INGSOL Labs

Where field expertise becomes intelligent systems.

INGSOL Labs is our innovation and product development ecosystem, where ideas become products and the future of industry is explored and built. We translate decades of hands-on field engineering expertise into AI and advanced analytics, encoding real engineering judgment into systems that help manufacturers make faster, smarter operational decisions.

Most industrial AI fails for a simple reason: it is built by people who understand algorithms but not machines. INGSOL Labs takes the opposite approach. As INGSOL’s dedicated innovation hub, it is built by engineers who have spent years on the shop floor, working with extrusion lines, printing presses, and control systems, and who now apply that same judgment to building intelligent tools.

What INGSOL Labs Does

Applied AI & Advanced Analytics

Translating field engineering expertise into AI models and analytics tools that reflect how machines and processes actually behave, not generic statistical patterns.

Decision Intelligence Systems

Encoding engineering judgment, the kind normally held by experienced plant engineers, into systems that support faster, more consistent operational decisions.

Applied R&D

Ongoing research and development focused on enhancing decision-making across manufacturing workflows, from process optimization to predictive quality control.

Product Development

An innovation ecosystem where validated ideas from the field are developed into practical products and tools for flexible packaging and industrial manufacturers.

Why It Matters

Generic AI does not understand your machines

AI built without engineering context often makes recommendations that look correct on a dashboard and fail on the shop floor.

Institutional knowledge is a competitive asset

A retiring engineer’s judgment doesn’t have to leave with them if it has been encoded into a system

Decisions compound

Faster, better-informed decisions on the shop floor reduce scrap, downtime, and quality variance.

Innovation without integration doesn't scale.

INGSOL Labs innovations build on the data foundation and the operational insight from Industrial Webs, so nothing is developed in isolation.

How INGSOL Labs Works

1. Field-Sourced Problem Identification.

Ideas originate from real operational challenges surfaced through Industrial Webs and DigitalX engagements, not abstract research goals.

2. Engineering Judgment Encoding.

Experienced engineers translate hands-on process knowledge into structured logic and data models.

3. Applied R&D & Validation.

Models and tools are tested against real production data and scenarios before being considered viable.

4. Product Development & Deployment.

Validated tools are developed into usable products and rolled out to plants where they solve a proven problem.

Why Manufacturers Choose INGSOL Labs

We Understand Machines, Not Just Automation. Our AI and analytics tools are built by people who understand film behavior, tension dynamics, and process interactions, not just automation.
Execution Beats Promises. Every tool that reaches production has been validated against real operational data and challenges.
No Overengineering, No Upselling. We build only what solves a proven problem. No AI for its own sake, no inflated scope.
Built for Long-Term Control. Innovations are designed to reduce operator dependency and hold up long after deployment, not just during a pilot.

Connected to the Rest of INGSOL

INGSOL Labs does not operate in isolation. It builds on operational insight from Industrial Webs, our retrofit, upgrade, and maintenance vertical, and on the reliable data architecture established through DigitalX, our OT-IT integration vertical. This connection ensures that every AI model or analytics tool developed in the Labs is grounded in real plant data and real engineering experience, not built in a vacuum.