Mintra has retained its position as a Core Leader on the 2026 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Digital Learning, reinforcing its standing in a year marked by economic pressures and shifting market dynamics.
The recognition builds on Mintra’s achievement of the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI) Gold Standard for 2025, as well as a period of continued investment in its capabilities. This includes the acquisitions of US-based Moxie Media and Greece’s SQLearn, alongside ongoing development in areas such as artificial intelligence to enhance the accessibility and efficiency of digital training.
Recent advances include new developments in immersive learning experiences, alongside Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered course translation and artificial voiceover solutions for localisation, supporting organisations with geographically dispersed workforces.
The latest Fosway 9-Grid™, released in March 2026, highlights a third consecutive year of constrained budgets alongside increasing political and operational uncertainty across the digital learning market. These conditions are reshaping how organisations evaluate digital learning, with greater emphasis on value, scalability and measurable outcomes.
Mintra’s continued positioning reflects its focus on supporting safety-critical industries, including maritime, energy and offshore sectors, where regulatory compliance and workforce competence are critical to safe and efficient operations.
The Fosway 9-Grid™ is widely used by organisations to assess digital learning providers. Developed by Fosway Group, it evaluates solutions across five dimensions: performance, potential, market presence, total cost of ownership and trajectory. The model is informed by independent research and customer insight, providing an evidence-based view of how solutions perform at enterprise scale.
Within this framework, Core Leaders are defined by a consistent track record of enterprise success, effective delivery across complex organisations, and strong customer advocacy.
Commenting on the recognition, Ole-Christian Olsen Apeland, Innovation Director Learning at Mintra, said:
“We are very proud to maintain our position on the Fosway 9-Grid™. In a fast-evolving and challenging environment, our focus remains on helping our customers ensure their people are safe, compliant and operationally ready. This recognition reflects the continued commitment of our teams and the close partnerships we have with our customers.”
The 2026 Fosway analysis points to increasing competition in the market, with customers scrutinising suppliers more closely and prioritising value over volume. At the same time, providers are expanding their capabilities and forming more strategic partnerships in response.
“Complex and specialised working environments such as the energy or maritime sector require providers that understand how to manage and deliver safety-critical and core skills learning,” commented David Wilson, CEO and founder of Fosway Group. “Mintra’s customers are strong advocates of their full range of services and products, and it has built a consistently strong reputation for deep sector knowledge over many years, enabling success in a challenging market.”
For organisations operating in safety-critical environments, the ability to maintain consistent training standards and visibility of workforce competence remains a priority. The company remains committed to pursuing growth opportunities and investing in cutting-edge techniques and technologies to deliver value to its customers. Mintra’s continued Core Leader position rewards sustained alignment with these requirements.
