Hexagon’s Octave Brings Seamless Digital Thread for Industrial Environments
Hexagon AB is spinning off Octave, a new company that consolidates its Asset Lifecycle Intelligence, Safety Infrastructure & Geospatial, ETQ, Bricsys and Projectmates divisions. Octave’s platform will create a seamless digital thread across design, build, operate and maintain phases, delivering context‑aware intelligence and AI‑driven automation. The solution targets complex industrial environments, promising faster decision‑making, reduced risk and higher performance. Shareholder approval is the final step before Octave becomes an independent entity while maintaining a partnership with Hexagon.
CoroDrill DE10: Complete, Easy-to-Use Solution for High-Volume Hole Making
Sandvik Coromant has completed its CoroDrill DE10 lineup by adding two new tip geometries, M5F and M5C. The exchangeable‑tip system uses a pre‑tension interface for rapid, secure changes, targeting short‑hole drilling across mixed‑material environments. M5F excels at flat‑bottom and stepped holes, while...
How Chef Robots Coordinate to Maximize Throughput
Chef Robotics unveiled robot‑to‑robot (R2R) communication, allowing multiple Chef robots on a shared conveyor to exchange real‑time tray position data via built‑in wireless radios. This coordination lets downstream robots target trays precisely, boosting line speeds to as high as 150...
Manz Asia and Epson Form Strategic Partnership
Manz Asia and Seiko Epson have formed a strategic partnership to bring advanced inkjet printing to semiconductor manufacturing. The collaboration merges Manz’s equipment engineering and software with Epson’s high‑precision printhead technology to create a lab‑to‑fab inkjet platform spanning R&D, pilot,...
‘How Metrology Is Used in Climate Control’
Metrology Parts of Baxter, Minnesota, launched a new guide titled “How Metrology Is Used in Climate Control.” The resource outlines how precise measurement standards support climate data infrastructure, from satellite altimetry and ocean level monitoring to gravimetric glacier studies and...
PI Expands High-Performance Gantry Positioning Platform Portfolio
Physik Instrumente (PI) has launched the X‑365 Precision XY Gantry System, a modular Cartesian platform offering travel ranges from 200 × 200 mm up to 600 × 800 mm with nanometer‑class position feedback. The system combines high load capacity, rigid recirculating‑ball guides and thermally decoupled components...
3 Secrets to Hiring Stars for Your High-Performing Team
The article urges leaders to replace experience‑heavy job descriptions with skill‑focused ones, dramatically expanding the talent pool. It recommends scouting non‑traditional sources—such as smaller universities or niche programs—to avoid fierce competition for elite graduates. Finally, it advises hiring candidates who...
TenForce Introduces AI Assistants Embedded in Daily EHS Workflows
TenForce, part of Elisa Industriq, has added two AI assistants to its EHSQ platform—one for incident management and another for permit‑to‑work. The assistants analyze entered data, historical cases and site‑specific information to suggest actions, while keeping all recommendations visible and...
Improving Fleet Management
Fleet management has shifted from basic maintenance to a data‑driven strategic function, leveraging real‑time GPS, AI routing, and predictive analytics to cut costs and boost utilization. Modern platforms integrate telematics, driver safety, and fuel monitoring, turning vehicles into measurable business...
Perciva 5D Camera: Occlusion-Free 3D Vision for Industrial, Retail, and Robotic Imaging
Teledyne e2v introduced the Perciva 5D camera, a short‑range 3D vision system that combines 2D imaging and depth mapping in a single CMOS sensor. The device uses angular‑sensitive pixel technology and an on‑board neural‑processing unit to deliver real‑time, occlusion‑free depth maps...
InnovMetric Enables Data Acquisition From FARO CREAFORM 3D Scanners
InnovMetric and FARO CREAFORM have fully integrated data acquisition from FARO’s auto‑referencing multiline 3D scanners into PolyWorks | Inspector. The integration lets users capture and visualize scan data in real time within the same inspection software, preserving existing workflows and templates. It responds...
Choosing the Right Metal Shaping Method
Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology show that the choice of metal‑shaping method directly influences material integrity, yet many firms still rely on intuition. Mechanical processes such as stamping and CNC machining introduce residual stress, burrs, and micro‑structural changes. Thermal...
