Arkite GUIDE
Digital work instructions with projected augmented reality.
About Arkite
The company behind the platform.
Arkite NV develops the manufacturing execution platform for manual operations. We give manufacturers one way to define, guide, validate and measure the work that people do by hand.
Mission
Make manual work as controlled as automated work
Much of manufacturing is digital: orders, schedules, machines and stock are planned and tracked in real time. The manual workstation is often the exception. Instructions sit in binders and in the heads of experienced operators, errors surface at end of line, and the work itself generates little or no data.
Arkite exists to close that gap. Our platform turns manual assembly from undocumented human execution into digitally structured workflows, real-time validated execution, in-process quality control and measurable operational data.
Positioning
Arkite completes the digital manufacturing stack
| Role in production | |
|---|---|
| ERP | Decides what to build |
| MES | Decides when to build |
| Arkite | Tells operators how to build, validates the result and records the data |
One platform, three maturity levels
One software core and one architecture. Manufacturers can mix levels across workstations and raise process control where quality requirements are highest.
Arkite VALIDATE
Arkite GUIDE plus real-time 3D validation of operator actions.
Arkite VISION
Arkite VALIDATE plus in-process product inspection.
History
Milestones
- 01
2015: Founded in Genk
Ives De Saeger and Johan Smeyers found Arkite at the C-Mine Crib incubator in Genk, Belgium.
- 02
2016: First product
Launch of the Human Interface Mate, a 3D sensor combined with software that follows operator actions and intervenes before mistakes happen.
- 03
2017: Growth capital and recognition
A financing round of 1.6 million euros led by Capricorn Venture Partners. Arkite wins the Voka Limburg innovation award in the Industry 4.0 category and is named Limburg start-up of the year.
- 04
2018 to 2019: SAP and international growth
Partnership with SAP for integrated manufacturing solutions, and a further 1.5 million euro round led by LRM to expand internationally.
- 05
2021 to 2022: Bosch Rexroth France
Bosch Rexroth France adds Arkite to its manual workstations. In December 2022, Arkite completes a capital increase, appoints Dirk Van den Berghen as Executive Chairman and introduces the Arkite GUIDE license next to Arkite VALIDATE.
- 06
2023: Arkite VISION and partner network
Arkite VISION adds in-process product inspection. The annual partner event in Genk brings together 30 partners.
- 07
2026: Scaling through partners
Launch of Arkite Academy for customers and partners, and a strategic collaboration with Bosch Rexroth that makes Arkite available through its Certified Excellence Partners.
Locations
Where we work
Genk, Belgium
Headquarters at Houtparklaan 5, 3600 Genk. Arkite was founded at the C-Mine Crib incubator in Genk.
Aachen, Germany
Second office, close to customers and partners in Germany.
Go-to-market
Direct and through certified partners
Arkite sells and delivers directly and through certified partners, worldwide. Partners bring local presence, workstation and integration expertise, and established relationships with manufacturers. Arkite provides the platform, partner training and product support.
Through the Bosch Rexroth Certified Excellence Partner network, manufacturers can also obtain Arkite together with ergonomic workstation systems from a local partner.
Our long-term aim: to become the digital standard for manual assembly execution, the final operational layer in manufacturing digitalization.
Talk to the team in Genk or Aachen
See the platform on a live workstation and discuss your manual operations with our specialists.