Conprove Engenharia
Conprove Engenharia is a 40+ year-old Brazilian manufacturer of proprietary CE-series digital test instruments and CTC software for testing protection relays, transformers, and circuit breakers in power substations, serving electric utilities (CEMIG, CPFL, Petrobras), industrial firms, and engineering consultancies with hardware, software, and technical training services.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1984
- HeadquartersChicago, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Conprove Engenharia does
Conprove Engenharia is a Brazilian engineering firm founded in 1984 and headquartered in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, that designs and manufactures proprietary digital test instruments and software for the electrical power systems sector. Its hardware portfolio centers on the CE series of portable test sets (CE-6707, CE-6710, CE-7012, CE-RNET4, CE-MNET4), used for secondary and primary testing of protection relays, transformers, circuit breakers, and measurement equipment, with full compliance to the IEC 61850 digital substation standard. The accompanying software ecosystem is led by the CTC (Conprove Test Center) platform - automated test modules for protection functions (Differential 87, Distance 21, Overcurrent 50/51, Directional Overcurrent 67, Power Swing 68, Synchronism 25, etc.) - supported by PS SIMUL for electromagnetic transient simulation, Network AD for IEC 61850 network diagnostics, GOOSE Simulator, MULTIM SV for Sampled Values, and Transient Playback for COMTRADE / ATP / PCAP replay.
The company monetizes across four streams: one-time hardware purchases (CE series) with bundled CTC software, software licenses and firmware updates, a structured technical training catalog (in-person at the Uberlândia facility, in-company at client sites, online live, and EAD recorded courses priced R$1,999-R$5,000), and consulting services for protection system studies. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales, supported by industry event participation (CIGRE, Distributech, DPSP, STPC, IOP UCA), a YouTube tutorial library, a technical blog, and a user forum. The customer base spans Brazilian electric utilities (CPFL, CEMIG, Energisa, Neoenergia, COPEL, Eletrobras, Equatorial Energia, ISA-CTEEP, AES Brasil), oil & gas (Petrobras, Transpetro, Ocyan), industrial manufacturers (General Motors, CSN, Klabin, Braskem), engineering consultancies (MK Engenharia, CYMI), and vocational education (SENAI). Conprove has trained 23,000+ students across 2,000+ courses for 891+ companies, and has secured CIGRE paper acceptances in both 2025 (IED interoperability testing) and 2026 (IBR impacts on protection), indicating an active applied-research presence in the global power-systems community.
Conprove Engenharia firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Conprove Engenharia
- Legal name
- Conprove Engenharia
- Website
- https://conprove.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1984
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Conprove Engenharia is a 40+ year-old Brazilian manufacturer of proprietary CE-series digital test instruments and CTC software for testing protection relays, transformers, and circuit breakers in power substations, serving electric utilities (CEMIG, CPFL, Petrobras), industrial firms, and engineering consultancies with hardware, software, and technical training services.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Conprove Engenharia industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Electrical Test Equipment
- NAICS
- Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Testing Laboratories and Services (541380)
- SIC
- Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Electrical Testing & Certification (Protection Relays, Switchgear, Transformers) (EUAEAHAG)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Digital Substations (IEC 61850, Process Bus, Merging Units) (EUADACAD), Testing, Commissioning & Energization Services (HV) (EUAEABAI), Instrument Transformers (CTs/VTs) & Sensors (Conventional/Optical) (EUADACAG)
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Where Conprove Engenharia is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Chicago
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Conprove Engenharia business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Test Equipment and Hardware Sales: Conprove manufactures and sells a complete line of digital test instruments including the CE series (CE-6707, CE-6710, CE-7012, CE-RNET4, CE-MNET4) for testing protection relays, circuit breakers, transformers, and measurement equipment. These are physical hardware products sold as one-time purchases with associated software platforms.
- Software Licenses and Updates: The CTC (Conprove Test Center) platform and individual software modules (Distance, Differential, Overcurrent, Transformer, Meter, etc.) are sold as software products. The platform supports firmware updates, remote access, and statistical analysis tools. Software is delivered bundled with hardware purchases and includes command-line automation interfaces.
- Training and Courses: Conprove offers a comprehensive catalog of technical training courses in multiple delivery formats: in-person at their Uberlandia facility, in-company at client sites, online live, and recorded EAD. Course prices range from approximately R$1,999 to R$5,000 depending on the course and format. The company has delivered 53,000+ training hours to 23,000+ students across 2,000+ courses.