TRIMEDX-AIQ Adds Supply Chain Automation, Advanced Predictive Failure Intelligence
TRIMEDX unveiled an upgraded AI‑native platform, TRIMEDX‑AIQ, that adds automated parts ordering, purchase‑order automation, and predictive failure forecasting to its clinical supply chain suite. Leveraging a dataset of over 6.1 million device records spanning 25 years, the system anticipates equipment degradation and...
ESI Motion at Satellite 2026 and AUSA Global Force 2026
ESI Motion announced it will attend Satellite 2026 in Washington, D.C., and AUSA Global Force 2026 in Huntsville, Alabama, to showcase its high‑performance motion controllers, actuators, and space‑rated battery systems. The company will engage commercial and government space leaders on satellite attitude...
Quality Management and Traceability in Regulated Manufacturing
Regulated manufacturers are confronting a surge in quality data requirements while still relying on fragmented systems that isolate documents, training records, and production data. New regulatory standards such as FDA‑ISO 13485 alignment, revised ISO 9001, and EU GMP Chapter 4 demand...
Inventory Accuracy in Manufacturing
Manufacturers relying on handwritten counts and spreadsheets face frequent stockouts and excess inventory, disrupting production schedules and cash flow. The article argues that manual inventory is a self‑inflicted liability that hampers scaling and compliance. Switching to an ERP‑driven, real‑time inventory...
X-Rite Pantone Launches Series of New Events
X‑Rite Pantone is launching a global textile industry road show that combines live conferences and virtual webinars to promote data‑driven color workflows. The series includes events in Vietnam, a virtual WTIN webinar, a Frankfurt summit, and a four‑part online series...
Mentor Zoom Inspection Camera Enables Enhanced Industrial Environment Inspections
Waygate Technologies, a Baker Hughes business, launched Mentor Zoom, a new pan‑tilt‑zoom camera system for industrial inspections. The solution includes two HD camera heads—10× and 30× optical zoom—with a 4,000‑lumen light source and a removable touchscreen‑joystick controller that works with gloved...
TIA Advances DCE 9000 Initiative
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced continued momentum for its Data Center Excellence (DCE 9000) initiative, the first quality‑management‑system standard tailored to modern data‑center physical infrastructure. Driven by rapid AI, cloud, and digital‑infrastructure investment, the effort targets supply‑chain resilience, operational reliability,...
Understanding 21 CFR Part 820
The FDA has rebranded 21 CFR Part 820 as the Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR), effective February 2 2026, and formally incorporated ISO 13485:2016 by reference. The revision trims the regulation to only Subparts A (General Provisions) and B (Supplemental Provisions), directing manufacturers to the ISO standard...
NewTek Offers Custom High-Temperature Position Sensors
NewTek unveiled custom AC‑operated linear position sensors that function reliably up to 200 °C, eliminating internal electronics at the sensing element. The accompanying NTC signal conditioners keep processing electronics outside the hot zone, converting low‑amplitude AC output into DC, current, or...
Bad Managers Drive Turnover: 56% Say That’s Why They Left
Monster’s 2026 Workplace Relationships Report finds manager behavior is the dominant factor in employee retention and turnover. While 55 % of workers stay longer because of a great manager, 56 % say they left primarily due to a bad manager. Negative interactions...
ORNL and Kairos Power Partner to Advance Deployment of Next-Gen Nuclear Energy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Kairos Power have signed a $27 million partnership to fast‑track the development of Kairos’s fluoride‑salt‑cooled, high‑temperature reactor, known as Hermes. The collaboration gives ORNL access to its specialized facilities for fuel testing, component manufacturing, and remote‑maintenance...
Why Your Tooling Library Is the First Step to Real Manufacturing Automation
Hexagon argues that a modern cutting‑tool library is the essential first step toward manufacturing automation and AI‑assisted machining. By centralizing, standardizing, and enriching tool data—including 2D/3D assemblies and ISO 13399 imports—shops eliminate duplicate definitions and capture shop‑specific knowledge. Clean, consistent tool...
Molex Launches Impress Co-Packaged Copper Solutions
Molex has introduced Impress, a co‑packaged copper interconnect that places a compression‑based connector directly on the ASIC substrate. The solution supports data rates up to 224 Gbps PAM‑4 and offers full‑channel isolation, reduced latency, and enhanced signal integrity. Building on the...
