In a press release dated July 23, 2025, iTAC Software AG announced a strategic technology partnership with Red Hat. The aim is to create a future-proof, modular platform for production management based on the iTAC.MOM.Suite and the Red Hat Advanced Compute Platform, based on OpenShift – operable from edge to on-premises environments to the cloud.
iTAC Software AG is an independent company of the mechanical and plant engineering group Dürr. Its iTAC.MOM.Suite, a production management system, is used worldwide by companies in various industries such as automotive, electronics/EMS, telecommunications, medical technology, metal industry and energy. Red Hat offers a broad portfolio of hybrid cloud platforms and open source technologies for AI, virtualization, edge, app development and automation. Red Hat has been part of IBM since 2019.
Global production networks often consist of existing and new plants and must be able to react dynamically to market changes. At the same time, products are being manufactured in ever shorter cycles and in ever more variants.
Traditional, monolithic MES often does not offer a solution here. Open, easy-to-model platforms with a containerized architecture and flexible deployment models are in demand.
“Some companies consistently rely on cloud-first strategies, while others – for example in regulated industries or with critical infrastructure – have to work on-premises for compliance or latency reasons. A modern MES or MOM platform must be able to map all worlds. And it must be standardized and highly individual at the same time,” Martin Heinz, CEO of iTAC Software AG, is quoted as saying.
The increasing integration of AI applications and data-driven services can also only be realized with MES as an open, service-based platform.
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The iTAC.MOM.Suite uses the Red Hat Advanced Compute Platform, based on OpenShift, as the technological foundation for a containerized, highly automated platform. Its microservice architecture is based on open standards such as Helm, Apache Kafka and PostgreSQL. The possible joint operating system solutions range from classic on-premises installations to edge and hybrid scenarios through to fully cloud-based.
For largely automated operation and maintenance of the platform, iTAC relies on OpenShift Operators and DevSecOps methods, which enable simple development, management and configuration throughout the entire software lifecycle. In the future, the platform will be expanded to include AI-supported functions, for example for the automated documentation of system changes or the optimization of operating processes.
“Industrial IT is at a turning point,” says Martin Heinz. “The requirements for flexibility, scalability and operational reliability are increasing rapidly – and at the same time, companies need solutions that remain manageable in practice. With our platform, we reduce complexity and provide a modern tool with which the digitalization of production processes can be freely designed according to individual requirements.”