R +D+I
Innovation in our DNA
Research, Development and Innovation (R+D+I) has been a constant since our beginnings, our business core for the development of new products and service lines. The foundation of our company’s growth and evolution to this day.
Digitalisation, Sustainability and Energy Efficiency have been our key R+D+I themes throughout this time. Three subjects that today are the focus of the Industry 4.0 transition in Europe and globally, aligned to growth strategies based on Sustainability and Digitalisation.
Constant Evolution
Our R+D+I lines are evolving over time according to our customers’ needs and global market trends. Currently, we are involved in new lines of R+D+I related to:
- the generation, distribution and use of hydrogen as an energy vector to be promoted at national and European levels,
- the use of computational fluid dynamics simulation (CFD) supported by supercomputing technologies to optimise the energy efficiency of industrial equipment, and
- the application of artificial intelligence to the efficient management of buildings.
These are areas that will be part of the main business lines of Soltec Ingenieros in the medium term.
R +D+I Projects
GEMIAL Project
As part of the 2025 Innovative Business Clusters (AEI) Programme, the GEMIAL project develops a federated Digital Twin for the food industry, integrating IoT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer Vision, Virtual Reality, and a multi-cloud architecture to optimize production planning and energy management.
BBTwins project
European project, within the BBI H2020 2020 call, led by the CTIC-CITA technology center in La Rioja, and technologically coordinated by Soltec Ingenieros and our spin out Norlean as Third Party. Formed by 13 partners from 7 European countries, in BBTwins we are developing 2 digital twins, one for the pork meat sector in Spain and another for the fruit sector in Greece, integrating a variety of technologies in the digital twin such as IoT, AI, Artificial Vision (in visible and hyperspectral range), Satellite Vision, Virtual Reality or Blockchain.
CIVITAS Project
As part of the NEXOS 2025 programme, the CIVITAS project is developing a circular, integrated and resilient viticulture model for Galician vineyards. The project combines regenerative agriculture, agrivoltaic systems, by-product valorisation and advanced digitalisation through artificial intelligence and digital twins to enhance sustainability, resource efficiency and climate change adaptation.
EMTyS Project
A project developed in consortium with TACORE, CITEGA and SDEA, with the scientific-technological support of ANFACO-CECOPESCA, within the ConectaPEME 2018 call of the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN). In EMTyS, we have developed digital tools (digital twin, virtual reality, simulation or IoT, among others) for application in the design, development and implementation of an industrial thermal multiprocessing equipment for the food sector.
SIMBlue Project
As part of the NEXOS 2025 programme, the SIMBlue project is developing a digital platform based on artificial intelligence and industrial symbiosis to connect generators and valorisers of side streams within the marine-industry sector, enhancing traceability, circularity and sustainability.
DAVID Project
Within the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN)´s ConectaCOVID 2021 call. Together with our spin out VERSA REAL PROJECTS, we have developed a modular, intelligent and self-sustaining cleanroom laboratory in which residual vegetable oils from the food sector are recycled and valorised for the development of a new sustainable biocide product.
