Industries Manufacturing

Manufacturing.AI for every corner of your factory.

From the sales desk to the shop floor, Steinn Labs brings AI into any manufacturing business. We automate the slow, repetitive work your team does every day, and build custom AI that can see, read and listen: inspecting quality, watching for safety risks, and catching problems before they cost you.

If it's repetitive, we can automate it. If a person has to look, read or listen to do it, we can build AI for it.

Explore what's possible

Built by engineers who walk your factory floor. Based in Dubai, with an engineering team in Pune.

Sound familiar?

Your factory is fast. Everything around it is slow.

  • "Customers want a quote tomorrow. Ours take a week, because only one person can read the drawings."
  • "Orders arrive by email, PDF and WhatsApp, and someone retypes every one into the system."
  • "We only hear about near misses on the floor after something goes wrong."
  • "Our inspectors can only check a sample, and defects still slip through to customers."
  • "I only find out a big order is late when the customer calls me."
  • "Our most experienced people are retiring, and their know-how is leaving with them."
  • "Export customers suddenly want carbon and material data we don't have."

None of this is your core business. All of it slows your core business down.

Four factory workflows

Start where the work gets stuck.

From fabrication and assembly to packaging and dispatch, choose a bounded process with a named owner and measurable acceptance criteria.

01

Drawing to a reviewed quote

Read dimensions, materials and tolerances from customer drawings. Match them to your costing rules and prepare an estimate with source references attached. Missing information goes back to your estimator rather than becoming a guessed price.

People decide. Your estimator confirms feasibility, price and delivery commitments before the quote leaves your business.

What to measure. Compare extracted specifications, estimator corrections and time per quote against your existing process.

02

Inspection with a traceable record

Use station cameras to check visible defects, labels or assembly steps. Link each finding to the product or batch, keep image evidence, and route uncertain cases to your quality team.

People decide. Your quality owner sets acceptance criteria and decides release or rework. A camera check does not replace required physical testing.

What to measure. Measure missed defects, false alerts and processing time using your products under actual lighting and line speeds.

03

Maintenance warnings with context

Connect available machine signals, thermal images or sound recordings with repair history and manuals. Highlight changes that deserve a technician's attention and prepare a work order with supporting observations.

People decide. Technicians decide diagnosis and intervention. AI does not change machine settings or bypass isolation procedures.

What to measure. Check alert usefulness, data coverage and technician feedback before relying on a new monitoring signal.

04

Orders connected to dispatch

Bring purchase orders into a checked order record, match supplier certificates to material requirements, and assemble dispatch documents from approved production data. Customers see the status your team has confirmed.

People decide. People approve exceptions, outbound documents and shipment release. Your ERP remains the authority for committed orders and stock.

What to measure. Track retyping, mismatched records and missing documents across the complete order journey.

Three ways we bring AI into your factory

Wherever your people spend time, AI can help.

Automate the repetitive.

The typing, checking, copying and report-writing that fills your team's day, done automatically, with your people approving instead of doing.

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Custom AI that sees, reads and listens.

AI built for your factory that uses cameras, documents, sound and sensor data to inspect quality, monitor safety, and spot problems a person would miss at 3 a.m.

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Digital tools for your customers and team.

Portals, apps and assistants that give your customers instant answers and your team the information they need, on their phone.

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All three work on the same connected picture of your business, so every new tool comes faster and costs less.

The world of possibilities

Pick any department. There's AI for it.

Sales & quoting

Automate the repetitive

Quotes drafted from drawings; tender documents broken down clause by clause

AI that sees, reads & listens

Reads drawings, specs and handwritten enquiries

Digital tools

Instant quotes on your website; dealer assistant

Don't see your process? If your team does it by hand, ask us.

01 / Automate the repetitive

The work that eats your team's week, done automatically.

Every factory has hours lost to typing, checking, chasing and report-writing. We find those hours and hand them to AI. Your people stop doing the work and start approving it.

