Siemens continues to grow and starts buyback
With a record order backlog, higher free cash flow and a new share buyback program of up to €6 billion, Siemens is continuing its growth trajectory in the second quarter of 2026.
New Management Board strengthens digitization in the SME sector
The Industry 4.0 initiative SEF Smart Electronic Factory e.V. confirms Gerd Ohl, Prof. Dr. Gerrit Sames and Ulrike Peter on the Board of Directors. Uwe Jörk was newly appointed. Focus: practical digitalization, use of AI and automation for SMEs.
read more...Deutsche Telekom and Nvidia launch one of Europe's largest AI factories
With the Industrial AI Cloud in Munich, Deutsche Telekom and Nvidia are creating one of the largest AI factories in Europe. Companies can train AI models, carry out simulations and access 10,000 GPUs.
read more...Kubermatic and Flecs simplify app management
Kubermatic and Flecs will work together in the future to make industrial applications easier to provide and production environments more flexible to control.
read more...Dassault Systèmes takes over Ascon Qube technology
Dassault Systèmes is strengthening its strategy for virtual twins and integrating Ascon Qube technology into its Delmia portfolio. The acquisition is intended to provide companies with more flexible and AI-supported production control.
read more...SMEs drive key technologies forward more than corporations
The digital transformation of German industry is making tangible progress - but it is not onlylarge corporations that are focusing on future technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and autonomous robots. A new analysis shows: Medium-sized companies are also making targeted investments in modern technologies and are even taking on a pioneering role in key areas of Industry 4.0.
read more...Measuring the performance of AI agents
Pendo has introduced 'Agent Analytics', a solution that makes the performance of AI agents measurable.
read more...Cooperation on machine vision applications expanded
MVTec Software and Siemens have expanded their collaboration in the field of industrial image processing. Siemens has been an official member of the MVTec technology partner program since May 2025.
read more...Saxony's first mobile quantum computer put into operation
The first comparatively compact, transportable quantum computer in Saxony and one of the first in the world to work at room temperature: A new 4-qubit quantum computer has been in operation at the Dresden branch of the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU since June 11.
read more...Robots meet with great approval among employees
The results of the current Automatica Trend Index 2025 show: Global acceptance of robotics and automation in industry is increasing - and with it the awareness that technological innovation is the key to the future of work.
read more...Strategic partnership with Cognizant
Omron Corporation, headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, and Cognizant have entered into a strategic partnership to drive the integration of information and operational technology (IT and OT) in the industry.
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