CiDRA Concrete Systems, Inc.

What CiDRA Concrete Systems, Inc. does

CiDRA Concrete Systems, Inc. is a U.S.-based industrial IoT company and a subsidiary of CiDRA Holdings, focused exclusively on the ready-mix concrete vertical. Its sole product platform, SMARThatch, is an IoT-based acoustic measurement system that physically replaces the access hatch on a ready-mix concrete truck. Leveraging acoustic measurement technology originally developed by CiDRA Holdings for heavy industrial applications (oil and gas flow metering, minerals processing), the system continuously measures air content, temperature, drum volume (from 5 to under 1 yard), drum RPM, revolution counters, total mixing time, and (via add-on modules) water added and hydraulic pressure. Measurement data is displayed in the truck cab and streamed to a cloud-based SMARThatch Data Portal with individual user permissions and unlimited users. The platform is differentiated as the only solution providing continuous real-time air-content measurement in wet concrete during drum rotation, replacing error-prone manual pressure-pot sampling of small fractions of each load.

The company sells through an enterprise B2B field-sales motion, targeting ready-mix concrete producers (including large national operators and regional/mid-market firms), with a quote-based pricing model and multi-year subscription contracts that bundle the hardware system with ongoing data services. Integration partnerships with BCMI, Digital, Connect, and Sysi allow the SMARThatch data to feed directly into customers' ERP, batch, and dispatch systems, reducing adoption friction. Disclosed reference customers include IMI (Irving Materials, Inc.), which scaled from 12 to 150 systems; Custom-Mix Concrete; Tilcon; and Burnco Ready Mix (North Colorado). The company claims global service availability with U.S.-based data processing for non-local deployments.

The business is privately held, headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut, with approximately 18 employees. CiDRA Concrete Systems benefits from the parent CiDRA Holdings' broader IP base of over 700 U.S. and international patents and patent applications across multiple industrial sensor domains. The parent has operated since 1997 and has historically expanded through venture capital combined with directed customer funding to develop application-specific sensor technologies, with the 2018 launch of SMARThatch representing its entry into concrete quality control. No revenue, funding rounds, or unit economics are publicly disclosed.

Name

CiDRA Concrete Systems, Inc.

Legal name

CiDRA Concrete Systems Inc.

Website

https://cidraconcrete.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CiDRA Concrete Systems, Inc. is a subsidiary of CiDRA Holdings that sells SMARThatch, an IoT-based acoustic measurement system that replaces the access hatch on ready-mix concrete trucks to provide continuous real-time monitoring of air content, temperature, volume, drum speed, and water usage for ready-mix concrete producers globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Concrete Quality Monitoring Systems

NAICS

Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)

akta.pro primary industry

Concrete Equipment (Mixers, Pumps, Batching) (IMAHAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Ready-Mix Concrete Production & Delivery (IMADAAAA)

Keywords

• Concrete quality monitoring
• Ready-mix IoT sensors
• Construction fleet telemetry
• Concrete measurement systems
• Industrial acoustic sensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Wallingford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription-based Data Services: CiDRA offers subscription-based data services and customer portals as part of the SMARThatch system, providing ongoing access to measurement data and cloud-based monitoring capabilities.
2. SMARThatch Hardware System: The SMARThatch system is hardware-based, installed on ready-mix trucks as a replacement hatch with integrated sensors for continuous measurement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CiDRA Concrete Systems sells the SMARThatch system, an IoT-based acoustic measurement device that replaces the access hatch on ready-mix concrete trucks and continuously measures air content, temperature, drum volume, drum speed/RPM, water added, and hydraulic pressure during transit. Measurement data is delivered to an in-cab display and a cloud-based customer data portal, enabling real-time quality control and proactive mix design adjustments for ready-mix concrete producers.

