Alleantia supports machinery manufacturers and large enterprises with the most demanding needs using Internet of Things (IoT) turnkey solutions encompassing device integration to enterprise applications, remote surveillance and control, machines data analytics. Year founded: 2011 Revenue: $1 - 10 million (2014 est.)

ei3 powers turnkey, premium machine-builder Industrial Internet programs with its scalable multi-tenant platform. We connect to thousands of industrial devices in more than 150 countries to gather data, compute analytics and deliver actionable information in a white-labeled user experience. ei3‘s solutions improve asset performance, increase yield, transform service business, predict maintenance, and reduce energy consumption.

ProLeiT develop automation solutions and process control systems, thereby controlling the production processes of renowned international manufacturers – from the raw material stage through to the finished product. Their innovative solutions and products provide full vertical integration – from the control level and the process and plant control level (MES) to the corporate management level (ERP). Year founded: 1986

APUQI is an enterprise focusing on intelligent computing development. APUQI has industrial flat computers, industrial screens and embedded computers support different operating systems like Windows, Android and Linux.

The Internet of Things (IoT) brings countless disruptive opportunities to the Enterprise. Any company can exploit IoT capabilities to optimize the use of resources, business processes, product quality. Moreover, Enterprises can then create innovative business models and competitive ‘pay per use’ or hybrid models for their industrial products, and additional services developed using ‘things information’. By creating its own Internet of Things Enterprises can get full and continuous information from devices, machines and systems, enable control and interactions, and use these features in new or existing business applications. This is why in Alleantia they talk about the Internet Of Own Things (IOOT), that every company must implement for supporting its specific business.

ei3 develops and hosts an Internet of Things Platform-as-a-Service for global brand owners, manufacturers and machine builders to achieve savings by applying ei3‘s IoT technologies Founded in 1999 to deliver the Industrial Internet, ei3 delivers a mature line of solutions that create business value by improving asset utilization, powering service & aftermarket programs, saving energy and improving quality. A leader within the fields of the Industrial Internet, Industrie 4.0 and Machine-to-Machine communications, ei3 has been named by Gartner as a cool vendor in 2016, been on the M2M 100 every year published, and acknowledged by the US Department of Energy as an Energy Star Service Provider of Excellence.

Industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data are widely used nowadays. However, it is not always obvious what these terms means and which potential they offer, in particular, for the process industry. On the cusp of the fourth industrial revolution, these technologies must be used and integrated into production plant processes, thus creating Smart Factory. Within this networked factory, software, mechanics, electronics and humans are seamlessly interconnected along the value-added chain. In order to meet this vision, new requirements are necessary for the entire process industry. For Industry 4.0 in the processing industry, ProLeiT represents an integral part of the firm's process control systems and MES solutions. Networked and self-optimizing systems can make autonomous decisions based on predefined rules, in less time and with lower costs.

Brembo, TIM, Ansaldo Energia, Microsoft, Advantech, Dell

Bobst, Milacron, Lenze, Hilton Worldwide, B & W Megtec, Pro Mach, Graphic Packaging International, Sonoco, Amcor, Bemis, Klockner, Paperworks, Paceworx

BASF, Heineken, Hilti

Acctrue, Rexroth Bosch Group, China Post