Industry 4.0: Automation that enhances production
1. Activate & Engage
2. Orchestrate & Integrate
3. Automate & Empower
Many companies in the manufacturing sector have already started a 360-degree digitalization journey, but the integration between OT and IT systems still represents a critical issue for many of them.
The vertical development of technology has produced industry-specific solutions, while business processes require a horizontal approach.
In a scenario where efficiency, resilience and competitiveness are fundamental, companies must focus on three strategic levers: reducing costs, increasing productivity and preventing downtime or operational criticalities.
This is where we come in, with an integrated approach that combines 5 key skills:
Smart Factory: Empowering Industrial Business
We support companies in any sector in the leap towards advanced operations, combining OT and IT technology to digitize every phase of the production and service cycle. We optimize data collection, real-time control and predictive maintenance, ensuring maximum efficiency and reduced downtime.
From intelligently connected machinery to a centralized operations dashboard, we enable smart factory transformation.
Industrial data at the service of growth
We transform data generated by IoT, plants and ERP into a unique decision-making asset, capable of improving quality, efficiency and operational continuity. Our platforms collect information in real time, standardize and enrich it, to offer immediate and reliable insights.
With scalable and flexible data architectures, we enable predictive scenarios and precise costing models, designed to evolve with business needs. So every choice becomes faster, more accurate and strategic.
Integrated industrial solutions for total production control
We design and integrate MES, SCADA, industrial ERP systems and vertical platforms to optimize every phase of production.
Our applications guarantee traceability, production efficiency and full integration with pre-existing infrastructures and supply chains. The goal is to guarantee end-to-end control of production, from the single plant to the corporate information system.
Resilient Industrial Infrastructures: Uncompromising Security and Performance
We design and build robust and scalable infrastructures for complex industrial environments, ensuring optimal performance and business continuity.
Our solutions include hybrid and cloud-ready architectures, integration with legacy systems, hyperconverged environments and continuous monitoring. In addition, we offer advanced backup, disaster recovery and centralized management services, ensuring constant efficiency and uninterrupted operations.
Industrial cybersecurity for resilient and connected production environments.
Relatech protects OT systems, plants and industrial processes with solutions designed to ensure business continuity, data integrity and network security.
With a specialized approach to industrial cybersecurity, we enable IT/OT convergence in a secure way, isolate critical areas with segmented architectures, and monitor protocols and devices to prevent any type of threat.
Connected Machinery
Connected machines enable seamless and continuous data collection from any source, both from digitized machines and legacy ones (through sensors that digitize analog signals). Bidirectional connection allows data acquisition and real-time interventions. Thanks to simplified protocols, we ensure universal compatibility, operational consistency and a scalable infrastructure, supporting complex and growing environments.
What We Offer
Complex data collection: We integrate both digital and analog systems into enterprise systems.
Protocol Coverage: We support over 98% of industrial protocols, including legacy ones.
Standardization: We convert various protocols into modern standards such as OPC UA and MQTT.
Two-way communication: We enable interaction with machines for real-time adjustments.
Seamless integration: We ensure compatibility with heterogeneous and legacy systems.
The Advantages
Multi-Protocol Gateway: seamless communication across multiple protocols that support legacy and modern industrial assets.
Edge Intelligence: reduced latency and cloud dependency.
Customized Engineering Expertise: electronic and engineering support for ad hoc edge gateway implementations.
MES
MES connects operational and strategic processes with actual production activities, optimizing each phase of production with real-time monitoring. It ensures complete traceability of production batches, obtaining detailed data on materials, processes and product movements. With total visibility of production activities, it streamlines operations and supports regulatory compliance. Adaptable to production variations, it promotes continuous improvement thanks to real-time data.
What We Offer
Production Tracking: We monitor the progress of production.
Batch Monitoring: We supervise quantities, states and take care of quality controls.
Traceability: We provide comprehensive life cycle data for materials and products.
Operational efficiency: We minimize downtime by reducing waste.
Strategic Integration: We enable seamless connection with ERP and SCADA systems.
