Smartech AI
Your best shift. Every shift.
Every mill has an edge hidden in its own line. Smartech AI makes it visible, by connecting your whole line, predicting what could go wrong, and improving throughput and quality.
The most important part of your plant is a black box
More than 80% of your plant data sits siloed and unused or arrives too late to act on, so your team compensates, and pays for it on every press cycle.
Extra resin nobody needs
Slower press speeds to stay safe
Boards built heavier than the spec calls for
Quality confirmed hours after the board was already made
See the whole line. Predict what it will do. Ask it anything.
Smartech AI is built in three layers. Together the three layers compound.
Layer 1
The Platform
One screen for your whole line. See every asset from the wood yard to shipping. What is healthy, what is drifting, and where you are losing money right now.
Layer 2
Five IQ Modules
Predictive intelligence layered on the platform. Connect data across your line to improve your process and outcome.
Layer 3
Ask Hex
Ask our AI Agent anything about your line. It answers in plain language, explains why it reached that conclusion, and links back to the evidence, so your team can have confidence in every recommendation.
Installation is simple. We connect to your existing data infrastructure, and you can be up and running in under a week.
What whole-line intelligence is worth
30%
less variability across shifts
Improved capacity utilization and reduced bottlenecks
10%
more speed and throughput
Lower energy consumption and cost per board
10%
lower operating cost
Fewer defects, rejects, and downgrades
20–40%
better quality consistency
Reduced material waste and environmental impact
Why Wood Panel Producers Choose Smartech AI
Built by people who know your process
Smartech AI comes from Hexion, the company already supplying the chemistry in your board, so the intelligence is grounded in how panels are made rather than in generic industrial analytics.
AI that scales and learns
Our models continuously learn from production data, with performance becoming more tailored to your line over time and reaching 98% prediction accuracy.
Insight ranked by cost
Issues are categorized by their cost, so your team spends the shift on the problem that matters most rather than on whichever alarm is loudest.
Answers you can challenge
Hex, our AI Agent, explains why it reached a conclusion and links to the evidence behind it, so your process and quality teams can validate any recommendation.
Start small, expand on evidence
Begin with the IQ modules you need most and expand your deployment as you see results.
Secure by design
Connect through a governed AI layer aligned to ISO 27001, IEC 62443, GDPR and EU AI Act principles, with human oversight retained for every safety-related decision.
That means less resin required to achieve the same, or better, results.
Discover how Smartech AI helps solve a mat moisture issue.
Five parts of your line we see
Choose the modules based on your needs and plant set up.
Furnish IQ
Roadmap Q1 2027
Looks at the wood.
Moisture IQ
Adhesive IQ
Roadmap Q1 2027
Looks at the glue.
Cure IQ
Quality IQ
Case Study
A mill that thought it was optimized was leaking $1.73M
A leading OSB producer was running a strong operation. Underneath the surface, variability was quietly eroding margin. 89% of production was running outside the optimal stability window. There was no real-time visibility into internal board cure. Operators were working from conservative assumptions instead of data.
What it was costing
To protect quality, the plant overcompensated with longer press times, thermal and material waste, and output that varied from shift to shift.
Value unlocked by Smartech AI
5% faster press cycles
7% less thermal consumption
6% less power consumption
5% less resin usage
4% higher raw material efficiency
What comes next
Full deployment is projected to unlock an additional $2M–$3M per line annually.
Contact us
Let’s find your next million.
It is already on your line. Smartech AI just makes it visible and adds intelligence, one line, one module, one board at a time. Connect with our team to see what your line is really costing you.
