temperature, turbulence, and heat flux in the lower atmosphere. The portfolio includes radar wind profilers (LAP Series), acoustic sodar wind profilers (FAS Series), large aperture scintillometers (BLS Neo Series), laser scintillometers (SLS ES2 Series), RASS temperature profiler extensions, and the integrated AWAIRE intelligent solutions platform combining multiple sensors with decision-support software for aviation, air quality, and water management applications.

Product overview

Scintec develops and manufactures advanced atmospheric sensing instruments and intelligent solutions. The product portfolio consists of three instrument families (wind profilers, temperature profilers, and surface turbulence sensors) and an intelligent solutions platform. Wind profilers include the LAP® Series Radar Wind Profilers (LAP®3000 and LAP®8000) for electromagnetic-based measurements and the FAS Series Sodar Wind Profilers (SFAS, MFAS, XFAS) for acoustic-based measurements. Temperature profiling is achieved through RASS (Radio Acoustic Sounding System) extensions. Surface turbulence sensors comprise the SLS ES2 Series Laser Scintillometers (SLS20, SLS20-A, SLS40, SLS40-A) for inner-scale measurements and the BLS Neo Series Large Aperture Scintillometers (BLS450, BLS900, BLS2000) for extended path measurements. The AWAIRE® intelligent solutions platform integrates multiple sensor technologies with advanced algorithms, including AWAIRE® Aviation for airport operations and AWAIRE® Air Quality for industrial pollution monitoring. Accessories include power supplies, tripods, mounting hardware, meteorological sensors, and data interface modules. All instruments are offered with supporting software and service packages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LAP® Series: Radar Wind Profilers - First on market in 1991, third generation available today. Provides continuous and real-time tropospheric profiles of horizontal wind speed, wind direction, vertical wind speed and turbulence.
• FAS Series
• BLS Neo Series
• SLS ES2 Series
• AWAIRE®

Products and services

• LAP3000 Radar Wind Profiler Continuous, real-time tropospheric profiler of horizontal wind speed, direction, vertical wind speed, and turbulence using phased-array radar with Doppler Beam-Swinging; available in standard and large antenna configurations.
• LAP8000 Radar Wind Profiler Long-range radar wind profiler operating at 437.5/449 MHz with a large antenna, providing wind measurements up to approximately 8 km above ground for tropospheric profiling.
• SFAS Flat Array Sodar Compact, high-performance acoustic wind profiler with phased-array antenna delivering highest spatial resolution of the FAS series, with vertical resolution down to 5 m.
• MFAS Flat Array Sodar Versatile acoustic wind profiler combining portability with large vertical measurement range and vertical resolution down to 10 m.
• XFAS Flat Array Sodar Long-range acoustic wind profiler optimized for measuring wind and turbulence up to the boundary layer height, with vertical resolution down to 20 m and maximum heights above 2000 m depending on conditions.
• SLS20 ES2 Surface Layer Scintillometer
• SLS20-A ES2 Surface Layer Scintillometer Surface layer scintillometer with built-in automatic beam steering for operation where manual beam alignment is undesirable or difficult.
• SLS40 ES2 Surface Layer Scintillometer Surface layer scintillometer designed for towers or platforms prone to vibration, with built-in vibration correction to maintain accuracy.
• SLS40-A ES2 Surface Layer Scintillometer Surface layer scintillometer combining automatic beam steering and vibration correction, designed for operation on towers prone to vibration or long-term drift.
• BLS450 Neo Large Aperture Scintillometer Economical, lightweight large aperture scintillometer with a single radiating disk, measuring turbulence and heat flux over path lengths up to 6,000 m.
• BLS900 Neo Large Aperture Scintillometer Dual-disk large aperture scintillometer providing instantaneous correction of absorption fluctuations, saturation, and outer scale effects for unrivalled accuracy over extended path lengths.
• BLS2000 Neo Large Aperture Scintillometer Longest-range large aperture scintillometer with dual-disk design for path lengths up to 12 km, featuring automatic crosswind measurement capability.
• AWAIRE Aviation Integrated hardware, software, and service package providing complete information on upper winds, temperatures, and turbulence for airport operations; combines radar wind profilers, sodar, and RASS with synergistic evaluation algorithms.
• AWAIRE Air Quality Complete solution integrating emission measurement, transport, and deposition of pollutants for industrial facilities; integrates wind and temperature profilers with atmospheric dispersion modeling and WRF-based multi-day pollution forecasting.
• RASS Extension for Radar Wind Profilers Radio Acoustic Sounding System extension for LAP Series Radar Wind Profilers enabling remote temperature measurements with high accuracy and spatial resolution and long-term calibration-free operation.
• RAE2 RASS Extension for Sodar Radio Acoustic Sounding System extension enabling precise temperature profile measurements for SFAS, MFAS, and XFAS Sodar models.

Quantifiable outcome

• One scintillometer can replace approximately 100 conventional point sensors for similar statistical significance with identical averaging times
• +5 more outcomes

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature18 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Radiometrics Corporation: Radiometrics manufactures microwave radiometric profilers for temperature, humidity, and liquid water profiling. It is complementary/competitive with Scintec's RASS temperature profilers and overlap in the atmospheric boundary-layer profiling customer base.
• Vaisala: Vaisala is the global leader in weather, environmental, and industrial measurement, offering wind profilers, ceilometers, radiosondes, and aviation weather systems. It is the most direct competitor to Scintec, addressing the same meteorological, aviation, and air-quality end markets with a broader portfolio and global service network.
• ATRAD Pty Ltd: ATRAD is an Australian company specializing in atmospheric radar wind profilers and sodar systems for defense, aviation, and meteorological applications. It is a direct peer to Scintec, serving overlapping customer needs in wind and turbulence profiling.
• Meteomodem: Meteomodem is a French company that manufactures UHF wind profiler radars (BLT, PCLP) for boundary-layer and tropospheric wind profiling. It competes head-to-head with Scintec's LAP® Series for institutional and research customers in the atmospheric measurement market.

Emerging players

• Gill Instruments: Gill Instruments designs and manufactures ultrasonic (sonic) anemometers for turbulence, wind, and flux measurements used in atmospheric research and meteorology. Its products overlap with Scintec's scintillometer and sodar offerings for turbulence characterization.
• Kipp & Zonen (OTT HydroMet): Kipp & Zonen manufactures radiometers and atmospheric radiation measurement instruments for meteorology and climate research. It overlaps with Scintec's atmospheric profiling offerings in research-grade atmospheric measurement deployments.
• Thies Clima: Thies Clima is a German manufacturer of meteorological sensors covering wind, temperature, humidity, and precipitation for professional weather stations. It is a regional peer serving overlapping meteorological and aviation end markets, particularly in Europe.
• Hukseflux Thermal Sensors: Hukseflux designs and manufactures heat flux and radiation sensors for atmospheric and soil applications. Its products are technologically adjacent to Scintec's scintillometer-based heat flux measurements and serve overlapping climate research and energy-balance customers.

Broad incumbents

• Campbell Scientific: Campbell Scientific provides data acquisition systems, meteorological sensors, and integrated environmental monitoring platforms used widely in atmospheric and climate research. It addresses adjacent instrument categories and shares institutional research customers with Scintec.
• OTT HydroMet: OTT HydroMet (a Danaher company) provides hydro-meteorological monitoring solutions spanning weather stations, rain gauges, and surface sensors. It is an incumbent in meteorological instrumentation with overlapping aviation, weather, and water-management customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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