This is us

INNOVATION
IS OUR DRIVING
FORCE

Get to know IPS and shape the future of industrial production in plant operation with us.

Inline Process Solutions GmbH (IPS); Foto: IPS

Our Vision

What we want to achieve:

OUR TECHNOLOGY IN EVERY PRODUCTION PLANT.

We want to be the leading company for inline sensor technology and the process optimizer for the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries.

Our Mission

What drives us:

Turn Process Data to value.

For our customers we design the efficient production of tomorrow.

How we work

Our corporate values​

QUALITY

INDIVIDUALITY

TRANSPARENCY

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We value the DIFFERENCE OF PEOPLE.

We deliver EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE.

We are driven by challenges – WE SHAPE THE FUTURE.

TRUST is the basis of our cooperation and we are strong as a team.

We COMMUNICATE – openly and honestly.

Get to know the people behind IPS

Your contact persons at IPS

Jonas Schulz

Dr.-Ing.
Jonas Schulz

Geschäftsführung

Anne Friebel

Dr.-Ing.
Anne Friebel

Sales & Marketing

Robert Hesse

Dr.-Ing.
Robert Hesse

Software

Andreas Eiden

Dr.-Ing.
Andreas Eiden

Hardware

Jonas
Dr.-Ing. Jonas Schulz
Managing Director

My responsibilities include business development, reporting and overall responsibility for commercial management.

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Anne
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Successful collaboration

Our references

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Innovations move us forward

Funding projects & product development

EXIST Research Transfer Funding Phase 2
Increasing the performance and competitiveness of the SOMAWorkspace analysis tool

EXIST Research Transfer Funding Phase 1
Development of industry-relevant MVPs for real-time monitoring of particle flows for crystallisation and spray processes, business development, IP transfer, start-up

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Fluid dynamic optimisation of the electrolytic production of green hydrogen
Development of image-based inline sensor technology for use in large-scale electrolysers.

Aus Mitteln der Europäischen Union, kofinanziert vom Land Rheinland-Pfalz, unterstützt.

Development of image-based optical sensor technology for process optimisation
Seed financing for expanding the product portfolio, generating initial sales until the break-even point is reached, and establishing a sustainable business model.

VIVET – Association for Innovation in Process Engineering
VIVET develops technologies for fast and efficient process development and production in the chemical and biotechnology industries.

Turn process data to value

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Great thanks goes to

Our partners​

Scientific Board

Erik von Harbou

Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Erik von Harbou

Hans-Jörg Bart

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.
Hans-Jörg Bart

MarcBrunoWehrli

Dr. Marc Wehrli

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The history of IPS

APRIL 2025

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Start of development of sensor technology for bubbles and sprays in collaboration with an international industrial group

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DECEMBER 2024

SEED FINANCING

Securing seed financing to establish the business model

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AUGUST 2024

COMMISSIONING

First successful commissioning of sensor technology in an industrial environment

MARCH 2024

FREEDOM TO OPERATE

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AUGUST 2023

COMPANY FOUNDATION

Inline Process Solutions GmbH was officially founded in August 2023.

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OCTOBER 2022

EXIST RESEARCH TRANSFER

The business idea convinced the jury, who agreed to a two-year sponsorship. The name for the company and product was born: Inline Process Solutions (IPS).

2021

ELABORATION OF BUSINESS IDEA

The increased demand for the sensor technology provided the impetus to develop the idea sketch into a fully-fledged business plan.

2020

PATENT GRANT OMOP

The European patent EP 3 067 685 B1 was granted.

2018

FIELD TRIALS IN INDUSTRY & RESEARCH

The prototypes were continuously optimized and field tests in academic and industrial environments were successfully completed.

2016

PATENT APPLICATION OMOP

A European patent application has been filed for the one-sided insertion of the sensor technology.

2013 - 2015

TECHNICAL CENTER APPLICATION OMOP

The first step was a measurement setup with two-sided access, which was given the name Optical Multimode Online Probe (OMOP). It was tested in a wide variety of regimes. This was followed by a further development for larger devices and more flexibility with one-sided access.

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2010

THE BASE OF IPS

It all began at the Chair of Process Engineering (Prof. H.-J. Bart) at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern with an attempt to determine droplet sizes in extraction columns in order to improve the modeling and design of this equipment.