Bee Engineering increases revenue by 25% and exceeds 7.3 million euros
· In 2022 the technology company wants to reach 8 million euros and hire 50 employees
· Turn-Key projects rose exponentially over the previous year
BeeEngineering exceeded the revenue targets set for 2021 and reached 7.3 million,which represents an increase of 25% compared to the same period last year. Theoutlook was for a 9% rise. These numbers also led to higher-than-expectedgrowth in the number of professionals. The Innovation and Technology companyended the year with 191 employees, 32 more than at the end of 2020.
For 2022,the goals are to approach 8 million in revenue and hire 50 more people to jointhe team. “In 2020 – given the economic impacts caused by the pandemic – we hada small decrease, but in 2021 we were able to return to the growth trend thatwe had recorded since our launch”, says José Leal e Silva, Executive Directorof Bee Engineering. “We expected this recovery to happen, but the numbersexceeded our expectations. This year we want to continue to trace a path ofprogression. We will strengthen our competitiveness in the market”.
2021 wasthe year of accelerating Bee Academy's role in the Bee Engineering structure, closelylinked to the areas of R&D and Nectar Interactive – the training unitdeveloped the experience of new employees and created platforms that alreadyhad applicability. Together, they created Bee Kind, a video game capable ofinvolving companies and employees in solidarity goals. The platform’s goal is toincrease the connection between team members, promoting common values and, atthe same time, assisting external solidarity entities. Recently, Bee Genius wasalso launched – an application for employees to contribute ideas to beimplemented in the company and vote on the suggestions proposed by theircolleagues. The tool has a simple and intuitive operation: swipe right if youapprove of the ideas presented, swipe left if you don't.
The companyis also involved in the NETEDGE – which aims to develop an edge computinginfrastructure and associated software to provide low-latency computingservices. This solution is developed by a consortium of six entities and issupported by the P2020 and ERDF programs.
