Austrian applied-research institute founded 1995 in Steyr; 75 staff, 1,700+ projects in industrial AI, augmented reality, and additive nano-manufacturing.
Profactor GmbH is an Austrian non-university applied-research company founded in 1995 and headquartered in Steyr, with an additional office in Vienna. It operates at the interface between academic science and industrial application, helping manufacturing companies adopt advanced production technologies. Shareholders are AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (51%) and Upper Austrian Research GmbH (UAR, 49%), embedding Profactor within Austria's publicly supported research infrastructure.
The company's research is organised around two strategic pillars. The first is industrial assistive systems: Profactor develops systems that combine human expertise with machine intelligence, perception, and processing power to create collaborative work environments. Key capabilities within this pillar include spatial and projection-based augmented reality, machine vision (including the company's AssemblyEye perception platform), deep neural networks, parallel computing, embedded systems, and mechatronics. These technologies are applied to assembly guidance, quality inspection, robot programming (including the SketchGuide system for rapid robot programming via freehand sketching), and human-robot interaction in Industry 4.0 settings.
The second pillar is additive micro and nano manufacturing: Profactor develops processes and equipment for functional surface structures and nanostructures, including technologies for printing or depositing materials at microscale resolution. Applications include functional coatings, sensors, and electronic components.
Since its founding, Profactor has completed more than 1,700 national and international research and development projects, working across disciplines from computer science and electrical engineering to materials science and production engineering. The team comprises approximately 75 employees drawn from 15 academic fields. Profactor participates in EU-funded programmes (including Horizon Europe projects such as COMPASS) and is listed on the European Commission's Key Enabling Technologies database. Its Steyr facility serves as the primary location for laboratory and pilot-production work.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Industrial machine-vision and spatial-AR perception platform for assembly guidance, quality inspection, and human-robot collaboration in manufacturing.
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https://www.profactor.atPHONE
+43 7252 885-0HEADQUARTERS
Austria
Company Facts
Founded
1995
Primary Role
Research Institute
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Primary Region
Europe
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