This application-ready approach combines COMs with customizable advanced services and technologies for systems consolidation, IoT, security, and artificial intelligence.
Dominik Ressing, CEO of congatec, highlights the company's innovative spirit: "Since the company's founding, congatec's goal has been to simplify embedded systems technology and help customers maximize the value of their solutions. We continuously develop our COM modules, software, and services, always with an eye toward new ideas."
Becoming a Global Player:
In December 2004, 13 employees founded congatec in Deggendorf, Germany. Twenty years later, congatec has become an innovative leader in the embedded systems market. The manufacturer of standardized COM modules and high-performance, secure, application-ready hardware and software blocks achieved annual revenues of $192 million in 2023. With more than 25 global sales partners and offices in EMEA, APAC, and the US, congatec has delivered more than 10 million solutions to customers across various industries. Daniel Jürgens, CFO of congatec, highlights the company's strength: “The passion, experience, trust, and teamwork of our employees are our greatest asset and have established us as one of the world’s leading suppliers of COM modules. Our strong corporate culture is the foundation of this success and continues to drive innovation.”
Beyond its strong corporate culture and the dedication of its employees, congatec's success is also due to the open embedded systems industry standards that the company has actively helped to develop since 2004. Initially, congatec participated under the banner of the PCI Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG), and since 2012, the company has been a founding member of the Standardization Group for Embedded Technologies (SGET).
As Konrad Garhammer, COO and CTO of congatec, emphasizes: “COM modules are in our DNA. Since our founding, we have actively promoted open COM standards, accessories, and services to bring the best COM ecosystems to market and generate sustainable benefits for our customers.”
A key milestone in standardization was the publication of the PICMG COM Express specification in May 2005, in which congatec played a fundamental role. The company promptly launched its first COM Express module in 2006. Further achievements included the implementation of the Qseven specification in 2008 and the release of the first SMARC module in 2016 as part of SGET. The current success of the high-speed embedded COM-HPC standard particularly validates the company's commitment to open standards. Christian Eder, a founding member of congatec and chairman of the PICMG COM-HPC working group, recently announced the release of the new Carrier Board Design Guide.
Greater efficiency and faster time to market
. With the aReady strategy implemented in 2023, congatec has given its COM technology a significant innovative boost by offering customers modular hardware and software building blocks. This approach simplifies the development of highly scalable and flexible solutions from COM to the cloud.
Now, customers can access a complete package that includes hardware, hypervisor, cybersecurity, operating systems, and functional software, enabling them to further accelerate time to market and focus on their core competencies. congatec provides all operating systems and software components out-of-the-box and fully licensed, facilitating a faster and simpler entry into embedded systems. Konrad Garhammer adds, “Every congatec employee is dedicated to leveraging their expertise in developing new hardware and software components that help us and our customers achieve our shared goals.”
The innovations of the last 20 years provide a perfect foundation for working on future technologies and shaping the world of tomorrow. congatec represents embedded technology that is easy to use, easily scalable, sustainable, and interoperable—all supported by a large community.
“In an era of rapid technological progress, we are committed to training our customers to quickly adapt to cutting-edge technologies and take a pioneering role in their industries. We will continue to simplify the use of embedded systems, regardless of what the future holds. Together, we are creating a world where technology drives innovation, propels progress, and transforms industries,” says Dominik Ressing, looking to the future with optimism.
