Industry 4.0 stories
Labour shortages and soaring power bills are pushing Australian venues towards robots, automated coffee kiosks and smarter energy controls.
The Zurich startup plans to scale into new industrial sectors as insurers tighten standards and fire-related downtime grows more costly.
Industrial operators could cut repair delays as AVEVA and IFS link live asset data with maintenance and capital planning.
The move will put AVEVA's industrial data platform on AWS, giving customers more cloud choice and access to AI tools across operations.
Industrial operators may get faster AI access to plant and business data, as the deal avoids copying information into separate systems.
Most manufacturers now see digital tools as necessary to stay competitive, but data use gaps, cyber risk and skills shortages remain.
It could speed warehouse decisions for 3,000 retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers as Blue Yonder readies new AI agents later this year.
Broader partnerships on AI, satellite links and 6G are now on offer as the event widens beyond handsets and networks.
Employers across Australasia are being offered real-time oversight of unsafe acts and near misses as scrutiny on workplace safety intensifies.
Factories facing labour shortages and rising costs are set to get a new execution tool, as the firms pair consulting with frontline software.
The move should give 450 technicians better mobile access and help the terminals improve maintenance planning, reliability and cost control.
Businesses facing rising phishing attacks in Singapore now have access to Canon's new suite, which covers monitoring, training and incident response.
India is becoming a bigger focus for INVT as it courts distributors and industrial buyers with new automation and energy products.
Reliable warehouse scanning and safety communications are now less vulnerable to dead spots after a private 5G rollout across three Port Nelson sites.
Registrations rose 60% on the previous edition as student teams turned ideas into prototypes judged by industry figures at the Mysuru final.
The expanded partnership will push robotic inspections into more rail networks while keeping technicians central to safer, faster maintenance work.
Automation in New Zealand packhouses is opening up graduate careers and strengthening the horticulture sector's resilience against global shocks.
Factory-floor installation could cut integration costs for remote machinery, as Nordian adds Starlink links for agriculture, transport and mining.
Long-lived industrial systems could face fresh cyber risk as the firms tie edge AI to post-quantum encryption for factories and utilities.
The cash will fund industrial trials and early deployments of a measurement system designed to cut downtime in aerospace and advanced manufacturing.