Trusted Network
The Trusted Network is not an address book but a curated alliance of specialists. We have been through projects with most of them; the others we have visited on site. We know how they work, communicate and deliver.
The network
Each partner is at home in their own field — together they cover the range from planning to a running line. Detailed profiles of every partner are available in German.
The TNIA mark indicates companies for which we also handle sales or marketing work beyond referral.
The partner for projects that bring several trades together — robot handling, conveying, inspection and operator interfaces from one source.
When? When your project needs robots, mechanics, electrics and software at the same time — and you want a single point of contact for all of it.
Combines manufacturing software and machine building — the partner when automation and digitalisation have to be thought through together.
When? When the new line has to be connected cleanly to your production control — or when you first need transparency over your production data.
Maker of feedy — the flexible parts feeding system that replaces the vibratory bowl feeder in many applications. TNIA is the point of contact in Germany.
When? When you change products frequently and a separate bowl feeder per variant is no longer economical.
Modular transfer and conveyor systems that grow with the project — from workpiece carrier transfer to linking several stations.
When? When parts have to move between stations and the layout may still change later.
Systems house from Regensburg with its own electronics production and machine vision department — strong wherever automation involves seeing, inspecting and measuring.
When? When automation involves an inspection or measurement task — machine vision, quality assurance, part traceability or custom electronics.
Industrial cleaning systems and robot automation — for cases where a standard machine does not fit.
When? When parts have to be cleaned before further processing and a catalogue machine will not do the job.
Safety technology for human-robot collaboration (DynaSafe) and software for robot path planning (RoBCraft).
When? When people and robots work side by side and the cell has to be safeguarded without fencing everything in.
Factory and production planning: from planning entire new plants to optimising existing workflows.
When? When the problem is not one station but the flow through the whole hall.
Design office for mechanical engineering and custom solutions — ideal for small, flexible projects with short lines of communication.
When? When the task is manageable in scope and needs a design office rather than a full systems supplier.
Virtual layout planning and simulation: planning and validating factories and production lines before they are built.
When? When a larger investment is coming up and mistakes in the layout would be expensive.
Maker of highly integrated linear motion modules. Vertical axes without counterweight and without pneumatics — TNIA is the official point of contact in Germany.
When? When a vertical axis has to hold weight and the usual combination of counterweight and pneumatics is getting complicated.
If your project needs a trade that is not listed here: we know the market and bring in the right specialist. Just raise it in the initial conversation.
How we choose partners
With most partners we have delivered projects together — we know how they work under pressure and how they handle changes. Where there is no joint project yet, we have been on site, seen the machines and met the people. Nobody is listed here because they have a good website.
Partners who do not respond or let deadlines slip are dropped. We only refer work to companies whose communication we have experienced ourselves.
Every partner is excellent in their own trade — specialists, not generalists. Together they cover the full range of industrial automation.
Our partners calculate at market rates and are open about what they charge for. We review every quotation technically and commercially before it reaches you — and tell you when an item does not look plausible.
Openly stated
A question few people ask but everyone has in mind: if TNIA refers partners — who actually pays for that?
For the referral: not you. Our partners compensate us for the sales and consulting work we take off their hands — on an ongoing basis and per order. When we find you the right partner and make sure a qualified quotation reaches you, you receive no invoice from us.
That is deliberate. If you had to pay for the referral separately, it would be an extra cost item you would first have to justify internally — and exactly those conversations in which we help most would never happen.
What our partners get for it. Most of them are specialists with a lean structure — strong engineering, a small team, no field sales force. What they pay us replaces a function they would otherwise have to build themselves: someone who knows the market, pre-qualifies enquiries and can judge whether a task fits the house.
The price is set by the partner, not by us; we do not interfere with their calculation. What we do: we review their quotation technically and commercially before it reaches you — and tell you when an item does not look plausible.
Our own concept work is a different matter. When we analyse your production, develop an automation concept or write a specification, that is a service in its own right — billed by the hour or by the day, calculated in advance and independent of whether a partner from our network ends up winning the order.
And if none of our partners fits your task, we will tell you. Even when we earn nothing from it.
For companies
We do not keep a supplier list and we do not accept applications. You join the network if we know you from a joint project — or if we have visited you and seen how you work. That takes longer than a form, but there is a reason: our customers rely on us being able to stand behind everyone listed here.
If you believe your trade is missing from our network, write to us about what you build and who you build it for. If it fits, we will come and visit.
Let's clarify that in an initial conversation. 30 minutes, no obligation. We look at your task and tell you which partner from the network fits — or whether we need to bring someone new in.