Plataine, a provider of Industrial IoT (IIoT) and AI-based software for advanced manufacturing optimisation, has become a member of the National Composites Centre (NCC). This will help in digital transformation of advanced manufacturing processes. NCC brings together composite experts and leading manufacturers. Plataine now gets access to NCC’s facilities.

The NCC brings together composites’ experts and leading manufacturers, and as part of the partnership, Plataine will be able to access NCC’s world leading facilities to implement its Industrial IoT, AI-based solutions, creating a test environment of the factory of the future.

NCC will implement Plataine’s intelligent digital assistants, which integrate factory floor machines’, systems’ and sensor data, to drive AI-based alerts and optimised recommendations to production floor staff.

Commenting on the partnership, Marc Funnell, NCC's head of Digital, said: “As world-leaders in composite research, the NCC provide state-of-the-art capabilities for industry. We’re excited by this new membership that will enable the NCC to apply AI technology and data science techniques to gain a much more comprehensive understanding of composite processes. This will ultimately demonstrate the potential of digitally enabled manufacturing to produce parts more efficiently whilst maintaining the highest level of quality."

Avner Ben-Bassat, CEO and president at Plataine, added: "We are excited and proud to join the NCC and are looking forward to be working with a team that shares the NCC’s commitment and vision to deliver cutting edge technology to the industry."