With a highly-qualified workforce and strengths in engineering, electronics and IT, Estonia is at the cutting edge of R&D, production and service for mechatronic solutions with embedded software.
| World class education in science, maths and IT. | |
| Significant, export-oriented engineering and electronics sectors. | |
| World class IT skills, from software to control systems and cyber security. | |
| Full collaborative ecosystem for R&D, prototyping and production. | |
| Estonian mechatronics solutions attract global clients, awards and funding. |
Estonia has a sizeable and growing Mechatronics industry thanks to its ability to integrate world-class expertise in mechanical engineering, electronics and IT. European leaders Enics and Stoneridge trust Estonia to provide high quality, cost-effective, on-time solutions for their global client base.
In mechanical engineering Estonia has a 25 year track record of high-value production, testing and assembly for global markets. Ericsson and ABB (read more) trust Estonia to produce complex telecommunications, power and industrial solutions. A significant contract manufacturing sector is experienced and certified to provide intricate components and complex systems to space, transportation and offshore sectors.
Estonia’s electronics capability, developed over 70 years, today includes R&D, prototyping, precision production and assembly of PCBs, supercapacitors, transformers and semiconductors. European leaders Enics, PKC Group and Stoneridge provide cost-effective, on-time solutions to global clients from Estonia.
Estonia’s world-class IT capability ensures technology is seamlessly integrated. Historic skills in industrial automation and cyber security are augmented by developments in data analytics, connected networks and the Blockchain. Estonia is at the cutting edge of sensor, control software and location technology R&D for autonomous vehicles.
Homegrown innovations increasingly attract global clients, awards and funding. Starship Technologies is a strategic partner to Daimler AG in the smart van-robotic delivery solutions. Cleveron parcel delivery solutions are used globally by the likes of Walmart. Software apps allow clients to personalise service and provide real-time data to business on performance and preferences.
Success stories in the Estonian Electronics / IoT / Mechatronics industry include:
ABB (read more), Amphenol, Cleveron (read more), Enics (read more), Ericsson, Fortaco, Hanza, Ionix Systems, IPA, Milrem Robotics (read more), Note, PKC Group, Scanfil, Starship Technologies (read more), Stoneridge and others.
These websites can be useful when interested in mechatronics in Estonia:
You are also welcome to send us a request for personal e-consulting to obtain more specific information.
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Estonia has a sizeable Advanced Industrial sector and world-class IT expertise in areas including high tech systems, control technologies and cyber security. Supported by a collaborative ecosystem well suited to research and development, Estonia is emerging as a centre of excellence in industrial automation.
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