Specialty chemicals manufacturer modernizing analytics from legacy BI to Power BI
OTTO-CHEMIE is a 140+ year-old sealants and adhesives manufacturer undergoing a focused digital modernization. Their tech stack is anchored in Microsoft enterprise tools (Office 365, SQL Server, Power BI) layered with manufacturing-specific instrumentation (OPC UA, Beckhoff controllers), and they are actively migrating away from Cubeware toward Power BI-native dashboards. Sales hiring dominance (7 of 13 active roles) paired with machine data acquisition and production analytics projects signals a shift from legacy BI toward operational intelligence—likely to unlock visibility into production efficiency and support customer acquisition efforts.
OTTO-CHEMIE manufactures high-performance sealants, adhesives, coatings, and casting compounds for industrial, trade, and craft customers across multiple sectors. Based in Fridolfing, Bavaria, the company operates with 201–500 employees and maintains a global sales and support network. Their business model combines product manufacturing with customer-tailored consultation and logistics. Operationally, they run production facilities on Beckhoff industrial controllers and OPC UA sensor networks, with financial and sales operations on SQL Server and Power BI infrastructure. Current hiring spans sales, logistics, data, engineering, and manufacturing roles, with an emphasis on sales-led growth and analytics modernization.
Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Office, Outlook, Excel, Power BI), SQL Server with reporting services, ASP.NET Core and C# for applications, Entity Framework for data access, plus manufacturing-specific tools: OPC UA and Beckhoff industrial controllers for machine monitoring.
Core initiatives include: Cubeware-to-Power BI migration and modern BI dashboard development, machine data acquisition and production analytics, industrial printer integration, and customer base expansion via sales and training programs.
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