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Mitsubishi Electric and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Agree to Establish Joint Venture to Develop AI Vision Sensor Solutions for Manufacturing Applications
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (484+ words) ARC Advisory Group Mitsubishi Electric and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Agree to Establish Joint Venture to Develop AI Vision Sensor Solutions for Manufacturing Applications Partnership to Enhance Recognition, Decision-Making, and Control in Manufacturing and Support Labor Savings and Unmanned Operations Mitsubishi…...
Beyond Inspection: How Autonomous Machine Vision is Redefining Quality Control
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (295+ words) Machine vision has evolved from an automation tool for defect detection into an intelligent quality assurance platform that continuously adapts to changing production conditions. The emergence of autonomous machine vision represents the next stage of this evolution. Manufacturing has become…...
AVEVA Integrates Crosser Acquisition into CONNECT Industrial Intelligence Platform
1+ week, 4+ day ago (499+ words) ARC Advisory Group AVEVA Integrates Crosser Acquisition into CONNECT Industrial Intelligence Platform Following its April 2026 acquisition by AVEVA, the Crosser low-code industrial edge DataOps software platform has now been officially integrated into AVEVA’s CONNECT cloud platform. The former Crosser functionality…...
U.S. FDA Proposes Updated Registration Framework for Distributed Drug Manufacturing
1+ week, 4+ day ago (378+ words) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a rule to modernize registration requirements for distributed drug manufacturing establishments and increase regulatory visibility into foreign sources within the pharmaceutical supply chain. The proposed rule would establish a streamlined registration pathway…...
What I Saw at Automate 2026, Part 1: AI, Automation, and the US Manufacturing Renaissance
2+ week, 5+ day ago (596+ words) I came back from the Automate show in Chicago convinced that the automation landscape is changing. The energy was high, the crowds were dense, and there was a sense of urgency among many of the exhibitors. A strong feeling of…...
Oil and Gas Supply Chain Strategy: Why Energy Flows Are Now Strategic Infrastructure
3+ week, 3+ day ago (566+ words) Oil and gas is commonly described in terms of commodities, prices, reserves, and production volumes. Those measures still matter. But they do not fully describe the operating reality facing energy companies, industrial buyers, logistics providers, and governments. In practical terms,…...
Schneider Electric Launches EcoStruxure Water Advisor for Water Utilities
3+ week, 4+ day ago (348+ words) The platform brings together data from multiple systems into a single environment, allowing utility teams to identify issues and decide how to respond more quickly. By providing a live view of water networks, EcoStruxure Water Advisor is designed to help…...
OpenMind’s Vision for Socially Intelligent Robots: Moving Beyond Automation to Human Understanding
3+ week, 5+ day ago (760+ words) The robotics industry has spent years focused on improving mobility, manipulation, autonomy, and task execution. But during a discussion with the team from OpenMind at Automate 2026, a different theme emerged: The future of robotics may depend as much on understanding…...
Downstream Oil and Gas in Assam
3+ week, 6+ day ago (390+ words) Two weeks ago, I wrote about upstream oil and gas in Assam. This post now turns to downstream oil and gas. In simple terms, the downstream sector includes: Refining crude oil into usable fuels such as petrol, diesel, LPG, and…...
Hyderabad’s Rise as a Global Life Sciences and Pharma Hub
3+ week, 6+ day ago (438+ words) Hyderabad’s pharmaceutical journey began in the 1970s with the growth of bulk drug and active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing. Over time, companies such as Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Aurobindo Pharma, and Divi’s Laboratories scaled up to become globally recognized players in generics, formulations,…...