Our history

June 2020
Release of TrendMiner 2020.R2. This latest release sets new standards in usability of self-service industrial analytics for operational experts. It includes:
- A full revamp of TrendHub, boosting productivity for operational specialists analyzing their production data
- Multi-language support – TrendMiner is now available in eight languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Mandarin and Simplified Chinese
- New in-app notification center pushes user created and system alerts
“Over the years, as a result of working closely with our customers, we’ve gradually extended the TrendMiner capabilities to other search dimensions, adding new functionalities such as the tag builder, influence factors and recommendation engine etc… in line with our users’ analytics expectations. However, growing a product is not only about adding new capabilities, it’s also about improving the product experience for our users.”

Nick Van Damme, Director of Products at TrendMiner
May 2020
Bilfinger Digital Next now also makes the TrendMiner software available in the BCAP Solution Store. Its diverse functionalities for analyzing data can be fully used in the BCAP environment and combined with other modules.

“By integrating TrendMiner into BCAP, we are providing our customers with a powerful tool for intuitive data analysis,” says Franz Braun, Managing Director of Bilfinger Digital Next GmbH and Chief Digital Officer at Bilfinger.
April 2020
Release of TrendMiner 2020.R1. This release extends the capabilities to create soft sensors by introducing ‘nested calculations’. What physical sensors cannot measure can be done by combining multiple correlated parameters within formulas. Engineers can now extend the monitors for operational performance through creating highly advanced soft sensors by using ‘nested calculations’.
- Create highly advanced soft sensors with versatile “nested calculations”
- Extended context analytics for improved root cause analysis of process anomalies
- User-driven optimizations and functionalities, including OSIsoft PI Vision integration
April 2020
TrendMiner wins Plant Engineering Product of the Year Grand Award. Our Production Cockpit has been named the recipient of the 2019 Plant Engineering Product of the Year Grand Award, the highest award given to a product. The Production Cockpit received the highest number of votes across all 13 categories and is the first time that a software application based on data analytics has won the top product award.
February 2020
John O’Connell appointed as Global Partner Manager for TrendMiner. John will be responsible for working closer with TrendMiner’s existing partner network and expanding the ecosystem for accelerating the company’s go-to-market strategy.
- John brings 20+ years industry experience which will help TrendMiner rapidly expand its global partner network
- With 12 years at leading software company OSIsoft, he has proven success in creating partner ecospheres
- The hiring marks a new phase in the TrendMiner’s goal of expanding the size and diversity of their partner program
January 2020
LANXESS digitizes its global asset base. LANXESS has completed the implementation of TrendMiner’s self-service analytics software at major sites across the globe to accelerate the digital transformation of its production and improve operational performance.

“The use of data analytics tools in production is a clear business case. Tests with TrendMiner have proven this. With the successful roll-out, LANXESS is now leveraging the optimization potential throughout the Group.” Jörg Hellwig – CDO of LANXESS

In 2019

November 2019

TrendMiner’s Self-Service Analytics solution has been awarded the “Diamond” Mutable Award in Bloor Research’s recent Time-Series Market Report. The Bloor Mutable Awards are presented to software companies that enable organizations to be more adaptable and increase their ability to evolve more rapidly.
October 2019
TrendMiner and eschbach partner to empower the control room with analytics-driven decision making and information creation. Two Industry 4.0 solution providers integrate their flagship products and connect advanced analytics with the shift book functionality to increase operational excellence.
August 2019
Control Business Outcomes with Analytics-driven “Production Cockpits”. The TrendMiner 2019.R3 release allows process manufacturing enterprises to build an analytics-driven Production Cockpit. The Production Cockpit analyzes live production process, compares progress to historical production runs, and displays diagnostics, quality status and predictions to production operators or management through individually designed dashboards.
July 2019
TrendMiner and Process Automation Solutions Partner to Accelerate Customers’ Digital Transformation. Process Automation Solutions is a leading independent provider of complete automation solutions for the process and manufacturing industry. Process Automation Solutions will support mutual customers in speeding up digital transformation and monetizing the benefits of Industry 4.0.
April 2019
TrendMiner 2019.R2 Introduces “DashHub” for Actionable Storytelling with Time-series Data. The second TrendMiner release of 2019 introduces DashHub, a new module to represent time-series trend data and operational contextual information.
APRIL 2019
TrendMiner introduces new capabilities and extended integration with PI System at OSIsoft PI World 2019. As a long-term OSIsoft partner we unveil extended capabilities to support PI Event Frames and a preview of our latest software enhancement, DashHub, at this flagship event.
FEBRUARY 2019
The latest 2019.R1 release from TrendMiner includes a brand new visual representation of time-series data, making it easier for users to analyze, monitor and predict process and asset performance in their operational context and increase overall profitability.
JANUARY 2019
Borealis rolls out TrendMiner self-service analytics to plants. The global agreement with the long-time customer Borealis will be rolled out to the engineers and production experts to support operational excellence with a “big data” approach and therefore contribute to increase overall profitability.

