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Dürr sells environmental technology business to Stellex

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Dürr, a plant engineering company and one of Europe’s most well known robotics and automation brands, has completed the planned sale of its environmental technology business (Clean Technology Systems Environmental division), which was announced in June.

The new owner is an affiliate of the US investment firm Stellex Capital Management.

The Dürr Group retains a re-investment in the environmental technology business amounting to approximately 25 percent. Based on an enterprise value of around €385 million, Dürr expects to receive gross proceeds of between €290 and €310 million in the fourth quarter.

After receipt, the gross proceeds will be reduced by transaction-related costs and by taxes arising from the transaction, most of which will become payable in 2026. Not included in the gross proceeds are payments that Dürr will receive for the capital it contributed to the environmental technology companies prior to the sale. [Read more…] about Dürr sells environmental technology business to Stellex

Nvidia says it’s working with US manufacturing and robotics leaders to ‘drive America’s reindustrialization with physical AI’

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Nvidia says that America’s leading manufacturers, industrial software developers and robotics companies are “using Nvidia Omniverse technologies to build state-of-the-art robotic factories and new autonomous collaborative robots to help overcome labor shortages and drive American reindustrialization”.

Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, says: “AI is transforming the world’s factories into intelligent thinking machines – the engines of a new industrial revolution.

“Together with American’s manufacturing leaders, we’re building physical AI, Omniverse digital twins and collaborative robots that will drive productivity, resilience and competitiveness across the US industrial base.” [Read more…] about Nvidia says it’s working with US manufacturing and robotics leaders to ‘drive America’s reindustrialization with physical AI’

Inspection and maintenance robots: Reaching the unreachable and dangerous

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Drones, crawlers, quadrupeds, and submersibles for inspecting bridges, pipelines, wind turbines, and more

Modern society relies on infrastructure that is both aging and mission-critical. Bridges, pipelines, refineries, power plants, and offshore wind turbines require constant inspection to ensure safety and reliability.

Yet traditional inspection is risky, expensive, and often disruptive. Workers climb tall stacks, enter confined tanks, or dive into murky waters. Outages are scheduled, scaffolding erected, and safety crews deployed – all before a single defect is recorded.

Enter inspection and maintenance robots. Equipped with advanced sensors, artificial intelligence, and mobility systems, these machines are beginning to handle the dirty and dangerous jobs, collecting high-quality data at a fraction of the risk and cost. [Read more…] about Inspection and maintenance robots: Reaching the unreachable and dangerous

ASG Power advances sustainability and efficiency through new training initiative

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ASG Power, a provider of design-build industrial automation and electrical-power solutions, has completed a company-wide 5S training initiative as part of its ongoing focus on sustainability, operational efficiency and environmental stewardship.

By adopting these lean practices, ASG is reducing waste, streamlining processes and supporting broader trends in green manufacturing and energy-efficient operations.

The training focused on the core principles of 5S: Sort, Set, Shine, Standardize and Sustain, and empowered teams to implement them across warehouses, manufacturing spaces and offices. [Read more…] about ASG Power advances sustainability and efficiency through new training initiative

GMI and AINEXXO form strategic alliance to launch ‘self-aware and self-protecting factory’

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G.M. International (GMI), a provider of intrinsic and functional safety hardware for Operational Technology (OT), and AINEXXO, a deep-tech pioneer in AI-powered OT, have announced a strategic alliance to deliver a transformative industrial innovation: the “Self-Aware and Self-Protecting Factory”.

This alliance fuses GMI’s SIL-certified safety hardware with AINEXXO’s cognitive AI stack, laying the foundation for a new class of safety-embedded, self-aware industrial systems that redefine the future of operational resilience. [Read more…] about GMI and AINEXXO form strategic alliance to launch ‘self-aware and self-protecting factory’

A3 releases new American national standard for industrial robot safety

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The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has announced the publication of ANSI/A3 R15.06-2025 American National Standard for Industrial Robots and Robot Systems – Safety Requirements.

This newly revised standard is now available for immediate purchase through A3 and marks the most significant advancement in industrial robot safety requirements in over a decade. [Read more…] about A3 releases new American national standard for industrial robot safety

Güdel showcases new collaborative robot technology at FabTech

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From moving cobots to novel mobile automation solutions, Güdel is highlighting two new technologies at FabTech 2025 Booth #B15015 that demonstrate its unmatched ability to solve automation engineering challenges.

According to market data from A3, The Association for Advancing Automation, the cobot market is approaching 25 percent of the total North American robot market. Güdel will unveil the CoboMover in its FabTech debut, a 7th-axis linear track purpose-built for collaborative and lightweight robots. [Read more…] about Güdel showcases new collaborative robot technology at FabTech

ABB and B&R bring joint automation technologies for brewery and beverage to drinktec 2025

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ABB and its machine and factory automation business, B&R Industrial Automation, will exhibit brewery and beverage technologies together at drinktec 2025, the world economic summit for the beverage and liquid food industry.

The event, running between September 15 and 19 at the Trade Fair Center Messe in Munich, Germany, will give visitors a chance to see how ABB technologies combine to optimize operations across the full production cycle.

Spanning process control, adaptive manufacturing and digital optimization, ABB and B&R solutions can be combined into a single, interoperable platform to support safer operations, improve quality control and reduce resource utilization. [Read more…] about ABB and B&R bring joint automation technologies for brewery and beverage to drinktec 2025

Siemens partners with Snowflake to enable IT/OT convergence across edge and cloud for industrial customers

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Siemens is collaborating with Snowflake, the AI data cloud company, to help manufacturers unlock new levels of operational efficiency, scale and AI-driven insights.

The collaboration enables mutual customers across the globe to connect their operational technology (OT) data from the shop floor with information technology (IT) data, such as supply chain management and financial data.

By connecting Siemens Industrial Edge and Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud, manufacturers can access plug-and-play Industrial Edge applications to contextualize and transfer OT data into IT systems. [Read more…] about Siemens partners with Snowflake to enable IT/OT convergence across edge and cloud for industrial customers

Robot orders in North America up by 4.3 percent compared with last year

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The North American robotics industry continued to build momentum in the first half of 2025.

New data from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) shows robot orders increased by 4.3 percent and revenue rose 7.5 percent compared to the first half of 2024, a promising sign for continued automation investment amid a complex economic landscape. [Read more…] about Robot orders in North America up by 4.3 percent compared with last year

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