Argotec Engineering

What Argotec Engineering does

Argotec Engineering (legal name: ARGOTEC SOLUCIONES INNOVADORAS EN TELECOMUNICACIONES, S.L.) is a privately held Spanish engineering company headquartered in Valladolid that designs and manufactures control and monitoring systems for the Internet of Things market. Founded in 2010 and operating with 11-50 employees, the firm specializes in ultra-low-power embedded systems and wireless communications (LoRa, BLE, WiFi, Zigbee, 4G/NB-IoT, RF bands) applied to monitoring and telecontrol use cases. It maintains an in-house SMT assembly line plus CNC machining, 3D printing, plastic injection, and BGA reballing, which together enable economical small-batch production while protecting client intellectual property.

The company operates a hybrid business model combining custom B2B engineering services with proprietary IoT products. On the services side, it delivers full product development from industrial design and mechanical engineering through electronic design, firmware development, prototyping (including CE/FCC/ROHS/WEEE certification support), molds and packaging, SCADA software, and mass production — positioned as a one-stop design-to-production shop for clients that cannot cost-effectively internalize a multi-disciplinary team. On the product side, it has launched three core platforms: Qampo, a cloud-based precision-agriculture monitoring system built around solar-powered Qbic sensor nodes; Netbows, a modular IoT building-block technology with 100+ processing, communications, sensor, actuator and power modules aimed at users without electronics expertise; and THWSS, a battery-less thermal-energy-harvesting monitoring device co-developed with South Korean partner Hummot under FEDER/CDTI co-funding.

Argotec serves a diversified set of verticals — agricultural technical consultants, industrial (Industry 4.0) monitoring, smart-cities infrastructure, smart home, energy efficiency, and high-performance electronics — with a predominantly sales-led go-to-market. Distribution combines direct enterprise engagement through website contact, phone and email, with self-serve online product sales via qampo.es and netbows.es, supplemented by content marketing through a blog and a Facebook presence (ArgoLabs). No public pricing is disclosed, no revenue figure is published, and the most recent corporate signals in the available material date to 2017.

Name

Argotec Engineering

Legal name

ARGOTEC SOLUCIONES INNOVADORAS EN TELECOMUNICACIONES, S.L.

Website

https://argotec.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Argotec Engineering is a privately held Valladolid-based IoT engineering firm that designs and manufactures ultra-low-power embedded systems, offering both custom B2B electronic product development services and proprietary products (Qampo precision agriculture platform, Netbows modular IoT modules) for agricultural, industrial, smart-city, and smart-home clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IoT Engineering Services

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Engineering Services (541330), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Hardware & Embedded/IoT Programming (Microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi) (EDAMACAL)

Keywords

• Embedded systems engineering
• IoT product development
• Precision agriculture monitoring
• Wireless sensor networks
• Electronic design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Valladolid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Electronic Product Development: Full product development services from concept to mass production, or any independent phase. Clients can engage for specific services (industrial design, mechanical engineering, electronic design, firmware, prototyping) or complete turnkey projects.
2. Mass Production Manufacturing: In-house SMT assembly line for manufacturing electronic products. Protects client intellectual property by keeping production internal. Economical for short production runs from minimal units.
3. IoT Product Sales (Qampo): Sale of Qampo agricultural monitoring products including Qbic nodes with integrated solar panels, sensor modules, and cloud platform subscription for data monitoring and alerts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Argotec Engineering is an IoT-focused engineering company that provides end-to-end custom electronic product development services — from industrial design and mechanical engineering through firmware, prototyping, and mass production — alongside proprietary IoT products including the Netbows modular device platform, the Qampo precision agriculture monitoring system, and the THWSS thermal-energy-harvesting sensor. The company specializes in ultra-low-power embedded systems and wireless communications, with an in-house SMT assembly line that protects client intellectual property.

