by | Oct 7, 2026 | Industrial Intelligence
Life-sciences manufacturers are moving AI out of isolated trials and into production, quality and engineering workflows. The difficult part is no longer proving that a model can classify, predict or optimise something. The difficult part is keeping that model...
by | Oct 6, 2026 | Industrial Intelligence
Schneider Electric’s agreement to acquire PTC is worth looking at beyond the size of the deal. The companies announced on 5 October 2026 that Schneider Electric will pay US$205 per share in cash, valuing PTC’s equity at about US$22.6 billion and implying...
by | Oct 5, 2026 | Industrial Intelligence
Robotic welding is easy to justify when a factory makes the same part all day. Shipbuilding is almost the opposite: large structures, many variants, awkward access, variable fit-up and work that moves through different stages before the final vessel comes...
by | Oct 4, 2026 | Industrial Intelligence
Singapore is moving industrial AI governance out of policy language and into a factory-use-case workflow. AutomationSG launched its Trusted Industrial AI-Ready (TIA-Ready) Framework on 29 July 2026, and Singapore Polytechnic said its first Industrial AI and Governance...
by | Oct 3, 2026 | Industrial Intelligence
Malaysia’s New Industrial Master Plan 2030 sets a target of 3,000 smart factories. By 30 June 2026, 93 manufacturers had received smart-factory recognition. The gap is not mainly a technology problem. PLCs, machine vision, edge computing, OEE software, condition...
by | Oct 2, 2026 | Industrial Intelligence
NCC Group’s latest threat intelligence puts an uncomfortable number against a familiar factory problem. In August 2026 it recorded 1,073 ransomware attacks globally, the highest monthly total of the year. Industrials accounted for 329 of them, or 31%. That does...
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