Nearshore engineering · Porto → Scandinavia
Engineering Without Borders.
High-level nearshore engineering and IT execution that turns global ambition into physical reality — from hyperscale data centers to renewable energy.
Engineering Hours Delivered (2025)
On-Site Execution Hours (2026)
Engineers Across Disciplines
YoY Growth · 4 Consecutive Years
Trusted by industrial leaders
Most projects don't stall because the engineering was wrong.
They stall because scaling a technical team is slow, local specialists are unavailable, and traditional offshoring adds friction faster than it adds capacity. Communication gaps, time-zone offsets and cultural misalignment quietly consume the schedule.
The primary obstacle to industrial innovation is not a lack of vision — it is the friction of execution.
Sector focus
Where we make the difference.
Renewables
Preferred partner for the green energy transition — with elite expertise in wind. From dynamic load calculations and aeroelastic simulation to control algorithms and PLC/HMI/SCADA programming for renewable systems.
Loads & Controls
Aeroelastic simulation
SCADA
Intralogistics
High-performance automation and software integration for modern logistics. We build automated systems and industrial networks, and develop dashboards that monitor and modernise legacy logistics platforms.
Automation
Industrial networks
Dashboards
Data Centers
Specialised engineering and IT infrastructure for hyperscale environments with 24/7 reliability. Critical electrical infrastructure, scalable microservices and cloud-native platforms — with proactive monitoring built in.
Critical electrical
Cloud-native
Monitoring
Oil and gas
Robust automation and mechanical solutions for industrial leaders. Advanced 3D modelling and FEA for mechanical systems, plus power distribution and automation with global on-site commissioning.
3D & FEA
Power distribution
On-site commissioning
Lifecycle competence
Every discipline. One team.
Multidisciplinary expertise across the entire engineering lifecycle — no subcontractor chains, no gaps between trades, no knowledge lost in handoffs.
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Mechanical Design
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Automation & PLC
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Electrical & Power
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Software Development
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CAE — FEA & CFD
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Embedded Systems
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Wind Loads & Controls
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HMI & SCADA
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Cloud & Microservices
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Project Management
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Commissioning
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Data & Dashboards
The people
One team. Fourteen nationalities.
Our key leadership and engineering heads have worked together since 2013. Consider us a room away, not a world away — the same faces on your stand-ups, project after project.
Kenneth Kaarikstad
Chief Executive Officer
Christopher MacConnagher
Chief Operating Officer
Ross Basset-Lowe
Group Chief Sales Officer
Tommy Bolsøy
Head of Delivery · Porto
About Advannor
The bridge, built over a decade.
The bridge between Scandinavia and Portugal wasn't built overnight. It began in 2013, scaling a remote engineering hub in Lisbon from zero to over 100 engineers in 24 months — and has been refined through twelve years of high-stakes delivery since.
Today our headquarters in Porto anchor a stable, dedicated workforce with remarkably low turnover. Our offices in Porto and Lisbon aren't requirements — they're social hubs for a team that works in your time zone, in your tools, as one integrated unit.