- Consulting and Technical Services: Conprove provides consulting services and technical support for solving specific electrical engineering problems. The company has a structure of consultants to develop studies and provide guidance on using test equipment.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | Testes de Comissionamento e Manutencao em Disjuntores - 16 hours |
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | SPDA - Sistema de Protecao Contra Descargas Atmosfericas |
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | Manutencao e Comissionamento de Equipamentos Eletricos - 24 hours |
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | Disjuntores de Baixa, Media e Alta Tensao |
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | Motores Sincronos e Assincronos course |
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | Ensaios de Comissionamento e Manutencao Preventiva de Transformadores |
| Unit Pricing | One time/ perpetual license | Ensaios e Testes de Comissionamento e Manutencao em Geradores Sincronos |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | CE-6707, CE-6710, CE-7012, CE-RNET4, CE-MNET4 test sets |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels8 records
Conprove Engenharia product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Conprove Engenharia manufactures a complete line of digital test instruments (CE series: CE-6707, CE-6710, CE-7012, CE-RNET4, CE-MNET4) for testing protection relays, circuit breakers, transformers, and measurement equipment in electrical power systems. The company also develops and sells the CTC (Conprove Test Center) software platform and supporting modules (Network AD, GOOSE Simulator, PS SIMUL, MULTIM SV) for IEC 61850 digital substation testing, complemented by technical training courses and consulting services.
Product overview
Conprove Engenharia offers a comprehensive portfolio of hardware test sets and software platforms for the electrical power sector. The hardware line includes portable test sets (CE-6707, CE-6710, CE-7012) for secondary and primary testing of protection relays, automation, control, and measurement equipment in substations. Supporting software includes the CTC (Conprove Test Center) platform with automated testing modules for various protection functions, Network AD for IEC 61850 network diagnostics, GOOSE Simulator for communication testing, PS SIMUL for electromagnetic transient simulation, and MULTIM SV for sampled values analysis. The company also provides technical training and consulting services. All products have full support to the IEC 61850 standard for digital substations.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- CTC (Conprove Test Center): Software testing platform that encompasses functionalities for secondary and primary level testing, including various automatic software for protection function tests such as Differential (87), Distance (21), Overcurrent (50/51), and more.
Products and services
- CE-6710 Universal Tester Universal Tester for Protection, Automation, Control and Measurement with full support to IEC 61850 standard. A hexaphasic test set for testing protection relays, automation systems, control equipment, and measurement devices in electrical power systems, used by utilities and industrial facilities.
- CE-6707 Compact Tester Compact Tester for Protection, Automation, Control and Measurement with full support to IEC 61850 standard. A compact solution for secondary testing of protection, automation, control and measurement equipment.
- CE-7012 Primary/Secondary Tester Compact Tester for Substation Systems covering Primary and Secondary levels, microprocessed with full support to IEC 61850 standard. Designed for testing at both primary and secondary levels of substation systems.
- CE-RNET4 Digital Test Set Analyzer Rack-mounted Digital Test Set Analyzer for IEC 61850 systems. Performs tests and diagnostics in digital substations with total support to the IEC 61850 standard.
- CE-MNET4 Compact Digital Test Set Compact Digital Test Set Analyzer for IEC 61850 systems. Used for tests, diagnostics and monitoring in digital substations with full support to the IEC 61850 standard.
- CTC - Conprove Test Center Platform Comprehensive testing software platform encompassing multiple functionalities for conducting secondary and primary level tests. Includes automated software modules for testing protection functions such as Differential (87), Distance (21), Overcurrent (50/51), Directional Overcurrent (67), Synchronism (25), meter calibration, power quality analyzers, and transducer testing.
- Network AD Software for diagnostics and monitoring of communication networks in digital substations based on the IEC 61850 standard. Provides network monitoring and diagnostics capabilities for digital substation infrastructure.
- GOOSE Simulator Software for publishing and subscribing GOOSE messages according to the IEC 61850 standard. Enables testing and simulation of Generic Object Oriented Substation Event (GOOSE) communications in digital substations.
- PS SIMUL Power System Simulation Software Software for power systems modeling and electromagnetic transients simulation. Used for electromagnetic and electromechanical transient studies and simulations in power systems.
- MULTIM SV Sampled Values Software Software tool for handling Sampled Values in digital substations based on IEC 61850 standard. Used for testing and analyzing Sampled Value (SV) communications in digital substations.
