About German Edge Cloud

German Edge Cloud (GEC) is a provider of a sovereign industrial AI platform for the manufacturing industry. With ONCITE, the company offers an edge-to-cloud platform on which industrial data can be processed in an integrated manner and applications as well as AI services can be operated.

ONCITE enables the collection and structuring of production data, making it usable for industrial applications and AI use cases—from the shop floor to the cloud. Companies retain control over their data throughout the process and can flexibly run applications at the edge, on-premises, or in the cloud.

German Edge Cloud is a member of Catena-X and Factory-X and also offers solutions for secure and standardized data exchange within industrial ecosystems. 

 

Company & Product Timeline

2018

IoTOS Founded

Launch of IoT-based products and industrial applications.

2022

Launch of ONCITE DPS

Market introduction of the Digital Production System for on-premise data processing and production digitalization in line with Industry 4.0 standards.

2022–2023

Certifications & Awards

Shortly after market launch, ONCITE DPS received the Industry 4.0 Award, became the first Catena-X-certified solution, and won the Factory Innovation Award.

2023

Expansion with ONCITE DPS Gateway

Introduction of the Catena-X Connectivity Gateway – certified and ready-to-use for standardized industrial data exchange.

2024

Focus on Industrial AI

Integration of Visual AI and Generative AI (LLMs) – including chatbot applications for industrial use cases.

2025

Management Buy-Out of GEC

German Edge Cloud (GEC) becomes an independent provider of industrial software solutions, with ONCITE DPS as its core product.

2025

Product Expansion: WQTS

Launch of the Water Quality Tracking System (WQTS) – a real-time monitoring solution for sustainable food and beverage production.

 
 

Dieter Meuser
CEO of the German Edge Cloud

Dieter Meuser is CEO of German Edge Cloud (GEC) and a pioneer in the field of Industrial IoT and industrial digitalization. As the founder of the internationally recognized MES provider iTAC Software AG and the IIoT pioneer IoTOS GmbH, which later led to the German Edge Cloud, Dieter Meuser has extensive experience and visionary expertise in the design and implementation of digital production solutions.

Dieter Meuser and his team continuously drive innovation and are committed to developing scalable solutions to optimize industrial value chains - with a particular focus on the networked, data-driven factory of the future.