Spain-based, mlean is provider of continuous improvement software for manufacturers. The startup provides a set of web & mobile products to digitalize, improve & manage industrial operations by "connecting workers with industrial processes". The startups core product, “mlean Production System”, supports 3 key industrial pillars: i) stock & transportation, ii) transformation & iii) shop floor management. It offers various modules across standard work (5s i.e. reduced waste & improved maintenance, Visual standard i.e. work instructions, Skills matrix, Standard work audit, Kaizen), shop floor mgmt. (Routines, Gemba walk), advanced audits (Job observation, Master audit), Ok1stPart (i.e. for seamless mass production), TPM, problem solving, action plans & improvement ideas. mlean products are already used by <400 factories...
UK-based, GeoPura develops the “Hydrogen Power Unit” (HPU), a 6m portable shipping container, which can provide 250kVA of (standard three-phase 400V) electrical power (backed up by an 216kWh battery system) to replace on-site diesel generators (with an emissions-free alternative i.e. hydrogen). The HPUs are used – for temporary, supplementary, off grid & backup power – in a) electrical power industry, e.g. National Grid uses one to power low-voltage equipment for innovation testing projects & site operations (trialing it as a potential direct replacement for backup diesel generators across <250 substation sites); Uniper has used one as back-up during a 3-month maintenance outage at one of its plants (to power the outage village, incl. welfare facilities...