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German engineering

Engineering partner for electronics, mechanics & manufacturing

We solve the problems others hand back.

Prototype

engineered and iterated in-house

Production

supervised ramp-up with qualified partners

150+  audited manufacturing & supply-chain partners

Where hardware projects stall

01

From prototype to product

The prototype works. Production is a different job.

Startups get a prototype running, but scaling it into a manufacturable product takes experience nobody on the team has yet.

  • A design that cannot be built as drawn
  • Certification discovered too late to plan for
  • Months lost at the hardest step of the project
02

Slow, expensive iterations

Lead times and prices that kill momentum.

Manufacturers quote weeks for simple parts, at prototype prices and minimum quantities that make fast iteration impossible.

  • Weeks of waiting on every single iteration
  • High prices for small quantities
  • Runway burned while the product stands still
03

Missing hardware expertise

A product team without a hardware team.

Component choices, BOM cost, and supplier management decide the product’s economics, and they get decided early, with or without expertise.

  • Component risks that surface after layout
  • BOM cost only discovered at quotation
  • Suppliers setting the roadmap instead of you

Solutions

Eight disciplines, one accountable team.

CAD render of a rack-mounted fan unit with electronics

Mechanical Engineering

Assembled circuit board under inspection

Electronics Design

Embedded firmware source code and sensor plot

Embedded Systems

Hardware prototype on the workbench

Prototyping

Product undergoing measurement and test

Certification

Progressive stamping tool in a press

Tooling

Electronics production line

Production

Manufacturing methods

PCB assembly (SMD & THT)

Boards populated, soldered, and tested.

CNC milling

Precision-machined parts and housings in metal and plastic.

CNC turning

Rotationally symmetric parts: shafts, bushings, fittings.

Laser cutting

Sheet parts cut to contour, ready for bending and coating.

Sheet metal bending

Formed sheet parts from cut blanks, to drawing.

Steel construction & welding

Welded frames and load-bearing structures, to drawing.

Stamping

High-volume sheet parts from progressive tooling.

Injection moulding

Series plastic parts from single- and multi-cavity tools.

Toolmaking

Tools for injection moulding, extrusion, and stamping, plus jigs and fixtures for assembly, built with the partners who will run them.

Extrusion

Profiles in aluminium and plastic, cut and machined to length.

PCB production

Rigid and flex boards fabricated to the layout data.

Electrical testing

In-circuit and functional test of assembled boards and devices.

Cable assembly

Harnesses and cable sets, crimped and tested.

Powder coating & anodising

Protective and cosmetic surface finishes for metal parts.

Logistics

Packaging, warehousing, and shipment to your customers.

Manufacturing method

Manufacturing method

How we work

  1. 01

    Understand

    The challenge, constraints, and what failure costs you.

  2. 02

    Architect

    System design across electronics, mechanics, and firmware.

  3. 03

    Develop

    Iterative engineering with hardware in hand, not slides.

  4. 04

    Validate

    Test, certify, and design for manufacturing before tooling.

  5. 05

    Produce

    Supplier setup, PCBA, and supervised ramp-up to volume.

“Working with Attacan has opened new frontiers in both our technical development and our industrialization process. Their depth of knowledge in electronics and mechatronics is exceptional, and the bridge they provide from prototype to production-ready technology is fundamental for any hardware-intensive startup that cannot afford to invest scarce resources and time into these late-game challenges.”

— Miguel Bravo, CEO, Digity GmbH

Leon Heiß presenting a hardware design review, a populated module in hand
“We don’t take on projects we wouldn’t stake our reputation on solving.”

Leon Heiß, Founder

Engineering areas & industries

Proof, not claims

Evacuation audio that goes live in hours, not weeks

Conceived, engineered and produced by Attacan: over 160 units in service at Oktoberfest and other public venues.

Prepared for production, with no hardware team in house

From working prototype to a pre-industrialisation build, with the route into production planned.

From design file to delivered prototype, without the wait

Hades designs, Attacan builds: prototypes produced and shipped in short order, at costs that keep iterating cheap.

