Every factory asset needs a digital identity. We make the standard accessible.
The Asset Administration Shell (AAS) is the global standard for digital twins in manufacturing. nexyo turns it into a service, so you can share, discover, and govern your asset data across Industry 4.0 dataspaces.
Who benefits from AAS as a Service
Component Suppliers
Provide digital nameplates and technical data for your components, as required by OEM customers and Manufacturing-X dataspaces.
Factory Operators
Create digital twins of your production line: sensors, motors, conveyors, robots. Monitor quality, track carbon footprint, enable predictive maintenance.
DPP Compliance
Generate EU-compliant Digital Product Passports from your existing asset data. Battery passports, textile passports, electronics, all from one platform.
Supply Chain Transparency
Share production data with partners through ADE dataspaces. Negotiate access policies, track data provenance, prove compliance.
System Integrators
Use nexyo as AAS backend for your Industry 4.0 projects. REST API V3, BaSyx-compatible, ready to integrate into existing IT landscapes.
Research & Innovation
Prototype AAS-based applications without infrastructure setup. Ideal for Fraunhofer, university, and EU-funded projects exploring digital twin scenarios.
The digital twin is no longer optional
Regulation, supply chain pressure, and interoperability demands are converging. Manufacturers need standardized digital representations of their assets, now.
Digital Product Passport (DPP)
The EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) requires Digital Product Passports for batteries (2027), textiles, and electronics. The AAS is the technical backbone for DPP implementation in manufacturing.
Asset Administration Shell V3
The Industrial Digital Twin Association (IDTA) defines the AAS as the interoperability standard for Industry 4.0. Over 80 submodel templates cover everything from nameplates to carbon footprints.
Dataspace Interoperability
Catena-X, Manufacturing-X, and other dataspaces require standardized asset data exchange. Without AAS, manufacturers are locked out of the emerging data economy.
AAS Dataspace for Everybody (ADE)
The ADE protocol makes AAS discoverable and shareable across organizational boundaries, turning isolated digital twins into a federated dataspace.
Most manufacturers can't build AAS infrastructure
The standard is powerful. But adopting it requires skills and infrastructure that most SMEs don't have.
Infrastructure complexity
Running BaSyx requires Docker, Java, databases, and DevOps expertise. Most component suppliers have ERP, not Kubernetes.
Interoperability gap
Creating AAS-compliant submodels from existing product data (ERP, PLM, CAD) requires deep knowledge of IDTA templates and semantic IDs.
Dataspace access
Participating in Manufacturing-X or Catena-X requires EDC connectors, identity management, and policy enforcement, a full governance stack.
Compliance burden
DPP regulations demand traceability, carbon footprint data, and lifecycle documentation. Assembling this across supply chains is manual and error-prone.
No discovery
Even with AAS, assets remain invisible without registry and discovery services. Partners can't find your digital twins if they don't know where to look.
Trust deficit
Sharing production data requires trust infrastructure: who accessed what, under which policy, with what audit trail? Most AAS setups have none.
AAS as a Service: from asset to dataspace in four steps
nexyo removes the infrastructure burden. You bring your asset data, we handle the AAS lifecycle.
Model
Create AAS shells and submodels from your existing data. IDTA-compliant templates for nameplate, technical data, carbon footprint, and DPP.
Host
We run the AAS Repository and Registry. BaSyx-compatible, REST API V3, always available, without your own servers.
Share
Connect to ADE dataspaces. Discover partner assets, negotiate data access, and exchange submodels, with full policy enforcement.
Govern
Trust scores, ODRL policies, transfer audit logs, and connection management. Every data exchange is traceable and compliant.
Five building blocks for your digital twin infrastructure
AAS Repository
Managed hosting for your Asset Administration Shells and Submodels. BaSyx-compatible REST API, version control, and AASX import/export.
- AAS REST API V3 (OpenAPI-compliant)
- AASX file upload and parsing
- Submodel template validation
- Multi-tenant with access control
Registry & Discovery
Make your digital twins findable. AAS Registry for internal assets, AAS Discovery for cross-organization search via ADE protocol.
- AAS Registry with descriptor management
- Asset Discovery via globalAssetId
- ADE-compatible federation
- Multi-server aggregation
Data Governance
Trust infrastructure for industrial data exchange. ODRL policies define who can access which submodels, under what conditions.
- ODRL policy engine (use, prohibit, obligation)
- Trust & quality scoring per asset
- Transfer audit log with compliance proof
- Connection management dashboard
Dataspace Connector
EDC-based connector for sovereign data exchange. Participate in Manufacturing-X, Catena-X, and ADE dataspaces from day one.
- Eclipse Dataspace Connector (EDC)
- Contract negotiation & agreement
- Data transfer with provenance
- Multi-dataspace participation
AAS Explorer
Visual interface for browsing, searching, and understanding your digital twins. No API knowledge required: click through your AAS landscape.
- Dashboard with quality metrics and submodel distribution
- Submodel-specific renderers (Nameplate, Technical Data, PCF, DPP)
- Graph view of asset relationships
- AI-powered natural language queries over your digital twin data
Built on IDTA submodel templates
Every submodel follows an official IDTA template with standardized semantic IDs, ensuring interoperability across the ecosystem.
Digital Nameplate
Manufacturer, serial number, product designation, contact: the digital identity of every asset.
Technical Data
Operating conditions, performance characteristics, dimensions, and electrical properties.
Carbon Footprint
Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) per ISO 14067. Cradle-to-gate or cradle-to-grave lifecycle data.
Digital Product Passport
EU ESPR-compliant passport with sustainability, repairability, and recyclability data.
Three layers: open standards, managed infrastructure, governed exchange
nexyo AAS Explorer: see it in action
Browse real AAS shells, inspect submodels, explore data governance. This is a live instance with synthetic manufacturing data.
Your assets deserve a digital identity.
DPP deadlines are approaching. Dataspace participation requires AAS. Don't build infrastructure: use ours.
Let's talk about your AAS-as-a-Service use case.
Which role, which use case, which timeframe: write to us. We reply within one working day.