What Sigma Industry Solutions does

Sigma Industry Solutions AB is a Swedish IT and engineering consulting firm specializing in industrial automation and digitalization, headquartered at Gråbrödersgatan 2 in Malmö with a secondary operational office in Helsingborg. The unit operates within Sigma Group (5,000 employees across 13 countries, ultimately owned by Danir AB / the Dan Olofsson family) and has grown the Malmö/Helsingorg operation from approximately 3 to ~50 employees over five years. Its customer base of 40+ active accounts spans district heating and waste CHP, process industries (chemical, petrochemical, food, pharma), water and wastewater, infrastructure (tunnels, power, airports, textile sorting), defense/marine, automotive, and consumer electronics — i.e., any industry where automation and digitalization are operationally critical in Southern Sweden.

The company's core offerings cover four service areas: Automation - Industri (PLC/HMI/SCADA programming, IIoT, Industry 4.0, robot programming), Automation - Process/Energy/Water (ABB 800xA DCS expertise, IT/OT integration, batch processing, MES/LIMS integration), Digitalisering (digitalization strategy, process optimization, IIoT, change management, BI), and Service & Support with three subscription tiers (office hours, extended hours, 24/7) plus custom arrangements. Proprietary technology includes the sigmalib typkrets library for ABB 800xA, autogenerering/autoverifiering tools that automate and verify application code, a packaged SCADA-to-ABB 800xA migration methodology, and MQTT-based IoT gateway/edge solutions. The company holds Authorized Value Provider status for ABB, which legitimizes delivery within ABB's partner ecosystem. Talent supply is institutionalized through the Växtkraft graduate program, which has developed and placed over 300 engineers since 2014.

Revenue is generated through a mix of project commitments (fixed-price or partnering arrangements with full delivery responsibility), competence augmentation (consultant placement at client sites), managed service and support subscriptions (monthly tiered contracts), specialist services (advanced ABB work, batch processing, system health checks), and ABB value-added resale. GTM is enterprise field sales with consultants deployed on-site across Malmö, Lund, Helsingborg, Landskrona, and Ängelholm; lead channels include direct outreach, a referral-bonus program, cross-referrals from sibling Sigma Group entities, and organic social (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is calculated per engagement based on scope, response times, and on-site requirements.

Name

Sigma Industry Solutions

Legal name

Sigma Industry Solutions AB

Website

https://sigmaindustrysolutions.se

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sigma Industry Solutions AB is a Swedish IT and engineering consultancy specializing in industrial automation, ABB 800xA delivery, IT/OT integration, and digitalization services for enterprise customers across Southern Sweden, operating as part of the 5,000-employee Sigma Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation Consulting Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Enablement & Adoption Services (Change Management, Adoption, Champions) (BPAEANAC)

Keywords

• Industrial automation services
• Process automation consulting
• Digital transformation consulting
• Industrial IoT solutions
• SCADA migration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Malmö

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Project Commitments (Helhetsåtagande): Full-project delivery contracts including system design, programming, installation, and commissioning. Offered under fixed-price, collaboration, development, or partnering arrangements. Covers greenfield and brownfield facilities with deliverables such as control systems, I/O systems, safety systems, server environments, operator stations, switchgear, instrumentation, and installation.
2. Competence Augmentation (Kompetensförsörjning): Provision of skilled engineering and automation consultants to supplement customer project teams. Consultants are deployed at client sites for extended engagements.
3. Service & Support Contracts: Customized service agreements covering troubleshooting, maintenance, and repairs. Offered at three tiers: Support Level 1 (office hours), Support Level 2 (extended hours), Support Level 3 (24/7). Pricing calculated based on required response and on-site times. Includes dedicated internal support department with experienced technicians familiar with customer facilities.
4. Specialist Services: Highly specialized engineering services including advanced ABB automation (800xA, Advant AC400, AC500, PLC Connect), batch processing, industrial IoT gateway solutions, MES/LIMS/integration systems, and system health checks.
5. Authorized Value Provider (ABB): Authorized value provider status for ABB systems, enabling certified delivery of ABB automation solutions and associated professional services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sigma Industry Solutions is an IT and engineering consulting company delivering automation and digitalization services to industrial enterprises in Southern Sweden. Core offerings span project-based delivery (Helhetsåtagande), staff augmentation (Kompetensförsörjning), specialist services, and tiered 24/7 service and support contracts, with deep specialization in ABB 800xA DCS, PLC/HMI/SCADA programming, Industrial IoT, and IT/OT integration.

