GPAINNOVA is a technological platform based on the design and implementation of multidisciplinary innovative projects. They aim at energy efficiency, the conservation of the environment and the improvement of people’s well-being through efficient solutions.
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Welcome,
On behalf of the entire team, I am pleased to welcome you to our corporate group’s website.
GPAINNOVA not only aspires to develop a commercial activity: it wants to be a learning space, where to share initiatives and ideas and create the necessary synergies to make them a reality. Our goal is clear: to be the spearhead of the creativity and innovation to lead the changes for a better future.
We strive to be a springboard, a technological platform, a unique environment where we can make possible the design, the development and the implementation of innovative technologies and products; where we can build the future.
The information we have gathered on this website will help you get to know us better and understand what moves us. We understand engineering, the discipline around which GPAINNOVA revolves, as an opportunity for constant, useful and creative innovation, as a way of thinking, applying and creating without limits. We set ourselves the goal of entrusting our mentality and our attitude to the rest of society.
We hope that with all that you will find in these pages, you can discover and be part of GPAINNOVA environment.
Cordially,
Pau Sarsanedas i Millet
Co Founder and CEO of GPAINNOVA
GPAINNOVA was founded in Barcelona in 2013, legally constituted as Steros GPA Innovative, SL, in order to provide solutions to various strategic challenges in the field of product design and the development of industrial applications. The entrepreneurial team is made up of four founding partners: Pau Sarsanedas, Pau Guasch, Arnau Garrell and Gerard Tordera.
GPAINNOVA from the beginning
- Creation of Steros GPA Innovative, SL, with the aim of developing innovative products and solutions that respond to the demands and needs of the market. The initials GPA correspond to the first letter of the name of the founders.
- The company’s first business project is developed, based on the mechanical design experience of Pau Sarsanedas and Arnau Garrell, the industrial design experience of Pau Guasch, and the transfer of the right to develop MURUA through Mefit, which Marc Sarsanedas is the inventor and creator of the technology. As a result of this know-how, the company creates MURUA, the first and smallest machine using the passive-layer liquid: gold, silver, copper, brass and palladium. The mark, registered the following year, takes its name from the Latin word ‘gold’ (aurum), read from right to left.
- Commercial presentation of MURUA. The launch is a bestseller and allows to detect, in the framework of international fairs, polishing needs for non-precious metals. The company decides to begin an R&D process.
- Sarsch Adhesives is created to distribute the Acralock brand, in which Pau Sarsanedas has been working as a commercial agent since 2013. Its activity will eventually be partially integrated into GPAINNOVA’s.
- Marc Sarsanedas develops DryLyte, the world’s first dry electropolishing solution. With this achievement, the company DryLyte is founded and the Spanish patent is registered.
- DLyte 10 becomes the first machine created for dental applications with the DryLyte Technology. In March, it is presented at the IDS International Fair in Frankfurt (Germany) and it is shown as the first prototype to apply the DryLyte Technology, marking the beginning of DLyte. The technology’s success, accruing orders worth over one million euros, drove the structural growth of the organization, and the inauguration of new facilities.
- In June, Jaume Sallés and Jaume Miras join as partners.
- In November, the DryLyte Technology for industrial applications is presented at the Formnext fair in Frankfurt (Germany). From that moment, and to respond to the growing demand for electropolishing machinery, a multidisciplinary team is created, with knowledge in chemistry, mechanical, electronic, and industrial engineering, as well as a business and commercial department, ending the year with twenty people at GPAINNOVA.
- In January, Lluís Gil-Vernet joins the company as a partner.
- In April, GPAINNOVA opens its first subsidiary in the United States to expand into the North American market. The offices are located in Miami, Florida.
- In September, DLyte receives the TCT Award for Excellence in Additive Manufacturing Post-Processing.
- In October, DLyte expands to processing titanium and nitinol.
- In November, the DLyte 1 is launched for dental laboratories.
- In December, GPAINNOVA is awarded the European Union’s Horizon 2020 grant for research and development of the DLyte PRO range, aimed at mass production.