New Advanced Tangential Flow Filtration Systems for Efficient Bioprocessing
Intech‑Hanbon has unveiled a new line of advanced tangential flow filtration (TFF) systems aimed at biopharmaceutical, biotech and life‑science manufacturers. The platforms deliver high filtration efficiency, low shear stress and precise pressure control, while supporting a broad spectrum of applications...
4 Keys to Overcoming Conflict and Giving Good Feedback
The article outlines four practical steps for leaders to stop avoiding conflict and give effective feedback. It urges managers to drop the “butt‑sandwich” approach, treat feedback as a professional matter, speak directly without soft‑shoeing, and lead by example with candor....
Nikon’s New ECLIPSE LV and MA Microscopes
Nikon Metrology unveiled three new ECLIPSE microscopes—the LV150NA LED and LV150N LED upright models and the MA200 LED inverted model. All three replace halogen illumination with a high‑color‑rendering LED, extending lamp life to 50,000 hours. The MA200 integrates the LED into its stand, shaving...
3D-Printing Platform Rapidly Produces Complex Electric Machines
MIT researchers have built a multimaterial extrusion 3‑D printer with four independent extruders that can handle conductive, magnetic and dielectric feedstocks. Using this platform they printed a fully functional linear electric motor in about three hours, employing five different materials...
EV Group Unveils EVG120 Resist Processing System
EV Group has launched the EVG120, an automated resist processing system that upgrades its flagship coater/developer line. The new platform offers a 40% capacity boost on a 200 mm footprint while shrinking its overall size by more than 20%. It adds...
ZEISS Invests in Custom Surgical to Accelerate Digitalization of Eye Health Diagnostics
ZEISS Ventures has led a €3.5 million pre‑Series A round for Munich‑based Custom Surgical, a medical‑tech firm that digitizes ophthalmology workflows. The company’s hardware‑agnostic retrofits attach to existing slit lamps and surgical microscopes, feeding visual data into its cloud platform, MicroREC Connect....
What Leaders Lose When They Hide Gen AI Truths
Leaders who conceal challenges in generative AI projects risk eroding employee trust and slowing adoption. The article argues that transparent communication of milestones, setbacks, and outcomes creates a shared narrative that engages staff as active partners. Real‑world examples—from a consumer‑goods...
How to Lead People Who Have Never Followed
Entrepreneurial leaders often overlook the need to teach followership, assuming team members will intuitively know how to support a vision. The article argues that imposing hierarchy or pure democracy can erode culture, and instead advocates clear direction, resource allocation, and...
Two Healthcare Organizations Will Receive 2025 Baldrige National Quality Awards
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award has named two healthcare organizations—Nor Lea Hospital District in New Mexico and Northwell Glen Cove Hospital in New York—as its 2025 recipients. Both institutions demonstrated sustained, patient‑centered excellence across leadership, operations, and community impact,...
Investigating How Turbine Blade Surface Degradation Affects Jet Engines
Researchers at the University of Melbourne, in partnership with GE Aerospace, leveraged the Frontier exascale supercomputer to run unprecedented 10‑20 billion‑cell simulations of high‑pressure turbine blades with microscale surface roughness. The study showed that traditional roughness models, based on simple geometries,...
Minitab Acquires Effex
Minitab announced the acquisition of Effex, bringing the latter’s advanced design of experiments (DOE) and optimization technology into its portfolio. The integration adds proprietary OMARS designs, AI‑driven recommendation algorithms, and cloud‑based optimization tools to Minitab’s existing statistical suite. By merging...
Groundup.ai Launches Groundup Academy to Scale Human-Centric AI for Industry 5.0
Groundup.ai has launched Groundup Academy, a free global educational ecosystem aimed at upskilling industrial workers for Industry 5.0. The program offers two tracks – Whisperer for engineers to master predictive AI and Strategist for leaders to convert machine signals into ROI...
Space: The Final Frontier for Standards
In August 2025, NIST, NOAA and biotech firm Rhodium launched seven reference materials—including cholesterol, house dust and a freeze‑dried human liver—on a Falcon 9 to the International Space Station. Six of the samples are NIST standard reference materials (SRMs) that meet...
