What Cequip does

Cequip (legal name Fundació Privada Cequip, NIF G64355803) is a private non-profit foundation established in 2005 and headquartered in Barcelona with operational offices in Sabadell. It functions as a cluster organization — not a manufacturer or software vendor — that aggregates roughly 40 Catalan capital goods manufacturers (béns d'equip) including enterprises such as HP Printing and Computing Solutions, Fuji Electric Europe, Salicru, E.G.O. Appliance Controls, Girbau, Comexi, Aranow Packaging Machinery, and SODECA, alongside the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Centre Metal·lúrgic, and AMEC. Aggregate billing across member companies is reported at approximately €1.8 billion, with more than 70% of production exported and approximately 5,500 people employed across the cluster.

Cequip develops no proprietary product; instead, its core technology posture is as a coordination layer providing a trust-based framework for inter-firm collaboration. Its activities are organized around expert commissions on Power Electronics, Sustainability, Servitization, IT/Cybersecurity, and more recently AI, plus recurring 'Puntos de Encuentro' (meetings) and CEO forums that enable benchmarking, knowledge sharing, and joint engagement with industrial policy issues such as NIS2 compliance, digital transformation, and EU industrial competitiveness.

The foundation's revenue model is subscription-based, with annual membership fees paid by member companies as the primary funding stream; pricing and tiers are not publicly disclosed. Distribution is regional, focused exclusively on Catalonia, and the organization does not publish a standalone application, API, SDK, or proprietary platform. Governance is exercised through a board of trustees (Patronat), and the organization maintains institutional relationships with public bodies including CDTI (Spanish R&D funding agency), ACCIÓ (Catalan trade and investment agency), EURECAT technology center, and CITCEA-UPC research group.

Name

Cequip

Legal name

Fundació Privada Cequip

Website

https://cequip.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Cequip (Fundació Privada Cequip) is a Barcelona-based non-profit foundation established in 2005 that operates as a cluster organization aggregating roughly 40 Catalan capital goods manufacturers. It coordinates expert commissions, networking events, and collective representation for the regional capital goods sector, financed through annual membership fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: As a private foundation (Fundació Privada Cequip), the organization operates primarily through membership fees from its member companies. The foundation is non-profit and aims to provide value to its members through knowledge sharing, networking, and collective representation of the Catalan capital goods manufacturing sector.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CEQUIP (Fundació Privada Cequip) is a non-profit foundation and industry cluster founded in 2005 that groups manufacturers of capital goods (béns d'equip) in Catalonia, Spain. It provides member companies with a trusted framework for internal benchmarking, knowledge sharing, expert commissions on topics such as AI, Power Electronics, Sustainability, Servitization, and IT/Cybersecurity, and collective representation to public institutions. Core activities include regular networking meetings (Puntos de Encuentro), workshops, webinars, and working groups focused on digital transformation, innovation, and international competitiveness.

Product overview

Cequip is a non-profit foundation (Fundació Privada Cequip) that serves as a cluster organization grouping manufacturers of capital goods (béns d'equip) in Catalonia, Spain. Established in 2005, it does not offer a software product but rather provides a platform for industry collaboration, knowledge sharing, networking, and collective initiatives among its member companies. The organization facilitates activities such as expert meetings (puntos de encuentro), workshops, webinars, and working groups focused on innovation, servitization, sustainability, power electronics, and digital transformation. Cequip aggregates approximately €1.8 billion in turnover across its members, with over 70% export rate and 5,500 employees.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CEQUIP Cluster Membership Annual subscription-based membership for capital goods manufacturers in Catalonia, providing access to the cluster's networking events, expert commissions, benchmarking services, and collective representation to public institutions.
• Puntos de Encuentro Networking Events Regular member meetings and workshops (Puntos de Encuentro) where CEOs, R&D managers, and specialists from member companies share best practices, benchmark performance, and discuss common sector challenges.
• Expert Commissions (Working Groups) Themed working groups for members on Power Electronics, Artificial Intelligence, Sustainability, Servitization, and IT/Cybersecurity that drive collaborative knowledge exchange on industry-critical topics.
• Collective Representation Services Unified representative voice of the Catalan capital goods sector collaborating with public institutions (ACCIÓ, CDTI) on industrial policy, R&D funding access, and internationalization support for member companies.

