Industrial AI by sector
Industrial sectors.
Every vertical has its own
way of producing.
iLEAN is not generic. We've spent 25 years in plants across the main industrial sectors — and every one has its own pace, language and priorities. A meat processing plant is not an automotive plant. A refinery is not a bakery. The IRIS system is the same; how we deploy it isn't.
What we do in each vertical.
Chemicals: blending, filling and distribution
Plants that formulate, fill and distribute chemicals: paperless blending order, the solvent recovery unit digitized without touching its PLC, vision on closure and hazard label and zero liters without identity from tank to customer.
See the sector → 12 casesPackaging and containers
Converting plants selling to bottlers: paperless blow molder setup sheet, the resin dryer digitized without touching its PLC, vision that attributes the defect to its cavity and the resin balance closed live.
See the sector → 12 casesTechnical plastics
Custom processing for white goods, automotive and medical: paperless mold startup sheet, an old extruder digitized without replacing it, vision that identifies the cavity and zero customer containments.
See the sector → Tier 1 · Tier 2 · OEMAutomotive
Component traceability, IMDS, line andon, vision-based Poka-Yoke, real-time OEE.
See automotive → Food chainFood industry
GS1 traceability, 178/2002 compliance, second-scale product recall.
See food → Oil & gas · refiningPetrochemical
Predictive maintenance, OT/IT integration, operational safety, regulatory records.
See petrochemical → 12 casesSteel — long products and EAF melt shop
Paperless heat startup, EAF panel digitized without touching the SCADA, real-time heijunka from email and WhatsApp, and the lab spreadsheet straight into the ERP QM module.
See steel → 12 casesMetal fabrication — capital equipment
Configure-to-order manufacturing: paperless work order folder, curing oven read by camera, Edge vision on the weld seam and a conformity file per serial number.
See metal fabrication → 13 casesPharma — GMP and 21 CFR Part 11
Hormonal oral solid plants: a paperless MBR, Edge-validated cleaning between hormonal products, zero serial mix-ups and an FDA/COFEPRIS evidence pack.
See pharma → 12 casesElectronics — EMS plants
Server and desktop chassis paint: a paperless batch, the curing oven read by camera, the paint robot stitched to the ERP and CMMS, and zero unplanned downtime.
See electronics → 12 casesApparel, footwear & accessories
Ophthalmic lens and frame plants: paperless capture, AI vision at the coating exit, validated vacuum chamber preparation and a batch evidence pack always ready.
See apparel → 18 casesCosmetics and perfumery
Regulation 1223/2009 in practice: the 26 fragrance allergens on the label, a multi-batch PIF, ISO 8 cleanroom control and fill-level vision in opaque glass.
See cosmetics → Other verticalsOther sectors
Aerospace, chemicals, energy, retail, industrial construction. If you make things, we fit.
See others →IRIS is the same. The rollout is different in every plant.
What changes by sector isn't the architecture (Capture → AI brain → Agents → People) — it's what gets captured, which agents weigh more and how rollout is prioritized.
- In automotive, the Quality agent and the Edge layer (vision-based Poka-Yoke) come first. Component traceability through IMDS isn't optional — it's a customer deliverable.
- In food, the Suppliers agent and GS1 traceability rule. A minute-scale product recall is what separates a serious manufacturer.
- In petrochemical, the Maintenance agent ships first. An unplanned column shutdown costs what it costs — and OT/IT integration is delicate.
Every plant has its own order. The trick is knowing where to start — and only people who have done many know that.
Tell us your sector. We'll tell you where to start.
25 years in real plants — cars, food, chemicals, refining. Whatever your sector has, we've seen it.
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