Ayesa accelerates its growth through technological innovation

The company’s growth strategy focuses on strategic technology such as generative AI, cybersecurity and quantum computing as well as digital impact solutions.

In 2025, investment in innovation is expected to increase from 4% to 5% of total revenue.

Ayesa, a global provider of technology and engineering services, is committed to technological innovation as a way of becoming more competitive and achieving sustainable growth. The group’s Innovation team, led by Juan de Dios Hermosín, has set itself the goal of bringing added value to all the sectors in which it operates. These include energy, utilities, the public sector and healthcare, which are expected to experience double-digit growth over 2025.

This added value is based on cybersecurity, data and AI (in particular generative AI) as well as digital impact solutions, such as advanced cloud architectures, low-code/no-code technology, super-apps and assisted software development.

Ayesa has been investing in these areas for more than ten years, mainly through the EU programmes Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. As a result, the group is now a leader in smart grids and advanced renewable energy asset management (for stabilisation, generation and storage); energy efficiency for the iron and steel industry; the secure and transparent interconnection of European data spaces for the healthcare sector; and permits for large civil engineering projects.

Quantum computing also plays a key role in the group’s growth strategy, redefining and giving new potential to existing technology. Ayesa began exploring quantum technology four years ago and firmly believes now is the time to start developing real-world applications. As such, it has undertaken projects for clients such as ONCE, Iberdrola and Mercedes-Benz to overcome problems traditional computing is unable to solve.

The group’s strategic plan also includes a Technology Observatory, whose mission is to identify and prioritise emerging trends. To do this, it works alongside national and international R&D ecosystems, as well as some of the world’s leading research organisations.

Ayesa’s Innovation team is made up of 60 full-time researchers as well as more than 500 members of staff from the various areas involved in implementing the solutions.

The company is currently participating in around 30 innovation projects based on the technologies outlined in its growth strategy. These include co-financed initiatives based on long-term research involving low technology readiness levels, as well as short-term acceleration projects (lasting less than a year) funded by Ayesa and aimed at providing its clients with solutions to the challenges they face.

The group is expected to increase its investment in innovation from 4% to 5% of its total revenue in 2025. This will be made possible by EU and national funds, and in particular the Horizon Europe programme.

Juan de Dios Hermosín, Innovation Director at Ayesa, highlights the need to have a ‘stable regulatory framework in place for national programmes with levels of funding similar to European initiatives in order to ensure effective long-term planning’.

He adds: ‘Ayesa’s strategic innovation plan is not just aimed at ensuring corporate objectives and targets for growth are met, but also making sure Ayesa is able to lead a world in which technology is changing by the day’.