- In May, GPAINNOVA launches SEABOTS, a technology company focused on marine robotics, and the exploration and preservation of the aquatic environment.
- In June, the group opens a subsidiary in Hong Kong to drive GPAINNOVA’s expansion into the Asian market.
- Also in June, Pau Sarsanedas receives the Pimec Jove Award.
- In September, the DLyte 10,000 modular solution is presented for the first time at the EMO Hannover trade fair (Germany).
- In October, SEABOTS receives the 2nd prize from the Nautic Tech International Investment Forum, for its smart buoy based on microplastic-filtering technologies.
- In November, the DLyte PRO500, the most versatile, powerful and advanced metal surface finishing machine on the market, is introduced at the Formnext fair.
- Also in November, GPAINNOVA wins the CEPYME award in the Internationalization category.
- In December, a third international office is opened, this time in Shenzhen (China), to consolidate GPAINNOVA’s presence in the Chinese industrial market.
- Also in December, SEABOTS wins the Sustainability Award at the Fuera de Serie Design and Innovation Awards, organized by the Unidad Editorial communication group.
- On February 18th, the President of the Government of Catalonia, Joaquim Torra, visits the GPAINNOVA facilities.
- In March, GPAINNOVA is ranked 76th in Europe, and 7th in Spain in the Financial Times FT 1000 ranking of the fastest growing companies in Europe.
- Among the toughest weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, GPAINNOVA created RESPIRA, a precise and reliable invasive ventilator based on the automation of a manual resuscitation bag. The support of some of most important hospitals in Catalonia and technological companies such as Siemens, SMC, TEG and MAM provided a decisive contribution to our effort. More than a hundred units of this new emergency device were delivered to the Catalan Emergency Agency.
- In June, construction begins on the new facilities, also in the Bon Pastor district (Barcelona), with an area of 6,000 square meters.
- In July, SEABOTS delivers the first units of the SB 100 PRO water drone, an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) prepared to carry out exploration and preservation tasks in sheltered waters. In addition, a hundred buoys are installed for the filtration of microplastics on the beaches of five Catalan municipalities and in Vinaròs (Castellón). In the DLyte range, the first DLyte PRO500 units are sold and the first DLyte 10,000 unit is installed.
- In November, GPAINNOVA acquires POWER INNOTECH, a Catalan start-up specializing in high-performance power electronics solutions. That same month, GPAMEDICAL was founded, a division focused on the development of medical devices.
- In December, GPAINNOVA closed the year with a record turnover of €15.8 million tripling its turnover from the previous year (€5.9 million). The workforce increases almost 60%, from 71 to 117 professionals.
- In January, DLyte HUB, a new cloud platform that provides advanced solutions to DLyte customers, is launched.
- In March, GPAINNOVA is ranked 4th in Catalonia, 13th in Spain and 158th in Europe in the Financial Times 1,000 ranking of the fastest growing European companies. It is also listed as the leading industrial goods company in Spain.
- On April 12th, DLyte Desktop PRO, the first ultra-compact dry electropolishing machine, is launched.
- On April 26th, GPAINNOVA moves to its new facilities in Barcelona.
- In May, GPAINNOVA launches DLyte Desktop Dental, the first ultra-compact dry electropolishing machine for dental laboratories working with cobalt-chrome parts.
- On June 28th, GPAINNOVA ranks among the 101 Top Manufacturing Startups and Companies in Spain, according to Best Start Up EU.
- On July 30th, SEABOTS presents eBlue, the first automation and hybridization technology for recreational boats.
- In September, GPAINNOVA launches DLyte PRO500 Automated Cell to fully automate workpiece handling. This was developed with the support the European Union’s Horizon 2020.
- Also in September, GPAINNOVA joins the Energy Efficiency Cluster of Catalonia, the SEPCHO Cluster (specializing in deep tech), and the Catalan Water Partnership.
- On October 1st, POWER INNOTECH ranks among the 101 Most Innovative Spain Based Electrical Distribution Companies & Startups, according to Futurology Life.
