Jeremy was tasked to implement various Industry 4.0 solutions in the model factory of McKinsey & Company and RWTH Aachen University, but experienced many challenges firsthand.

During this work Jeremy recognized that many manufacturers did not have access to standard interfaces of their machines. So we developed a retrofitting kit to obtain data via external sensors and enable Digital Performance Management.

To support in one-time projects, Alex joins Jeremy to build a system integrator, where they develop the predecessor of UMH to enable their projects.

As we realized how immature many manufacturing solutions are, we wanted to move away from services and focus on creating a product that enables professionals to digitize their shop floor. We brought in MBA graduate Christian, with this his strong business skills and effective communication abilities, to help us execute our vision.

Together we founded United Manufacturing Hub, open-sourcing the project and building the first ever Open-Source community in manufacturing.

UMH grows to 11 employees, with global stack deployment and a diverse community supporting the mission.

Introduction of the Management Console, a user-friendly interface for monitoring and managing the UMH platform.

We closed our seed round with Freigeist onboard to improve our product faster and scale all other business functions along the way.

Remain committed to improving the Unified Namespace architecture and bring innovation to the manufacturing plants.