Via the Rochester Business Journal
Across chemical manufacturing and process industries, critical production decisions are still guided by delayed laboratory data. In sectors such as specialty chemicals, fertilizers, food ingredients, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals, samples are pulled from the line, sent for analysis, and returned hours or even days later. By then, a batch may have drifted off spec and the window to intervene has already closed.
This is not a small operational inconvenience. The inability to accurately and continuously measure what is happening inside industrial processes costs manufacturers across the globe trillions of dollars each year in inconsistent quality, inefficient use of materials, and unplanned downtime. Gekko Photonics was created to change that by bringing advanced photonic measurement tools directly into the production environment.
Turning spectroscopy into an industrial tool
Headquartered in Wrocław, Poland, Gekko Photonics builds smart photonic systems that allow factories to “see” the chemical composition of their production processes in real time. Its platform is built on Raman spectroscopy, a powerful analytical technique used to identify chemical composition without destroying samples. While widely used in research, Raman has historically been too complex and costly for routine industrial deployment. That’s where Gekko comes in.
“What was previously thought impossible or not economically viable, we are turning into an autonomous industrial product,” says Robert Stachurski, CEO of Gekko Photonics. “Our goal is to give customers advanced chemical insight without requiring them to have deep spectroscopy expertise or large internal R&D teams.”
The company combines proprietary photonic hardware with AI-driven chemometric software to deliver continuous insight into production processes. Instead of relying on intermittent lab testing, manufacturers can monitor reactions as they happen—directly in reactors, pipelines, or production lines.
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