Fireball Industries

Fireball Industries is an industrial automation and Industry 4.0 engineering firm helping OEMs, manufacturers, and integrators modernize operations with intelligent, open-architecture systems. Headquartered in the Cleveland, Ohio area with engineering offices in Zacatecas, Mexico and distributed teams across the U.S. and Mexico, Fireball delivers end-to-end solutions spanning advanced PLC programming, SCADA/HMI and MES/ERP integration (including Ignition and ErpNext), unified namespace (MQTT), cloud connectivity, and digital commissioning.

The company also designs and deploys AI-driven machine vision, predictive maintenance, anomaly/defect detection, edge AI, and vision-guided robotics—alongside robotics and automation services such as AMR integration, bin picking, CNC tending, palletizing/depalletizing, and robotic inspection/sorting. With a focus on scalable, vendor-agnostic deployments and cybersecurity “secure by design,” Fireball supports projects from retrofit and modernization through commissioning, validation, and ongoing maintenance—aiming to create high-precision, self-optimizing manufacturing ecosystems.

Central to their technology stack is EmberNet, a connectivity layer designed to eliminate disconnected operations, data silos, and integration friction. EmberNet enables a fully unified environment where equipment, production lines, and multiple sites are seamlessly linked with business software. This ecosystem provides features such as remote PLC access, mobile HMI/dashboarding, and real-time visibility into robot performance and plant events. By prioritizing interoperability and scalability, EmberNet ensures that existing factory infrastructure remains ready for future advancements while providing the control necessary for data-driven decision-making.