Product overview

Sigma Industry Solutions is an IT and engineering consulting company specializing in automation and digitalization services. The company operates as part of the Sigma Group (5,000 employees across 13 countries) and offers four main service areas: Automation - Industri, Automation - Process/Energi/VA, Digitalisering, and Service & Support. These services are delivered through multiple delivery models including full responsibility (Helhetsåtagande), service and support contracts, specialist services, staff augmentation (Kompetensförsörjning), and as an Authorized Value Provider for ABB. The company provides packaged solutions including sigmalib (proprietary typcircuit library), autogenerering autoverifiering (automated code generation), and SCADA-to-ABB 800xA migration tools. Support services are offered at three levels (office hours, extended hours, 24/7) plus custom solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Automation - Industri Industrial automation consulting covering PLC, HMI, and SCADA programming, Industrial IoT implementation, Industry 4.0 solutions, process monitoring, drive and servo expertise, project management, and robot programming for industrial manufacturing clients.
• Automation - Process, Energy, and VA (Water/Wastewater) Process, energy, and water/wastewater automation consulting with deep expertise in ABB 800xA systems and advanced IT/OT integration, spanning field equipment to business systems and cloud solutions for district heating, waste CHP, process industries, and utilities.
• Digitalisering (Digitalization) Digital transformation consulting including IT/OT integration, digitalization strategy, process optimization, Industrial IoT implementation, change management, and business intelligence.
• Service & Support Tiered service and support contracts (Support Level 1 office hours, Level 2 extended hours, Level 3 24/7) plus custom tailored solutions, delivered by in-house technicians familiar with customer facilities via phone, email, VPN, and on-site visits.
• sigmalib - Typkretsmodell Proprietary typkrets library providing a stable foundation for developing plant-specific typkretsar, composed of both typkrets and programming guidelines based on ABB 800xA best practices. Includes rules for program division, variable and parameter management, and graphics coupling.
• Autogenerering & Autoverifiering (Automated Code Generation and Verification) Proprietary tools for automated generation and verification of application code, analyzing existing documentation, adapting tools for both generation and verification, iteratively generating and cross-checking against source data/desired results.
• SCADA to ABB 800xA Migration Migration methodology and tools preserving value in existing installations by exporting all data and automatically generating new applications, covering databases, communication signals, alarms, history, process pictures, libraries, programs, datatypes, variables, and panels.
• Helhetsåtagande (Full Project Delivery) Full-project delivery contracts including system design, programming, installation, and commissioning. Offered under fixed-price, collaboration, development, or partnering arrangements covering greenfield and brownfield facilities.
• Kompetensförsörjning (Staff Augmentation) Provision of skilled engineering and automation consultants to supplement customer project teams, deployed at client sites for extended engagements across multiple customers in Southern Sweden.
• Specialisttjänster (Specialist Services) Highly specialized engineering services including advanced ABB automation (800xA, Advant AC400, AC500, PLC Connect), batch processing, industrial IoT gateway solutions, MES/LIMS/integration systems, and system health checks.

Quantifiable outcome

• High quality delivery at equal or lower cost through proprietary tools and methodology for automated code generation and verification
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ABB (as Authorized Value Provider)coreTechnology or IntegrationSigma Industry Solutions is an authorized value provider for ABB automation systems. This partnership enables the delivery of certified ABB solutions including 800xA DCS, Advant AC400/AC500/AC110, PLC Connect, ABB Batch, ABB Data Security, ABB SPH/PGIM/IM/History migrations, and related professional services. The partnership provides access to ABB's technology ecosystem and legitimizes the company's automation delivery capabilities within ABB's partner network.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• AFRY: Large Nordic engineering and digital consultancy (formerly ÅF) with a substantial industrial automation practice serving process, energy, and infrastructure clients across Sweden. Direct overlap in target verticals and ABB ecosystem, but at materially greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Rockwell Automation: Global industrial automation vendor with FactoryTalk and PlantPAx systems plus extensive system integrator partner network. Competes for the same process and discrete manufacturing customers Sigma serves, especially in brownfield modernization projects.
• ABB Industrial Automation: Global industrial automation vendor and Sigma's most important technology partner (Authorized Value Provider). ABB's own services organization competes for end-customer automation projects at larger scale, making both a critical ecosystem gatekeeper and a source of competitive overlap.
• Siemens Digital Industries: Global automation vendor whose SIMATIC PCS 7 / SCADA / TIA portal ecosystems compete with ABB 800xA and could shift customer demand away from Sigma's 800xA-centric proprietary tools. Provides competing system integration services through Siemens partners and direct.

Direct peers

• Semcon: Nordic engineering services firm with industrial automation and digitalization offerings, including product development, embedded systems, and Industry 4.0 consulting. Comparable in serving industrial customers on automation, simulation, and digital transformation engagements in the Nordics.
• Prevas: Swedish industrial automation and digitalization consultancy with deep ABB partnership exposure and a similar embedded-consultant delivery model across process and discrete manufacturing. Closely comparable in customer profile, tool philosophy, and Växtkraft-like graduate recruitment program.
• Rejlers: Nordic engineering consultancy offering industrial automation, digitalization, and IT/OT integration services to process and infrastructure operators. Comparable in service mix (automation, digitalization, support), regional focus on the Nordics, and project-based + staff-augmentation delivery models.

Regional players

• Sigma Industry East North: Sister entity within Sigma Group covering automation and digitalization services in Eastern and Northern Sweden. Same corporate parent, similar service portfolio, but operating in a non-overlapping geography — providing insight into the same business model at scale in adjacent markets.
• Sigma Industry West: Sister entity within Sigma Group providing equivalent automation and digitalization consulting services in Western Sweden. Operates the same delivery model under shared Sigma Industry South Group coordination, allowing benchmarking on customer mix, pricing, and talent strategies.

Emerging players

• Kongsberg Digital: Nordic industrial digitalization software and services firm focused on energy, maritime, and process industry digital twins and IIoT platforms. Represents the software-led adjacency to Sigma's services-led model, increasingly relevant as IIoT and digital twin mandates grow in process industries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sigmaindustrysouth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sigma-industry-solutions
• Instagraminstagram.com/sigmaindustrysouth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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