- Technical Training and Courses Comprehensive catalog of technical training courses covering protection relay testing, commissioning, maintenance, power systems studies, IEC 61850, and other electrical engineering topics. Delivered in-person at the Uberlandia facility, in-company at client sites, online live, or through recorded EAD format, with 53,000+ training hours delivered to 23,000+ students across 2,000+ courses.
Quantifiable outcome
- Over 53,000 training hours delivered to more than 23,000 students across 2,000+ courses
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use Conprove Engenharia
Customer profileNamed customers19 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Conprove Engenharia technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature7 records
Conprove Engenharia partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators7 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Conprove Engenharia competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- ISA Altanova: Italy-based protection testing and monitoring equipment vendor (formerly ISA, part of Altanova Group); competes with Conprove's CE series in the universal relay tester category.
- Megger: UK-based global manufacturer of electrical test and measurement equipment covering protection relay, transformer, and substation testing — overlapping directly with Conprove's protection and primary-level test portfolio.
- OMICRON Electronics: Austrian-headquartered global leader in protection relay testing and digital substation test equipment (e.g., OMICRON CMC series), with the closest direct overlap to Conprove's CE-series hardware and IEC 61850 tooling.
- Doble Engineering: US-based provider of protection testing, transformer testing, and diagnostic instruments for utilities; competes head-to-head with Conprove in secondary testing, transformer testing, and IEC 61850 workflows.
- KWS Electronic: Brazilian manufacturer of protection relay test equipment and electrical measurement instruments; the closest domestic competitor to Conprove within Brazil, serving similar utilities and industrial customers.
Broad incumbents
- ABB: Global broad-line power and automation incumbent with protection relays, substation automation, and testing-related offerings that overlap with Conprove's IEC 61850 / digital substation focus at the portfolio level.
- GE Vernova: Global power-grid equipment and software incumbent (including GE Multilin relays and grid solutions) whose installed base and testing-adjacent tools make it a broad incumbent competing for the same utility wallet share as Conprove.
- Schneider Electric: Global broad-line energy-management and automation incumbent whose protection and substation testing portfolio competes with Conprove at the high end of utility tenders, even though testing is only one of many Schneider offerings.
Emerging players
- Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL): US-based protection relay vendor that increasingly bundles testing, commissioning, and IEC 61850 tooling around its installed base; a partial-overlap emerging player as it expands beyond pure relay manufacturing into testing.
- Manta Test Systems: US-based niche vendor of protection relay test sets focused on compact, modular hardware; overlaps with Conprove's CE-6707/6710 positioning but with a smaller geographic footprint.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Conprove Engenharia leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Conprove Engenharia funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Conprove Engenharia M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Conprove Engenharia
What does Conprove Engenharia do?
Conprove Engenharia manufactures a complete line of digital test instruments (CE series: CE-6707, CE-6710, CE-7012, CE-RNET4, CE-MNET4) for testing protection relays, circuit breakers, transformers, and measurement equipment in electrical power systems. The company also develops and sells the CTC (Conprove Test Center) software platform and supporting modules (Network AD, GOOSE Simulator, PS SIMUL, MULTIM SV) for IEC 61850 digital substation testing, complemented by technical training courses and consulting services.
Is Conprove Engenharia a public or private company?
Conprove Engenharia is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Conprove Engenharia founded?
Conprove Engenharia was founded in 1984. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Conprove Engenharia based?
Conprove Engenharia is headquartered in Chicago, United States, in the North America region.
How does Conprove Engenharia make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Test Equipment and Hardware Sales are the primary driver. The others are software Licenses and Updates, training and Courses and consulting and Technical Services.
Who are Conprove Engenharia's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are ISA Altanova, Megger, OMICRON Electronics, Doble Engineering and KWS Electronic. Broad incumbents are ABB, GE Vernova and Schneider Electric. Emerging players are Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) and Manta Test Systems.
Does Conprove Engenharia have an API?
No public API is recorded for Conprove Engenharia.
What industry is Conprove Engenharia in?
Conprove Engenharia's product category is Electrical Test Equipment. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAEAHAG, Electrical Testing & Certification (Protection Relays, Switchgear, Transformers), with a secondary code of EUADACAD, Digital Substations (IEC 61850, Process Bus, Merging Units). Its NAICS code is 334515 and its SIC code is 3825.