
Before AI became a boardroom reflex, Rupert Hopkins was worrying about a quieter problem: the specifications, parts records and requirements that machines still could not understand. His answer became XSB, a 26-year experiment in making industrial knowledge usable.
A tube of sealant can hold up an aircraft repair just as surely as an engine part. GracoRoberts has spent decades turning those small, specification-heavy materials into a global distribution, technical service and ecommerce business.