- On October 4th, the latest version of DLyte 10,000 is presented at EMO Milano 2021, and DLyte Chemicals is awarded the ISO 9001:2015 certification by Bureau Veritas.
- On October 21st, GPAINNOVA inaugurates its new facilities in Barcelona.
- On November 16th, GPAINNOVA presents at Formnext DLyte eBlast, a patented electro-blasting system based on projected electropolishing.
- On December 9th, GPAINNOVA’s CEO and co-founder, Pau Sarsanedas, is selected as one of the three finalists of the Young Entrepreneur Award, promoted by the AIJEC Joves Empresaris de Catalunya (Young Entrepreneurs of Catalonia).
- In February, GPAINNOVA is awarded as the Best Multinational Industrial Technology Group 2021 at the European Enterprise Awards. In addition, DLyte Desktop Series is selected as the Most Innovative Electropolishing Machine 2021.
- In March, GPAINNOVA is ranks 5th in Catalonia, 9th in Spain and 192nd in Europe in the Financial Times 1,000 ranking of the fastest growing European companies. It is also listed as the leading industrial goods company in Spain for the third consecutive year, and the 4th in Europe.
- In mid-March, GPAINNOVA releases its dry suspension electrolyte, based on a polymer particles and a non-conductive liquid, especially designed to improve the results of conventional dry electropolishing processes.
- On March 28th, GPAINNOVA receives the Innova Award at the Empresa de l’Any Awards 2021, organized by El Periódico de Catalunya and Banc Sabadell.
- At the end of March, GPAINNOVA’s DLyte eBlast is shortlisted as a finalist in the Innovation Trophy 2022 of the 3D Print Lyon Exhibition 2022.
- In May, GPAINNOVA is given the Innovation Award at the Surfair Congress 2022.
- On June 8th, GPAINNOVA wins the TCT Post-Processing Awards 2022 with DLyte eBlast.
- On July 21st, GPAINNOVA receives from the Catalan Governement the distinctive label of ‘Catalonia Exponential Leaders’, which recognizes the company as one of the most disruptive Catalan companies.
- In summer, GPAINNOVA launches DLyte 100PRO, a new dry electropolishing machine for industrial applications and suitable for a wide range of metals.
- Steros GPA Innovative, SL, is awarded the ISO 9001:2015 certification, and GPAMEDICAL is given the ISO 13485:2016 standard seal.
- GPAINNOVA reaches an agreement with the UK-based aerospace company Open Cosmos, moving to the group’s offices in Barcelona; both organizations announce that they will contribute to creating a state-of-the-art laboratory for the manufacture of satellites.
- In February, GPAINNOVA is announced as the Most Innovative Surface Finishing Group 2022 at the European Enterprise Awards.
- In March, GPAINNOVA is ranks 3rd in Catalonia, 10th in Spain and 373rd in Europe in the Financial Times 1,000 ranking of the fastest growing European companies. It is also listed as the leading industrial goods company in Spain for the fourth consecutive year, and the 2nd in Europe.
- GPAINNOVA launches at the IDS 2023 trade fair (Cologne, Germany) DLyte Mini, the lightest polishing machine on the market for dental laboratories.
- GPAINNOVA launches their first solutions for surface finishing on cemented carbides, consisting in two advanced machines (DLyte 100PRO Carbide & DLyte PRO500 Carbide) and specific electrolyte.
- GPAINNOVA is among the nominees for the Advanced Manufacturing Awards 2023 in the category of Best Product Design and Development Innovation, recognizing their outstanding solutions for polishing tungsten steel.
- GPAINNOVA presents its DLyte Multiprocess equipment at EMO Hannover 2023, specially designed for mass surface finishing and equipped with integrated rinsing and drying steps.
- GPAINNOVA unveils at Formnext 2023 the DLyte Hybrid Finish for fastest and better results on metal finishing; the Multi-Material Finishing Technology, and new formulations and processes for aluminum.
