Industry 4.0 stories

ADLINK’s AI Agent Factory nets top Gartner Asia-Pacific honours, boosting advanced manufacturing performance with real-time edge AI.

Siemens’ “digital-native” Nanjing plant joins the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network for AI-driven productivity gains.

AVEVA adds AI assistants and point cloud tools to Unified Engineering to speed industrial design, cut handover friction and boost collaboration.

Prometheus Group has bought Webalo to fuse AI asset management with frontline worker tools, promising real-time industrial data flows.

CelcomDigi completes over 100 new 4G sites across IOI plantations, boosting estate connectivity, automation plans and rural coverage in Malaysia.

Siemens buys French PCB test software specialist ASTER to embed shift-left design-for-test tools into its Xpedition and Valor platforms.

Corvus Robotics appoints Michael McSpedon as Chief Revenue Officer to drive growth of its autonomous inventory drones across North America.

Aeris wins Frost & Sullivan global award for IoT eSIM leadership, managing 100m connections across 190 countries with 600 carrier partners.

Sage has embedded its Copilot generative AI into Sage Operations to surface supply chain risks earlier and cut manual fulfilment checks.

Industrial 3D printer shipments return to growth as aerospace demand and a strong China rebound lift high-end metal systems in 2025.

Nomad Futurist and DE-CIX are teaming up to offer free, industry-certified digital infrastructure training to workers and students worldwide.

FourKites has created a manufacturing advisory board of senior supply chain leaders to steer its product roadmap and AI-driven logistics tools.

ProGlove launches AI analytics and a voice assistant to cut ergonomic strain, sharpen warehouse safety and boost frontline productivity.

Moglix launches Cognilix AI OS for B2B commerce and procurement, backed by a USD $5m research push into domain-led, enterprise AI products.

AI data management is set to surge to USD $239.15bn by 2034 as cloud, streaming data and governance needs reshape enterprise data strategy.

Polarise lands EUR €117m financing from Macquarie to expand Munich AI data hub and fund GPU-driven data centre projects across Europe.

ADLINK secures IEC 62443-4-1 certification, formalising a secure-by-design R&D framework for its industrial edge and OT computing products.

Teradata claims over 150 large-scale AI deployments in 2025 as enterprises shift from pilots to governed, production-grade roll-outs.

Siemens named Verdantix leader for AI-driven quality management software, as its QMS tools gain top marks in 2025 Green Quadrant report.

Siemens launches Digital Twin Composer to build metaverse-style factory twins, unifying design, simulation and operations in 3D scenes.