What Jagenberg Digital Solutions does

Jagenberg Digital Solutions GmbH is a German B2B software-and-hardware provider of industrial digitalization solutions, established in 2021 as the Digital business area of the 140-year-old Jagenberg Group (Kleinewefers Group). The company is headquartered in Krefeld, Germany, and operates as a private limited company (GmbH) within a corporate group that employs more than 1,500 people worldwide. Its target customers are manufacturers of web-shaped materials — companies running slitting, winding, coating, printing, dyeing, and finishing operations — with additional reach into plastics and packaging, lithium-ion battery, decorative printing, and textile wet finishing segments.

The company's core product is the@vanced, an integrative IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) platform that connects machines, components, production systems, and enterprise planning systems to provide real-time machine data, production analysis, batch and order tracking, and process logging. The platform is sold as three modular SaaS components — Smart Production (order/machine/team analytics), Smart Maintenance (QR-coded spare-parts and maintenance video access), and Smart Operation (big-data-driven process optimization) — which can be licensed independently. The product suite is complemented by the@dge, a PoE-installable hardware "Smart Data Harvester" unit that monitors temperature, humidity, air pressure, and vibration and feeds environmental data into the@vanced, with stated intent to support predictive maintenance and AI/ML applications.

Jagenberg Digital Solutions makes money primarily through subscription-based licensing of the@vanced platform modules and through hardware sales of the@dge units; specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is consultative direct enterprise sales, leveraging the Jagenberg Group's international subsidiary network (Kampf, Kampf USA, Kampf UK, Jagenberg Converting Solutions, Kusters Calico, Zima, Lebbing, WDB) for distribution into existing machinery customers. The company complements internal R&D with startup investments and university cooperation, and operates under the parent's j-united 2025 corporate strategy with no disclosed outside funding rounds to date.

Name

Jagenberg Digital Solutions

Legal name

Jagenberg Digital Solutions GmbH

Website

https://jagenberg-digital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jagenberg Digital Solutions GmbH is the digital business unit of Germany's Jagenberg Group, selling an integrative IIoT platform (the@vanced) with Smart Production, Maintenance, and Operation modules plus the@dge sensor hardware to manufacturers of web-shaped materials across packaging, battery, decor, and textile industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial IoT Software & Platform

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Discrete Manufacturing IIoT (Automotive/Electronics/Machinery) (IMAIAMAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Factory Automation & Control Systems (PLC/SCADA/DCS) (IMAIAMAA)

Keywords

• IIoT platform
• Industrial digitalization
• Smart manufacturing software
• Web material processing
• Predictive maintenance

Headquarters

HQ city

Krefeld

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. IIoT Platform Services (the@vanced): SaaS-based IIoT platform providing digital connectivity, monitoring, and optimization services for manufacturing. Revenue generated through platform subscriptions and module licensing.
2. Hardware (the@dge Unit): Sale of the@dge environmental monitoring hardware units that connect to the@vanced platform.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Jagenberg Digital Solutions develops and sells the@vanced, an integrative Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform that digitally connects machines, production systems, and companies in web-shaped materials processing industries. The platform delivers real-time machine data, process logs, order and batch status, maintenance videos, spare-parts information, and big-data-based optimization. It is complemented by the@dge, a plug-and-play PoE sensor unit (temperature, humidity, air pressure, vibration) that feeds environmental and machine-condition data to the@vanced for predictive maintenance and quality monitoring.

