Nortal is among a trusted and carefully selected group of system integrators supporting Industrial AI at scale,combining IT/OT integration, unified industrial data architectures and production-ready AI solutions.
As industrial enterprises increasingly adopt AI to drive efficiency, autonomy and resilience, the ability to turn operational data into real-time insight has become critical. Microsoft emphasizes that success requires a coordinated data foundation and the right partner capabilities to move from isolated pilots to production-scale industrial AI. Their recent Industrial AI framework highlights a clear shift toward enterprise-wide deployments, enabled by partners who understand real-world industrial environments and can co-innovate with customers. A central focus is the Industrial AI data plane, which is the layer where trusted partners help organizations transform raw operational data into AI‑ready insight that can be scaled across assets, production lines and sites.
"Nortal has been a trusted partner for industrial clients in the energy and manufacturing sectors from the very beginning. As early pioneers of Industry 4.0, we have invested continuously in digital manufacturing and real-time operational analytics since 2016, when we chose Microsoft Azure as our strategic platform - well before it was widely recognized as a leading platform in the industrial IoT domain. Long before industrial AI became mainstream, we were already deploying large-scale Azure IoT Edge solutions, industrial data platforms and operational analytics in production-critical environments, converging OT and IT domains and turning raw data from shop floor into strategic asset for our clients", says Ergin Tuganay, Head of Data & AI at Nortal Finland.
Microsoft’s recognition within the Industrial AI Partner Guide reflects Nortal’s long-standing industrial expertise, built on over more than 30 years of delivering data-driven solutions across IT/OT connectivity, unified data architectures, real-time analytics and AI-enabled optimization.
Success stories such as Woikoski’s digital leap, where we help build real-time manufacturing insights on a strong industrial heritage foundation, and Valmet’s data-driven solution for safer and smarter operations, where governed, contextualized data enables better decision-making at scale, showcase our know-how. These examples illustrate how industrial organizations can move from legacy environments to AI-ready operations following the approach defined by Microsoft for Industrial AI transformation.
“Microsoft’s recognition highlights the maturity of Nortal’s Industrial AI capabilities and the strength of the global model our teams have built together. Much of this foundation has been driven by our colleagues in Finland, whose work has helped shape proven approaches for unifying industrial data, integrating IT and OT, and deploying AI at production scale. Across the Americas, we’re proud to collaborate closely with that global team to bring these same industrial data architectures and AI practices to our clients—helping them move beyond isolated pilots and embed AI directly into day-to-day operations to drive measurable performance, resilience, and growth. The recognition from Microsoft reinforces the power of that shared, cross-regional approach”, Kurt Knaub, Head of Data & AI at Nortal Americas comments.
The partner matrix further helps companies understand their current maturity level and identify the partner capabilities they need most, from modernizing connectivity to operationalizing industrial AI at scale.
"We’re driving toward an Industrial AI future where every asset, line, and site is connected through a secure and trusted data fabric. Partners like Nortal play an essential role here, unifying industrial data on Microsoft Azure and helping customers move from promising prototypes to AI that reliably runs the plant. Their inclusion in the Industrial AI Partner Guide underscores the strength of their capabilities and the impact we’re delivering together for industrial customers", says Michael MacKenzie, Vice President Digital Operations at Microsoft.
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