Industry 4.0 stories

Honeywell and TCS form an AI-driven cloud partnership to merge IT and OT, targeting autonomous, secure and efficient industrial operations.

ANYbotics becomes first four-legged robot maker with ISO 27001, easing security reviews for scaling autonomous industrial inspections.

FourKites launches Loft AI platform and Sophie agent to turn natural-language instructions into automated workflows across enterprise apps.

Telehouse Europe names Chris Lamb Enterprise Director to drive sector-led growth and tailored infrastructure for demanding workloads.

European cloud providers unite to onboard 10,000 SMEs into trusted data spaces within 18 months, easing access to secure data-sharing.

UK logistics firms shift from AI pilots to full rollouts as interest hits record highs, targeting faster, smarter and more flexible supply chains.

Indosat unveils 27 AI-driven tools to digitise Indonesia’s supply chains, targeting fleet tracking, cold chain control and smart facilities.

OpenAI has launched Frontier, an enterprise platform to deploy AI coworkers at scale by unifying data, tools and governance across firms.

Yokogawa is integrating its OpreX Robot Management Core with ANYbotics’ ANYmal robots to automate hazardous industrial site inspections.

Mining’s AI ambitions are being held back as geoprofessionals lose a third of their week wrestling with fragmented, poorly managed data.

ADLINK rolls out Xeon 600-based edge GPU servers to power real-time AI vision, LLMs and generative workloads in factories and labs.

Malaysia banks on AI, chips and data centres to sustain 4-5% growth in 2026, as SME adoption and workforce skills emerge as key tests.

Dematic has automated Bio-Rad’s Singapore cold chain hub, speeding packing and shipping while tightening control over APAC deliveries.

Tesa marks 45 years in Singapore with a new A*STAR lab, boosting Asia-Pacific innovation and sustainable adhesive manufacturing.

TRENDS taps Boomi to unify 50+ systems, tackling complexity as revenue surges from NZD $10 million to NZD $130 million in a decade.

LTE and 5G critical communications investment to surge from USD $5.4bn in 2025 to more than USD $9.2bn by 2028, SNS Telecom & IT says.

Rockwell Automation has named Shane Riley as New Zealand country manager, succeeding Mike Greig amid a wider reshuffle of its regional leadership.

ARM Hub launches Propel-AIR 2.0 with MassRobotics visit, linking Australian startups to Boston mentors, investors and global robotics networks.

Siemens snaps up Grenoble-based Canopus AI to plug metrology and inspection tech into its Calibre chip design-to-fab software chain.

Enterprise IoT spending climbed 13% to USD $324bn in 2025 as firms shift from basic connectivity to AI-driven autonomous operations.