Industrial intelligence · Swiss engineering

Smarter processes.
Stronger performance.

Advanced process analysis, automation, quality control and real-time optimization—powered by predictive analytics and industrial software.

✓ Real-time optimization
✓ Consistent product quality
✓ Higher process efficiency
✓ Data-driven decisions
Our core software families

Three product families.
One goal: better processes.

From cement production and industrial milling to predictive AI and advanced data analytics, our software helps industrial teams understand, control and optimize their operations.

Online Control develops software systems in collaboration with our partners, Online Automation and EPF Lausanne, to help our customers monitor, analyze, and operate their processes at significantly higher performance levels. We provide software systems that are either a stand-alone PC or integrated in the existing customer automation system. Currently, the following software systems are available:

Industrial technology and process equipment
Quality control & optimization

O_Blend

Intelligent raw-material preparation and process optimization, especially for cement production.

  • Stockpile, raw mill, kiln and cement mill optimization
  • Quality prediction and consistent blending
  • Improved process efficiency
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Industrial technology and process equipment
Mill operation & optimization

O_Mill

Advanced monitoring, control and optimization for stable and efficient industrial milling.

  • Process stability and throughput
  • Energy-aware control
  • Operational monitoring and optimization
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Industrial technology and process equipment
Predictive analytics & AI

PCM_Toolbox

Predictive process modeling, soft sensors and multivariate data analytics in one toolbox.

  • Predictive AI and Soft Sensors
  • Process Analytical Technology (PAT)
  • Exploratory Data Analysis and Offline Modeling
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Inside PCM_Toolbox

From raw process data to predictive intelligence.

PCM_Toolbox combines three complementary capabilities for advanced process understanding and decision support.

01 / PREDICT

Predictive AI & Soft Sensors

Real-time estimation of quality and process variables, automatic model updating and applications in advanced process control.

02 / ANALYZE

Process Analytical Technology

Real-time process modeling with calibration-free and calibration-based approaches to support better process insight.

03 / MODEL

Exploratory Data Analysis

Multivariate analysis, offline modeling, process characterization and modeling of chemical and biotechnological reactions.

Engineering-led software

Connect process knowledge with real-time action.

Online Control develops solutions for advanced automatic control, quality prediction and process optimization to improve manufacturing performance.

  • Process modeling and predictive insights
  • Continuous monitoring and improved quality consistency
  • Operational performance and energy efficiency
Industrial engineering work
Additional solutions

Explore our wider expertise.

Beyond the three highlighted software families, Online Control also provides batch distillation optimization and industrial equipment expertise.

O_Distill

Software for monitoring and optimizing batch distillation columns and their operational objectives.

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Equipment & integration

Industrial hardware, control equipment and software components selected for your facility and application.

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Proven across industrial applications

Engineering grounded in practical results.

Online Control and Online Automation report more than 500 industrial projects worldwide, spanning process control, automation and optimization.

O_Blend

Blend quality

Visualization of stockpiles and silos, incoming feed sorting, material blending and quality prediction.

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O_Mill

Mill performance

Control strategies for cement fineness, grindability variation, production stability and energy efficiency.

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PCM_Toolbox

Multivariate analytics

Monitoring, standardization, classification, endpoint detection and reaction modeling.

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Let's optimize together

Bring your process challenges to us.

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