Kontron and congatec have deepened their partnership to offer new secure embedded platforms, integrating Kontron’s hardened Linux-based operating system with congatec’s modular aReady.COM hardware and software.
Announced in Augsburg on 26th November 2025, the move brings KontronOS into congatec’s standards-based aReady.COM portfolio, allowing customers to source pre-installed, licensed systems designed to meet IEC 62443 cybersecurity requirements. The companies said the combined platform is intended to reduce development time for industrial, medical, and edge-computing applications that require heightened cyber protection.
The partnership pairs congatec’s hypervisor technology with KontronOS and KontronAIShield, a configuration the suppliers claim can partition mission-critical functions from IoT-facing components, and thereby boost system resilience.
Hannes Niederhauser, Chief Executive Officer of Kontron, said the operating system would serve as a long-term, modular foundation across the company’s modules. He added that the firms were responding to tightening regulatory demands, including the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act, as well as the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence.
Dominik Ressing, Chief Executive Officer of congatec, said the addition of KontronOS would extend the flexibility of the aReady.COM line, helping customers accelerate time to market, cut non-recurring engineering expenditure, and lower total ownership costs.
KontronOS will be sold on a subscription basis and can be extended with optional modules such as KontronAIShield and KontronGrid. The suppliers said the platform would support compliance with the Cyber Resilience Act.
The announcement builds on a partnership struck in May 2025 under which the companies agreed to combine elements of their computer-on-module product lines. Congatec will continue supplying embedded modules to Kontron as both groups seek to pool development resources and broaden their joint market reach.