The Advantages
Modular MES Suite: scalability of MES functionality thanks to a wide range of modules.
Innovative Batch Management: support for dynamic recipe execution, advanced material traceability, and real-time adjustments for unmatched flexibility and accuracy.
Customizable workflows: easy configuration of workflows for unique production processes.
EXPIRES
SCADA is an advanced technology for real-time monitoring and control of industrial plants, providing centralized visibility into operations. It enables instant responses to anomalies and supports operational analytics for production and maintenance supervision. With an open architecture design, it ensures seamless integration with business systems and supports remote access via mobile apps, ensuring business continuity.
What We Offer
Real-Time Monitoring: We continuously supervise machines and processes.
Operational analysis: We plan insights to improve production and maintenance.
Alarms and Workflow: We expect immediate action for anomalies or warnings.
Mobile Applications: We monitor the systems in real time through dedicated apps.
Open architecture: We offer solutions that can be integrated with company systems.
The Advantages
Unlimited Licensing Model: unlimited tags, clients and devices at no additional cost.
Modular architecture: customized solutions thanks to the integration of only the necessary modules.
Cross-Platform (and mobile) Accessibility: seamlessly support mobile and desktop environments.
ERP
ERP – the backbone for managing all administrative and financial transactions within an organization – integrates financial, production and logistics processes into a single system, connecting operational and accounting data. In this way, it supports accurate inventory assessment, order tracking and resource planning.
Cost visibility, strategic alignment and simplified reporting make it a key asset for business efficiency.
What We Offer
IT-OT Convergence: We integrate the production department with resource planning.
Smart manufacturing: We coordinate production, finance and logistics.
Industrial accounting: We allocate costs to products.
Optimized inventory: We monitor material stocks and finished products in real time.
Financial visibility: We provide up-to-date data on costs and revenues.
The Advantages
Cloud Native Design: fully cloud environment, with flexibility, scalability and reduction of IT maintenance costs.
Real-Time Financial Consolidation: automated consolidation across business entities, with real-time visibility into financial performance.
Manufacturing-Specific Modules: integrated support for work orders, assemblies and production planning, integrable with open SCADA.
Data Platform AI & Analytics
We have built a data platform that collects, integrates and analyzes data from IT/OT systems, IoT sensors and industrial machines, transforming them into useful insights for operational and strategic decisions.
Not only that, the platform features advanced features such as predictive analytics and machine learning, which improve quality, production performance and reduce costs.
Seamless connection, simplified management and scalability make it the heart of industrial digitalization.
What We Offer
Data Integration: We provide a central repository of contextualized information from all enterprise sources.
Advanced analytics: We support simulations and operational optimizations.
Near Real Time: We provide real-time information for quick decisions.
Cost Control: We allocate indirect costs to production batches.
Scalability: We offer a data hub ready for future technology integrations.
The Advantages
Integrated and reliable data management: Centralized repository for IT and OT data with Delta Lake ACID transactions.
Community Driven Innovation: open-source foundation for collaboration and continuous development.
Manufacturing Data Modeling: availability of a consistent and contextualized “Unified Namespace” between systems.
MES - Customizable Workflows
To promote the digitalization and coordination of all production activities, we are able to integrate Manufacturing Execution Systems, creating industrial workflows tailored to each production line or operational process.
This type of solution allows you to track workflows, monitor performance and synchronize production with business needs.
What We Offer
Production Tracking: We monitor the production progress
Batch Monitoring: We supervise quantities, states and take care of quality controls
Traceability: We provide comprehensive life cycle data for materials and products
Operational efficiency: We minimize downtime by reducing waste
Strategic Integration: We enable seamless connection with ERP and SCADA systems
The Advantages
Modular MES Suite: scalability of MES functionality thanks to a wide range of modules
Innovative Batch Management: Support for dynamic recipe execution, advanced material traceability and real-time adjustments for unmatched flexibility and accuracy
Customizable workflows: easy configuration of workflows for unique production processes
Custom SCADA and Mobile Applications
We implement SCADA systems to monitor and control plants in real time. Our advanced and customizable interfaces offer alarm, data logging and human-machine interaction functions, ensuring precise supervision and uninterrupted operation and allowing production and maintenance managers to check the status of the plants anywhere and at any time.
