IMCO Software

What IMCO Software does

IMCO Software is a private Jacksonville, Florida-based manufacturing software developer operating as a division of IMCO Associates Inc. Founded in 1999, the firm sells a modular Manufacturing Execution System (MES) platform anchored by CIMAG MES and complemented by add-on modules: Plan360 for long/medium/short-term planning and SIOP, OptiPoint for inventory optimization, ActionBase for quality management, EnergyMax for energy consumption and CO2 tracking, and FactoryAI for predictive maintenance. JiffKit provides a downmarket, QuickBooks-integrated MES SKU aimed at smaller manufacturers. The product suite runs as either a cloud-hosted subscription or a locally-hosted perpetual license, with reported operational outcomes such as 35% lead-time reduction, 27% higher inventory turns, and 20% lower emergency maintenance based on internal claims and MESA International industry data. The company serves small to mid-sized manufacturers across automotive, aerospace, medical devices, metal fabrication, chemicals/plastics, and food and beverage, with named enterprise customers including LyondellBasell, Senior Flexonics, Hutchinson, GrafTech, Dixi Polytool, Advanced Graphite Machining USA, and La Martiniquaise.

The business model combines recurring software revenue (subscription for cloud-hosted deployments, perpetual licenses with support for on-premise) with implementation and consulting services for customization and deployment. Distribution is primarily direct enterprise field sales augmented by a strategic channel partnership with European-based ALPHA-3i, which grants IMCO sole US distribution rights for CIMAG MES, and by technology integrations with Zebra Technologies (barcoding/RFID hardware) and QuickBooks (accounting for JiffKit). The company is led by founder, President, and CEO Ruben Mirensky. Marketing is content-led, with educational content, case studies, whitepapers, and presence across LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and industry events such as IMTS. Revenue, headcount specifics, funding history, and M&A activity are not publicly disclosed.

At 1-10 employees and 26 years of operation, IMCO appears to be a small, owner-operated niche MES provider with an enterprise-grade product set serving a long tail of mid-sized manufacturers rather than competing head-on with large platform vendors.

Name

IMCO Software

Legal name

IMCO Associates Inc.

Website

https://imcosoftware.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IMCO Software, a Jacksonville-based division of IMCO Associates Inc., sells modular MES software including CIMAG MES, FactoryAI predictive maintenance, and QuickBooks-integrated JiffKit to small and mid-sized manufacturers in automotive, aerospace, metals, chemicals, and food and beverage, with sole US CIMAG distribution via its ALPHA-3i partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Automation Software (SCADA, HMI, MES, Historian) (IMAHAHAJ)

Keywords

• Manufacturing execution systems
• MES software
• Shop floor software
• Predictive maintenance software
• Production planning software

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: IMCO Software generates revenue through proprietary manufacturing software licensing, including CIMAG MES, FactoryAI, EnergyMax, OptiPoint, ActionBase, Plan360, and JiffKit. The company offers both cloud-hosted and locally-hosted deployment options.
2. Implementation and Consulting Services: Professional services for software implementation, customization, and consulting to help manufacturers deploy and optimize their software solutions.
3. Cloud Hosting Fees: Monthly fees for cloud-hosted MES solutions including software, hardware, updates, and maintenance bundled together.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

IMCO Software develops, licenses, and supports a modular Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software suite for small to mid-sized manufacturers. Its flagship CIMAG MES provides real-time shop floor visibility, traceability, quality, scheduling, inventory, and energy management, and can be extended with proprietary add-on modules including FactoryAI (AI-based predictive maintenance), EnergyMax, OptiPoint, ActionBase, and Plan360. The company also sells JiffKit, a plug-and-play, QuickBooks-integrated MES aimed at smaller manufacturers, and delivers solutions through both cloud-hosted subscription and on-premise perpetual license models.

Product overview

IMCO Software provides a comprehensive suite of manufacturing software solutions organized as a modular platform. The core product is CIMAG MES (Manufacturing Execution System), which serves as the central hub for shop floor control and real-time production management. This core system can be enhanced with add-on modules including Plan360 (long-term planning and SIOP), OptiPoint (inventory management), ActionBase (quality management), and EnergyMax (energy management). FactoryAI provides AI-powered predictive maintenance capabilities that integrate with CIMAG MES. JiffKit offers a standalone or integrated option for smaller manufacturers. All products work together to deliver the company's core value proposition: visibility, accuracy, and control throughout the manufacturing process.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Plan360: Comprehensive planning application for long, medium, and short term planning encompassing Demand, Production, Capacity, Replenishment Planning, and Scheduling functionalities.
• OptiPoint
• ActionBase
• EnergyMax
• CIMAG MES
• JiffKit
• FactoryAI