Product overview

CiDRA Concrete Systems offers a single unified product platform called SMARThatch, an advanced IoT-based measurement system designed for the ready-mix concrete industry. The core SMARThatch system replaces the truck mixing drum access hatch to provide continuous real-time measurement of air content, temperature, drum speed, revolution counters, water added, and hydraulic pressure. Data is delivered to the truck cab display and accessible via the cloud-based SMARThatch Data Portal. The platform includes two add-on components: an integrated Water Meter and Hydraulic Pressure Meter, both designed to enable real-time slump estimation. The system leverages patented acoustic measurement technology originally developed for heavy industrial applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SMARThatch: Advanced measurement system for ready-mix concrete trucks that provides real-time air content, temperature, volume, drum rotation, water meter, and hydraulic pressure measurements. Replaces the access hatch on Ready-Mix Trucks.

Products and services

• SMARThatch An advanced IoT-based measurement system that replaces the access hatch on Ready-Mix concrete trucks, providing continuous real-time measurement of air content, temperature, drum volume, drum speed/RPM, revolution counters, water added, and hydraulic pressure from the batch plant to the job site. Measurement data is displayed in the mixer cab and made available via the cloud to authorized team members. It is sold to ready-mix concrete producers and their QC/operations teams.
• SMARThatch Data Portal A cloud-based customer portal that provides real-time measurement data and complete fleet visibility for any Ready-Mix concrete truck equipped with SMARThatch. The portal offers individual permissions, unlimited users, and remote access to air content, temperature, revolutions, water added, and hydraulic pressure data for ready-mix producer teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• Customer IMI ramped up from 12 systems to 150 systems, demonstrating significant adoption and scaling
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BCMIcoreTechnology or Integration
• DigitalcoreTechnology or Integration
• ConnectcoreTechnology or Integration
• SysicoreTechnology or Integration

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Sysi (WesTrac/Command Data): Sysi is a listed dispatch and batch software partner in CiDRA's integration network serving ready-mix producers; it competes in the operational software layer where SMARThatch data is consumed.
• BCMI (ConcreteCare): BCMI is both a listed integration partner for SMARThatch and a vendor of concrete batch/ERP software to ready-mix producers; it represents the software ecosystem layer where CiDRA's data flows, with potential overlap if it adds sensor analytics.

Broad incumbents

• GCP Applied Technologies: GCP supplies concrete admixtures, specialty construction chemicals and related performance technologies to ready-mix producers; it touches the same QC/quality outcome that SMARThatch monitors and could bundle digital QC services with its chemistry portfolio.
• Trimble Inc. Trimble is a large construction technology incumbent with connected-job-site, telematics and concrete/building materials solutions; it serves ready-mix and heavy-civil customers with overlapping IoT, dispatch and quality data capabilities and has the scale to enter the SMARThatch niche.
• Hexagon AB: Hexagon is a global industrial measurement and sensor company whose geosystems and manufacturing divisions serve heavy industrial process monitoring analogous to SMARThatch; it has the capital and acoustic/sensor IP to enter the in-drum concrete measurement market.

Emerging players

• Concretene: Concretene is an emerging graphene-enhanced concrete admixture technology; it is a partial overlap as a tech-forward entrant into concrete performance and quality, sharing the broader mission of improving in-spec concrete delivery.
• Somero Enterprises: Somero makes laser-controlled concrete placing and screeding equipment and is adjacent to concrete quality; while focused on flatness/levelness rather than in-drum QC, it serves the same ready-mix and concrete contractor buyers and could expand into QC sensing.
• Maturix (Danish Technological Institute spin-out): Maturix provides embedded concrete strength/temperature sensors for precast and ready-mix applications; it addresses a related but different QC use case (strength monitoring) and represents a potential adjacent competitor in the digital concrete QC category.

Direct peers

• Verifi LLC: Verifi is the closest direct competitor, offering in-transit concrete quality monitoring sensors for ready-mix trucks measuring slump, temperature and air. It competes head-to-head with SMARThatch on the same fleet customers with a similar continuous-measurement value proposition.
• Command Alkon (COMMAND Batch): Command Alkon provides batch controls, dispatch and concrete operations software that is complementary to and partially competitive with CiDRA's data integrations; their COMMANDseries batch system is a core IT system in many ready-mix plants where SMARThatch plugs in.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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