AI returns and digital sovereignty among key technology priorities for 2027 – report

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Technology research firm Omdia has identified artificial intelligence (AI) monetisation, persistent supply chain disruption, digital sovereignty and Physical AI as four forces expected to shape the technology industry in 2027. In a recent...

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

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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 to an announcement from Schneider Electric. Under the definitive...

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 respond to rising electricity demand, according to new...

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 improve operational efficiency, resilience and support for safer...

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 has not always kept up. Production lines are...

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 trained or prompted to imitate drunken speech patterns. The...
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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 availability and labour costs. While those considerations remain...

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 physical world. For the past several years, AI has...

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 outlined the developments at Autodesk University 2026, highlighting...

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), arguing that the country’s AI ambitions will require...

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 automation provider Dematic. The solution will use Dematic’s AutoStore...

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 records and enterprise process design. In a media release,...

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 facing opportunities to improve productivity through warehouse automation. The...

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 shortages and increasingly complex operations, according to new...
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