ITI Group Enters Exclusive U.K. Agreement with Astrée Software

Leading international, progressive systems integrator ITI Group has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with French MES software specialist Astrée Software to bring to bear ITI Group’s enterprise manufacturing capability with leading software for the SME market.  The announcement expands ITI Group’s digital transformation offering to a greater range of manufacturing businesses and represents the first international deployment for Astrée Software.

Astrée Software’s Aquiweb MES solution is designed specifically to support smaller manufacturers on their digital journey, giving them access to a fast-track solution that enables them to start fast and scale flexibly. The modular, cost-effective architecture provides manufacturing SMEs real-time production monitoring, performance optimisation and enhanced traceability which helps these businesses retain their competitive edge against larger competition.

Oliver Stone, Digital Solutions Director with ITI Group commented, “By partnering with Astrée Software, ITI Group is now able to bring years of experience in industrial scale MES implementation to a far greater number of manufacturers that form the backbone of the U.K. manufacturing sector. This collaboration reinforces our mission to deliver high-impact industrial solutions and provides a more comprehensive innovative solution set.

”With a proven track record of successful MES deployments in France across a broad range of manufacturing facilities including Arcelor Mittal, Colgate Palmolive and Merck the announcement marks the beginning of Astrée Software’s global expansion.

Elisabeth Tellier, partner Manager at Astrée Software said, "We are proud to see our MES solutions adopted by ITI Group. This partnership marks a new chapter for Astrée Software, and we are confident in the success of our international journey."

The Astrée Software Aquiweb MES solution is designed specifically to support smaller manufacturers on their digital journey, giving them access to a fast-track solution that enables them to start fast and scale flexibly thanks to its modular, cost-effective architecture and remain competitive.

The U.K.’s manufacturing sector is comprised of 269,000 individual manufacturers, 250,000 (90%) of which are SME’s employing fewer than 250 people.*  Aquiweb MES provides a broad range of manufacturing automation capability to these organisations and ITI Group can now draw on its heritage in global scale manufacturing implementations with powerful software.  Aquiweb is fully scalable and offers out-of-the-box manufacturing solutions covering:

• Production monitoring
• Quality and Statistical Process Control
• Display of documentation
• Schedule management
• Maintenance management
• Management of operating procedures
• Traceability and genealogy
• Flow and stocks
• Energy performance

Manufacturing remains a significant sector for the U.K. and is ranked as the world’s 11th largest manufacturer. The sector’s impact on UK GDP was £348bn in 2024 accounting for approximately 15% of GDP.

House of Commons Library Research Briefing published in May 2024

Make UK - UK Manufacturing: The Facts Report published in September 2025