# Best Manufacturing AI Agencies for Retainer Work

> 18 agencies. Top-ranked: Storm Technology, Lexunit, Hiflylabs.

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

## Ranked roster
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. **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
3. **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
4. **Syncronika** — Milan, Italy · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2010 · services: AI Agents, AI Automation, AI Consulting · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-24 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/syncronika
5. **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
6. **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
7. **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
8. **Plain Concepts** — Madrid, Spain · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 250+ · founded 2006 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/plain-concepts
9. **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
10. **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
11. **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
12. **Xomnia** — Amsterdam, Netherlands · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2013 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/xomnia
13. **Neuron Solutions** — Budapest, Hungary · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2018 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/neuron-solutions
14. **Birds on Mars** — Berlin, Germany · rate not published · founded 2017 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/birds-on-mars
15. **Intunio** — Gothenburg, Sweden · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2015 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/intunio
16. **wukonig.com** — Graz, Austria · rate not published · founded 1999 · services: AI SEO, AI Consulting, AI Marketing · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/wukonig
17. **VisualLabs** — Budapest, Hungary · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2017 · services: AI Automation, AI Agents, AI Consulting · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-23 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/visuallabs
18. **Dmlab** — Budapest, Hungary · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2007 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · 2 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/dmlab

## 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):
- Dmlab vs Hiflylabs: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/dmlab-vs-hiflylabs

## About this market
Most of the manufacturing AI documented on this page runs in the office rather than on the line. Pexon Consulting's platform at Deutz, inside Deutz's own Azure tenant, reached more than 5,000 users, enforces department-level permissions at the retrieval step and cut freight-invoice checking from three days per batch to eight minutes; Liebherr's internal assistant reads a user's own mail and files under existing Entra rights. Squirro unified 45 or more data sources into a knowledge layer for Henkel and names Bühler and ZwickRoell. Ekimetrics' formulation system took a beauty manufacturer from 50 toward 500 approved formulas a year, published anonymously. Intunio's industrial relationships are long and design-led, Emerson's Rosemount Tank Radar software since 2021 and Electrolux Shape from 2018, and its site says custom model training and computer vision go to partners. Syncronika's manufacturing clients, Caffitaly, Armal and Sebach, are web, SAP-middleware and commerce engagements. Siili Solutions carries the tag with its documented AI at an insurer, and wukonig.com lists ams OSRAM as ongoing advisory without a published outcome. On the line, Lexunit built an on-premise machine-vision system at an Astotec auto-parts plant that recognizes the box type, counts parts and drives an OK/NOT OK display at the workstation, though its case pages are dated 2023.

Ask whether the retainer covers a system in the back office or on the shop floor, because the documented evidence leans to the first and line-side cases are few. For document and knowledge systems the operating questions are permissions, retraining as product documentation changes, and who inside the plant owns the index. For vision or predictive maintenance, ask who would train the model and who owns it when the retainer ends.

## Questions buyers ask

### How many AI agencies work with retainer on manufacturing?
18 agencies in our directory combine verified retainer client evidence with documented Manufacturing work. The current top-ranked are Storm Technology, Lexunit, Hiflylabs — 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 €45–175 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 retainer model verified?
Every agency here documents retainer 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 retainer engagements deliberately.

### Can these agencies embed consultants with our team?
4 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