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AIUT – a Polish company operating in the industrial automation and robotics industry as well as IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things). It is one of the largest European system integrators for the industry. The company has physical branches in seven countries worldwide: its headquarters are located in Poland within the Katowice Special Economic Zone in Gliwice; the foreign subsidiaries operate in the USA (Duncan), Canada (Kitchener), Germany (Dingolfing), India (Mumbai), Romania (Sebes), and China (Shenyang). Additionally, AIUT has a network of field offices in Poland. The company employs over 1000 workers, including more than 600 engineering specialists (as of 2023). By 2022, the company had completed over 3500 projects in 70 countries.

History

 * 1991 – Establishment of AIUT
 * 1992 – AIUT becomes the representative of Elsag Bailey Process Automation N.V. in Poland. Elsag Bailey becomes part of the ABB group in 1999, with its product lines still present in the market today.
 * 1998 – initiation of electronic device production
 * 2000 – first implementation of the MAXIMO asset management system for MRO Software from the USA
 * 2002-2006 – development and implementation of remote monitoring systems for LPG tanks, heat meter readings, and smart gas meters.
 * 2005 – first comprehensive projects involving robotic production stations
 * 2007 – AIUT becomes a partner of IBM Polska in the implementation of the MAXIMO asset management system and other applications from the Tivoli group
 * 2012 – development and first implementation of the liquid fuel distribution management system.
 * 2015 – establishment of branches in China, USA, and Romania
 * 2016 – Formation of AIUT Technologies LPP in India
 * 2018 – design and implementation of modern autonomous self-driving robots (AGV)
 * 2019 – expansion of the company's headquarters in Gliwice to include production and administrative facilities
 * 2022 – acquisition of a majority stake in IMI-Polska Sp. z o.o.

Area of operations
AIUT provides services in the development and implementation of comprehensive solutions in the field of automation, robotics, and IoT for companies in various industries, including automotive, cement and lime, energy, fuel, metallurgy and steelmaking, food, and others. Additionally, the company specializes in designing and implementing intelligent metering systems for utilities (smart city), creating solutions covering the full range of enterprise asset management, and offering support for maintenance, repair, and service departments. AIUT delivers CMMS and Service Desk (ITIL) systems, with a particular focus on IBM solutions.

Industrial Automation

 * Power supply and control system projects
 * AKP (Automatic Control Systems) projects
 * Software and visualization projects
 * Driver and DCS (Distributed Control System) software
 * SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) software
 * Custom software for tracking and production management systems
 * Prefabrication, assembly, and commissioning of electrical and control cabinets
 * Expansion of production processes and support for internal logistics processes: autonomous AGV platforms cooperating with resource localization system (Radical Automation)
 * Indoor localization system for monitoring resources and plant workforce (Radical Automation)

Robotics

 * Development of solutions based on linear drives, electric, pneumatic, and hydraulic actuators, servo drives, and industrial robots from leading manufacturers: ABB, Comau, Fanuc, Kuka, Motoman (Yaskawa), STÄUBLI
 * Control and assembly stations for leak testing, dimensional measurements, electrical parameters, etc.
 * Quality control systems with cameras
 * Palletizing stations
 * Welding and joining stations
 * Protective coating stations
 * Component adhesive bonding stations
 * Feeding components to machines, press handling
 * Machining of cast and plastic elements (deburring, drilling, cutting, etc.)

IoT solutions

 * LPG Monitoring – Tank monitoring and support for LPG and oil distribution planning. AIUT is among the top ten largest global companies in the LPG industry . Since January 2019, AIUT has become the second company in Poland to become a full member of the World LPG Association.
 * Gas, Heat, and Water Monitoring – Intelligent metering systems for gas, water, and heat meters (prepayment and post-payment systems). Monitoring of pressures in gas networks.
 * Fuel Monitoring – Management of liquid fuel resources at fuel stations.
 * An open software platform for data management and process optimization.

IT Systems

 * SFM - modular, distributed production management system
 * MAXIMO - one of the best CMMS/EAM solutions in the world, designed for asset management, maintenance, services, and operational maintenance.
 * Servers - monitoring and service operations on IMR servers based on MS-Windows Server and MS-SQL Server systems.
 * Service Desk - maintenance, development, and optimization of IoT solutions.

Events and achievements

 * 2015-2017 – Forbes Diamonds laureate
 * 2016 – winner of the "Regionalne Orły Eksportu" competition organized by "Rzeczpospolita" in the category of "Best Exporter"
 * 2016 – presence in the "Gazele Biznesu 2016" ranking
 * 2018 – distinction in the VI edition of the Economic Award of the President of the Republic of Poland in the category of "International Success"
 * Since 2018 –member of the IoT Task Force at the Ministry of Digitization Report Internet of Things - Poland of the Future
 * 2019 –co-organization and participation in the "8th Year of Industry 4.0 Revolution and What's Next" conference
 * 2019 – AIUT received recognition as an Automotive Partner in the category of Industrial Automation System Integrator
 * 2019 – distinction in the VII edition of the Economic Award of the President of the Republic of Poland in the category of "International Success"
 * 2019 – 1st place in the "Product of the Year 2019" competition by Control Engineering Polska in the "Mobile Robots" category for the autonomous mobile robot Formica 1
 * 2020 – Main Prize in the "Innovative Product for Logistics, Transport, and Production 2022" competition for the Autonomous Integrated Intralogistics Platform
 * 2022 – WNP Awards 2023 for technological collaboration with modern industry
 * 2023 – Distinction from the Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical and Technological Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology - Złoty „Wodzik” Award