Product overview

Jagenberg Digital Solutions offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on the the@vanced integrative IIoT platform. This core platform connects machines, components, production systems, and companies for digital communication and data-based services. The offering is enhanced by three Smart modules (Smart Production, Smart Maintenance, Smart Operation) that provide analysis, real-time monitoring, and process optimization capabilities. Additionally, the the@dge unit hardware add-on extends the platform with environmental monitoring features for quality and maintenance applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• the@vanced: Integrative IIoT platform for digital communication between machines, components and planning systems. Provides connectivity and operability for customer systems, enabling real-time machine data, process optimization, and data-based services for manufacturing efficiency.
• the@dge unit

Products and services

• the@vanced IIoT Platform Integrative IIoT platform that connects machines, components, production systems, and planning systems for industrial manufacturers; delivers real-time machine data, order and batch status, operating and process logs, maintenance videos and instructions, spare-parts information, electronic spare-parts catalogs, and interactive machine documentation via web and mobile. Includes Smart Production, Smart Maintenance, and Smart Operation modules and supports big-data-based process optimization.
• the@dge Unit (Smart Data Harvester)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Promising Start-upsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJagenberg Digital Solutions invests in promising start-ups as part of its strategy to develop new digital products and expand market reach. This partnership model complements internal development efforts.
• UniversitiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation with universities to develop digital products and secure position as leading provider of digital solutions in mechanical engineering. University partnerships support R&D and talent development.
• Companies within Jagenberg GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntensive collaboration within the Jagenberg Group including Kampf, Jagenberg Converting Solutions, Lebbing, WDB, Kusters Calico, Zima, and other subsidiaries. The Digital business area complements existing digital offerings of group companies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sight Machine: Sight Machine provides AI-driven manufacturing analytics and a 'Factory Digital Twin' for real-time production visibility, quality, and process optimization. It is a direct peer in the manufacturing-analytics layer that the@vanced's Smart Production and Smart Operation modules target.
• Augury: Augury combines vibration and environmental sensors with an AI platform to deliver machine health and process reliability insights. It is a direct peer in the hardware-plus-AI predictive maintenance niche that the@dge unit and Smart Maintenance module address.
• Tulip Interfaces: Tulip provides a frontline operations and manufacturing app platform combining connected devices, no-code app building, and analytics for production teams. It is a direct peer in shop-floor digitalization apps and analytics, overlapping with the@vanced's module-based offering.
• Software AG (Cumulocity IoT): Cumulocity IoT is an enterprise IoT platform for asset connectivity, device management, and streaming analytics used across manufacturing and industrial use cases. It competes with the@vanced as a horizontally-deployed IIoT platform that manufacturers can adopt independently of any specific machinery OEM.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Insights Hub (formerly MindSphere): Siemens's industrial IoT platform connects machines, production systems, and enterprise IT. It is a direct competitor in IIoT-for-manufacturing and is bundled with Siemens's broader automation and digital industries portfolio, making it a broad incumbent against Jagenberg Digital's the@vanced.
• Bosch IoT (Industry 4.0 / Connected Manufacturing): Bosch's connected manufacturing solutions offer IIoT, asset connectivity, and analytics for factory digitalization, with deep penetration in automotive and discrete manufacturing. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same shop-floor digitalization budget as Jagenberg Digital.
• PTC ThingWorx: PTC's ThingWorx is a leading industrial IoT platform for connected asset monitoring, predictive maintenance, and production analytics. It targets discrete and process manufacturers globally and competes head-on with the@vanced's Smart Production, Smart Maintenance, and Smart Operation modules.

Emerging players

• Uptake (Industrial AI): Uptake is an industrial AI company focused on asset performance, predictive maintenance, and operational intelligence for industrial customers. It overlaps with the predictive maintenance and ML/AI capabilities the@dge + the@vanced are building toward.
• High-Mix (or similar MES/IIoT niche player): A category of smaller MES and IIoT vendors targeting specialized manufacturing workflows (coating, converting, film, paper) — directly comparable to Jagenberg Digital's web-shaped materials niche where generic platforms under-serve process requirements.

Regional players

• Körber / WeVo (converting-focused software & automation vendors): Körber and similar European automation/converting specialists offer software and digital solutions aimed at converting, packaging, and paper customers — overlapping with the plastics, packaging, and decor verticals Jagenberg Digital serves from within the Jagenberg Group.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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