AI-Native Ignition Integrator

See your whole plant.
And what it's about to do next.

Predictive insight from the data you're already collecting — built on Ignition by engineers who helped build the platform.

Ex-Inductive Automation Foundry-proven IA Premier Integrator
Ex-Inductive Automation team IA Premier Integrator Ignition Exchange Challenge Winner Featured in Modern Casting
The opportunity

You're collecting the data. We help you act on it.

Every plant floor generates more information than anyone can read by hand. We turn it into the answers you run the business on — before the problem shows up on the P&L.

01

Predict and prevent downtime

Surface the failure signature before the line stops — so maintenance happens on your schedule, not the equipment's.

02

Unlock capacity you already own

Find the hidden hours inside equipment you've already bought, without capital spend on new production lines.

03

Cut scrap at the source

Trace defects back to the exact process conditions that caused them, and hold the good window.

04

See the whole plant at once

One live view across cells, lines, and sites — the number is the same whether you're on the floor or at HQ.

05

Answer questions in seconds

Ask your operation a plain-English question and get an answer grounded in your real data, not a guess.

06

Connect the floor to the office

Bridge SCADA, MES, and ERP so the shop floor and the finance office finally reconcile to one truth.


Case study // Foundry 4.0
FERROLOY · WICHITA, KS

A foundry rebuilt itself around its own data

The data was always there. It just lived on paper — recorded by hand, then never used.

After a Foundry 4.0 session at CastExpo, owner Mark Soucie asked Artek what a data-driven foundry would take. Artek scoped the plant infrastructure required to connect Ignition to the equipment; once Ferroloy had it in place, the build moved fast. The targets set at kickoff:

  • TGT.01Unlock 25–30% of latent capacity with no new production equipment
  • TGT.02Reduce scrap by 30–35%
  • TGT.03Measure and reduce unplanned downtime
  • TGT.04Monetize new data sources
The engagement
  • ClientFerroloy — Wichita, KS
  • OwnerMark Soucie · ex-CFO, acquired 2017
  • SectorIron foundry · AFS member
  • VisionLEAN + predictive maintenance, driven by data
  • SystemIgnition-based Foundry 4.0 platform
  • PublishedModern Casting, March 2026
Read the full case study

TARGETS DOCUMENTED AT KICKOFF · OUTCOME METRICS PENDING PUBLICATION

How it works
AI moves fast.
A human stays accountable.

We use AI to accelerate how we build, and to surface insight from your data. A senior engineer designs, reviews, tests, and commissions everything that touches live equipment.

The system we deploy is the same deterministic Ignition logic it has always been. Reads first, writes gated, nothing autonomous touching live equipment. You get the speed of modern tooling with the accountability of an engineer who signs their name to the commissioning report.

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We build for the community

We give the Ignition community our best work for free. Then customers hire the team that built it for the heavy lifting.

Reputation compounds when you give in the open. It's why we've won the Exchange Challenge twice, and why our MCP server is free for anyone to use.

MCP

Artek MCP Server for Ignition

One of the most complete Model Context Protocol servers for Ignition — free, documented, and wired into every exposed Ignition interface. Built responsibly: reads first, writes gated.

EXCHANGE

Ignition Exchange Challenge — winner, both years entered

Top-tier reusable resources the community actually downloads and runs. See the resources →

VIDEO

The Artek how-to library

Practical Ignition tutorials that made us a name engineers recognize before we ever pick up the phone. Watch on YouTube ↗

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Why Artek
We helped build the platform.
Now we build on it better than anyone.

Three of our team — both owners included — come from Inductive Automation. We hold Premier Integrator status. We've proven it in the places other integrators avoid: foundries, water, data centers, and the genuinely complex systems.

A senior team, end to end — the engineer who scopes your system is the engineer who builds and commissions it. The depth is real and the tooling is ahead.

Let's talk

Let's find what your
data is trying to tell you.

Talk to an engineer — not a salesperson. Twenty minutes, and you'll leave knowing whether there's something here worth building.

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