'1 AC every 6 seconds': How China's manufacturing power is cooling Europe's heatwave

China's air-conditioner exports to the European Union reached $3.76 billion in the first half of 2026, a 43.2% increase ...

The Smart Factory Journey Starts Now

The ambition is to build factories that are more adaptive, resilient and resource-aware without losing the human judgment ...
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Manufacturing’s next giant leap isn’t another robot; it’s the factory itself

A €200 million Siemens factory illustrates how AI, digital twins and robotics are transforming advanced manufacturing.
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BMW’s smart factory in US gets Figure 03 humanoid robot for advanced logistics work

BMW Group has expanded its use of Physical AI in manufacturing by introducing the ...

Why Manufacturing’s AI Divide Is Growing For Mid-Market Companies

Many smaller manufacturers assume they are already behind. But in truth, most of the industry is still early in the AI ...

Syngene International: Could India’s WuXi moment finally be here?

A difficult FY26, years of capability building, and the Pentagon's designation of WuXi AppTec may be converging to create the ...
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Digital Twin Tools for Smart Manufacturing: A Paradigm Shift for Industry 4.0

Abstract: The convergence of digital twin (DT) technology with Internet of Things-driven smart manufacturing is driving a paradigm shift in Industry 4.0 and beyond. By enabling real-time ...
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Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Dynamic Reconfiguration Planning for Digital Twin-Driven Smart Manufacturing Systems With Reconfigurable Machine Tools

Abstract: Smart manufacturing systems are a new paradigm in Industry 4.0 driven by the emerging information and communication technology and artificial intelligence that converge to digital twin, ...