Didacontrol SAS

What Didacontrol SAS does

Didacontrol SAS is a privately held Colombian engineering company headquartered in Cali, Valle del Cauca, with a secondary office in Palmira. Founded around 2015, the company specializes in conceptual and detail engineering for chemical and physicochemical separation processes, delivering turnkey projects that span pilot-scale to industrial-scale process plant design, fabrication, and commissioning. Its core technology portfolio centers on supercritical fluid technology (supercritical CO2 extraction for essential oils, fragrances, antioxidants; supercritical water oxidation above 373°C and 220 atm for hazardous waste destruction), advanced oxidation processes (catalytic ozonation 'OZOC' and the ELECTROFLOX electrochemical technology patented by Universidad del Valle), and process automation including PLC/DCS programming and HMI configuration.

The company operates six product lines — Process Plants, Supercritical Fluid Equipment, Water and Effluent Treatment (OZOC and ELECTROFLOX), Process Automation, Industrial Filtration, and Pilot Plants and Teaching Modules — complemented by three service lines covering project engineering, electrical installation and maintenance, and customized technical training. The go-to-market is sales-led, direct, and project-based: pricing is custom per engagement, all quotes flow through a sales engineer team via phone or WhatsApp, and contracts are typically multi-year. Customers fall into two main groups: higher education and research institutions (Universidad ICESI, Universidad del Valle, Universidad de Pamplona, SENA) requiring pilot plants for biochemical and chemical engineering programs; and regional industrial enterprises in Valle del Cauca including Coca-Cola Femsa, Baxter, Smurfit Kappa, Manuelita, Riopaila, Colombina, and Nutrium. Strategic R&D is conducted in close partnership with Universidad del Valle's research groups on applied thermodynamics, supercritical fluids, and advanced oxidation (GAOX), and is partially funded through recurring Minciencias-SENA innovation grants — most recently 400 million COP in 2021 for an IoT-integrated supercritical fluids pilot plant.

Name

Didacontrol SAS

Legal name

Didacontrol SAS

Website

https://didacontrolsas.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Didacontrol SAS is a Colombian engineering firm that designs and builds turnkey chemical and physicochemical separation process plants at pilot and industrial scale, specializing in supercritical fluid technology, advanced oxidation water treatment, and process automation for universities and regional industrial enterprises in Valle del Cauca.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Engineering

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690), Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Other Specialized Design Services (54149)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Process Development & Tech Transfer (Upstream/Downstream/MSAT) (HLAGAGAE), Mineral Processing Plant Design & EPCM (Flowsheet Development, Piloting & Scale-up) (IMAKALAK)

Keywords

• Industrial process engineering
• Supercritical fluid extraction
• Wastewater treatment systems
• Pilot plant construction
• Process automation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cali

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Project Services: Conceptual and detail engineering services for chemical and physicochemical separation process plants. Turnkey project delivery from conception to completion.
2. Plant and Equipment Sales: Design, fabrication and sale of industrial process plants and pilot plants. Equipment includes reactors, distillation columns, filtration systems, heat exchangers, evaporators, dryers, sterilizers, and more.
3. Installation and Maintenance Services: Electrical installation, maintenance, instrumentation, control systems, PLC programming, HMI configuration, industrial network communication, low-voltage electrical networks, and electromechanical equipment installation.
4. Industrial Filtration Solutions: Specialized filtration engineering advisory and custom filter design and fabrication. Products include filter elements, demisters, composite filters, filter plates, screens, and sanitary filters.
5. Technical Training: Customized technical training in process engineering, project engineering, conceptual/basic/detailed engineering for chemical and separation processes, basic electricity, industrial control programming, industrial instrumentation, and industrial process automation and control.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Didacontrol SAS is a Colombian engineering company that designs and constructs chemical and physicochemical separation process plants at industrial and pilot scale. It delivers turnkey projects from conceptual design through commissioning, with specialization in supercritical fluid technologies (SC-CO2 extraction, supercritical water oxidation), industrial wastewater treatment (OZOC catalytic ozonation, ELECTROFLOX), process automation and control (PLC/DCS), industrial filtration, and pilot plants for research and educational applications. The company also provides project engineering, electrical installation and maintenance, and customized technical training services.