- GPAINNOVA is the recipient of the Technology Innovator Awards 2023 in the category of Best Metal Surface Finishing Innovations Company, presented by Innovation in Business. GPAINNOVA is also distinguished by the CEPYME 500 program as one of the fastest growing companies in Spain.
- SEABOTS is named a finalist for the 2023 Metropolitan Business Innovation Awards in the Industry 4.0 category, presented by the City Council of Cornellà de Llobregat (Barcelona).
- GPAINNOVA ranks 6th in Catalonia, 11th in Spain, and 567th in Europe in the Financial Times 1,000 ranking of the fastest-growing European companies. Additionally, it is recognized as the leading mechanical engineering company in Spain for the fifth consecutive year and holds the 12th position in Europe.
- GPAINNOVA receives a special mention from the TCT Awards 2024 jury in the Postprocessing category, recognizing DryLyte Hybrid Finish as a Highly Commended Innovation.
Vision
GPAINNOVA strives to become a global benchmark for industrial applications and lead the way towards efficient solutions. It aspires to be a technological platform that makes its expertise and extensive resources available to design, develop, and distribute innovative, disruptive, and value driven projects available to entrepreneurs. GPAINNOVA must be consolidated as a laboratory of ideas. Since its foundation, its goal has been to become a springboard for companies and professionals who are limited in implementing their projects, and to have a strong calling to respond to all industrial sectors.
GPAINNOVA’s activity focuses on the creation and development of industrial machinery and innovative technologies that respond to the needs of any economic sector. The goal is to revolutionize the industry with cost-effective and efficient technologies.
Mission
GPAINNOVA was founded with the objective to revolutionize the industry by creating cost-effective, efficient and environmentally friendly solutions. All the technologies we create offer the highest quality, and are created with the aim to improve the everyday of customers in different industries.
The group has been a pioneer in the application of the first dry electroplating system, with the DLyte and DryLyte brands. It currently carries out projects in the field of marine robotics, with SEABOTS; medical devices, with GPAMEDICAL, and high-performance electronics, with POWER INNOTECH. Nonetheless, it plans to expand its actions to other strategic sectors, such as water treatment, the aerospace industry, the electric vehicle and renewable energy.
Values
At GPAINNOVA our values are aligned to our mission. It is our responsibility to put in practice our highest ethical and professional standards in everything we do.
- Technology, at the center: We provide training tools to the human team so that they can incorporate them into the projects in which they participate.
- Innovation: is what drives GPAINNOVA’s success. We always embrace change in all the solutions we create to provide the highest-quality technologies, and measure it with our client’s success, satisfaction, and competitive advantage.
- Creativity: To strengthen creativity in all the levels of the organization in every way. Whether it is a challenging time or a new idea to be proven useful, employees are always encouraged to contribute to innovate.
- Quality: To always pursue excellence in all our products, services, and customer experience during the buying and after-sales process.
- Respect: To always act with honesty and respect with all our co-workers, customers, and partners. The trust and humility we have for each other, strengths performance and culture
Sites
Headquarters- Barcelona
C / Maracaibo, 1, naus 2-6, 08030, Barcelona
The new GPAINNOVA Headquarters based in Barcelona, were inaugurated in April 2021, to properly enable the project to continue growing among its five warehouses that make up a total of 6,000 sqm, and to accommodate the companies that are part of the GPAINNOVA group. The building, designed to give prominence to green and renewable energy with the photovoltaic panels installed, has also green spaces inside and outside the offices combined with modern wood and glass furniture and natural elements, to give priority to the entry of natural light into all the buildings. It is fully equipped with the latest technology and machinery, and even includes new services such as: dining room, gym, training rooms, and open spaces to improve employee experience at GPAINNOVA.
GPAINNOVA America
15491 SW 12th St. Suite 405, Sunrise, FL.
Florida 33326 (USA)
GPAINNOVA America is the subsidiary of GPAINNOVA, located in Florida, United States. Founded in 2018, the team consists of five employees that market the products and services of MURUA, DLyte, and GPASEABOTS in the United States and Canada. GPAINNOVA America’s facilities count with a testing lab, and a showroom to demonstrate the products of the group. It is also responsible of all the partnerships with distributors, companies, and fairs located in North America.
