UNIFY
Extend Kubernetes to the Factory Floor with Centralized Fleet Management
Manufacturing IT teams managing fragmented infrastructure across plant sites, data centers, and edge environments face a compounding problem: operational overhead grows with every new site, configuration drift creates instability, and the cost of running Kubernetes manually at scale becomes unsustainable.
At the same time, IT/OT convergence is accelerating, driven by robotics, real-time quality inspection, predictive maintenance, and AI-powered process optimization. As manufacturers deploy AI, automation, and connected systems closer to production, the infrastructure layer needs to reach further, run leaner, and stay manageable without dedicated IT staff at every location.
Mirantis customers in manufacturing rely on Mirantis solutions to run mission-critical workloads, manage distributed multi-site fleets from a single control plane, and extend Kubernetes to the factory edge at scale.
Mission-Critical Stability for Manufacturing Applications
Plant systems, MES platforms, and production-line workloads cannot tolerate downtime. Manufacturing organizations choose Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE) for its proven stability in regulated, high-uptime environments, including validated support for industry-specific workloads like Körber Pas-X MES.
Edge + OT Convergence: Kubernetes from the Data Center to the Plant Floor
Many manufacturers need to run Kubernetes at the edge, often on constrained hardware, without dedicated on-site IT staff, and across globally distributed plant locations. This requires a compact, operationally simple Kubernetes engine. Mirantis k0s is purpose-built for edge and far-edge environments: minimal footprint, single-binary with no host OS dependencies, full ARM and Intel hardware support, Kubernetes conformance, and FIPS 140-3 validated encryption.
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When you’re ready to scale, k0smotron and k0rdent AI Enterprise provide the management layer: a single control plane for provisioning, upgrading, and enforcing policy across every cluster in your fleet, including MKE, k0s, and other certified Kubernetes distributions, with GitOps-driven lifecycle management and automated updates that eliminate manual intervention per site. The result: dramatically lower per-site operational cost, no configuration drift across the fleet, and a consistent infrastructure platform that scales as your site footprint grows.
AI at the Edge: From Computer Vision to Predictive Maintenance
Manufacturers deploying AI at the plant floor need compute at the point of production. k0rdent AI Enterprise enables manufacturing IT teams to deploy GPU-accelerated AI inference at the edge, manage NVIDIA accelerated compute alongside standard cloud native or virtualized workloads, and maintain full control over where sensitive production data is processed.
What Manufacturing Customers Are Saying
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine has received 5-star ratings on Gartner Peer Insights™ from manufacturing customers in pharmaceuticals and semiconductors.
System stability with very few incidents observed
“System is running smooth, only a couple minor incidents in 10 years of usage”
— IT Associate - Manufacturing
Firm Size: 10B - 30B USD | On-premises deployment
High level of maturity in complex migration
“Huge Reactivity but always based on ITIL processes. Change management is very well structured. Very high level of maturity in complex migration (Documentation, review with engineering)”
— IT Associate - Manufacturing
Firm Size: 10B - 30B USD | On-premises deployment
SUPPORT:
Enterprise Support and Managed Services
Mirantis enterprise support brings structured change management, ITIL-aligned incident response, and deep familiarity with regulated manufacturing environments, so infrastructure issues get resolved quickly and predictably, without disrupting production. For teams who want to offload operations entirely, Mirantis OpsCare Plus delivers fully managed Kubernetes: Mirantis runs and maintains it, so your teams can focus on manufacturing.
Learn more about Kubernetes for manufacturing
WHITEPAPER:
Eliminate Kubernetes Friction with k0s
How manufacturers and edge-first organizations run full Kubernetes at every site without the operational overhead.
DATASHEET:
k0s Datasheet: Unleash the Power of Kubernetes
The minimal, single-binary Kubernetes distribution purpose-built for edge, plant floor, and resource-constrained environments.
DATASHEET:
k0s vs. k3s Comparison Chart
A side-by-side comparison to help infrastructure teams evaluate Kubernetes distributions for edge deployments.
DATASHEET:
k0rdent AI Enterprise
Unified Control for Distributed Enterprise Infrastructure
VIDEO:
How to Build Environments at Edge and Far Edge with k0s
A practical walkthrough of edge Kubernetes deployment patterns for manufacturing and industrial environments.
DATASHEET:
k0rdent Datasheet
The platform management layer for AI-ready, multi-site infrastructure — from bare metal to production workload.
The numbers behind the platform
30+
YEARS
Of infrastructure expertise, from OpenStack through Kubernetes to GPU clouds
SECURITY-FIRST
BY DESIGN
Signed artifacts, SBOMs, CVE reporting, RBAC/IAM, custom CA support, and airgapped or private-registry deployment options for regulated environments
100+
ENGINEERS
In 15 countries, available 24/7 for support and managed operations
Ready to talk specifics?
Your compliance requirements, your migration priorities, your AI roadmap: none of it is generic, and neither should the conversation be. Talk to a Mirantis solutions architect and we’ll map k0rdent’s capabilities to what’s actually on your plate.
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