Product overview

Didacontrol SAS is an engineering company that designs and builds chemical and physicochemical separation process plants at industrial and pilot scale. The company operates six integrated product lines: Plantas de Procesos (process plants), Productos Fluidos Supercríticos (supercritical fluid equipment for extraction and water treatment), Tratamiento de Aguas y Efluentes (including OZOC catalytic ozonization and ELECTROFLOX electrochemical technologies), Filtración Industrial (custom filters and filtration elements), Automatización de Procesos (PLC/DCS control systems), and Plantas Piloto y Módulos de Enseñanza (pilot plants and educational modules). These offerings are complemented by three service lines: Ingeniería de Proyectos, Instalación y Mantenimiento Eléctrico y de Control, and Capacitación Técnica. The company implements turnkey projects and has developed proprietary supercritical fluid technologies for industrial applications including cannabis extraction, agroindustrial byproduct valorization, and hazardous waste treatment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plantas de Procesos (Process Plants) Design, fabrication, and assembly of industrial process plants for chemical and physicochemical separation operations at various scales, including process engineering, technology scaling, and turnkey project execution. Built for industrial clients requiring chemical and physicochemical separation process plants.
• Productos Fluidos Supercríticos (Supercritical Fluid Products) Supercritical CO2 extraction equipment, supercritical water treatment systems, and consulting services for supercritical fluid process applications including essential oils, hazardous waste treatment, and nanomaterials fabrication. Designed for chemical, pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, and cannabis industries.
• Tratamiento de Aguas y Efluentes (Water and Effluent Treatment — OZOC and ELECTROFLOX) Advanced oxidation technology for industrial wastewater treatment combining OZOC (catalytic ozonation using ozone and a catalyst to generate hydroxyl radicals that eliminate organic contaminants) and ELECTROFLOX (electrochemical water treatment using direct dosage of metallic ions via low-power direct current to form hydroxides causing sweep flocculation). For industrial and agroindustrial clients facing environmental compliance requirements.
• Automatización de Procesos (Process Automation) Process automation and control systems including instrument selection consulting, configuration, calibration, PLC and DCS programming, HMI development, industrial communication networks, low-voltage electrical installations, and control panel wiring. Designed for industrial process clients requiring automation of chemical and bioprocess plants.
• Filtración Industrial (Industrial Filtration) Industrial filtration engineering consulting, custom filter design and manufacturing including cartridge filters, basket strainers, witch hats, demisters/mist eliminators, composite filters, filter plates, screens, and sanitary filters for food and bioprocess industries.
• Plantas Piloto y Módulos de Enseñanza (Pilot Plants and Teaching Modules) Pilot plant design and fabrication for industrial processes and technology scaling, featuring PLC-controlled systems with variable speed drives, operator interfaces, and industrial communication networks for research, development, quality control, and educational applications. Particularly suited for universities and research centers.
• Ingeniería de Proyectos (Project Engineering Services) Project direction and engineering services for process and industrial automation projects, including conceptual, basic, and detailed engineering for chemical and separation processes.
• Instalación y Mantenimiento Eléctrico y de Control (Electrical Installation and Maintenance) Industrial instrumentation and process control troubleshooting, electrical and control installation and maintenance, including engineering design, equipment fabrication, 2D/3D modeling, P&IDs, electrical drawings, and plant design. Also covers PLC programming, HMI configuration, industrial network communication, low-voltage electrical networks, and electromechanical equipment installation.
• Capacitación Técnica (Technical Training) Customized technical training in process engineering, project engineering, conceptual/basic/detailed engineering for chemical and separation processes, basic electricity, industrial control programming, industrial instrumentation, and industrial process automation and control.