GPAINNOVA Asia
Unit 2204, 22/F, Lippo Centre, Tower 2, 89 Queensway,
Hong Kong
Founded in June 2019, GPAINNOVA Asia is, along with GPAINNOVA Shenzhen, the division dedicated to market, provide technical support, promote, and install DLyte and the shipping of GPASEABOTS products to Asia.
GPAINNOVA Shenzhen
Room 1412,Fl. 13, Building 2A, Skyworth Innovation Valley II Building, Tangtou No1 Road, Shiyan Street, Baoan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
Inaugurated in December 2019, GPAINNOVA’s second delegation in Asia was strengthened in 2020 with the incorporation of four technical and commercial professionals. The offices are located in Baoan District of Shenzhen, on the central coast of Guangdong Province.
The delegation to Shenzhen is an important step in GPAINNOVA’s expansion strategy into the Chinese industrial market, a key piece in the world’s second largest economy.
Company policy
GPAINNOVA is a multinational in the technology sector, made up of several companies and with multiple lines of business: metal surface treatment solutions, medical devices, aquatic drones and innovative technologies related to power electronics. Currently, the field of activity revolves around mechanical and electronic engineering and has the ability to develop software and launch multidisciplinary strategic projects.
GPAINNOVA is headquartered in Barcelona and has offices in the United States (Sunrise, Florida) and China (in Hong Kong and Shenzhen). The entire organization works with the purpose of developing resilient structures, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation. The group’s growth has been exponential: in 2016, the company had a turnover of 600,000 euros, and in 2022 it closed with a turnover of 26 million euros.
The vocation of the GPAINNOVA group is to be a launchpad, a technological platform, a unique space where to make possible the design, the development, and the implantation in the market of innovative technologies and products.
GPAINNOVA wants to put all technical and human resources at the service of a transformative idea and make it a reality. When there is an open product line, the group works together to discover all its applications, without closing in on a single field or service and always providing customers with the highest quality and best service.
What makes us different?
GPAINNOVA is ready to make any technology-based project a reality and to respond to the needs of investors and creators. The company can manage the complexity of the projects, from the conception of the idea to the implementation of the product and the introduction to the market.
The organization is also different from other companies in its sector: it is transversal and open, and is based on the sum of the knowledge of bright minds with the expertise and capabilities of a specialized multidisciplinary team, motivated to achieve goals quickly and maximum efficiency.
The company has generated an organic system that allows it to grow while keeping the lines open and integrating new ones. This is possible thanks to the coordination of a heterogeneous group of professionals, with diverse training and experience, but highly committed to a common goal.
In the words of Pau Sarsanedas: “One of the limitations and shortcomings of Catalonia is not having cross-cutting capacities grouped in a single entity, which could be GPAINNOVA, to make large-scale projects a reality.” Faced with this scenario, the group wants to respond to these needs.
GPAINNOVA TEAM
PAU SARSANEDAS
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF GPAINNOVA
Industrial Engineer from the University of Girona (UdG) and European Specialist in Adhesives from the Fraunhofer IFAM (Germany). He has managed companies with high innovation components and has led the industrialization and marketing of projects in various sectors, also developing team management functions.
- CEO and Founder of SARSCH, SL (Acralock distributor for Spain and Portugal)
- Director of R&D at Alte Transportation, SL
- Design Engineer at Supramollecular Systems, SL, an engineering and production company for electropolishing machines for jewelry
- Computer Engineer at the Applus certification center
EXECUTIVE TEAM
MANAGEMENT TEAM
AWARDS AND HONORS
Multiple brands within the group have received prestigious national and international awards and recognitions within a short period of time since GPAINNOVA was founded.
- In June 2024, GPAINNOVA receives a special mention from the TCT Awards jury in the Postprocessing category, recognizing DryLyte Hybrid Finish as a Highly Commended Innovation.
