AI in IT & OT · PLC & SCADA · E&I

Automation engineering, with AI on the plant floor.

We help industrial companies implement AI, in the office and on the plant floor. And we engineer the OT systems underneath: PLC, SCADA and E&I, from specification to commissioning.

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SIM Operator AssistantExample conversation

Line 2 stopped. What happened?

First alarm at 14:32: Conveyor C4 motor overload. The other alarms are follow-up stops.The last three occurrences were a product jam at the C4–C5 transfer. Suggested steps:

Check the transfer for jammed product
Reset the drive on the HMI, screen Line 2 › Drives
Call maintenance if it trips again within 10 minutes

Since 2017Industrial automation and E&I engineering

Europe · AsiaProjects in Europe, Central Asia and Southeast Asia

Spec → start-upFull electrical, instrumentation and control scope

Claude · OpenAIEnterprise AI platforms behind our assistants

Capabilities

OT engineering, end to end

AI only adds value on a plant that is engineered properly. We take ownership of the electrical, instrumentation and control scope, from the first specification to a line running at rate.

OT & E&I design

Specifications, I/O and cable lists, panel build and installation packages.

PLC programming

Siemens TIA Portal and S7-1500, safety and drives, on structured software standards.

SCADA & HMI

Ignition and WinCC: new systems, alarm management, historians and migrations.

Commissioning

FAT and SAT, loop checks, cold and hot commissioning, punch list close-out.

Project management

Scope, budget and schedule, supplier RFQs and bid evaluation, site coordination.

AI in IT & OT

AI implementation, from the office to the plant floor

We help industrial companies decide where AI pays off, connect it safely to their data, and roll it out: in IT and in OT. How we implement AI · Guide: how to implement AI in OT · Nederlands · Français

AI assistants that know your plant

Our assistants work on your real plant data: PLC code, SCADA projects, alarms, manuals and maintenance history. They are built on enterprise models from Anthropic and OpenAI, and designed by automation engineers.

Engineering Assistant

Works in Siemens TIA Portal, WinCC and Ignition projects alongside your engineers.

Reads and explains PLC blocks, finds where tags are used
Generates code to your company standard
Checks references and writes documentation

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Operator Assistant

Plain-language answers at the line, in the operator's own language.

Explains alarms and finds the first cause
Guides through procedures step by step
Prepares the shift handover

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Maintenance Assistant

Faster troubleshooting with manuals, drawings and history in one place.

Searches manuals and past interventions
Suggests likely causes and checks
Drafts the work order and report

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AI-assisted conversion

Move legacy PLC and SCADA projects to modern platforms, faster.

AI reads the existing project and drafts the new one, for example from WinCC to Ignition. Our engineers review and test every part before it goes near the plant.

How a migration runs

Read-only access by default
An engineer approves every change
Your data stays your data

Demo

See the assistants at work

Three one-minute demos on a fictional plant.

Operator Assistant

After a trip: first cause, the fix step by step, an alarm in Dutch, the shift handover.

Maintenance Assistant

Scan the pump, find the likely cause, enter readings, draft the work order.

Engineering Assistant

WinCC V7 scan, a screen converted to Ignition, an SCL block compiled and tested.

Industries

Where we work

Industries

Building materialsProduction lines, furnaces
Chemicals & processContinuous processes, utilities
Thermal processesProcess heating & cooling

Project types

Greenfield plantsNew production lines
RebuildsLine and furnace rebuilds
Upgrades & migrationsControl system and SCADA
AI on running plantsPilots to roll-out

Approach

How a project runs with us

Assess

Scope, requirements and budget, aligned with production, maintenance and IT/OT security.

Engineer

Specifications, design and supplier selection on clear standards.

Build, test & pilot

Panel build, software, FAT and AI pilots, so issues are solved before site.

Commission & support

Start-up, SAT and handover with complete documentation, then ongoing support.

Platforms & qualifications

Built on the leading AI platforms

Our assistants run on the enterprise AI platforms of Anthropic and OpenAI, and we are trained through their own academies.

Anthropic

Claude

Trained through Anthropic's own academy on building production systems with Claude.

Claude APIClaude CodeModel Context ProtocolAgents & skillsAmazon BedrockGoogle CloudEnterprise deployment

OpenAI

OpenAI API

OpenAI Academy credentials in agents, retrieval, evaluation and AI leadership.

OpenAI APIAgentic systemsRetrieval (RAG)EvaluationAI leadership

TechnologySiemens TIA PortalSIMATIC S7-1500IgnitionWinCCPROFINETDrives & MCCInstrumentation

About

Plant experience first, AI second

SIM Solutions BV is a Belgian engineering company, founded in 2017 and based in Mechelen. We deliver greenfield lines, furnace and line rebuilds and control system upgrades for industrial manufacturers across Europe, Central Asia and Southeast Asia.

On-site project leadership is backed by remote engineering capacity. Our AI work starts from the same place: what operators, maintenance and engineers really need, and what must never be put at risk.

2017Founded in Mechelen, Belgium

3 regionsEurope, Central Asia, Southeast Asia

E&I + controlFull scope, spec to commissioning

3 assistantsEngineering, operations, maintenance

Contact

A new line, an upgrade, or AI for your plant?

Tell us about your project and we will set up a technical call.

info@simsolutions.be

SIM Solutions BV Lansiersstraat 18
2800 Mechelen, Belgium E-mail: info@simsolutions.be Enterprise no. / VAT: BE 0680.932.773