What We Offer
Real-Time Monitoring: We continuously supervise machines and processes
Operational analysis: We plan insights to improve production and maintenance
Alarms and Workflow: We expect immediate action for anomalies or warnings
Mobile Applications: We monitor the systems in real time through dedicated apps
Open architecture: We offer solutions that can be integrated with company systems
The Advantages
Unlimited Licensing Model: Unlimited number of tags, clients and devices at no additional cost
Modular architecture: customized solutions thanks to the integration of only the necessary modules
Cross-Platform (and mobile) Accessibility: Support mobile and desktop environments seamlessly
Customized Industrial ERP
ERP – the backbone for managing all administrative and financial transactions within an organization – integrates financial, production and logistics processes into a single system, connecting operational and accounting data. In this way, it supports accurate inventory assessment, order tracking and resource planning.
Cost visibility, strategic alignment and simplified reporting make it a key asset for business efficiency.
What We Offer
IT-OT Convergence: We integrate the production department with resource planning.
Smart manufacturing: We coordinate production, finance and logistics.
Industrial accounting: We allocate costs to products.
Optimized inventory: We monitor material stocks and finished products in real time.
Financial visibility: We provide up-to-date data on costs and revenues.
The Advantages
Cloud Native Design: fully cloud environment, with flexibility, scalability and reduction of IT maintenance costs.
Real-Time Financial Consolidation: automated consolidation across business entities, with real-time visibility into financial performance.
Manufacturing-Specific Modules: integrated support for work orders, assemblies and production planning, integrable with open SCADA.
Connected Machinery - Edge Intelligence
Connected machines enable seamless and continuous data collection from any source, both from digitized machines and legacy ones (through sensors that digitize analog signals). Bidirectional connection allows data acquisition and real-time interventions. Thanks to simplified protocols, we ensure universal compatibility, operational consistency and a scalable infrastructure, supporting complex and growing environments.
What We Offer
Complex data collection: We integrate both digital and analog systems into enterprise systems.
Protocol Coverage: We support over 98% of industrial protocols, including legacy ones.
Standardization: We convert various protocols into modern standards such as OPC UA and MQTT.
Two-way communication: We enable interaction with machines for real-time adjustments.
Seamless integration: We ensure compatibility with heterogeneous and legacy systems.
The Advantages
Multi-Protocol Gateway: seamless communication across multiple protocols that support legacy and modern industrial assets.
Edge Intelligence: reduced latency and cloud dependency.
Customized Engineering Expertise: electronic and engineering support for ad hoc edge gateway implementations.
Industrial Cloud Services
Our cloud services support resilient hybrid architectures, integrating on-premises cloud-based infrastructures to ensure business continuity even offline. They offer scalability, fault tolerance, secure data access and centralized control, optimizing resources and performance. They are a flexible solution, ready to evolve with the needs of the business.
What We Offer
Hybrid Integration: We seamlessly connect on-premises and cloud infrastructures.
Hyperconverged Resilience: We ensure operations during network outages.
Unified Management: We centrally control distributed environments.
Dynamic Scalability: We scale resources based on workload needs.
Advanced Security: We protect data as it communicates from cloud to on-premises.
The Advantages
Hybrid Cloud Management: ability to manage workloads across different environments through Nutanix's centralized platform.
Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI): unique solution that combines compute, storage and networking, ensuring resilience, scalability and simplified management.
Integrated Disaster Recovery: robust disaster recovery and backup capabilities, ensuring business continuity even during outages.
Application Mobility: seamless migration of workloads between cloud and on-premises environments.
Managed Cloud Services
We offer a dedicated cloud native infrastructure, with complete management: monitoring, security, automation and continuous support. The customer uses the resources autonomously, without worrying about operational maintenance. Included in the service are patching, updates, hardware refresh, advanced support and cost optimization.