- In November 2023, GPAINNOVA is the recipient of the Technology Innovator Awards 2023 in the category of Best Metal Surface Finishing Innovations Company, presented by Innovation in Business. GPAINNOVA is also distinguished by the CEPYME 500 program as one of the fastest growing companies in Spain.
- In September 2023, GPAINNOVA is among the nominees for the Advanced Manufacturing Awards 2023 in the category of Best Product Design and Development Innovation, recognizing their outstanding solutions for polishing tungsten steel.
- In February 2023, GPAINNOVA is announced as the Most Innovative Surface Finishing Group at the European Enterprise Awards 2022.
- On July 21st 2022, GPAINNOVA receives the distinctive label of ‘Catalonia Exponential Leaders’, which recognizes it as one of the most disruptive Catalan companies.
- On June 8th 2022, GPAINNOVA wins the TCT Post-Processing Award 2022 with DLyte eBlast.
- In May 2022, GPAINNOVA is given the Innovation Award at the Surfair Congress.
- In March 2022, GPAINNOVA received the Innova Award at the Empresa de l’Any Awards 2021, organized by El Periódico de Catalunya and Banc Sabadell. At its turn, DLyte eBlast is shortlisted as a finalist for the Innovation Trophy 2022 of the 3D Print Lyon Exhibition 2022.
- In February 2022, GPAINNOVA is awarded as the Best Multinational Industrial Technology Group 2021 at the European Enterprise Awards. In addition, DLyte Desktop Series is selected as the Most Innovative Electropolishing Machine 2021.
- In December 2021, GPAINNOVA’s CEO and co-founder, Pau Sarsanedas, was selected as one of the three finalists of the Young Entrepreneur Award, promoted by the AIJEC (Young Entrepreneurs of Catalonia).
- In 2020, GPAINNOVA received the Indústria 4.0 Award for its mechanical ventilator RESPIRA. This recognition was granted by the Industry 4.0 commission, an initiative of the Catalan Industrial Engineers society.
- GPAINNOVA won the Pimec Jove 2019 Award, aimed at small and medium-sized companies.
- In 2019, GPAINNOVA received the Cepyme Award in the Internationalization category.
- In September 2018, the DryLyte Technology was awarded the TCT Award for Excellence in Additive Manufacturing Post-
Processing. This solution is currently used by more than four hundred customers to automate polishing processes and achieve a high-quality metal surface finish.
Between 2020 and 2023, GPAINNOVA featured in the Financial Times ranking of the fastest growing European companies, as the first industrial goods company in Spain.
In June 2021, GPAINNOVA ranked among the 101 Top Manufacturing Startups and Companies in Spain, according to Best Start Up EU.
GPAINNOVA has also accessed Horizon 2020 grants, a program that makes funding for European research and innovation.
SEABOTS
- Finalist at the Metropolitan Business Innovation Awards 2023, in the category of Industry 4.0
- Finalist of the Monaco Smart & Sustainable Marina Award 2022, being selected as the best company in the category of Optimizing Water.
- 2nd Award from the Nautic Tech International Investment Forum 2019.
- Sustainability Award in the Design and Innovation Out of Series Awards 2019, promoted by the Spanish publishing group Unidad Editorial, S.A.
On the other hand, SEABOTS has obtained funding from the Spanish Center for Industrial Technical Development (CDTI).
POWER INNOTECH
In October 2021, POWER INNOTECH ranked among the 101 Most Innovative Spain Based Electrical Distribution Companies & Startups, according to Futurology Life.
Nowadays, four GPAINNOVA’s companies and brands —Steros GPA Innovative, DLyte, POWER INNOTECH and SEABOTS — received the Innovative SME seal, created and promoted by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. It is given to those SMEs that have received public funding for research, development and innovation (R+D+I) projects, and those having proven their innovation capacity.
In September 2021, DLyte Chemicals became the first company in the group to obtain ISO 9001: 2015 certification, the internationally recognized standard for quality management systems (QMS).
