Coherent Solutions Launches AKTIV Fitness Technology Unit
The new business unit focuses exclusively on technology for fitness and wellness operators and equipment makers.
Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Fitness
Coherent Solutions has launched AKTIV, a business unit dedicated exclusively to fitness and wellness technology. The unit draws on more than 15 years of fitness industry experience and is led by Managing Director Vadim Bartlov.
Why it matters
The launch reflects growing demand for connected digital systems across gyms, wellness operators and equipment manufacturers. A dedicated unit gives the fitness sector a focused engineering partner for platforms that link equipment, wearables and workout data.
The figures are company-reported, covering AKTIV's 15 years of fitness industry experience and Coherent Solutions' more than 1,000 completed projects across 10 development centers. The source does not disclose AKTIV's headcount, revenue or contract values, so its scale remains unverified.
The players
Coherent Solutions
A technology company founded in 1995 that has completed over 1,000 projects and operates development centers across Europe and Latin America.
Vadim Bartlov
Managing Director of AKTIV, leading the fitness and wellness technology unit.
Igor Epshteyn
Chief executive of Coherent Solutions, the parent company of the new AKTIV unit.
The details
AKTIV's work includes modernizing membership management, billing, scheduling and operational platforms, as well as building connected digital applications for fitness and wellness operators and equipment manufacturers. Its engineering teams have worked with Life Time, Planet Fitness, Anytime Fitness, Orangetheory and BowFlex.
Timeline
The AKTIV business unit was launched on November 10, 2026.
Roadmap
The launch extends the broader shift toward connected fitness, in which equipment, wearables and gym management software increasingly share data. Dedicated engineering units serving fitness operators are one way this integration is being built out across the sector.
For gym members, the work described may eventually mean smoother membership billing, class scheduling and app-based workout tracking across participating facilities. Fitness operators and equipment owners gain a dedicated partner for building connected platforms that link their hardware to user data.
The takeaway
Connected fitness is moving from novelty to infrastructure, so members and operators alike benefit from understanding how their equipment, apps and gym software share data. Watching which platforms adopt integrated systems can help consumers choose facilities with tools that genuinely fit their routines.
Further reading
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