Product overview

Argotec Engineering is an IoT-focused engineering company offering a portfolio of proprietary products and engineering services. Their core products include Qampo (a cloud-based agricultural monitoring platform with Qbic sensor nodes), Netbows (a modular IoT building block technology with over 100 modules), and THWSS (a thermal energy harvesting device). The company also provides comprehensive engineering services covering the entire product development lifecycle: Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Design, Firmware Development, Prototyping, Molds and Packaging, SCADA Solutions, and Mass Production. They specialize in ultra-low power embedded systems and wireless communications for monitoring and telecontrol applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Qampo: A family of precision agriculture products enabling remote monitoring and analysis of environmental and agronomic parameters to optimize crop production and quality.
• Netbows

Products and services

• Qampo Cloud-based precision agriculture monitoring platform consisting of Qbic electronic nodes (with GPRS or Qbics communication) and the Qampo Cloud software. It enables remote monitoring and control of crops by tracking soil, water, plant, and climate parameters through sensors, supports custom alerts via email and SMS, and integrates with public weather stations.
• Netbows Modular IoT technology comprising more than 100 different modules (processing, communications, sensor/actuator GRID modules, and power modules) that combine like Lego pieces to create a broad range of IoT devices with cloud connectivity and remote control capabilities, targeted at users without electronics expertise.
• THWSS Thermal Energy Harvesting Device Battery-less prototype device that generates electrical power from thermal differences using a thermoelectric generator, monitors ambient temperature and relative humidity via a digital sensor with I2C communication, and transmits on 868 MHz or 915 MHz bands compatible with LoRaWAN protocol.
• Custom Electronic Product Development (Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic Design, Firmware, Prototyping, Molds/Packaging, SCADA, Mass Production) End-to-end custom electronic product development service covering industrial design, mechanical engineering, electronic design, firmware, rapid prototyping, mold fabrication and packaging, SCADA software, and in-house SMT mass production. Clients can engage for a single phase or full turnkey development from concept through mass production, with IP protected by keeping manufacturing in-house.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 30% productivity increase per hectare in irrigated crops
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hummot (Korea)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2017THWSS project collaboration with South Korean company Hummot for battery-free IoT devices powered by thermoelectric generators (TEG). Argotec's portion of the 1.2 million EUR FEDER/CDTI-funded project is 370,000 EUR. Project runs February 2017 - February 2019, executed in Valladolid Spain and Suwon Korea.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Microchip Technology: US-based MCU and analog semiconductor supplier with broad 8/16/32-bit microcontroller and wireless portfolio used in embedded IoT designs. Related as a potential silicon supplier aligned with Argotec's firmware and embedded expertise.
• Nordic Semiconductor: Norwegian fabless semiconductor company specializing in ultra-low-power short-range wireless SoCs (BLE, Thread, Matter, Wi-Fi) for IoT. Related as a potential supplier of silicon underpinning Argotec's low-power wireless products.

Broad incumbents

• Arrow Electronics: Global electronic components and engineering services distributor supporting IoT/embedded design from concept through production. Comparable in enabling IoT product development but operates as a broad incumbent rather than a focused Spanish firm.
• Advantech: Taiwanese global IoT/embedded computing incumbent offering industrial PCs, gateways, and platforms. Comparable technology stack but at significantly larger scale and broader portfolio than Argotec's focused offerings.

Direct peers

• Plexus Corp. Global engineering and manufacturing services firm specializing in complex electronic product realization, prototyping, and SMT assembly. Comparable business model to Argotec's services-plus-manufacturing offering for IoT customers.
• Libelium: Spanish IoT company headquartered in Zaragoza, designing wireless sensor network hardware and platforms for agriculture, smart cities, and industrial monitoring. Closest geographic and product-market peer to Argotec, with overlapping precision-agriculture (Qampo vs. Libelium Waspmote) and smart-cities offerings.
• Adeunis: French designer and manufacturer of IoT devices and wireless sensors (LoRaWAN, Sigfox) for smart building, smart city, and agriculture use cases. Directly comparable in product (battery-less sensor nodes) and target verticals (agriculture, infrastructure).
• Telit Cinterion: Global IoT module and platform provider offering cellular, Bluetooth, and GNSS modules plus device management. Comparable in IoT connectivity stack and embedded wireless expertise overlapping Argotec's LoRa/4G/NB-IoT capabilities.
• Eurotech: Italian provider of embedded computing platforms, IoT gateways, and edge hardware for industrial and transportation markets. Comparable as a European embedded/IoT hardware designer with vertical-specific solutions similar to Argotec's Industry 4.0 and SCADA offerings.

Regional players

• Sigfox (UnaBiz): French-origin (now part of UnaBiz) low-power wide-area network operator for IoT connectivity in Europe. Regional/technology-comparable peer since Sigfox is a wireless IoT connectivity option referenced by Argotec's firmware capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/argolabs
• Facebookfacebook.com/ArgoLabs

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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