What Etatec Studio Paoletti Srl does

Etatec Studio Paoletti Srl is a Milan-headquartered hydraulic and environmental engineering firm founded in 1987, providing specialized consulting, planning, design, construction supervision, and technical assistance services to Italian public-sector clients. The firm operates with a team of over 30 collaborators, including more than 20 engineers and surveyors, alongside its associated professional practice Studio Paoletti Ingegneri Associati, and is owned by eight engineer-shareholders with continuous professional practice dating back to 1991.

The firm delivers eight integrated service lines: aqueducts and water treatment plants, canal and inland navigation engineering, sewerage and wastewater treatment, hydraulic and environmental planning, road and railway hydraulics, hydroelectric and renewable energy infrastructure, fluvial engineering, and hydrological/hydraulic modeling. Its technical foundation rests on proprietary in-house calculation codes for pressure pipe networks, free-surface networks, steady and unsteady flow in closed conduits, open channels and natural riverbeds, and physically-based distributed rainfall-runoff transformation models, supplemented by GIS systems, georeferenced databases, and topographic surveying capabilities. The firm designs physical hydraulic models and produces BIM-based deliverables using Civil 3D and Revit.

Revenue is generated through fee-based professional services contracts with Italian municipalities, water utilities (Gestori S.I.I), land reclamation consortia, regional and provincial governments, interregional agencies (A.I.Po), and infrastructure operators. The firm has held ISO 9001:2015 certification since 2006 and has subsequently added ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, ISO 50001:2018, and UNI/PdR 125:2022 gender equality certification, supporting eligibility for Italian public procurement. Geographic coverage spans 15+ Italian regions plus international projects in Brazil, with active engagement in PNRR-funded infrastructure works through 2026.

Name

Etatec Studio Paoletti Srl

Legal name

Etatec Studio Paoletti Srl

Website

https://etatec.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Etatec Studio Paoletti Srl is a Milan-based hydraulic and environmental engineering firm founded in 1987, providing specialized consulting and design services to Italian public administrations, water utilities, and infrastructure operators across eight hydraulic engineering disciplines.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hydraulic Engineering Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

Keywords

• Hydraulic engineering services
• Water infrastructure design
• Environmental engineering consulting
• Flood risk management
• Hydraulic modeling services

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering Services: Fee-based professional engineering services including specialized consulting, feasibility studies, territorial planning for water resource management and flood risk management, preliminary and detailed technical design, construction supervision and testing, technical assistance, cost-benefit analysis, economic and financial aspects of infrastructure development, environmental impact studies, safety coordination, and design of physical hydraulic models with interpretation of results.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Etatec Studio Paoletti Srl is a specialized Italian hydraulic and environmental engineering firm offering fee-based professional services across the full project lifecycle. Its work covers consulting, feasibility studies, territorial planning, preliminary and detailed technical design, construction supervision, testing, and technical assistance for water supply systems, sewerage networks, wastewater treatment plants, flood protection works, river engineering, hydroelectric facilities, and road/railway hydraulic infrastructure. Services are delivered using proprietary in-house calculation codes, mathematical and physical hydraulic modeling, GIS-based cartography, and topographic surveying.

Product overview

Etatec Studio Paoletti Srl is a specialized hydraulic and environmental engineering firm offering a portfolio of eight core service areas. These include water supply and treatment systems (Acquedotti e impianti di potabilizzazione), canal and inland navigation engineering (Canali e navigazione interna), sewerage and wastewater treatment (Fognature e impianti di depurazione), hydraulic and environmental planning (Pianificazione idraulica e ambientale), road and railway hydraulics (Idraulica stradale e ferroviaria), hydroelectric and renewable energy plants (Impianti idroelettrici ed energie rinnovabili), fluvial engineering (Ingegneria fluviale), and hydrological and hydraulic modeling (Modellistica idrologica e idraulica). The firm also provides associated technical services such as construction management, site supervision, feasibility studies, environmental impact assessments, safety coordination, and BIM-based design using tools including Civil 3D and Revit.

