Partner with Lino®
Engineering Automation – Beyond the Question of Tools
Orchestration, Not Integration
Lino pursues strong alliances with global technology innovators to drive digital transformation across the mechanical and plant engineering sectors. Lino empowers its partners to deliver enterprise-grade Engineering Automation precisely where conventional systems reach the limits of their capability.
We do not replace systems. We define how they behave under real-world complexity.
Where the Lino Strategy Intervenes
Most approaches concentrate on connecting systems, keeping data consistent, or extending existing models. Yet in practice, the same limitation repeatedly emerges:
Integration connects systems – it does not define how they behave. This is precisely where the Lino strategy takes effect.
Lino establishes an independent Execution Layer and thereby defines how engineering systems collaborate under real-world complexity – spanning CAD, CAM, PLM, ERP, and CPQ.
Product logic is not merely mapped – it is defined once and subsequently executed with consistency.
Product logic is not merely mapped out; once defined, it is consistently executed.
Strategic Focus – Where Lino Excels
Who Lino Is Designed For
Lino collaborates with organisations that …
- develop complex, highly configurable products with extensive variant portfolios
- operate business-critical engineering processes at enterprise scale
- place a premium on intellectual property protection and know-how security
- require full traceability, audit compliance, and engineering precision
Typical Partner Profiles
- Systems Integrators
- CAD/CAM Resellers & Value-Added Resellers
- PDM / PLM / ERP Consulting Houses
- Industry-specific Solution Providers
What Sets Lino Apart
Why Partners Choose Lino
- Access to projects that go beyond classical automation – higher complexity, higher value
- Larger, strategically significant deal structures and longer engagement cycles
- Clear competitive differentiation from tool and platform vendors
- Long-term customer retention through centrally-defined, versioned product logic
Cooperation Models
- Co-Selling – Joint market development
- Bundled Solutions – Integrated offerings spanning multiple systems
- Strategic Partnerships – Long-term collaborative relationships
Each collaboration is tailored individually to the partner’s profile and go-to-market strategy.
Why we don’t compete with Design Automation
Lino deliberately does not position itself in opposition to Design Automation solutions such as DriveWorks, KBMax or CustomX.
Design Automation can be a powerful solution for CAD-centric CPQ and Design Automation – well suited to handling repetitive CAD tasks.
Lino® Hub targets a different architectural layer
- Design Automation: Efficient execution within CAD systems.
- Lino Hub: Determines how engineering decisions evolve across the organisation.
Lino® Hub Platform complements existing tools by…
- configuration-independent, easily readable control logic managed in-house
- orchestration of workflows across CAD, CAM, PDM, ERP and CPQ
- Engineering Automation at Enterprise Level where multiple tools and variants coexist
The Team behind Lino
Developed by engineers. Matured with industry.
Lino does not operate as a tool vendor or an implementation partner. It serves as a long-term strategic companion in mastering real engineering complexity – built from the ground up for the demands of industrial production environments.
Strategic Partner Statement
- Partners deliver systems
- Systems connect data and processes
- Lino defines how they function under real-world complexity
Customer References
STEIN Automation: 3D layouts for customer proximity and modular flexibility
GC-heat: Turbo product configuration with integrated add-ons
Erhardt+Leimer: Smart configuration for millions of variants
Lino – Engineering Automation with defined Control.
Lino enables partners to deliver enterprise-level engineering automation where traditional CAD automation tools fall short. Typical partner profiles are:
- CAD / CAM resellers
- System integrators
- PLM / ERP consultancies
- Industry focused solution providers
Let’s talk about partnership
Frequently Asked Questions about partnering with Lino
A knowledge base covering the partnership with Lino and providing answers on how to work together towards engineering automation.
The partnership with Lino is aimed at companies that wish to approach and implement engineering automation across multiple systems. The focus is on how complex product logic, processes and variants can be orchestrated at an enterprise level in collaboration with partners.
In this FAQ section, you will find concise answers regarding the objectives, benefits and requirements of working with Lino. This will give you a clear understanding of how partnerships are structured and how they can contribute to digital transformation in the mechanical and plant engineering sector.
Is Lino competing with Design Automation solutions?
Lino deliberately does not position itself in opposition to traditional design automation solutions such as DriveWorks, KBMax or CustomX, but rather complements them. While design automation optimizes execution within individual systems, Lino orchestrates engineering decisions across systems and creates a central, independent rule-based logic.
Why does Lino generally require less administrative effort than tool-centric Design Automation solutions?
Lino reduces administrative overhead by managing rules and logic centrally and independently of specific systems. This eliminates duplicate logic, custom scripts, and tool-specific customizations. Changes can be defined once and reused across all systems, ensuring that the workload remains predictable and scalable over the long term.
What role does digitalization play in a Lino partnership?
The partnership with Lino actively supports companies in their digital transformation in the mechanical engineering sector. By centrally managing product and process logic, digital, automated, and traceable workflows can be established across all systems.
How does Lino differ from traditional integration solutions in engineering?
Unlike traditional integration solutions, which merely connect systems, Lino takes a “definition over integration” approach. This not only ensures connectivity between systems but also defines how they work together within complex engineering processes.
What are the benefits of partnering with Lino?
Collaborating with Lino makes it possible to define product logic centrally and execute it across systems. As a result, partners benefit from improved variant management, greater process reliability, and end-to-end automation from sales through to manufacturing.
What types of companies would benefit from partnering with Lino?
A partnership with Lino is particularly beneficial for companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sectors, as well as for system integrators, CAD/CAM resellers, and IT consulting firms that need to manage complex product variants and engineering processes. Typical target groups include organizations with a wide range of product variants and business-critical technical processes.
Why partner with Lino in the field of engineering automation?
A partnership with Lino involves collaborating to implement engineering automation solutions for industrial companies. This approach not only integrates existing systems such as CAD, CAM, PLM, and ERP, but also manages them through a central definition layer to map complex engineering processes efficiently and scalably.