Quantifiable outcome

• First mobile supercritical water oxidation pilot plant in Latin America for PCB destruction
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Universidad del Valle - Grupo de Investigación en Termodinámica Aplicada y Fluidos SupercríticoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term research partnership for supercritical fluid technology development. Universidad del Valle conducted the research and Didacontrol built the first mobile supercritical water oxidation pilot plant in Latin America for PCB destruction. Project funded by Ministry of Environment, CVC, and EMCALI. Didacontrol's Edwin Sánchez Ph.D. is a member of this research group.
• Universidad ICESIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwo-year partnership supporting implementation of Universidad ICESI's biochemical engineering pilot plant. Didacontrol designed and built 10 pilot plants for physicochemical, enzymatic, separation and fermentation processes. Universidad ICESI created Colombia's first biochemical engineering undergraduate program.
• Universidad del Valle - Grupo de Investigación en Procesos Avanzados para Tratamientos Químicos y Biológicos (GAOX)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for research and pilot plant construction on industrial wastewater treatment. Didacontrol has built two prototypes of Electroflox technology, two electro-oxidation test benches with boron-doped diamond electrodes, and designed a pilot plant for leachate treatment.
• ASOCOLCANA (Asociación Colombiana de Industrias del Cannabis)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alliance to develop supercritical fluid applications for the Colombian cannabis industry. Didacontrol is working to open pathways for supercritical fluid technology in cannabis production.
• Biocannabis Life SASstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for applying supercritical fluid extraction technology in cannabis production alongside ASOCOLCANA.
• SENA (Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey financial and research partner. Funded multiple innovation projects including 400 million COP for supercritical fluids project. First funded project in 2015-2017 for catalytic ozonation technology. Current project involves SENA research center.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies: Global incumbent in industrial water and wastewater treatment solutions. Overlaps with Didacontrol's OZOC, ELECTROFLOX, and SCWO water treatment offerings but operates at far greater scale across broader verticals.
• GEA Group: Global supplier of process engineering, separation, and filtration equipment for food, beverage, and chemical industries. Comparable to Didacontrol's Plantas de Procesos, industrial filtration, and separation technology lines, but at much larger scale.
• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: Global water and wastewater treatment technology and services provider. Overlaps with Didacontrol's industrial effluent treatment business but operates as a broad incumbent with standardized offerings.

Direct peers

• Edibon: Spanish manufacturer of pilot plants and teaching modules for engineering education and R&D. Comparable in product, customer base (universities), and turnkey delivery model for pilot plants and modules.
• Separex (Groupe Purenat): French specialist in supercritical CO2 extraction process design and industrial plant delivery. Closely comparable to Didacontrol's supercritical fluid product line and pilot/industrial plant engineering model.
• NATEX Prozesstechnologie GesmbH: Austrian specialist in supercritical fluid extraction and high-pressure process plant engineering. Highly comparable to Didacontrol's ScCO2 extraction and SCWO core technologies serving pharmaceutical, food, and natural product customers.
• Thar Process / Waters SFC: Provider of supercritical fluid chromatography and extraction solutions (acquired by Waters). Comparable to Didacontrol's ScCO2 extraction offering for pharma, food, and cannabis applications.
• Armfield Limited: UK-based manufacturer of pilot plants and teaching modules for chemical, food, and bioprocess engineering education. Directly comparable to Didacontrol's 'Plantas Piloto y Módulos de Enseñanza' product line sold to universities.

Regional players

• Intecsa Industrial: Spanish engineering and EPCM company serving energy, chemical, and industrial clients with significant activity in Latin America. Comparable in turnkey process plant design and construction capabilities.
• Técnicas Reunidas: Spanish EPCM firm with deep track record executing industrial process plant projects across Latin America. Comparable in turnkey engineering and project delivery model for chemical and energy clients in the region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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