umati has new partner GMN Paul Müller Industrie GmbH & Co. KG

GMN is now part of the umati community

What expect­a­tions do you have of umati, what do you expect from the partnership?

GMN believes that the future of engin­eer­ing lies in open­ness, col­lab­or­a­tion, and smart con­nectiv­ity. That’s why our part­ner­ship with umati rep­res­ents more than just a tech­no­lo­gic­al ini­ti­at­ive — it’s a shared vis­ion for a glob­al com­mu­nic­a­tion stand­ard across machinery and con­trol sys­tems, inde­pend­ent of branch or man­u­fac­turer. GMN expects as out­come an approach for new oppor­tun­it­ies for digit­al busi­ness mod­els in the machinery sec­tor by lever­aging IoT-enabled machine data. By sys­tem­at­ic­ally util­iz­ing this data, GMN can expand their value pro­pos­i­tion bey­ond tra­di­tion­al product sales and deliv­er advanced ser­vices such as pre­dict­ive main­ten­ance, remote mon­it­or­ing, and per­form­ance-based ser­vice contracts.

What advant­ages does umati offer your com­pany and your customers?

For our cus­tom­ers, umati provides a clear advant­age: inter­op­er­ab­il­ity. Bey­ond sup­port­ing CNC-con­trolled cut­ting machines, GMN has long his­tory in devel­op­ing and man­u­fac­tur­ing high-pre­ci­sion ball bear­ings, machine spindles, free­wheel clutches, non-con­tact seals, and elec­tric drives. Through umati, we amp­li­fy our vis­ib­il­ity, forge new part­ner­ships across adja­cent indus­tries, and reach cus­tom­ers who are eager to bene­fit from the open­ness and scalab­il­ity that Umati brings. It is not simply an ini­ti­at­ive, it is sup­port­ing our products as a bridge between innov­a­tion and application.

How do you eval­u­ate the expan­sion of the umati ini­ti­at­ive to the entire mech­an­ic­al engin­eer­ing industry?

 „At the core of this trans­form­a­tion lies Industry 4.0 and IoT. These tech­no­lo­gies thrive on com­mu­nic­a­tion — the seam­less exchange of data that allows busi­nesses to anti­cip­ate chal­lenges before they occur. The expan­sion of the umati ini­ti­at­ive across the mech­an­ic­al engin­eer­ing sec­tor sets a com­mon stand­ard that frees com­pan­ies from integ­ra­tion bar­ri­ers, empower­ing them to focus on innov­a­tion and value cre­ation. In com­bin­a­tion with IDEA4‑S, GMN is shap­ing this future. We see umati not only as a plat­form for today but as a cata­lyst for the next gen­er­a­tion of digit­al solu­tions. Togeth­er, we are build­ing a smarter, more con­nec­ted, and more resi­li­ent engin­eer­ing industry — one where ideas become real­ity, and where IDEA4‑S com­bined with UMATI can help to redefine what is pos­sible.“

About GMN

For over a cen­tury, GMN Paul Müller Indus­trie GmbH & Co. KG has stood for max­im­um pre­ci­sion and reli­ab­il­ity. As a fourth-gen­er­a­tion fam­ily busi­ness based in Nurem­berg, 465 employ­ees are devel­op­ing and man­u­fac­tur­ing high-pre­ci­sion ball bear­ings, machine spindles, free­wheel clutches, non-con­tact seals, and elec­tric drives. Many of our solu­tions are tail­or-made for our cus­tom­ers’ unique require­ments and trus­ted in a wide vari­ety of indus­tries world­wide. Today, we go bey­ond pre­ci­sion com­pon­ents by integ­rat­ing IoT and data-driv­en ser­vices, cre­at­ing innov­at­ive solu­tions that empower the machine tool industry and beyond.