Products and services

• CIMAG MES A comprehensive Manufacturing Execution System designed specifically for small to mid-sized manufacturers that helps increase machine uptime, reduce scrap and rework, improve up and down traceability, reduce working capital tied up in inventory, and improve overall customer experience through modular architecture.
• FactoryAI An AI-powered predictive maintenance application using sophisticated machine learning algorithms and historical machine data from a historian database to accurately determine when preventive maintenance should take place, independent of equipment manufacturer guidelines, helping manufacturers prevent unnecessary maintenance and unplanned machinery downtime.
• EnergyMax An energy management software application that tracks energy consumption per item, machine, and operation, conducts what-if analyses to optimize energy sources and balance production, controls water consumption, and reports CO2 footprint.
• OptiPoint An inventory management application providing safety stock levels per SKU, considering usage variability, lead time, replenishment frequency, and supply reliability. Manages finished items, intermediate items, raw materials, and components.
• ActionBase A comprehensive quality management application coordinating HR issues, Supplier Quality Assurance, Internal Audits, and Risk Management with custom configurations based on business requirements.
• Plan360 A comprehensive planning application incorporating long, medium, and short term planning. Encompasses Demand, Production, Capacity, Replenishment Planning, and Scheduling functionalities streamlining the SIOP process.
• JiffKit A plug-and-play manufacturing execution system designed for smaller enterprises at an affordable price. Fully integrated with QuickBooks and capable of integrating with CIMAG MES.

Quantifiable outcome

• 35% reduction in lead time
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ALPHA-3icoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with European-based ALPHA-3i to promote Industry 4.0 automation for manufacturing in the United States. For over 30 years, ALPHA-3i and IMCO Software have been independently developing State of the Art Solutions. Following this partnership, IMCO Software became the sole representative of CIMAG in the United States.
• Zebra TechnologiescoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology integration partnership for hardware including mobile computing, barcoding, RFID, and printing hardware. Zebra rugged computers, barcode labels, and RFID tags used for data capture and tracking throughout the manufacturing facility.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AVEVA: AVEVA provides a MES offering within its broader industrial software portfolio (alongside PI System historian), competing with CIMAG MES and FactoryAI on plant visibility, predictive maintenance, and process optimization for industrial manufacturers.
• Siemens Digital Industries: Siemens offers Opcenter (formerly SIMATIC IT) MES as part of its broader digital industries portfolio, competing with IMCO's CIMAG MES particularly in automotive, aerospace, and electronics manufacturing with deep ERP/automation integration.
• Honeywell Forge: Honeywell Forge MES is a broad-incumbent offering serving process and discrete manufacturers (chemicals, F&B, aerospace) with deep industry templates that overlap with several of IMCO's vertical segments.
• Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation offers FactoryTalk MES and acquired Plex Systems, making it a broad incumbent MES provider competing with CIMAG MES across discrete manufacturing, especially for larger enterprises with which Rockwell has existing automation footprint.
• Dassault Systèmes DELMIA: DELMIA Apriso is Dassault Systèmes' MES platform, providing global manufacturing operations management with comparable functions (planning, quality, execution) competing with CIMAG MES and Plan360 in aerospace/automotive.

Direct peers

• Aegis Software: Aegis Software (FactoryLogix) is a direct competitor offering a modular MES platform for discrete and electronics manufacturers, with comparable capabilities in traceability, quality, and shop-floor execution targeting mid-market accounts similar to IMCO's CIMAG MES.
• Lighthouse Systems (Aptean): Lighthouse Systems, now part of Aptean, sells a modular MES (Shop Floor Time) with similar SME positioning and modular add-ons (quality, planning) comparable to IMCO's CIMAG MES and Plan360/OptiPoint stack.
• Critical Manufacturing: Critical Manufacturing provides a MES for high-tech and regulated discrete manufacturers, directly competing with CIMAG MES in automotive, medical devices, and industrial verticals on similar modular, integration-friendly architecture.

Emerging players

• Poka: Poka is an emerging connected-worker / knowledge and execution platform that overlaps with portions of IMCO's quality (ActionBase) and training/procedure execution use cases among industrial SMEs.
• Tulip Interfaces: Tulip is a cloud-native frontline operations / lightweight MES platform that increasingly competes with CIMAG MES in the SME discrete-manufacturing segment, particularly through its app-based, no-code approach to shop-floor apps and quality/tracking workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/imcosoftware
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC_gQXkCrGXwISUA6VH3AwHQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/imcomanufacturingsoftware
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/imco-associates-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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