CoreTigo

CoreTigo is an Israeli industrial wireless automation company founded in 2017 that provides deterministic wireless connectivity solutions for factory automation, machine-to-machine control, and real-time industrial operations. The company specializes in IO-Link Wireless technology, a globally standardized protocol that extends the widely adopted IO-Link framework (IEC 61131-9) to wireless environments. CoreTigo's products enable manufacturers to retrofit and newly design machines and production lines with wireless control systems that previously required wired connectivity, unlocking flexibility, modularity, and cost reduction in manufacturing systems.

The company's core offering targets the operational technology (OT) layer where industrial equipment, sensors, and actuators must communicate with deterministic guarantees—sub-millisecond latencies, near-zero packet loss, and industrial-grade reliability in harsh factory environments with electromagnetic interference, moisture, and temperature variation. CoreTigo's wireless solutions are designed to meet these demanding conditions while maintaining compatibility with existing industrial automation stacks (PLCs, motion controllers, safety systems). The technology is particularly valuable in dynamic manufacturing scenarios: crossbelt sortation systems, automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), gantry systems, flexible assembly lines, and distributed sensor networks where rewiring is costly or inflexible.

CoreTigo has positioned itself as a trusted supplier to major industrial automation leaders and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company claims adoption by leading industrial enterprises for production optimization and digital transformation. Its approach leverages the IO-Link Wireless standard, which has been adopted by a broad ecosystem of industrial device manufacturers and is endorsed by the IFOY (International Forklift Industry Organization) and embedded in production systems worldwide. This standards-based approach is strategically important: it avoids lock-in, eases integration, and builds on an existing installed base and industry momentum.

From a dual-use perspective, deterministic wireless connectivity in critical industrial systems has clear defense and national-security relevance. Military and defense-adjacent manufacturing relies on resilient supply chains for production of weapons systems, munitions, vehicles, avionics, and maintenance of critical equipment. Wireless OT connectivity that maintains reliability in adversarial electromagnetic environments (hardened against jamming and inference) or that enables rapid reconfiguration of production lines for supply-chain resilience is strategically valuable. CoreTigo's technology could support national defense manufacturing during contingencies, enable modular production of critical materiel, and reduce dependencies on fixed wired infrastructure in distributed production ecosystems. The Israeli context amplifies this: Israeli defense manufacturing and critical infrastructure depend on operational continuity and adaptability.

The company is privately held, venture-backed, and reported to be at Series C or later funding stage based on market intelligence. With 51-200 employees and headquarters in Netanya, Israel (a hub for industrial tech and wireless communications), CoreTigo operates in a capital-intensive hardware and software domain with multi-year sales cycles typical of OT vendors. Revenue visibility and customer concentration remain key diligence questions.