My mission
Moving metalworking forward with technology that works
The mission is to help European metalworking companies close the gap between shop floor reality and modern systems. Skilled work, productivity, and local prosperity should grow with technology, not be pushed aside by it.
The challenge
An industry facing real pressure
European regions rely on companies that turn skill into stable work. When knowledge disappears, margins shrink, and production moves away, that foundation weakens.
Many metalworking companies still run on paper, Excel, and ERP systems from the 2000s. The machines are modern, but the data sits in disconnected islands. That keeps advanced automation out of reach.
Large corporations and low-wage producers keep gaining market share with automation budgets smaller firms cannot match. That gap can be closed with smart architecture, open technology, and practical implementation.
These are solvable problems. The technology exists today. The missing link is often the bridge: someone who can connect machines, processes, data, and people into one working system.
My vision
The bridge between craft and advanced technology
A 30-person shop now has access to tools that used to require a corporate IT department. Real-time production data, AI workflows, open source software, and a Unified Namespace can make the shop floor more direct, faster, and smarter. The mission is to make that technology practical for metalworking companies that want to move.
Core Values
The principles behind the work
Integrity
Can't help? You'll hear it upfront. Plan won't work? You'll know before you waste the money.
Sovereignty
Your factory, your data, your calls. No vendor holds the keys to your production data.
Independent
No partnerships, no commissions. Advice based on what works, not what pays.
Results first
Working dashboard in week two beats a beautiful roadmap in month three. Build small, prove it works.
Ownership
When the project ends, your team runs the system. If they can, the job was done right.
Shop floor first
Technology that sounds great in the boardroom but fails on the floor helps no one.
The result
Stronger businesses, stronger communities
Metalworking SMBs make the parts inside hospital beds, bridges, wind turbines, and trucks. When these shops modernize, orders stay closer to home, better jobs are created, and a new generation of technical middle-class work grows around data, automation, and production.
"This work started from growing up in this industry and knowing what it takes to run a shop. Metalworking companies deserve technology that moves them forward without losing the craft."
Luke van Enkhuizen
Ready to talk
An honest conversation about where your shop stands and what technology can do for you.