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HD Hyundai selects Siemens Xcelerator for integrated digital shipbuilding platform

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Europe’s largest engineering company, Siemens, has been selected by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediary holding company of HD Hyundai, as a preferred partner to establish an integrated platform to manage the entire shipbuilding process as a single data flow to help ensure consistency across all its global shipyard facilities.

The planned platform will form the core foundation of HD Hyundai’s “Future of Shipyard” project, a future-oriented shipyard that it aims to complete by 2030.

The project forms part of HD Hyundai’s ongoing efforts to address data discontinuities that have existed across ship design and production processes and to establish a more structured, digitally enabled shipbuilding environment. [Read more…] about HD Hyundai selects Siemens Xcelerator for integrated digital shipbuilding platform

Allonic raises $7.2 million to build ‘foundation for advanced robotic hardware’

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Robotic intelligence is advancing at an extraordinary pace, with perception and autonomy improving by the day. But as robotics grows into the next global ecosystem, one constraint continues to hold the entire field back: how robot bodies are manufactured.

Today, most advanced robots are still built through slow, often manual assembly of hundreds of precision parts. This makes them expensive to produce, hard to customize for diverse use cases, and difficult to scale.

Allonic believes this manufacturing bottleneck is now the defining limit on what robotics can become.

Founded in Hungary, with a joint US HQ, Allonic is building a new manufacturing platform designed to remove that constraint entirely. [Read more…] about Allonic raises $7.2 million to build ‘foundation for advanced robotic hardware’

Drone radar company Echodyne to open $40 million new manufacturing facility in Washington state

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Echodyne, a radar platform company, has announced a major near-term expansion in its advanced radar production capacity.

Echodyne’s new 86,350-square-foot facility in Washington state will provide enough manufacturing and warehouse space to produce and ship more than 30,000 radars per year.

The company’s modular manufacturing approach allows production capacity to flex to match varying demand across product lines as well as seamlessly introducing new product lines and capabilities. [Read more…] about Drone radar company Echodyne to open $40 million new manufacturing facility in Washington state

Discontinued Electronic Products: In-depth Analysis of PCB Reverse Engineering and IC Unlock Techniques

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You might find old electronic products that are not supported anymore. If you reverse engineer circuit board parts from these, you can fix and improve them. Many people do this to repair old gadgets or make them last longer.

Some want to avoid planned obsolescence. Sometimes, you need to reverse engineer circuit board layouts if you cannot find schematics or repair guides. [Read more…] about Discontinued Electronic Products: In-depth Analysis of PCB Reverse Engineering and IC Unlock Techniques

Machina Labs raises $124 million to scale manufacturing infrastructure

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Machina Labs, an advanced manufacturing and robotics company, has closed a Series C financing totaling $124 million and the development of its first large-scale “Intelligent Factory”.

Woven Capital, Toyota’s growth-stage venture arm, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures, and Strategic Development Fund (SDF) invested in the round.

The funding marks a critical inflection point for Machina Labs as the company scales from breakthrough manufacturing technology to deploying software-defined production infrastructure capable of supporting mission-critical metal structures across defense, aerospace, and advanced mobility. [Read more…] about Machina Labs raises $124 million to scale manufacturing infrastructure

Vexlum raises €10 million to scale semiconductor and laser manufacturing

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Vexlum, a manufacturer of advanced semiconductor lasers for high-impact applications, has announced it has secured €10 million in funding to scale its proprietary semiconductor chip manufacturing and laser technology operations in Finland.

The round consists of €6 million in equity investment led by Kvanted, with participation from Finnish state-owned Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd) and the EIC Fund, alongside a €2.4 million grant from the EIC Accelerator, and a €1.6 million loan from Nordea.

Vexlum’s semiconductor-based Vertical-External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VECSEL) technology addresses a critical bottleneck in high-tech industries: the lack of compact, cost-effective, high-power laser sources at precise wavelengths. [Read more…] about Vexlum raises €10 million to scale semiconductor and laser manufacturing

Comau deploys in.Grid robot monitoring platform at Iveco plant

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Comau has deployed its in.Grid Robot Monitoring platform at Italian transport vehicle manufacturer Iveco’s Valladolid plant in Spain, helping support the customer’s industrial digitalization strategy.

Developed to enhance operational visibility and improve maintenance efficiency, the cloud-based system monitors Comau robots on Iveco’s Door Ring and Mascherone assembly lines.

Comau’s in.Grid Robot Monitoring system autonomously captures production and process data, identifies performance deviations, signals anomalies, and verifies user-defined KPIs. [Read more…] about Comau deploys in.Grid robot monitoring platform at Iveco plant

Multiply Labs partners with AstraZeneca to automate cell therapy manufacturing with robotics

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Multiply Labs has reached an agreement with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to evaluate the potential for applying GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)-ready robotic systems to commercial-scale cell therapy manufacturing. Multiply Labs is a specialist in autonomous manufacturing technology for advanced therapies.

The collaboration will focus on end-to-end robotic automation of industry-standard instruments used in cell therapy production using Multiply Labs’ robotic biomanufacturing system.

The goal is to enable scalable, high-throughput manufacturing while maintaining the rigorous quality and regulatory standards required for clinical and commercial use. [Read more…] about Multiply Labs partners with AstraZeneca to automate cell therapy manufacturing with robotics

Stuff MFG launches US silicone molding factory to ‘bring manufacturing back to the US’

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Stuff Manufacturing is now officially operational, with production now under way on US-made consumer products at its new silicone-molding facility in Lake Elsinore, California.

Founded by Shark Tank entrepreneur Hans Dose after tariffs and global shipping delays threatened his own product business, Stuff MFG was built to give brands of all sizes a faster, more cost-effective domestic alternative to overseas manufacturing.

“Stuff was born out of necessity,” said Hans Dose, founder and CEO of Stuff MFG. “My company, Tenikle, was hit hard by the 25 percent tariffs on silicone goods from China. [Read more…] about Stuff MFG launches US silicone molding factory to ‘bring manufacturing back to the US’

Borouge boosts performance and competitiveness’ with ‘industry-first’ AI autonomous operations at Ruwais facility

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Borouge has announced the successful completion of a proof of concept for AI-powered autonomous operations at its Ruwais facility, delivered in collaboration with Honeywell.

The milestone supports Borouge’s strategy to enhance operational performance, strengthen long-term competitiveness, and contribute to ADNOC’s ambition to become the world’s most AI-enabled energy company.

Building on trials conducted in 2025, the proof of concept marks tangible progress toward developing the petrochemical industry’s first AI-driven control room for full-scale, real-time operations. [Read more…] about Borouge boosts performance and competitiveness’ with ‘industry-first’ AI autonomous operations at Ruwais facility