April 15, 2026

APRIL 15, 2026 | FEDERAL WAY, WA/BURLINGTON, ON — Grantek, a leading systems integrator specializing in industrial automation and digital manufacturing solutions, today announced a formal partnership with Kanoa, the developer of an Ignition-native Manufacturing Execution System (MES). The partnership pairs Kanoa’s modern, modular MES platform with Grantek’s deep implementation expertise; giving manufacturers a faster, more practical path to operational visibility and production performance improvement.

The first solution to come out of this partnership is the Grantek OEE Accelerator, powered by Kanoa; a pre-configured, deployment-ready solution built on Kanoa Ops and Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform. The OEE Accelerator is designed for manufacturers who are done waiting months (or years) for meaningful shop floor data. It delivers real-time OEE tracking, downtime visibility, and production reporting in a fraction of the time of a traditional MES implementation.

“What drew us to Kanoa is how they’ve approached configurability. Their dynamic configuration model gives manufacturers real flexibility, and the ability to start with a proven, structured deployment and still accommodate the nuances of how their operation actually runs. That’s a hard combination to find. The OEE Accelerator is where we started, but it’s not where this ends.” — Ian Tooke, VP of Digital Transformation & AI at Grantek.

The OEE Accelerator is the first of several solutions Grantek intends to build on the Kanoa MES platform. Kanoa’s full suite; including Kanoa Ops, Trace, and Quality modules, opens the door to expanded capabilities as customer needs grow. Kanoa’s recently announced Kanoa Maintenance, currently in development and targeting a public beta in late Q2 2026, is one area both teams are watching closely. Built to run natively within the Ignition and Kanoa MES environments, Kanoa Maintenance is designed to bring maintenance management; work orders, asset tracking, parts usage, technician activity, directly into the same platform manufacturers already use to run production. That kind of consolidation is exactly what Grantek’s customers are looking for as they mature their digital manufacturing strategies.

“Grantek brings exactly what manufacturers need to get value out of an MES investment, the implementation experience to do it right and the industry depth to make sure what gets built actually fits the operation. This partnership is about giving manufacturers a credible, proven path to get live fast without ending up with something they’ve outgrown in two years.” — Sam Russem, Vice President of Business Development at Kanoa.

About Grantek
For over 40 years, top companies in Data Centers, Food & Beverage, CPG and Life Sciences/Pharmaceuticals industries have called upon Grantek to solve their most complex business and manufacturing challenges. Grantek automates manufacturing operations, including integration with business systems for seamless solutions. Grantek helps customers meet the stringent requirements and challenges of the 4th Industrial Revolution. Grantek is a system integrator and solution provider with a specialization in MES, Safety & Logistics, Smart Packaging solutions, Smart Manufacturing solutions, Manufacturing Automation solutions, Industrial IT solutions and Manufacturing Consulting services. For more information, visit grantek.com.

About Kanoa
Kanoa is the company behind Kanoa MES, an Ignition-powered manufacturing execution platform for modern industrial operations. Designed for flexibility and real-world deployment, Kanoa MES helps manufacturers digitize and standardize production workflows across operations, traceability, and quality. The platform is built on Kanoa Ops as its operational foundation, with additional solution capabilities including Kanoa Trace and Kanoa Quality. By combining a structured MES architecture with the openness and extensibility of Ignition, Kanoa enables manufacturers and partners to implement scalable solutions without forcing a one-size-fits-all approach. For more information, visit kanoa.ai.