# Best Manufacturing AI Agencies for Project-Based Work

> 39 agencies. Top-ranked: Storm Technology, Merantix Momentum, Preste.

Canonical page: https://www.aiagencies.eu/industries/manufacturing/for/project-based
Generated: 2026-09-28 · Curated by Gabor Kiss · No paid placements — inclusion, score, and rank are never sold.

## Ranked roster
Top 30 of 39 agencies on this page.

1. **Storm Technology** — Dublin, Ireland · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 1995 · services: AI Consulting, Generative AI, AI Development · 8 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-03 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/storm-technology
2. **Merantix Momentum** — Berlin, Germany · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2019 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 12 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-24 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/merantix-momentum
3. **Preste** — Paris, France · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2019 · services: AI Development, Generative AI, AI Consulting · 12 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-24 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/preste
4. **Lexunit** — Budapest, Hungary · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2017 · services: AI Development, AI Automation, AI Consulting · 9 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-03 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/lexunit
5. **b.telligent** — Munich, Germany · rate not published · team 250+ · founded 2005 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · 9 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-20 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/b-telligent
6. **Zühlke** — Zurich, Switzerland · rate not published · team 250+ · founded 1968 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/zuehlke
7. **Kortical** — London, United Kingdom · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2016 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 8 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/kortical
8. **Hiflylabs** — Budapest, Hungary · rate not published · team 250+ · founded 2015 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · 8 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-03 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/hiflylabs
9. **Satalia** — London, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2008 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Agents · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/satalia
10. **elunic** — Munich, Germany · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2013 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting, AI Agents · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-20 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/elunic
11. **Datasparq** — London, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2018 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Agents · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/datasparq
12. **MS iHub** — Ljubljana, Slovenia · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2018 · services: AI Consulting, AI Automation, AI Development · 7 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-24 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/ms-ihub
13. **Unit8** — Lausanne, Switzerland · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2017 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/unit8
14. **Visium** — Zurich, Switzerland · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2018 · services: AI Consulting, Generative AI, AI Development · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/visium
15. **Siili Solutions** — Helsinki, Finland · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 250+ · founded 2005 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/siili-solutions
16. **In The Pocket** — Ghent, Belgium · rate not published · team 250+ · founded 2010 · services: AI Development, Generative AI, AI Consulting · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/in-the-pocket
17. **Sparkbit** — Warsaw, Poland · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2014 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-23 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/sparkbit
18. **craftworks** — Vienna, Austria · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2014 · services: AI Development, Generative AI · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/craftworks
19. **Indigo Labs** — Ljubljana, Slovenia · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2021 · services: AI Development, AI Automation, AI Agents · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/indigo-labs
20. **App4You** — Gdańsk, Poland · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2021 · services: AI Agents, AI Automation, AI Development, AI Consulting · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/app4you
21. **Atomic Actions** — Warsaw, Poland · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2024 · services: AI Automation, AI Consulting, AI Development · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-23 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/atomic-actions
22. **Pexon Consulting** — Munich, Germany · €130-175/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2019 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-20 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/pexon-consulting
23. **Squirro** — Zurich, Switzerland · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2012 · services: Generative AI, AI Development · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/squirro
24. **Imobisoft** — London, United Kingdom · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2009 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/imobisoft
25. **TechnoLynx** — Budapest, Hungary · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2019 · services: AI Development, AI Automation · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-23 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/technolynx
26. **Ekimetrics** — London, United Kingdom · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2006 · services: AI Consulting, AI Marketing, Generative AI · 8 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/ekimetrics
27. **peoly** — Prague, Czech Republic · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2019 · services: AI Development, AI Automation, AI Video · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-20 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/peoly
28. **dida** — Berlin, Germany · €130-175/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2018 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/dida
29. **Brainpool** — London, United Kingdom · €130-175/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2017 · services: AI Consulting, AI Automation, AI Development · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/brainpool
30. **DEUS** — Amsterdam, Netherlands · rate not published · founded 2020 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Agents · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/deus

## Compared head-to-head
Curated comparison pages (published rates, team size, coverage, projected 12-week engagement cost, and the curator's verdict on both sides — pairings are never sold):
- dida vs Hiflylabs: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/dida-vs-hiflylabs
- dida vs Merantix Momentum: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/dida-vs-merantix-momentum
- elunic vs Pexon Consulting: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/elunic-vs-pexon-consulting
- Squirro vs Visium: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/squirro-vs-visium
- Squirro vs Zühlke: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/squirro-vs-zuehlke
- Visium vs Zühlke: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/visium-vs-zuehlke

## About this market
The manufacturing work here is mostly vision on the line, and the write-ups describe the station in detail while publishing no reject rate. elunic documents named installations in production: inline inspection of car-body doors at thyssenkrupp Automotive Body Solutions, 360-degree inspection cells on voestalpine's press-shop conveyor with continuous retraining on live images, and a DB Cargo retrofit screening up to 400 freight wagons a day for loose protective film. b.telligent's Nordex engagement took an existing model to an MVP at about a second per image and left an MLOps and drift-monitoring framework behind. Preste builds vision on the device, a Jetson pipeline embedded in Greenbig's B:Bot recycling machine and a drone-mounted YOLOv8 thermal-leak detector for Streamowl, with stack and build time stated and no result. Merantix Momentum's vehicle-damage detection for TÜV Rheinland cut inspection from six minutes to 20 seconds and shipped as a product in 2021.

For a plant buying one inspection station, the sorting question is what stays on the line when the contract closes. Ask whether retraining and drift monitoring are part of the handover, whether your own engineers can extend from one station to the next, and what the reject rate did after go-live, since neither elunic nor b.telligent publishes one and JentnerGroup's station covers a single test table. The tag runs wider than the evidence: Satalia's documented systems are retail delivery and workforce scheduling, Datasparq's are route optimization, Kortical's is tower predictive maintenance labeled a live pilot, and Zühlke names Kardex without a case study.

## Questions buyers ask

### How many AI agencies work with project-based on manufacturing?
39 agencies in our directory combine verified project-based client evidence with documented Manufacturing work. The current top-ranked are Storm Technology, Merantix Momentum, Preste — ordered by depth of documented client evidence, then our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, credibility, completeness); placement is never paid.

### How much does an AI agency cost for manufacturing?
Published rates across this page's agencies run €20–175 per hour (median ~€65). Project totals depend on scope — the rate index at /rates breaks the computed bands down by region, country and team size.

### How is the project-based model verified?
Every agency here documents project-based work on its own site or in a published case study, describing the engagement structure rather than a service-list claim. We never infer the model from portfolio tone, so this list only contains agencies that operate project-based engagements deliberately.

### Can these agencies embed consultants with our team?
8 of the agencies on this page document an embedded / team-extension working model. See the team-extension page for the full verified list, or check the engagement chips on individual profiles.

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Source: AIAgencies.eu — the curated register of European AI agencies. Rate provenance: "agency-confirmed" = disclosed via submission or claimed profile; "directory-listed" = Clutch or two agreeing B2B directories (lone unverified sources are never written). Full method: https://www.aiagencies.eu/methodology · Rate index: https://www.aiagencies.eu/rates