What Inventec does

Inventec B.V. is a Dutch private limited company headquartered in Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands (with a secondary office in Nunspeet), that designs and delivers advanced measuring and monitoring systems for critical civil, geotechnical, and industrial infrastructure. The technology stack rests on three pillars: optical fiber sensing (Distributed Temperature Sensing, Distributed Acoustic Sensing, Distributed Strain Sensing, and Fiber Bragg Grating), MEMS-based instrumentation (SAAF articulated inclinometer chain, ANCHORVIEW), and wireless sensor networks. The product portfolio spans permanent Structural Health Monitoring systems, DIKEALERT dike and levee surveillance, LEAKALERT and PIPEALERT pipeline leak and integrity systems, LPMH for sewer longitudinal profile measurement, and the Livesense web platform for centralized data management, visualization, and SMS/email alarm notification.

The firm serves seven verticals — civil and structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, piping and pipeline industry, sewage systems, process industry, energy, and security — through named engagements with HSL (Amsterdam–Paris high-speed rail with 378 sensors at 126 locations at 0.05 mm accuracy), Groningen Seaports, HES Hartel Tank Terminal, EMO Terminal, Tata Steel, Eneco, Belwind, Veolia, Gasunie, Yara, Oasen, Evides, Amsterdam Municipality (North–South Line subway stations), Rotterdam-Rijn Pijpleiding, and Gdf-Suez, with project footprints in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Indonesia.

Inventec operates a direct enterprise field-sales motion across four delivery layers: turnkey monitoring system supply (engineering, installation, commissioning, optional hosted data management via Livesense), measurement services performed with owned equipment on a day-rate basis, sensor and equipment sales, and rental for shorter-duration projects. The company is independent and privately held with no disclosed external funding, parent entity, or institutional ownership; it operates with a very small headcount (9 employees) and competes on deep domain engineering expertise rather than scale.

Name

Inventec

Legal name

Inventec B.V.

Website

https://inventec.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Inventec B.V. is a Dutch engineering firm delivering fiber-optic and MEMS-based monitoring systems for civil infrastructure, pipelines, dikes, and industrial assets, serving enterprise and government operators across the Netherlands and select European markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Health Monitoring Systems

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)

akta.pro primary industry

Condition Monitoring & Predictive Maintenance Instrumentation (Vibration/ultrasound, oil analysis sensors, IIoT monitoring) (IMAGAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Geotechnical Instrumentation & Monitoring (Settlement, Inclinometers, Piezometers) (IMAFAOAH), Leak Detection, Emissions & LDAR Testing (OGI, methane, fugitive emissions) (EUAEAHAL), Instrumentation, Controls & Automation (DCS/PLC/SCADA, SIS, Metering) (EUAEAFAC), Sensors & Instrumentation Electronics Manufacturing Services (Transmitters, analyzers, industrial sensors) (IMAGAGAL)

Keywords

• Structural health monitoring
• Fiber optic sensing
• Leak detection systems
• Geotechnical instrumentation
• Infrastructure monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Nijkerk

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Turnkey Monitoring Systems: Full supply of operational monitoring systems including system engineering, installation, commissioning, start-up, and optional data management via web server. Includes alarm/warning notifications via SMS and/or email.
2. Measurement Services: Carrying out measurements with own instruments and reading units. Performed on day rate basis for geotechnical measurements, settlement measurements, and other survey work.
3. Product Sales: Supply of sensors, reading units, dataloggers and associated software. Includes optical fiber sensors, FBG sensors, and various geotechnical instruments.
4. Equipment Rental: Rental of measurement units for projects with duration that does not justify investment. Includes SAAF rental for temporary deformation measurements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Inventec delivers advanced measuring and monitoring systems and services for civil engineering, geotechnical, pipeline, sewer, process industry, energy, and security applications. Its core products combine optical fiber sensing, MEMS-based deformation measurement, and wireless sensing to provide permanent structural health monitoring, dike surveillance, pipeline leak detection, and settlement measurement. The company operates at four levels: turnkey monitoring system delivery with installation and commissioning, on-site measurement services, sale of sensors and reading units, and equipment rental for shorter projects.

