ETEC

What ETEC does

ETEC (株式会社イーテック, Etec Co., Ltd.) is a privately held Japanese electronics engineering services firm established on 1 June 2000 (Heisei 12) in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. With approximately 25 employees and registered capital of ¥10 million, the company operates as an outsourced technical partner delivering design and development services to large Japanese electronics customers across telecommunications, electric power, industrial equipment, and mobility verticals. Its four named anchor clients are 通研電気工業, NECプラットフォームズ, 東京エレクトロン宮城, and ワイ・デー・ケー, and the firm holds a Labor Dispatch Business Permit (派04-300399) that broadens its commercial delivery models.

The company's offering is organised around four core service lines: Hardware Development, LSI/ASIC/FPGA/PLD Design, Software Development, and Prototype/Evaluation/Inspection Jigs. Its technical differentiator is the integration of three technology domains — hardware, LSI/ASIC/FPGA, and software — under a single engineering team, covering digital circuit design, high-frequency circuit design, HDL coding in VHDL/Verilog-HDL, firmware development for embedded OSes (OSEK OS, uITRON, VxWorks), and application software across UNIX, Linux, Windows, and Android. The firm uses mainstream FPGA toolchains (Quartus II, ISE, ModelSim) and supports multiple programming languages (C, C++, C#, Python, Java, JavaScript), enabling full-lifecycle work from specification review and HDL coding through simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, and in-system performance evaluation.

Commercially, ETEC runs a professional services, project-based revenue model with no publicly disclosed pricing. Distribution is exclusively direct enterprise engagement, with services delivered domestically from a single Sendai headquarters. The firm has no external funding rounds, no parent company, no M&A history, and no subsidiaries. Forward activity is signalled by an ongoing mid-career hiring cycle (re-opened 1 March 2025) and a stated focus on automotive electronics (in-vehicle communication prototypes) as part of its mobility vertical.

Name

ETEC

Legal name

株式会社イーテック

Website

https://etecinc.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ETEC is a privately held Japanese electronics engineering services firm in Sendai that designs hardware, LSI/ASIC/FPGA, software, and prototype jigs as an outsourced technical partner to large Japanese electronics customers in telecom, power, industrial, and mobility sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electronics Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

IP Enablement, Characterization & Porting Services (HDAHAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Automotive ECUs/Control Modules & Embedded Electronics Manufacturing (IMACAJAC), Embedded Software & Firmware Tools (Compilers, Debug, RTOS tooling) (HDAHAFAE)

Keywords

• Electronics engineering services
• FPGA design services
• Embedded software development
• Hardware development services
• ASIC design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sendai-shi

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Development Services: The company generates revenue through providing engineering design and development services to major electronics companies. Services include hardware development, LSI/ASIC/FPGA/PLD design, software development, and prototype machine development. Revenue is earned through project-based professional services contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

ETEC provides outsourced electronics engineering design and development services spanning hardware development, LSI/ASIC/FPGA/PLD design, software/firmware development, and prototype machine, evaluation jig, and inspection jig fabrication. The firm integrates hardware, FPGA, and software technologies into complete systems for enterprise clients in telecommunications, electric power, industrial equipment, and mobility sectors. Services are delivered on a contract basis from specification review through design, implementation, and in-system functional/performance evaluation.

Product overview

ETEC (株式会社イーテック) is an electronics engineering services company specializing in four core service offerings: Hardware Development, LSI/ASIC/FPGA/PLD Development, Software Development, and Prototype/Evaluation/Inspection Jigs. These services are primarily delivered to customers in the telecom, electric power, industrial equipment, and mobility sectors. The company operates as a technology partner, providing outsourced design and development services using combinations of hardware, FPGA, and software expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hardware Development (ハードウェア開発)

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• 通研電気工業coreOthersListed as a major customer/client for communication equipment development. The company provides engineering development services to this partner.
• NECプラットフォームズcoreOthersListed as a major customer/client for platform development services. The company provides engineering development services to this partner.
• 東京エレクトロン宮城株式会社coreOthersListed as a major customer/client for semiconductor manufacturing equipment development. The company provides engineering development services to this partner.
• ワイ・デー・ケーcoreOthersListed as a major customer/client for electronics development. The company provides engineering development services to this partner.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• TechnoPro Holdings: Japan's largest engineering staffing and outsourced R&D services provider, deploying thousands of engineers into electronics, embedded, and semiconductor customers. Comparable to ETEC because it competes for the same Japanese enterprise engineering-services engagements, including FPGA and embedded firmware outsourcing — though at far larger scale.
• Altech Corporation: Japanese embedded systems and FPGA design services firm supporting industrial, automotive, and communications customers. Comparable to ETEC because it offers contract design services in FPGA/embedded development for Japanese OEMs — directly overlapping with ETEC's telecom, mobility, and industrial segments.

Broad incumbents

• Synopsys: Global EDA and IP vendor with FPGA implementation and verification flows, plus design services. Comparable to ETEC because Synopsys serves the same Japanese electronics OEMs ETEC serves, addressing FPGA synthesis and HDL simulation work in the same digital design space.
• Zuken Inc. Japanese EDA and electronic systems design company offering PCB, IC, and FPGA design tools and services. Comparable to ETEC because it serves Japanese electronics companies with integrated design support across hardware and embedded software — overlapping with ETEC's FPGA and hardware development offerings, though at greater scale.
• Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics): EDA vendor offering PCB, FPGA, and IC design tools with embedded software solutions. Comparable to ETEC because Siemens EDA's toolset supports exactly the type of integrated hardware/FPGA/software design projects ETEC delivers for Japanese telecom, industrial, and mobility customers.
• Cadence Design Systems: Global leader in EDA tools and design services, including hardware/FPGA design IP. Comparable to ETEC because ETEC's FPGA and digital design workflow relies on similar EDA toolchains and Cadence's Custom IC and PCB practices address the same customer problems (system-on-chip bring-up, hardware/software co-design), though Cadence is far larger and tool-centric.
• Altium: EDA software vendor focused on PCB and electronic system design. Comparable to ETEC because ETEC's hardware development practice — including image processing and information communication subsystems — relies on similar electronic-design and PCB-flow tooling sold by Altium.
• FUTURE Corporation: Japanese IT and engineering services firm providing embedded software, system design, and digital engineering support. Comparable to ETEC because it competes for outsourced electronics and embedded development projects from Japanese enterprise clients in similar end markets.
• Mitsubishi Electric Engineering: Subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric providing outsourced electronic system design and development, including embedded systems. Comparable to ETEC because it serves the same Japanese electronics and industrial customer base for contract hardware/software design work.
• NS Solutions (NSSOL): Japanese engineering services firm providing systems design, embedded software, and digital solutions to industrial clients. Comparable to ETEC because it competes for outsourced hardware/software development work at Japanese manufacturing and electronics majors in adjacent verticals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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