The Smart Factory Group is Leadec‘s innovation hub. We bring ideas to Most-Viable-Services (MVS) in joint collaboration with our divisional experts and international IoT partners.
Our innovation hub
The Smart Factory Group is Leadec‘s innovation hub. We bring ideas to Most-Viable-Services (MVS) in joint collaboration with our divisional experts and international IoT partners.
Our focus is generating value through business models in existing or newly developing digital ecosystems. We support our customers to bring factories to the next level of performance by transforming data to valuable insights and information. A broad technology portfolio and industrial IoT platforms are our enablers on the journey to the factory of the future.
How we work
The Smart Factory Group is operating globally. We assess and fund value creation through IoT and draw on the many years of knowledge our colleagues have gained from numerous projects. We are completely open and neutral towards platforms, technologies and systems. Our ambition is to be a partner to industry platforms, ecosystems and academic communities. Start-up mentality and the idea of open innovation is part of our DNA. In this way we act without boundaries and from the interface with machine and software providers.

Our topics
We use our Leadec-IoT-Home-Cloud, which is embedded within the Leadec.os platform, to connect and to scale our IoT-based services. 'Everything-as-a-service' is our credo.
We generate valuable information through the combination and processing of data from various sources and systems in the factory. Leadec‘s factory experts help us on a seamless information flow from data acquisition and API development via data structuring/enrichment to information visualization and automated data-driven activities on our, or on partner platforms.
Our targets are new and integrated factory services.
What drives us
'Connectivity, industrial platforms and data security regulations are enabling smart production in smart ecosystem. At Leadec we already service the entire factory life cycle. We see ourselves as a 'facilitator of the ecosystem' and as such look deeply into integrated service concepts including flexible pay-per-X models.'
Dr. Bernd Voelpel, Global Head of Smart Factory Group
Find out more
- Interview11/08/2023
Hundreds of Thousands of Vehicles in Focus
Leadec employees ensure that each vehicle arrives at its destination on the factory premises after production as part of "Vehicle Processing". They are supported in this by Leadec's own software Leadec.os. In this interview, Gareth Crawford explains the application and why this development project was a very special one for him.
- Article07/18/2023
Digital Service Processes at REWE with Leadec.os
This is where the heart of logistics beats faster: At the REWE distribution center in Neu-Isenburg, the retail giant can always keep track of building services maintenance thanks to Leadec.os.
- Video06/28/2023
LARA App
Have you ever wondered how asset mapping can be made completely digital? For example, with Leadec's self-developed app LARA. In the video, our employees demonstrate how it works.
- Article05/31/2023
Sorted, Not Mixed
Waste separation is one of the biggest challenges in recycling plants. Due to the variety and mixture of different materials, it is often difficult to sort and process the waste efficiently. Automation solutions from Leadec help.
- Interview05/10/2023
“The Future Belongs to Integrated Facility Management"
Integrated Facility Management (IFM) is more than a trend. It is the next evolutionary step to ensure that facility management in companies is optimized, adding real value. In this interview, Dr. Christoph Jaschinski, responsible for Global Business Development at Leadec, explains why.
- Article02/10/2023
Optimal Asset Recording With “LARA” App
There are several thousand plants and machines in a factory. If they are all to be reliably maintained, a proper inventory list is a must. Now, asset recording is made easier thanks to the new “LARA” ( Leadec Asset Recording & Administration) app.
- Video01/29/2023
Experts in the World of Manufacturing: Leadec Factory Talks
Do you know our interview series “Factory Talks”? Leadec experts around the world talk about topics that are affecting factories and production (plants).
- Article10/04/2022
Data From Inside and Outside
The documentation of all data plays a central role in the food sector. This applies to production as well as to the support services. Find out here how the online platform Leadec.os provides support.
- Video09/29/2022
Leadec Factory Talks – Episode 4: E-commerce industry
Online retail is booming and with it parcel shipping. Worldwide, this has led to many challenges for the (express) parcel industry – delivering more with less. What solutions are there and where is development heading in the future? Find out in episode 4 of our Factory Talks.