In 2018

DECEMBER 2018
TrendMiner continues to expand with latest software release 2018.R2. The release includes a completely new set of capabilities, collectively called ContextHub. Other additions include; OSIsoft PI Event Frames integration, a related context item search for fast filtering of time-series data, and further extensions to the recommendation engine that helps operators and engineers to speed up root cause analysis of process anomalies.
SEPTEMBER 2018
TrendMiner has expanded its advanced self-service analytics capabilities with ContextHub, a brand new environment that provides customers even further capability to improve operational excellence. ContextHub was introduced and demonstrated at OSIsoft’s PI World in Barcelona.
JUNE 2018
Early 2018 a distinguished selection panel comprised of CEOs, CIOs, VCs, industry analysts, and the editorial board of CIO Applications narrowed the final 10 providers of the most valuable predictive analytics solutions available, and TrendMiner was recognized as one of the top 10 predictive analytics providers world-wide by CIO magazine.
June 2018
TrendMiner releases new software version 2018.R1 for greater operational performance through extended search capabilities, more descriptive and diagnostic analytics, and a brand new organization platform.
June 2018
Software AG acquires TrendMiner for consolidating its leading position in the rapidly growing IoT market. TrendMiner will remain operating under the TrendMiner brand.
April 2018
TrendMiner Announces Integration with OSIsoft Cloud Services at OSIsoft PI World
April 2018
CP Kelco to present TrendMiner at the OSIsoft PI World San Fransisco: “Industrial analytics transforms CP Kelco to embrace the future”
February 2018
TrendMiner opens new office in Köln, Germany to expand sales and customer success support to the German market.
January 2018
DSM Dyneema is presenting TrendMiner at ARC Industry Forum in Orlando: “Tying Process Analytics to Corporate Performance”

In 2017

December 2017
TrendMiner releases new software version 2017 R2. The release delivers new features and extended data visualization to enable multi-site analytics and contextualize asset performance.
December 2017
Among the highlights of 2017, the global roll out of TrendMiner at various customers stood out, including the global contract with Arlanxeo.
October 2017
Two leading chemical companies Covestro and Arlanxeo present at the OSIsoft EMEA User conference in London on the benefits they have gained from using TrendMiner’s self-service industrial analytics solution.
JUNE 2017
TrendMiner releases new software version 2017 R1. The release delivers new features and extended data visualization to enable multi-site analytics and contextualize asset performance.
MAY 2017
TrendMiner wins the Frost & Sullivan Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award 2017 for its visionary leadership and focus on innovation in the European predictive analytics market.
APRIL 2017
Total Refining & Chemical division rolls out TrendMiner software to facilitate self-service analytics and process performance optimization. The roll-out follows successful pilots at the Total Antwerp Platform in Belgium.
FEBRUARY 2017
TrendMiner releases new software version 2.0. The release focuses on extending the capabilities for diagnostics, collaboration and advanced user administration.
FEBRUARY 2017
OSIsoft and TrendMiner sign an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement. The combination of the companies’ technologies provide industrial and process customers with a comprehensive solution that maximizes the value of their process data and accelerates digital transformation for Industry 4.0 initiatives.
JANUARY 2017
Rapid market adoption of TrendMiner software leads to rapid growth in 2016. The company releases results showing 250% growth over the previous year.

Before 2017

OCTOBER 2016
TrendMiner wins the 2016 Kinetic Process Innovation Award for its superior plug & play data analytics used at Borealis.
MAY 2016
Bert Baeck wins Limburg Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award of 2016 and wins JCI Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 for TrendMiner analytics.
JANUARY 2016
TrendMiner V1.0 is released for production.
DECEMBER 2015
A further round of €5 million is raised with the existing investors LRM, PMV & Gemma -Frisius, who are joined by Fortino Capital and private investor Jurgen Ingels.
JUNE 2015
TrendMiner doubles the team of developers and senior management in preparation of the launch of TrendMiner V1.0.
JUNE 2014
The first BETA customers start the Early Bird program for the new TrendMiner software.
MARCH 2013
M2IS as a product is successfully implemented at a first series of customers. A product pivot is taken and the TrendMiner concept is born. This software forms the foundation that later becomes the TrendMiner self-service industrial analytics solution.
JANUARY 2013
Founder Bert Baeck is appointed as the company’s CEO.
SEPTEMBER 2010
A further €2.5 million is raised in 2 phases with investors LRM, PMV & Gemma-Frisius. This round enables the start of M2IS development.
SEPTEMBER 2010
The concept for a product called M2IS is drafted. M2IS has to become a self-learning content & metadata expert platform for the plant operator. It has to guide the operator to suggest the best actions to take, based on the actions of previous shifts throughout the history of the plant.
JULY 2008
€1.2 million seeding round with Governmental support [IWT fund] for R&D helps getting the first research in motion.
JANUARY 2008
D square N.V. is founded as a spin-off from the University of Leuven. D square is a technology research company, exploring the possibilities for data mining in the process industry.

Our history

A full revamp of TrendHub, boosting productivity for operational specialists analyzing their production data

Multi-language support – TrendMiner is now available in eight languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Mandarin and Simplified Chinese

New in-app notification center pushes user created and system alerts

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In 2017

Before 2017

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