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Products and services

• Acquedotti e impianti di potabilizzazione (Water supply and treatment systems) Design and engineering of drinking water and industrial water intake works, water treatment and softening plants, transmission and distribution aqueducts, pumping stations, dams, and reservoirs, delivered to Italian municipalities, water utilities, and public administrations.
• Canali e navigazione interna (Canal and inland navigation engineering) Engineering of currents in steady and unsteady flow, erodible bed stability, sediment transport and management, embankments and bank protection, expansion tanks, overflows and diversions, navigation locks, and control gates for canal and inland navigation infrastructure projects.
• Fognature e impianti di depurazione (Sewerage and wastewater treatment) Detailed survey of existing conditions, field experimentation through direct measurement of rainfall and flows, mathematical modeling for sizing and simulation of complex networks, canalization works, lifting plants, flood control works, and wastewater treatment plants for civil and industrial use, for municipalities, water utilities, and reclamation consortia.
• Pianificazione idraulica e ambientale (Hydraulic and environmental planning) Hydrological and hydrogeological balances, estimation of surface and groundwater resources, demand estimation for different water uses, water resources planning at various territorial scales, environmental impact studies, and water protection and use plans, for regional governments, basin authorities, and municipalities.
• Idraulica stradale e ferroviaria (Road and railway hydraulic engineering) Definition and design of drainage works for major road infrastructure, hydrological-hydraulic aspects related to outfalls, channeling, storage tanks and first-flush water treatment, and protection works for infrastructure in riverbeds, for road and railway operators such as RFI and highway concessionaires.
• Impianti idroelettrici ed energie rinnovabili (Hydroelectric and renewable energy plants) Design of retention structures (dams and check dams), intake and discharge works, dissipators, piezometric wells, adduction works and penstocks, covering both hydroelectric generation and pumped storage facilities, for energy companies and public-sector energy programs.
• Ingegneria fluviale (River engineering) Solid transport and river morphology, check dams and selective check dams, spur dikes, embankments and bank protection works, expansion basins, overflows and diversions, and natural engineering works, for basin authorities, regions, and reclamation consortia managing rivers.
• Modellistica idrologica e idraulica (Hydrological and hydraulic modeling) Physical and mathematical modeling for hydraulic engineering applications, including flood routing, real-time flood forecasting, 1D and 2D hydrodynamic river models, pollutant propagation models, and physical models of dams and hydraulic structures, used across all of the firm's service areas and for public-sector flood early-warning systems.

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AFRY (formerly Pöyry): Nordic-origin global engineering consultancy with strong hydropower and water practice in Italy. Comparable in offering hydraulic/water engineering services to public-sector clients but at substantially greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Proger SpA: Larger Italian multi-disciplinary engineering and project management firm with significant hydraulic/infrastructure capability. Comparable in serving Italian public-sector infrastructure clients but at greater scale and broader service scope.
• Italferr SpA: FS Group engineering subsidiary specializing in railway and transport infrastructure engineering, often procuring hydraulic sub-consultancy. Comparable as a buyer/peer for railway hydraulics services that Etatec also delivers to RFI and adjacent clients.

Direct peers

• Pini Group: Swiss-Italian engineering consultancy with strong Italian presence (Milan) and deep hydraulic/infrastructure capability. Comparable in offering integrated design, supervision, and hydraulic engineering services to public infrastructure clients.
• Lombardi SA: Swiss-based engineering consultancy with deep hydropower, dam, and hydraulic infrastructure expertise and active Italian project portfolio. Comparable in specialized hydraulic engineering design and supervision for dams and reservoirs.
• Technital SpA: Venice-based Italian engineering consultancy with strong hydraulic, water resources, and transportation infrastructure practice. Directly comparable mid-sized Italian engineering firm competing in similar PNRR/public tender environments.
• Hydrodata SpA: Turin-based Italian hydraulic engineering consultancy founded in 1982. Closely comparable pure-play hydraulic/environmental engineering firm with similar service portfolio (water resources, river engineering, hydraulic modeling) and Italian public-sector client base.
• Studio Altieri: Italian engineering consultancy specialized in hydraulic and environmental infrastructure. Closely comparable boutique-to-mid-sized Italian firm serving municipalities, utilities, and consortia with similar design and supervision services.
• D'Appolonia (RINA Consulting): Italian engineering consultancy (now part of RINA group) with established water, environment, and infrastructure engineering practice. Comparable in offering environmental and hydraulic engineering services to Italian public and private clients.

Others

• IREN SpA: Major Italian multi-utility (water, gas, electricity) and a known client of Etatec. Comparable as an integrated water utility operator; included as ecosystem counterpart rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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