AW-Lake Expands Product Line With TH Series High-Accuracy Turbine Flow Meter
AW‑Lake has launched the TH Series high‑accuracy turbine flow meter, targeting demanding industrial liquid‑flow applications. The meter delivers laboratory‑grade accuracy of ±0.5% and repeatability as tight as ±0.1% thanks to precision machining and stainless‑steel construction. Designed for low‑viscosity fluids, it...
Good Trouble
Bruce Hamilton recounts how Douglas McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y framework shaped his 1988 effort to transform a U.S. factory from a fear‑driven, autocratic culture into a Shingo‑Prize‑winning, employee‑centric operation. He describes confronting a list of so‑called “troublemakers” and using respectful dialogue...
New Research Shows Top OEMS Cut Downtime Recovery by 40%
Rockwell Automation’s new "OEM Advantage Playbook" surveyed 500 OEM leaders across 17 countries, revealing that top machine builders now prioritize rapid downtime recovery over pure machine performance. Average outages last 40 hours and cost $3.6 million, yet leading OEMs restore operations...
FARO and Creaform Combine to Form Two New Business Units
FARO Technologies and Creaform, both AMETEK subsidiaries, announced a structural split that creates two distinct business units: FARO CREAFORM for portable metrology and FARO INSIGHT for reality‑capture solutions. The reorganization consolidates FARO’s 3D measurement portfolio with Creaform’s handheld expertise, while separating the...
SaidText Brings Voice-Driven AI to Industrial Operations
SaidText is launching its voice‑driven AI platform in the United States, targeting industrial and manufacturing plants. The solution lets frontline workers record updates by speech, automatically transcribing and structuring the data for real‑time dashboards and analytics. Managers receive AI‑prioritized alerts,...
SCANGRIP Introduces Danish-Made Work Lights for Trade Professionals
SCANGRIP, the Danish LED work‑light leader, launched three new models—AREA 10 CONNECT, NOVA 10 CONNECT and VEGA 4 CONNECT—in North America. The fixtures deliver 4,000‑10,000 lumens at 6,000 K, feature IP65 protection, Bluetooth dimming via the SCANGRIP app, and a compact reinforced‑plastic build. A key innovation is...
Meriton’s New Brand Reflects Long-Term Partnerships in HVAC Industry
Meriton, a national alliance of HVAC manufacturer representatives, unveiled a newly defined brand at AHR 2026 in Las Vegas. The rebrand emphasizes Meriton’s shift from a holding company to a unified partnership network spanning 19 brands across 25 states and over 2,000...
5 Ways to Free Your Manufacturing From Inefficient, Outdated Processes
Manufacturers are turning to integrated ERP systems to break free from legacy, paper‑based processes. By consolidating production data, ERP delivers real‑time visibility, precise job costing, and customizable KPIs that drive faster, data‑backed decisions. The article outlines five pillars—visibility, metric improvement,...
GEARWRENCH Releases 4 New Products for Automotive Diagnostics
GearWrench announced four new automotive diagnostic products, expanding its portfolio with a wireless 10‑inch tablet, a handheld 5‑inch tool, a high‑definition inspection endoscope, and a universal TPMS programmer with sensors. Prices range from $99.99 for the GWSCOPE to $2,249.99 for...
Renishaw Launches Time-Resolved Raman Spectroscopy Integration
Renishaw has integrated time‑resolved Raman spectroscopy (TRRS) into its inVia confocal Raman microscope, pairing a newly developed single‑photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array detector with 50‑picosecond timing precision. The technique isolates Raman‑scattered photons from slower fluorescence, delivering high‑quality spectra for samples...
How Aerospace, Federal Contractors Can See Real CMMI Readiness
Aerospace and federal contractors are struggling with traditional, snapshot‑based CMMI assessments that leave evidence collection to the last minute. The Defense Contract Audit Agency issued over 2,400 audits in FY2024, highlighting the growing demand for continuous, evidence‑driven process management. Momentum...
Pulsenics Launches AccelaGrade, Lithium-Ion Battery-Testing Solution
Pulsenics, a Toronto‑based tech firm, unveiled AccelaGrade, a rapid quality‑control platform for lithium‑ion battery remanufacturers. The solution combines partial‑discharge cycling, temperature monitoring, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to assess cell health and assign letter grades. AccelaGrade delivers a full state‑of‑health readout...