Electronics that have to last like a farm machine

Power management designed and built by Attacan, with a scalable production process that cuts cost without touching quality or delivery times.

Panic Systems · Event infrastructure & IoT

Evacuation audio that goes live in hours, not weeks

The problem

Mass events need wireless evacuation and safety announcements that can be set up fast and cannot drop out at the moment they are needed.

What we did

All technology by Attacan as joint-venture partner: redundant encrypted UHF links, UPS-backed power, and a modular bus architecture. Electronics, hardware and firmware in-house.

Outcome

The complete system came from Attacan — concept, design, development and production. Over 160 units serve Oktoberfest and other public venues.

  • RF / UHF
  • Embedded firmware
  • Power electronics
  • Ruggedised hardware

Digity GmbH · Biomechatronics & robotics

Prepared for production, with no hardware team in house

The problem

Intelligent hand wearables that capture movement, force and touch had to survive the step from working prototype to manufacturable product — with no hardware team in house.

What we did

Electronics and mechatronics engineering, with Attacan bridging development and industrialisation as one accountable partner.

Outcome

Attacan carried the wearable to a pre-industrialisation build and planned its route into production.

  • Electronics design
  • Mechatronics
  • Industrialisation
  • Wearables

Hades · Mining & extraction technology

From design file to delivered prototype, without the wait

The problem

Hades develops laser drilling for geothermal energy and critical minerals. Hardware at that pace cannot sit in a procurement queue — every week spent waiting for parts stalls the programme.

What we did

Attacan supports the design work and manufactures through its own production network, so a finished drawing becomes a shipped prototype without a detour.

Outcome

Rapid prototyping with short turnaround: Attacan produces and delivers the designs from Hades quickly and cost-efficiently, so hardware iterations keep pace with development.

  • Rapid prototyping
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Production network

Paltech · Agricultural robotics

Electronics that have to last like a farm machine

The problem

Paltech takes weeds out of grassland mechanically instead of chemically, which only pays off if the robot covers real ground. It lives outdoors through heat, cold, rain and snow, and a farmer expects it to last like anything else in the yard.

What we did

Attacan builds the power distribution in layers and runs the high-power and low-power looms separately, so the drives cannot disturb the sensing. Components are specified against years of weather, vibration and washdown rather than a trial season.

Outcome

Attacan designed and manufactures the power management system, and set up a scalable production process that lets Paltech build the robot at much lower cost — same quality, same delivery times. Redesign work continues: more reliability, lower cost, a cleaner look.

  • Power electronics
  • Wiring harness
  • Design for service life
  • Manufacturing

De-risking, as an outside team

Teams that are deep inside a product sometimes cannot see the problem anymore. We audit designs, approaches, and suppliers from the outside, with engineers who have spent years in manufacturing and know which designs survive production.

  • Design and approach audits for product teams
  • Technical due diligence for investors
  • The unknown unknowns, found before they get expensive
How we de-risk →

Frequently asked questions

What does an electronics development project cost?

That depends on three things: functional scope, certification requirements, and production volume. A serious number without those three is guesswork. The first consultation is free of obligation and ends with a transparent estimate of the effort involved.

How long does it take from prototype to series production?

The biggest time factors are rarely the electronics — they are certification and tooling. We plan both before tooling begins, so approval does not become the schedule risk.

Does Attacan work with startups that have no hardware team?

Yes. Component choices, BOM cost and supplier management decide a product’s economics, and they get decided early. We take on those decisions as your engineering team, from schematic through to series production.

Where does Attacan manufacture?

With ISO 9001:2015-certified partners in Asia and Europe — over 150 audited manufacturing and supply-chain partners, with our own quality supervision. When hardware needs hands on it, we travel.

Does Attacan also take on production without development?

Yes. For companies whose product is already developed, we run manufacturing end to end: from the first small batch to volume production, including certification, quality supervision and shipment.

Which certifications does Attacan cover?

CE and EMC as part of our own process, plus UL, RoHS and further market-specific approvals — planned before layout, not retrofitted afterwards.

Partners & network

Technische Universität München
Fraunhofer
MTZ Münchner Technologiezentrum
Universität Leipzig

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