  • Order entry. POs from email, PDF or WhatsApp go straight into your ERP, with price and date mismatches flagged.
  • Quoting. Customer drawings read, materials and steps worked out, a costed quote ready for your estimator.
  • Invoice checks. Every supplier invoice compared with agreed prices, so overcharges are caught before you pay.
  • Certificate checks. Material certificates compared against your specs the moment they arrive.
  • Quality paperwork. Inspection reports, customer approval packages and complaint investigations assembled from your data.
  • Daily reporting. Production, scrap and delay summaries written and sent automatically.
  • Tenders. Hundreds of pages turned into a clause-by-clause compliance sheet.
  • Compliance. Carbon, material and audit records compiled when customers or auditors ask.

If a process follows rules and eats hours, it can almost certainly be automated.

02 / Custom AI that sees, reads and listens

Give your factory eyes and ears that never get tired.

Some of the most valuable work in a factory depends on someone looking closely, reading carefully or listening for something wrong. We build custom AI for exactly that, using cameras, documents, sound and machine data, designed around your products, your lines and your risks.

AI that sees: quality

  • Visual defect inspection. Cameras on the line spot scratches, cracks, dents, missing parts and colour faults, on every piece, not a sample.
  • Assembly verification. Checks each step was done in the right order with the right part, before the product moves on.
  • Label, print and packaging checks. Reads labels, batch codes and barcodes, and confirms packing is correct before dispatch.
  • Measurement from images. Checks key dimensions and alignment without stopping the line.

AI that sees: safety

  • PPE monitoring. Alerts when helmets, vests, gloves or goggles are missing in areas that need them.
  • Danger-zone alerts. Warns when someone enters a restricted area near moving machinery.
  • Forklift and pedestrian near misses. Spots close calls and risky routes, so you can fix layouts before an accident.
  • Fire, smoke and spill detection. Early alerts from the cameras you already have.

AI that sees: operations

  • Output counting and cycle-time tracking. Know what each station actually produced, automatically.
  • Changeover analysis. Finds where minutes are lost when lines switch products.
  • Stock and loading checks. Verifies pallets, quantities and truck loading against the order.

AI that listens and senses

  • Machine sound monitoring. Learns what healthy equipment sounds like and flags early signs of wear.
  • Thermal and sensor alerts. Spots overheating motors, panels and bearings from thermal cameras or existing sensors.
  • Voice for the shop floor. Operators report issues and ask questions by speaking, in their own language.

AI that reads

  • Drawings, certificates, manuals and handwritten logs. Turned into information your systems and people can use instantly.

Already have cameras? We can often start with those. Need new ones? We'll specify exactly what each station needs.

03 / Digital tools for your customers and team

Give your customers the experience the big players offer.

  • Instant estimates on your website. Buyers upload a drawing or pick options and get an estimate on the spot. Your team confirms the final price.
  • A customer portal that answers for you. Order tracking, certificates, invoices and instant answers to "where's my order?", any time of day.
  • Snap a photo, find the spare part. Customers photograph a worn part and reorder it in seconds.
  • A dealer assistant that knows your catalogue. Distributors answer technical questions and quote confidently, without calling your engineers.
  • Ask your factory a question on your phone. "Which orders are running late?" Plain answers, no report requests.
  • Your morning summary on WhatsApp. Yesterday's output, delays and alerts, before you reach the office.
  • Multilingual work instructions. Step-by-step guides with pictures on tablets, in the languages your workers speak.
  • A technician app. Manuals, repair history and guided troubleshooting in their pocket, with service reports that write themselves.

When it all connects

One order. Zero retyping. Nobody chasing anybody.

  1. 01

    A customer uploads a drawing on your website and gets an instant estimate.

  2. 02

    They place the order through your portal.

  3. 03

    The order lands in your ERP automatically.

  4. 04

    Supplier material certificates are checked the moment they arrive.

  5. 05

    Cameras inspect every piece on the line, and the inspection report assembles itself.

  6. 06

    The customer sees "Ready to ship" and downloads every document from the portal.

Your team just approved. That's what a modern factory feels like, to your customers and to your people.

Ways to start

Start small. See it work. Then grow.

