Filipa Tavares

Microio - serviços de electrónica, lda

Microio - Serviços de Electrónica, Lda. is an enterprise that creates integrated software and hardware solutions for its own products or for specific custom applications. With a strong R&D and innovation activity, in connection with Universities in Portugal and Europe, Micro I/O uses cutting-edge technology in the development of products and services, fitting the customer's needs. Microio was founded in 1998 at the Enterprise Incubator of Universidade of Aveiro. Since then, a tight collaboration with this and other Universities is carried on, promoting above all innovation, creativity and knowledge. This has also impact on the recruitment of high qualified professionals in many areas and in a constant activity of in-company masters and PhDs. Microio privileges communication with its clients, leveraging synergies and creating innovative products and services in which the result of R&D activities are often integrated. This attitude has resulted in the submission of national and international patents in several areas such as payments and communication systems. Accordingly, Microio has obtain an international certification in the systematization of product development and improvement of critical processes of the organization – ITMARK, thus integrating the restrict group of the first three Portuguese companies holding this certification. It is also worth to be mentioned the certification in accordance with the standard NP4457:2007 of its Integrated Management System and the certification of the Quality Management System with the ISO 9001:2008 standard. With an annual growth in recent years far above the national average, Microio is in counter cycle of the portuguese economy, thanks to a solid management, a strong focus on technologically proven solutions and to a diverse range of products and solutions, giving an effective response to the main concerns of its vast market: security issues and increasing management efficiency in organizations.