
Bosch and Capgemini strike deal on Industry 4.0 software and services
Bosch and Capgemini have struck a deal to develop Industry 4.0 software and services to help with the digitization and sustainability of industrial production plants, and to drive sales of …

Digital Industry Solutions: Asset tracking – and the march towards massive IoT
It’s one thing to know where something is, it’s another to know how its contents have been treated – whether they are frozen, unfrozen, damaged, dropped, lost or stolen. Asset …

Digital Industry Solutions | Digital thread and digital twin – translating data into business value
Digital threads and digital twins are the foundation stones for digital transformation. In manufacturing, they enable ways to assess processes and products in a virtual environment – without the need …

Digital Industry Solutions | Short-range + long-range IoT – the clamour for hybrid IoT
A single connectivity technology will suffice for certain IoT applications, but the real magic is being realised when two or more complementary IoT technologies combine. Increasingly, solution providers are looking …

Digital Factory Solutions (report series): Industrial AR – and the rise of the workers
How augmented reality (AR) is transforming production and raising the influence of workers in the robot age.

Bosch positions AI next to 5G at heart of industrial change strategy
Bosch wants to be an “innovation leader” in AI, it told CES last week. The German industrial giant, one of the manufacturing sector’s most outspoken champions of industrial 5G, is …

Digital factory revenues to to top $1tn in 2030, spurred by 5G, AI, AR, AGVs
The global manufacturing sector will spend over $1 trillion on smart software, hardware and services in 2030, almost quadrupling the $259 billion spend in 2019. The volume of wireless connections, …

Siemens to buy US edge software startup Pixeom to expand digital factory offer
Germany industrial giant Siemens has announced a deal to acquire US startup Pixeom for an undisclosed fee, in a move to boost its industrial automation and digitalization division. Pixeom, responsible …

Nokia joins with DoCoMo and Omron to test industrial 5G for ‘layout-free’ factories
Nokia has agreed with NTT DoCoMo and Omron to run a series of joint field trials of 5G at production sites in Japan to assess the reliability of industrial 5G …

Siemens helps automotive startup build ‘closed-loop’ digital factory in record time
A Vietnam-based startup car manufacturer, VinFast, claims to have built a “fully-digital” automotive factory with capacity for 250,000 cars a year, and flexibility to scale to more, from scratch in …