AI & Automation

Schneider Electric’s $22.6B PTC deal signals a new era for industrial software

Schneider Electric has agreed to acquire industrial software company PTC in an all-cash transaction valuing PTC’s equity at approximately US$22.6 billion (€20.1 billion), according...
Artificial Intelligence

Industrial AI emerges as key technology for utility grid resilience, IFS research finds

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Industrial AI is emerging as a key technology for energy and utilities organisations as they seek to improve grid resilience, manage aging infrastructure and...
Cybersecurity

Fujitsu to modernise Dyno Nobel technology across global operations

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Fujitsu will undertake a multi-million-dollar technology modernisation program for Dyno Nobel across 30 locations worldwide, with the companies saying the initiative is intended to...
Robotics and Automation

Paper is becoming the weak link in the connected factory

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Article By Paul Kyriakos, General Manager of SOLUM Oceania  Manufacturing has become increasingly digital, but the information workers rely on at the point of execution...
Artificial Intelligence

AI ‘drunk’ behaviour exposes cyber security risks in chatbots, UNSW research finds

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Researchers at UNSW Institute for Cyber Security have found that large language models (LLMs) can become more susceptible to jailbreaking and confidentiality breaches when...
Artificial Intelligence

UNSW research outlines responsible innovation approach for AI companies

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AI companies could reduce risks associated with emerging technologies by treating responsible innovation as an ongoing organisational capability rather than a one-off compliance process,...
Artificial Intelligence

Industrial robot installations rise 11% as global stock hits 5 million – report

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The number of industrial robots operating in factories worldwide reached a record five million units in 2025, according to the World Robotics 2026 Report...
Supply Chain

The new economics of localised manufacturing

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Article by Bob Buttermore, Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Rockwell Automation For decades, decisions about manufacturing location were heavily influenced by labour...
Artificial Intelligence

AI Is Moving From “Know” To “Do”

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Article by Steven Fong, Corporate Vice President, APJ Embedded Business AMD Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase—one that extends beyond digital productivity into the...
Artificial Intelligence

Autodesk expands AI capabilities across manufacturing workflows

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Manufacturing teams could use expanded artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to automate repetitive tasks and connect product data across the lifecycle, according to Autodesk. The company...
Digital Transformation Stories

Engineers Australia calls for engineering expertise in Australia’s AI strategy

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Engineers Australia has called on the Federal Government to place engineering and technical expertise at the centre of Australia’s approach to artificial intelligence (AI),...
Robotics and Automation

Wurth Australia advances fulfilment capacity with Dematic automation

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Wurth Australia is investing in automated order fulfilment at its Yatala, Queensland and Keysborough, Victoria distribution facilities through a new partnership with supply chain...
Digital Blockchain

New digital solution links cocoa products to traceable supply chain records

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The Hashgraph Group (THG), science and technology company Merck and PwC Germany have developed a cocoa traceability solution that combines physical product authentication, blockchain-based...
Robotics and Automation

Automation offers new path to warehouse productivity, Dematic says

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Supply chain automation company Dematic has argued that Australia’s productivity challenge extends beyond office-based work, with manufacturing, logistics and other industries handling physical goods...
Strategy

Research finds growing use of digital workers to ease manufacturing workforce pressures

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Manufacturing organisations are increasingly looking to agentic AI and digital workers to address workforce capacity pressures, as skilled workers remain stretched by persistent skills...
Design

Warehouse automation design needs to start with data, Swisslog says

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Australian businesses investing in warehouse automation should prioritise solution design and operational data before selecting equipment, according to Swisslog. In a news release, Swisslog Australia...

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