Dennis Brouwer

Across the Netherlands, manufacturers are investing heavily in robotics.Cobots, industrial robots, AI vision systems and automation software are widely available, competitively priced and technically mature. Yet despite this abundance of technology, many factories struggle to scale automation beyond isolated projects. The reason is simple: Most manufacturers do not suffer from a lack of technology — they suffer from a lack of orchestration.

Across Europe, manufacturing CEOs are under pressure.Margins are tightening. Skilled labour is harder to find. Energy costs remain unpredictable. At the same time, everyone is talking about artificial intelligence as the solution. Yet behind closed doors, many executives share the same concern: “We have tested AI. It sounded promising. But it didn’t deliver.”

Across the Benelux, manufacturers are actively investing in AI vision inspection.From food processing to automotive, from packaging to maritime manufacturing, quality control is under increasing pressure. Manual inspection is expensive, inconsistent and increasingly difficult to staff.Traditional rule-based vision systems struggle with variability.