GEA and RebelDot, a Romanian technology company, formed a joint venture named RebelDot Proces Industries, aiming to accelerate ‘digital transformation in the global process industry’. The new entity will be headquartered in Cluj, Romania, and will launch in January 2026. It will focus on specialized software development services – including web, mobile, and AI solutions – tailored to the needs of industrial companies.
GEA brings its process industry expertise to the table, to combine with RebelDot’s software engineering know-how for solutions designed to help process industry and mechanical engineering companies accelerate the development, scaling, and operation of their digital solutions. “Customers will benefit from shorter product time-to-market, greater development efficiency, and cost-effective operations through modern DevOps practices,” GEA highlights.
In addition, GEA assigned a dedicated software engineering team at RebelDot to collaboratively develop Artificial Intelligence solutions. This includes the GEA Copilot®, an assistant for maintenance teams for their service tasks.
Tom Oelsner, Chief Digital Officer of GEA, comments on the new step: “The joint venture enables us to combine our leading industry expertise with software excellence. This underscores our ambition to lead the digital transformation of the process industry and deliver first-class value to our customers”.
RebelDot enjoys a strong reputation among young tech talent and maintains close ties with the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. It achieved 40% growth in both revenue and headcount in 2024, now employing more than 300 professionals. Through the acquisition of a specialist AI firm, RebelDot has also expanded its expertise in artificial intelligence, enabling the joint venture to support OEMs in exploring AI-driven applications and solutions.
Tudor Ciuleanu, CEO of RebelDot, stated: “We are excited to join forces with GEA in shaping the future of digital solutions for the process industry. Our experience as a digital innovation partner, blending user-centered design with cutting-edge software engineering, combined with GEA’s global reach and industry expertise, creates powerful synergies to deliver sustainable, customer-focused solutions“.
Open-source strategy
Both GEA and RebelDot Process Industries will develop open-source-ready code and actively contribute to the process industry software community.
GEA operates a large industrial cloud platform in the process industry – the GEA Cloud®, which connects more than 10,000 units of process equipment worldwide. The collaboration with RebelDot enables faster development cycles, greater agility, and access to specialized expertise, building on GEA’s open-source software strategy.
Earlier in 2025, GEA became a member of the Eclipse Foundation, an independent non-profit organization supporting open-source software collaboration and innovation.
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