AUTOMATION & DIGITAL TOOLS

Factory Sprint

5 days, your data, a working tool.

Our engineers walk your process on Day 1, build on your real orders, drawings or records through Day 4, and your team uses it on live work on Day 5. Best for order entry, quoting, certificate checks and quality paperwork. We agree data access before Day 1, so no time is lost.

CUSTOM AI THAT SEES & LISTENS

Vision Pilot

2 to 4 weeks on one station or one area.

We set up or reuse cameras, train the AI on your products and conditions, and run it alongside your team so you can compare its results with theirs. Best for defect inspection, safety monitoring and output tracking.

Fixed price. No long contract. You decide what comes next based on results.

How we work

Engineers in the room. Not salespeople with slides.

The people who build your system are the same people who walk your factory. They learn how your plant really works, then build tools your operators, buyers and quality team will actually use.

  • Start with one problem. A focused sprint, live in days. No year-long IT project.
  • Prove it with numbers. Hours saved, quotes sent, errors caught. You decide what comes next.
  • Grow one tool at a time. Each new tool builds on the same connected foundation, so it comes faster and costs less.
  • We stay with you. Ongoing support and improvements as your factory changes.

Works with your existing ERP, Excel and email

Your people stay in control: no price, commitment or document goes out without your approval

Your drawings, data and camera footage stay private and can run on your own servers

No in-house tech team needed

Production safeguards

Useful AI. Clear operating boundaries.

Requirements depend on your products, market and plant. Your quality, safety and legal owners confirm which standards apply; we build the agreed controls and evidence, not a blanket compliance claim.

Keep safety systems independent

AI monitoring adds a signal for supervisors. It does not replace machine guarding, certified interlocks, emergency stops or established safety procedures.

Separate observation from control

Start with read-only access to operational systems. Any write-back uses explicitly agreed permissions and approvals; model output does not directly operate machinery.

Protect drawings and footage

Agree hosting, access, retention and deletion before connecting data. Limit collection to the process being improved, with local processing and face masking where appropriate.

Record evidence and decisions

Retain source references, model or rule versions, exceptions and reviewer actions. Quality and compliance teams can trace how an output was produced and who approved it.

Stop safely when inputs fail

Missing signals, uncertain results or lost connectivity trigger a visible exception and a named owner. Operators retain the existing manual process and a clear rollback path.

From pilot to daily use

Fits the plant. Stays maintainable.

Connect what you already run

Map ERP, MES, quality systems, spreadsheets and supplier documents before building. Use supported APIs or controlled imports, define record ownership and prevent duplicate or conflicting updates.

Test in your operating conditions

Evaluate on representative products, shifts, languages and document formats. Agree acceptable error rates and response times with your process owner, then run alongside the current workflow.

Hand over an operable system

Provide operating instructions, integration documentation, exception handling and monitoring. Agree code ownership, support responsibilities and the person who can pause or change the workflow.

FAQ

Before we walk your factory floor.

We're not a tech company. Will my team manage?

Yes. If your team uses email and WhatsApp, they can use what we build.

Do we need to replace our ERP or systems?

No. We work with what you have, including messy spreadsheets.

Our drawings are confidential. Is our data safe?

Your data is never used to train public AI models, and everything can run inside your own environment.

What if the AI makes a mistake?

Your team checks and approves everything. The system prepares the work; people make the call.

Do we need new cameras or sensors?

Often not. We start with the cameras and machine data you already have, and recommend new equipment only where it clearly pays off.

Is safety monitoring about watching our workers?

No. It looks for risks, not people: missing safety gear, unsafe zones and near misses. Faces can be blurred, and footage stays on your premises.

We're a mid-sized factory. Is this only for big companies?

No. We start with one problem and a fixed price, so it fits a family-run plant as well as a large group.

How much does it cost?

We start with a fixed-price Factory Sprint, so you see results before committing to more.

Show us your most painful process. We'll show you what AI can do with it.

Book a free 30-minute call. We'll find the top three places your factory loses time, and plan your first sprint.