ELEMENT-IA

Every operating plant generates signals.
ELEMENT-IA is the digital platform we developed to turn your plant data into strategic decisions.

ELEMENT-IA

The next step for your plant

An operating handling plant continuously generates signals: throughput, power draw, operating hours, stoppages and alarms. In most cases, this data already exists across PLCs, weighing systems and business software that do not communicate with one another, leaving it unused.

ELEMENT-IA is an advanced analytics platform based on machine learning algorithms that makes data from machinery and plants easy to visualise. Information is placed in context and combined with other company data sources to generate actionable insights: information that supports real decisions.

The platform connects through the PLCs and sensors already installed in the plant, with an installation designed to avoid disruption to operations.

From plant data to decisions

How ELEMENT-IA works

Machine and component

Operating status, actual operating hours, energy consumption, production and weighing data, deviations from expected parameters and automatic notifications. This is the foundation for predictive maintenance.

Plant and line

An overview of the handling system, actual throughput compared with design throughput, analysis of stoppages and their causes, actual cost per tonne handled, energy consumption and environmental data.

Company and Group

Comparison across multiple plants or sites, maintenance planning and integration with existing business software. This level supports those making investment decisions rather than those operating the line.

What ELEMENT-IA enables you to do

  • Make timely decisions with real-time data analysis
  • Monitor machines, plants and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
  • Calculate production costs accurately
  • Track resource consumption and emissions
  • Identify inefficiencies and bottlenecks
  • Improve communication between the parties involved
  • Reduce major maintenance interventions
  • Manage plants, vehicles and resources in an integrated way

How it changes our work

The platform is not a standalone product: it supports all our areas of work.
In new plant design
Plants are designed for data acquisition from the outset, with measurement points specified during engineering rather than added later. Each subsequent project draws on actual operating data rather than catalogue values.
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In plant upgrades
Data shows where the plant is losing performance and which intervention will deliver the greatest improvement. Diagnosis comes before the quotation, and the scope of work is defined through measurements rather than assumptions.
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In maintenance
The shift from scheduled maintenance to maintenance based on actual conditions: work is carried out when the data shows it is needed, reducing both unplanned downtime and premature interventions.
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Innovation from the people who build plants

Why we develop it ourselves

The project took shape when INTEGRA Holding acquired an equity stake in LISIDE, a company specialising in industrial software solutions.

Developing a proprietary tool rather than adopting an off-the-shelf solution is a deliberate choice, driven by the value of our knowledge of handling plants. The platform brings together engineering and digital expertise, drawing on both disciplines.

For SAMMI, it is also a way to broaden our value proposition for longstanding and strategic customers, combining engineering and digital capabilities in an integrated offering that supports the sustainable transition. This places our work within Industry 5.0: technology serving people, efficiency and process sustainability.

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Innovation supports sustainability

The platform’s development addresses objectives across all ESG dimensions.
Environment
Improve our customers’ energy efficiency and reduce waste and resource consumption through continuous process monitoring.
People
Build on the expertise of plant personnel by introducing decision-support tools and continuous digital training. An analytics tool does not replace the experience of plant operators: it gives that experience a measurable foundation.
Governance
Invest in innovation through qualified industrial partnerships and proprietary tools, strengthening strategic oversight of the supply chain.
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Want to know how ELEMENT-IA could work in your plant?

The assessment begins with what your plant produces today and what it already measures.