Autent Solutions Ltd, a Hungarian engineering and technology development company, has secured 330.31 million forints in non-refundable support for the advancement of its energy-efficient industrial cooling technology, CEO Zoltán Csordás announced.
The project is being carried out under the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme Plus with EU co-financing, at a funding intensity of 61.78 per cent. The company will provide the remaining share of the 535 million forint investment entirely from its own resources.
Founded in 2008, the Budapest-based firm focused primarily on fire protection system design and implementation until the end of 2023. Since 2024, the company has shifted emphasis toward building energy solutions and in-house product development.
As part of this transition, Autent Solutions developed the BoostAir product line of adiabatic cooling and ventilation systems, which exploit the natural cooling effect of water evaporation. In ventilation mode, the system supplies fresh outdoor air into industrial halls, while in high temperatures, it switches to cooling mode.
The BoostAir Type A, a single-season (cooling-only) unit, reached the market earlier this year after 18 months of development. Its further improvement is now supported by the new grant, Csordás explained. Meanwhile, a team of engineers is working on the multiphase BoostAir Type R, expected to launch in 2027, with strong interest already shown domestically and abroad.
Components for the systems are manufactured at the company’s sheet metal plant in Zsáka, Hajdú–Bihar County.
According to Csordás, the new technology rivals existing industrial liquid-based cooling and heating units in both performance and efficiency, while avoiding the use of environmentally harmful refrigerant gases. He emphasized that adiabatic cooling can reduce energy consumption by at least 50 per cent, allowing companies to recover their investment within 2–3 years, while helping them meet ESG commitments and lower their carbon footprint.
Autent Solutions itself expects the supported investment to pay off within 2–3 years.
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