Inductive Automation Blog

Making Music: Ignition in Manufacturing at Taylor Guitars

Taylor Guitars, a leading manufacturer of acoustic guitars and other musical equipment, first adopted Ignition for more cohesive HVAC monitoring. Soon after, new projects such as guitar neck quality control, legacy CNC monitoring, and UV print control have all been implemented through Ignition. Learn how Ignition helped a small engineering team at Taylor Guitars say “yes” to most production requests in manufacturing.

Fueling Manufacturing Integration With AI & Ignition Containers

Explore how AI is transforming the development of Ignition applications and integrations across the manufacturing enterprise. This session demonstrates how AI-assisted coding, architecture generation, and integration design accelerate the creation of modular, containerized Ignition solutions. By deploying Ignition in containers and leveraging AI to streamline development workflows, manufacturers can modernize legacy systems, unify data sources, and deploy more scalable, intelligent applications. Learn how this approach enhances developer productivity, reduces integration time, and supports more agile, connected operations across MES, SCADA, and enterprise platforms.

Industry Panel: Leveling Up Insights Across the Enterprise

Hear from a panel of industry leaders as they discuss how embracing and integrating the different levels of the enterprise can empower industrial organizations with powerful insights and applications that drive growth. Learn strategies for inspiring innovation, unlocking critical insights, and driving significant productivity gains across your entire operation.

Compliant Innovation: Ignition in 21 CFR Pharmaceutical Environments

Explore how to navigate the complexities of 21 CFR pharmaceutical environments with Ignition. This session delves into CSA vs. CSV, overcoming the challenges of deploying innovative applications like Ignition, fostering successful partnerships, and rethinking traditional approaches. Gain insights into doing things differently while ensuring compliance and efficiency in regulated spaces. This session is perfect for professionals seeking actionable strategies and collaboration in tech-driven compliance innovation.

Technical Keynote: What's Next?

The industrial technology landscape demands constant evolution. As architectural complexity grows, AI advances rapidly, and enterprise management becomes more challenging, companies must have the software tools they need to keep pace. In this keynote, we'll reveal how the Ignition platform's development is addressing these forces. We'll explore our approach to building distributed architectures, the potential for AI in automation, and the new tools we're designing to deliver the best customer experience in the industry. Join us for an exciting presentation and engaging live Q&A session with Ignition experts.

Taking the Helm With Ignition on Kubernetes

Get a sneak peek of the new Helm Chart for setting up easier deployments of Ignition on Kubernetes clusters. Inductive Automation’s Lead Software Engineer, Kevin Collins, will share an overview of the chart to build out more advanced architectures.

Structured for Scale: Tag Naming & Data Modeling

Want to level up your Ignition game? It all starts with structure. This session dives into practical, real-world strategies for organizing tag names and designing scalable data models that can grow without turning into a mess. From clean naming conventions to solid architectural patterns, we’ll look at what actually works when building Ignition systems that are easy to scale, maintain, and understand — whether you're starting fresh or trying to bring order to an existing setup.