#1 Global Pneumatic Automation Company
Excel-based sanctions screening replaced with graph-based entity resolution and full beneficial ownership tracing.
2.5M Customers across 83 countries
500M+ Companies in entity resolution layer
0 → Full Audit trail capability
Challenge
Sanctions screening run through downloaded lists in spreadsheets
Solution
Graph-based screening against 500M+ companies in 250+ jurisdictions
Result
From spreadsheets to enterprise-grade screening infrastructure
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Sanctions screening run through downloaded lists in spreadsheets
The spreadsheet approach matched only on exact names, had no beneficial ownership capability, and produced no audit trail. With 2.5 million customers across 83 countries and several thousand suppliers, the manual process could not scale.
Graph-based screening against 500M+ companies in 250+ jurisdictions
The new platform combined investigative graph tools, supply chain mapping, and continuous signal monitoring — replacing manual checks with documented screening records for every transaction.
From spreadsheets to enterprise-grade screening infrastructure
Screening that previously took hours per entity now resolves in seconds. The audit trail, previously nonexistent, now documents every screening decision with source-linked evidence.
The challenge
Global industrial automation companies sit at the intersection of every major compliance regime. Their products ship to factories, semiconductor fabs, pharmaceutical plants, and defense contractors across 80+ countries. Export controls, sanctions, and end-user screening requirements apply to nearly every transaction.
Inside one of the world’s largest pneumatic automation companies, the compliance team was managing sanctions screening through a manual process: downloading sanctions lists from government websites and checking customer and supplier names against them in spreadsheets. The company serves 2.5 million customers across 83 countries and works with several thousand suppliers. The spreadsheet approach carried three fundamental limitations. It could only match exact names. It had no beneficial ownership capability — a sanctioned entity operating through a subsidiary would pass the screen undetected. And it produced no audit trail.
- Sanctions lists downloaded from government websites, checked in spreadsheets
- Could only match exact names — missing transliteration variants and aliases
- No beneficial ownership capability — sanctioned entities operating through subsidiaries went undetected
- No audit trail — “an analyst checked a spreadsheet” was not an answer for regulators
The solution
The company deployed a platform combining investigative graph tools for deep-dive research, supply chain mapping for upstream visibility, and a signal monitoring capability for ongoing sanctions list changes. The solution replaced the manual spreadsheet process with a system that could resolve entities against 500M+ companies across 250+ jurisdictions, identify beneficial ownership connections, and generate documented screening records for every transaction.
The deployment included integration with the company’s existing compliance workflows, custom training for analysts across multiple regional offices, and a phased rollout that prioritized the highest-risk customer and supplier populations first.
The results
Building for the Future
The compliance team that once managed sanctions risk through downloaded lists and manual checks now operates a screening infrastructure that matches the sophistication of the company’s global operations. Every customer, every supplier, and every transaction is screened against authoritative data with full beneficial ownership resolution. The company is positioned to absorb new sanctions designations, new export control requirements, and new regulatory mandates without rebuilding its compliance process from scratch.
2.5M
Customers in screening population
83
Countries served
500M+
Companies in 250+ jurisdictions resolved
“Every customer, every supplier, and every transaction is screened against authoritative data with full beneficial ownership resolution.”
Head of Compliance
#1 Global Pneumatic Automation Company
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