smart manufacturing

Gilead Sciences is building an AI-enabled lab in Foster City, California, as the first part of a $32bn investment scheme that includes a number of a new high-tech Industry 4.0 …

Leading contract manufacturer, Dixon Technologies, has picked Tech Mahindra to deliver an AI-powered Industry 4.0 transformation across 24 manufacturing plants and six R&D centres in India.  In sum – what …

According to Gartner, smart factories are one of the top 10 strategic technology trends for the manufacturing industry. To fully embrace this trend, manufacturing leaders must consider their connectivity infrastructure. …

Danone has launched an Industry 5.0 Academy to train 20,000 staff in AI and digital tech by 2026, driving global manufacturing transformation as part of its broader Renew Danone strategy …

NVIDIA highlights how AI can drive change in the automotive, financial services and healthcare industries Editor’s note: NVIDIA has a free online course called “AI for All: From Basics to …

Sign up here to join the RCR Wireless webinar on how to scale private 5G in Industry 4.0 (‘balancing customisation and simplicity in private industrial 5G networks’) on October 10 2024, featuring …

Professional services firm Deloitte has acquired small specialist Industry 4.0 consutancy and integrator Efficientia Solutions in Australia. A press note said the “team” at Efficientia Solutions, comprising seven staff, has …

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US is offering up to $70 million in funding for a new Manufacturing USA institute to develop AI for productivity …

Note, this article forms a (middle) part of a recent editorial report from RCR Wireless about ‘private 5G in Industry 4.0 – hype versus reality’. The full report, which extends …

Seeing as you enjoyed our last post so much, here is another entry based on the same report by the CTIA, the cellular industry association in the US, and the …

Note, this is an edited transcript of the opening address at Private Networks Global Forum last week. The whole event is available for registrants on-demand, for free (follow link). But …

Nokia has announced another private-5G go-to-market deal, this time with the UK arm of Canada-based IT consulting giant CGI. It is unconfirmed whether the deal extends beyond than the UK …

Polymer manufacturer REHAU Industries, which makes plastic seals and componentry for doors and windows, is set to roll-out an industrial AI inspection tool from Fujitsu on its production lines in …

The full connectivity of digital infrastructure and the intelligent platform are the twin engines for smart factories to accelerate the intelligent manufacturing upgrade, according to Summer Chen, Vice President and …

UK-based automotive manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and India-based comms provider Tata Communications, both part of Tata Group, are to deploy software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) technology to connect 128 …

For Industry 4.0, business case development and technical considerations are clearly important but maybe market catalyzation will come from leaps of faith Uptake of industrial 5G solutions has been a …

Siemens is working with US software firm ServiceNow to offer a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution to identify and manage operating technology (OT) devices in industrial settings. The solution is designed to …

Cargill site director gives a view from the factory floor—5G use cases aren’t clear and don’t justify in the investment In a refreshing reality check from the Industrial 5G Forum …

Telefónica and Siemens are to provide Spanish battery manufacturer Basquevolt with the “best technological and connectivity solutions” to launch a new “prototyping line” at its plant in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital …

For production companies to thrive in today’s competitive market, going digital is not merely an option but a necessity. Workflows where paper still dominates are often the bottlenecks that frustrate …

Globalization is shifting. Reshoring and nearshoring are the new trends, driven largely by a desire to be less dependent on China, but also by the supply chain fragility revealed during …

Barcelona, Spain- Industrial companies embracing 5G-based digital intelligent transformation strategies can achieve significant benefits including cost reduction, efficiency improvement, quality enhancement, energy savings and safety, Chen Zhiping, VP and GM …

The use of Nvidia AI and metaverse technologies enables the automaker to create feedback loops to reduce waste and decrease energy consumption   German car maker Mercedes-Benz said that it …

The Industry 4.0 concept is driving the popularity of private 5G networks, which are also being increasingly adopted in the manufacturing and logistics space due to the lower costs of …

Build, deploy, run: The private 5G network lifecycle Private 5G networks, to some degree, are billed as a panacea for enterprise business problems—whatever your issue is, throw some high-powered connectivity …