What We Offer
Supply of cloud native infrastructures dedicated or shared in as a service mode.
Native integrations between the customer's on-premise infrastructure and the solutions present in the Relatech cloud.
24/7 Technical Support and Assistance with customized SLAs.
Backup Services included in the service fee.
Continuous monitoring 24/7 of the state of the infrastructure.
The Advantages
100% Data Center in Italy (GDPR compliant, ISO27001 certified, Tier4 and Tier3 plus).
Connectivity without additional variable costs on traffic generated to and from Relatech data centers.
Flexibility in choosing to use licenses owned by the customer or distributed by Relatech.
OT Threat Detection & Protection
Relatech protects OT systems, plants and industrial processes with solutions designed to guarantee business continuity, data integrity and network security. Thanks to a specialized approach to industrial cybersecurity, we enable IT/OT convergence in a secure way, isolate critical areas with segmented architectures and monitor protocols and devices to prevent any type of threat.
What We Offer
Advanced solutions for the Threat detection and protection in OT environments (SCADA, PLC, HMI).
Continuous monitoring of industrial assets with anomaly detection and behavioral analysis technologies.
Integration with SIEM platforms and automated response systems.
The Advantages
Real-time protection of critical production infrastructures.
Greater visibility into OT devices and suspicious activity.
Preventing operational disruptions caused by cyber attacks.
Industrial Protocol Protection
We monitor and protect industrial communication protocols, such as Modbus, OPC-UA and BACnet, to detect anomalous commands, malicious traffic or non-compliant behavior. We configure custom rules on firewalls and OT IDS/IPS systems to ensure integrity, visibility and security of interactions between machinery and control systems.
What We Offer
Analysis and monitoring of industrial communication protocols (e.g. Modbus, OPC-UA, BACnet).
Detection of abnormal commands, malicious traffic, and deviations from expected behavior.
Integration of specific rules into industrial firewalls and in IDS/IPS OT systems.
The Advantages
Deep security at the communication level, not just perimeter.
Exploit Prevention on legacy or vulnerable protocols.
Greater control over data flows between devices and systems.
Industrial Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
We ensure the operational continuity of production environments through customized business continuity and disaster recovery plans. We implement industrial-grade solutions based on hyperconverged infrastructures, dedicated backups and failover environments to minimize downtime and safeguard critical data and processes.
What We Offer
Customized plans for the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in OT environments.
Solutions HCI (Hyper-Converged Infrastructure), industrial backup and failover for machines and systems.
Periodic tests and simulations to ensure the effectiveness of recovery strategies.
The Advantages
Reduce downtime in case of failure or attack.
Safeguarding the production and data integrity in the industrial sector.
Structured response capacity for unforeseen events.
Network Segmentation & Micro-segmentation
We segment IT and OT networks to isolate critical systems, reduce the attack surface and limit the propagation of threats. We design secure architectures with controlled zones and granular policies, applying micro-segmentation logics to protect industrial assets, production lines and connected devices.
What We Offer
Logical and physical segmentation of OT/IT networks, with definition of safe zones and critical perimeters.
Implementation of micro-segments to isolate individual assets or production lines.
Granular access policies and monitoring flows between segments.
The Advantages
Immediate containment of threats and lateral propagations.
Greater control and traceability of internal communications.
Reducing the attack surface in complex environments.
Zero Trust for Industrial Environments
We apply the Zero Trust model to OT environments, eliminating implicit trust between users, devices and systems. We constantly verify identities, accesses and behaviors, adopting least privilege logics and strong authentication to protect plants, machinery and distributed production infrastructures.
What We Offer
Application of the principles Zero Trust in the OT field: continuous verification, least privilege and access control.
Integration with industrial IAM systems and strong authentication for operators, devices and applications.
Continuous access monitoring and authorizations in highly critical environments.
The Advantages
Elimination of implicit trust between devices and users in the industrial network.
Better protection of critical assets and distributed infrastructures.
Greater resilience and compliance to OT/ICS safety standards.