Colibri's History

Our company was founded in 1985. Initially, it was run as a ‘Handelsbolag’ with the name HB ENTEMA (ENgineering TEchnology MAthematics).

Our business idea of being an expert and mentor was very well received, so it was decided in 1987 to incorporated our company and change its name to Colibri AB. The name was lengthened to Colibri Pro Development AB in 1992 to more clearly stress our involvement in development efforts.

Colibri means hummingbird. This small and harmless bird has many fascinating characteristics that are well suited for describing a small company. In addition, some of our projects are related to small systems and to vibrating components. Co-libri can also be interpreted as an acronym for “independent consultant” since ‘libri’ resembles the Latin word for free. We take pride in being able to act without any ties to specific companies and organizations that could prevent us to work in an optimal and unbiased way.

Our initial projects were in the fields of space applications and sensors for military applications. Our projects soon diversified. New projects seldom resemble previous projects today. They rely more often on our general competence base and capability to penetrate problems where non-standard solutions and detective work are required than on experience in specific competence areas.