A fundamental transformation is reshaping global manufacturing. As experienced employees exit the labour force, participation rates decline, and attracting new talent becomes increasingly difficult, the sector faces a structural and persistent skills challenge.
Automation is now a necessity for many manufacturers as they look to counter persistent shortages of skilled labour and rising wage pressure. That is where IMI’s technologies make the difference. Our innovative solutions are being used to address critical staffing gaps, improve process efficiency and manage the increasing technical demands of modern production environments.
Our customers are under real pressure to do more with less. IMI's automation solutions help them bridge critical labour shortages while achieving new levels of efficiency and reliability
Transforming manufacturing
As manufacturing processes evolve, our customers are seeking automation solutions that deliver greater accuracy, consistency and control. Our advanced technologies are engineered to optimise performance at every stage of production, from precise material handling to highly repeatable actuation.
By improving reliability and reducing process variation, we help manufacturers achieve higher output with fewer interventions, laying the foundation for more flexible, efficient and scalable operations.
Enabling efficient, local manufacturing
Our automation components help our customers simplify complex assemblies, reduce energy use and create compact systems that can be built and maintained locally. By integrating multiple functions into single manifold assemblies, we make it easier to replicate high-performance processes close to end markets, cutting cost and time while maintaining global standards.
Our Industrial Automation business is helping our customers re-engineer the most labour-intensive stages of production. Through end-of-line automation, manufacturers can increase throughput and quality while reducing reliance on scarce labour, boosting productivity and supporting the shift towards more resilient, local manufacturing.
How we win: innovation at scale
Automation demands precision, but also flexibility. IMI’s advantage lies in engineering modular, high-performance components that can be tailored to fit seamlessly into our customers’ systems. By designing core platforms that are adapted for specific applications, industries and geographies, we enable innovation at scale without complexity or compromise.
This approach allows our customers to automate efficiently, from end-of-line production to transport and industrial applications, while maintaining consistency, reliability and speed to market. For IMI, it creates a repeatable growth engine: deep system integration, long product life cycles and the ability to scale proven solutions across a wide range of automated environments.