Product overview

Inventec is a measurement and monitoring solutions provider serving civil engineering, geotechnical, piping, sewage, process industry, energy, and security sectors. The product portfolio centers on optical fiber sensing technology (DTS, DAS, DSS), MEMS-based deformation measurement (SAAF, ANCHORVIEW), and wireless sensing systems. Core products include SHM for structural health monitoring, DIKEALERT for dike surveillance, LEAKDETECT/PIPEALERT for pipeline monitoring, and LPMH for settlement measurement. Services are delivered at multiple levels: turnkey monitoring systems (including system engineering, installation, commissioning, and data management via Livesense platform), measurement services with own equipment, equipment supply, and rental options. Key differentiating technologies include fiber optic Brillouin scattering analysis for distributed sensing, FBG (Fiber Bragg Grating) sensors, and MEMS-chip accelerometers. The Livesense web platform provides centralized data access and alarm notification via SMS/email.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Livesense: Web platform for wireless structural health monitoring data access

Products and services

• SHM (Structural Health Monitoring) Complete structural health monitoring system using fiber optic technology for permanent monitoring of civil structures such as bridges, buildings, and quay walls, enabling real-time deformation and stress measurements with automatic alarm generation.
• DIKEALERT Early warning system for real-time dike and levee surveillance using fiber optic technology, detecting millimeter-scale deformations with one-meter spatial resolution over distances of 30+ km (equivalent to tens of thousands of individual sensors).
• LEAKALERT Leak detection system for pipelines using Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) technology, detecting and locating leaks with one-meter accuracy over distances up to 50 km in oil, gas, water, and district heating networks.
• PIPEALERT Structural health monitoring system for long pipelines using Brillouin scattering analysis, providing distributed strain and stress measurement with 50,000 equivalent sensors over 50 km.
• SAAF (Shape Accel Array Field) MEMS-based articulated chain of multi-axial inclinometer segments for horizontal and 3D deformation measurement; measures angles in X and Y directions with accuracy of 1 mm over 30 m, available up to 100 m length.
• LPMH System Longitudinal Profile Measurement with Hydrostatic pressure system for precise settlement and subsidence measurements of sewers and underground infrastructure profiles; can operate with sewer in service, dry, or partly/fully filled.
• Wireless Sensing System Wireless structural health monitoring system with sensor nodes communicating with gateway nodes (one gateway serves up to 1000 sensor nodes), measuring vibration, strain, inclination, displacement, temperature, and humidity for existing structures.
• Livesense Web-based data management and monitoring platform providing real-time visualization of sensor data; clients can log in to monitor structural behavior and receive automatic alarms via SMS and/or email when preset values are reached.
• Turnkey Monitoring System Delivery Complete monitoring system delivery service including system engineering, installation, commissioning, start-up, and optional data management via the company's web server; alarm/warning notifications via SMS and email.
• On-Site Measurement Services Carrying-out of measurements with Inventec's own instruments and reading units on a day-rate basis, including settlement measurements, LPMH surveys, anchor measurements, and other geotechnical survey work.
• Equipment Rental Rental of measurement units (including SAAF) for projects where duration does not justify equipment investment, targeting temporary deformation measurement needs.

Quantifiable outcome

• HSL monitoring: 378 sensors at 126 locations with 0.05mm accuracy, designed for 25-year maintenance-free operation
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature12 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Senceive: UK-based provider of wireless structural monitoring sensors and gateways for rail, construction, and infrastructure. Direct competitor to Inventec's wireless sensing product line and Livesense platform.
• AP Sensing: German DTS specialist focused on power cable, pipeline, and fire detection monitoring. Direct competitor to Inventec's DTS/DAS pipeline and subsea cable offerings, with comparable long-range distributed temperature sensing specifications.
• Silixa: UK-based specialist in distributed fiber optic sensing (DTS, DAS, DSS) for structural health, pipeline, and geotechnical monitoring. Most direct competitor to Inventec across the same Brillouin/Rayleigh scattering stack and target applications.
• Bandweaver Technologies: UK/China-headquartered DTS and fiber optic sensing vendor focused on fire detection, pipeline, and power cable monitoring. Closely comparable to Inventec's pipeline and process industry DTS applications.
• Brugg Cables: Swiss manufacturer of sensing cables and DTS systems for leak detection and structural monitoring. Competes with Inventec in pipeline monitoring and offers comparable distributed sensing cable technology.
• Omnisens: Swiss specialist in distributed fiber optic temperature and strain sensing for oil & gas pipelines, power cables, and dams. Direct competitor to Inventec's DSS/DTS-based pipeline and energy cable monitoring.
• Fotech Solutions: UK-based DAS technology provider for pipeline monitoring, perimeter security, and rail applications (copper theft). Overlaps with Inventec's DAS-based security and pipeline monitoring offerings.
• Luna Innovations: US-listed fiber optic sensing company (including OptaSense DAS) serving pipeline integrity, structural health, and security markets. Competes directly with Inventec in DAS-based leak detection and third-party intrusion monitoring.
• Geokon: US manufacturer of geotechnical and structural instrumentation (inclinometers, strain gauges, load cells) used in dams, tunnels, and slopes. Direct peer to Inventec's SAAF and ANCHORVIEW geotechnical sensing products.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens (Infrastructure & Smart Infrastructure): Global industrial conglomerate offering broad infrastructure sensing, automation, and SCADA solutions. Competes with Inventec indirectly on large bundled infrastructure projects where monitoring is sub-supplied by the OEM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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