Engineering company Comate joins forces with electronics specialist Zenso

"Europe has unseen innovation potential. Belgium is bursting with genius engineers and scientists who have an extraordinary number of innovative ideas." said founders Wouter Foulon and Sander Van den dries. "With Comate, we want to support companies to bridge the innovation gap to the market and to be able to valorise the high-tech potential in Europe. The acquisition of Zenso ensures that we can pull the quality of our customers' hardware products even higher."

Zenso was founded in 2007 by Johan Coosemans and Bart Hermans as a spin-off from research lab MICAS at KU Leuven. It focuses on the development of electronics and software for new products, with a particular name and fame made within the medical world in recent years. Various active implants have been developed, including a device for continuously monitoring the EEG of epilepsy patients. Among others, Indigo Diabetes, Ontex, UNEEG and Prolira belong to the customer base.

"During a previous cooperation with Comate, it became clear that our vision for product development is the same: Always the highest quality is pursued and the product always comes first," says Bart Hermans.

"For 15 years, Zenso has excelled in unique expertise in electronics, software and medical devices. We are therefore very pleased that Zenso wants to help build this story," indicates Wouter Foulon. "After all, this is a team of incredibly smart and passionate people. But more importantly, they have the same restless drive towards innovation and technological progress".

The fit with our culture was the main deciding factor. "We have ambitious plans and within them our culture is central. That makes us unique and makes us able to do things that others cannot" emphasizes Foulon. "The fact that we also find that at a company like Zenso is a godsend."