Quantifiable outcome

• €1.8 billion aggregate billing among member companies
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CDTI (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 April 2023CDTI is the Spanish public entity that evaluates and financially supports R&D projects. CEQUIP maintains an institutional relationship with CDTI, hosting visits from CDTI leadership (such as Director General Javier Ponce) to facilitate connections between member companies and public funding for innovation projects.
• ACCIÓ - Catalonia Trade & InvestmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 April 2023ACCIÓ is the Catalan government agency for business competitiveness and internationalization. CEQUIP collaborates with ACCIÓ to provide members with information about innovation aid, R&D funding, and international innovation services.
• DATANCIA, S.L.minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 February 2020DATANCIA, an industrial data and connectivity solutions company, signed a collaboration agreement with CEQUIP and joined as a member to contribute expertise in industrial digitalization to the cluster ecosystem.
• EURECATminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEURECAT is a technology center that CEQUIP collaborates with for servitization expertise and facility visits for member companies seeking to develop service-based business models.
• CITCEA-UPCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCITCEA (Centre d'Innovació en Tecnologies per a l'Energia i les Activitats Industrials) at the UPC university works with CEQUIP's Power Electronics expert commission on research projects and knowledge sharing.
• Centre Metal·lúrgicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Metallurgical Centre of Catalonia is a partner organization that collaborates with CEQUIP on training and professional development activities, including joint sessions on topics like early retirement regulations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• EURECAT: Catalonia's main technology center, listed as a Cequip partner. Operates as a membership-based R&D facilitator for industrial firms in Catalonia across similar topics (servitization, digitalization), making it the most directly comparable cluster-style organization to Cequip.
• AIMPLAS: Spanish plastics-sector technology center combining R&D services, expert working groups, and a member-firm association. Closely mirrors Cequip's combination of advisory services, innovation commissions, and industry representation.
• CETEM (Centro Tecnológico del Mueble y la Madera): Spanish furniture/wood industry technology center organized as a member-driven industrial cluster. Comparable structural and funding model to Cequip despite serving a different industrial vertical.
• AIMME (Instituto Tecnológico Metalmecánico): Valencia-based Spanish metal-mechanical industry cluster and technology center. Runs the same membership + expert-commission + benchmarking model for industrial firms, making it the closest structural twin to Cequip outside Catalonia.
• AINIA: Spanish food-industry research association operating a similar cluster/association model with member companies, expert commissions, R&D services, and industry representation. Comparable on business model and governance (membership-funded industry association) even though the vertical differs.
• Centre Metal·lúrgic: Catalan metal-industry employers' association and listed Cequip partner. Comparable as a sectoral membership organization delivering training, representation, and joint services to industrial firms in Catalonia, including joint programming with Cequip.
• AMEC (Asociación Multisectorial de Empresas Exportadoras de Cataluña): Listed as a Cequip member and strategic partner. AMEC is a Catalonia-based association of export-oriented industrial firms, running a very similar GTM (events, working groups, export support) and is the most direct functional peer in the export-promotion and member-services stack.
• AIJU (Instituto Tecnológico del Juguete): Spanish toy-industry technology center that groups manufacturers around joint R&D, training, and representation. Operates the same cluster model for an industrial vertical; structurally near-identical to Cequip.

Broad incumbents

• PIMEC (Micro, Petita i Mitjana Empresa de Catalunya): Main Catalan SME and small-business employers' confederation. Broader scope than Cequip (all sectors, all firm sizes), but plays a comparable representation, training, and policy-influence role for businesses in Catalonia.

Others

• ACCIÓ – Catalonia Trade & Investment: Catalan government agency for business competitiveness and internationalization, listed as a Cequip strategic partner. Adjacent rather than competitive — ACCIÓ funds and promotes Catalan industry directly, while Cequip aggregates industrial firms — but they operate in the same regional industrial-innovation ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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