- Article08/16/2022
Facility Management Holistically Thought
How are productivity and facility management related in food production? Very simple: Without a proper strategy for the services on the shopfloor, production will come to a standstill. But there is a solution.
- Article08/10/2022
"Digital Factory Experience": Virtual Insight Into the Digitized Factory
From autonomous transport systems to digital weld seam testing - Leadec's range of products and services for the smart factory can now be experienced in a simulated environment. This is now available with a tour on the online platform "Digital Factory Experience".
- Video07/28/2022
Leadec Factory Talks – Episode 3: In-plant Logistics
Logistics is a broad field and from the gate onwards, inside the factory, it becomes really exciting. How digitized and automated is the tracking of goods? How do you rule out errors and how can you ensure that production doesn’t come to a standstill but continues through?
- Article07/18/2022
Spare Parts on Demand Instead of Full Warehouses
The advantages of inventory outsourcing are obvious: warehouses full of spare parts at each individual company mean high costs. Leadec offers its customers flexible models in which they only pay for the parts they really need and only when they really need them.
- Article06/02/2022
Whitepaper: How Integrated Facility Management Optimizes Production
‘Crossing the yellow line’ is the title of our new whitepaper which highlights the benefits of Integrated Facility Management (IFM) for the food & beverage industry. Streamlining all support services through a single efficient model increases asset uptime and reduces maintenance costs.
- Whitepaper06/02/2022
Whitepaper: Integrated Facility Management (IFM)
Unwanted machine downtime is a nightmare in the food industry. Our latest white paper explains how integrated facility management can help.
- Brochure06/01/2022
Sustainability Report 2021
Our sustainability program centers around four strategic commitments: managing our environmental impact, acting responsibly toward our employees and society, maintaining integrity as well as adding longterm customer value. Read more in our Sustainability Report.
- Video05/18/2022
Leadec Factory Talks – Episode 2: Factory Planning
State-of-the-art factories are expected to run more efficiently and place new demands on their operators. From networked production processes and a high degree of automation to close cooperation with customers and suppliers. What does this mean for the field of production planning?
- Article04/11/2022
IoT-Orchestrated Services
Technical services such as cleaning, maintenance, and repair of facilities are increasingly offering potential for improving the economy of production. The global industrial service provider Leadec operates its own IoT infrastructure to improve the efficiency of its existing offerings for plant operators – or to make completely new ones possible.
- Video03/16/2022
60 Years of Leadec
In 1962 the foundation stone for today’s company was laid – with the founding of the boiler cleaning company Reichenberger & Co. in Munich. For 60 years, our teams make sure that production runs smoothly. We never stand still. We improve, think ahead and always find a solution.
- Interview02/24/2022
Interview: 60 Years of Leadec
In 2022, Leadec will celebrate its 60th anniversary. In an interview with Markus Glaser-Gallion, CEO of Leadec, we talk about the past years and how he sees the future of the service specialist for the factory.
- Video12/03/2021
Leadec.os – the Digital Business Platform
Equipped for the factory of the future? To do this, the services must also be digitalized.
- Article11/23/2021
Automobilwoche article: Winner of transformation
Many automakers and automotive suppliers are struggling with the transition to electromobility. This is not the case with the industrial service provider Leadec.Read the full article which was originally published in "Automobilwoche"
- Article10/28/2021
Smart Maintenance Produces Food
Sustainability in the food and beverage industry has long since ceased to be a trend. Instead, it is a strong driver of quality and innovation, and thus also an important factor for greater added value and competitiveness. But where does sustainability start? With the intelligent maintenance of machines and systems, for example.
- Video10/26/2021
Life Cycle Solutions from Leadec
The complexity of factories worldwide is constantly increasing: data overflow, no obvious synergies, countless contact persons – it’s incredibly hard to keep track of everything. The solution: one reliable and experienced partner along the entire life cycle of a factory.