# Fundação CERTI

> Fundação CERTI is an independent Brazilian nonprofit research and technology institution that develops products, software, manufacturing systems and innovation programs for businesses, government and the third sector. Its work combines engineering and testing with startup incubation and bioeconomy initiatives, including CELTA, Lenovo visual inspection and Amazon supply-chain development.

- **Founded:** 1984
- **Headquarters:** Florianópolis, Brazil
- **Founders:** Carlos Alberto Schneider (Founding initiator; former General Superintendent)
- **Products:** Applied product and process R&D, Metrology and instrumentation, CELTA, LABfaber, Eye of Things
- **Notable:** 2025 annual report dashboard records 73 projects, 671 clients and 404 employees across 14 market sectors., CELTA incubation initiative began in 1986., Procomp/Diebold partnership won the 1997 voting-machine tender after placing second in 1996.

## Products & services

- **Applied product and process R&D** — Market and feasibility studies, mechanical and electronic design, embedded software, prototyping, testing and preparation for production.
- **Metrology and instrumentation** — Calibration, measurement, testing, industrial quality services, training and asset-integrity engineering. CERTI advertises RBC accreditation under ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
- **CELTA** — Technology incubation, strategic support, mentoring, infrastructure and corporate innovation programs.
- **LABfaber** — Factory laboratory for development and validation of digital technologies for electronics manufacturing and Industry 4.0.
- **Eye of Things** — Lenovo visual-inspection system for notebooks and desktops, with computer vision, AI, configuration without coding and production-database integration.
- **Arataca** — ENGIE electrical-current leakage detection device refined through five hardware engineering revisions and validated in hydropower plants.
- **Bioconex** — Amazon B2B marketplace linking producers and cooperatives to industrial buyers across more than 25 supply chains.
- **Jornada Amazônia** — Entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem initiative supporting Amazon bioeconomy businesses and forest conservation. Initiative launched in 2020; scale platform announced in 2022, with its first scale cycle starting in 2023.
- **Gemeoss** — Petrobras subsea asset-integrity digital-twin work using equipment and production data to support inspection and life-extension decisions.
- **Nanobox** — Siemens Energy prototype for remote measurement of transformer current, voltage and temperature, with NB-IoT connectivity.

## Achievements

- 2025 annual report dashboard records 73 projects, 671 clients and 404 employees across 14 market sectors.
- CELTA incubation initiative began in 1986.
- Procomp/Diebold partnership won the 1997 voting-machine tender after placing second in 1996.
- Received a Petrobras Best Suppliers award in 2023, according to the institutional history.
- Bioconex case reports approximately BRL 120,000 in sales in the final quarter of 2024.
- Arataca case reports field validation in multiple ENGIE hydropower plants.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — On August 25, CERTI Insights published a CERTI Convida episode discussion with Lenovo’s Marcelo Parada and CERTI’s Alexandre Marcondes about computer vision, AI and factory adoption.
- **2025-11** — CERTI and the Government of Pará inaugurated the Bioeconomy and Innovation Park in Belém alongside COP30.

## Links

- Website: https://certi.org.br/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundacao-certi/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/fundacaocerti
- GitHub: https://github.com/fundacaocerti
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FundacaoCERTI
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fundacaocerti/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FundacaoCerti

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Last updated: 2026-10-07