(IN BRIEF) Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced a £340 million investment in a new automated National Distribution Centre (NDC) in Northamptonshire, marking the largest supply chain investment in its history. The 1.3 million sq ft facility, opening in 2029, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Retail, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Alex Freudmann, automation, BREEAM Outstanding, Craig Mitchell, Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, distribution automation, distribution centre, grocery sector, jobs creation, logistics, M&S, M&S Food, Marks & Spencer, Northamptonshire, partnership, Paul Weston, Plan A warehouse, Prologis, retail growth, supply chain, sustainability, TGW Logistics, UK retail, weekly shop
(IN BRIEF) Aviva has finalised a £700 million bulk purchase annuity buy-in with the ABB Plan, securing pension benefits for more than 7,300 members. The transaction, completed in July 2025, included a £620 million in-specie transfer of corporate bonds and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged ABB Limited, ABB Plan, Andy Morley, automation, Aviva, BPA, bulk purchase annuity, buy-in, Carolan Dobson, corporate bonds, deferred members, electrification, Eversheds, in-specie asset transfer, Julie Priestley, LCP, Lee House, partnership, pension risk management, pension security, pensioner members, Ricky Patel, Shelly Beard, UK gilts, WTW
(IN BRIEF) Nokia has secured the top spot in Omdia’s Market Landscape: Core Vendors – 2025 report, being ranked number one for competitiveness across its core networks portfolio. The company earned the highest scores for cloud-native readiness, automation, core-as-a-service, portfolio … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 5G standalone, automation, Awards, Bell Labs, cloud packet core, cloud-native, core as a service, core networks, CSPs, IMS voice, leadership, multi-cloud strategy, network innovation, Nokia, Omdia, Ooredoo Qatar, Raghav Sahgal, Roberto Kompany, Subscriber Data Management, telecom industry, Telefónica Spain
(IN BRIEF) Accenture Ventures has invested in Snorkel AI to bolster enterprise AI adoption by improving dataset quality for model training and evaluation. Snorkel’s platform automates the conversion of siloed data and domain expertise into high-fidelity datasets, facilitating rapid, secure … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Ireland, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Accenture, Accenture Ventures, agentic AI, AI deployment, AI training data, Alex Ratner, automation, data-centric AI, dataset curation, expert data, financial services, Jared Rorrer, model evaluation, partnership, Project Spotlight, regulated environments, Snorkel AI, Tom Lounibos
(IN BRIEF) Leadec hit a major milestone on 15 July 2025 by assembling its one‑millionth wheel for the MAN Trucks plant in Niepołomice, Poland. Partnering since August 2022, Leadec’s Kokotów assembly shop operates 24/7 with a 90‑strong team, producing 1,700 wheels daily to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Poland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 24-hour buffer, automation, automotive, digital tracking, eTruck, facility management, industrial services, Just‑In‑Sequence, Kokotów assembly shop, Leadec, logistics, MAN Trucks Kraków, Mega Standard trailers, Niepołomice, one million wheels, operations, partnership, Poland, Przemysław Pendrowski, Quality, sustainability, wheel assembly
(IN BRIEF) At EMO 2025 in Hall 6 (Booth I46), Schaeffler is presenting new products tailored to the machine tool sector’s drive toward automation, digitalization and sustainability. Its KLLT four-row monorail systems handle substructure errors with minimal constraint, while the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 4 000 kN, 8–240 mm, AMOSIN, automation, ceramic rolling elements, digitalization, DKFLA, EMO 2025, Ewellix acquisition, false brinelling, Hall 6 Booth I46, KGT ball screws, KLLT four-row monorail guidance, linear motion, machine tools, PWG planetary screw drives, RGT ground roller screws, rotary tables, Schaeffler, sustainability, X arrangement, YRTA rotary bearings, YRTAG, YRTC series, YRTCG, ZKLF, ZKLN
(IN BRIEF) A new report by the Capgemini Research Institute finds that organizations are achieving strong returns on their AI investments, with an average 1.7 times ROI. Around 40% of businesses expect to see positive returns within one to three … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, France, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 2025 enterprise technology, agentic AI, AI Adoption, AI agents, AI in customer service, AI in finance, AI in procurement, AI in supply chain, AI investments, AI leadership, AI ROI, automation, business operations, Capgemini, Capgemini Research Institute, Gen AI projects, generative AI, Oliver Pfeil, Operational Efficiency, reskilling, workforce transformation
(IN BRIEF) KPN has partnered with voice AI innovator ElevenLabs and invested in the company through KPN Ventures to accelerate the adoption of advanced audio AI in the Netherlands. Early efforts will focus on converting content into high-quality speech and … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Netherlands, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged audio technology, automation, Customer Interaction, ElevenLabs, Hans Söhngen, investment, KPN, KPN Ventures, Marieke Snoep, Mati Staniszewski, Netherlands, partnership, personalized experience, speech accessibility, strategic partnership, voice AI
(IN BRIEF) NORMA Group has extended Dr. Daniel Heymann’s contract as COO by three years, moving the expiration date from May 2026 to May 2029. Since May 2023, Dr. Heymann has led operational improvements, automation projects and quality-assurance enhancements. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Technology
Tagged automation, battery management systems, Chief Operating Officer, COO contract extension, Dr. Daniel Heymann, Dräxlmaier Group, industrial supplier transformation, Kerstin Müller-Kirchhofs, lean management, Norma Group, Operational Efficiency, production optimization, quality assurance, Supervisory Board, vehicle interiors
(IN BRIEF) NatWest has named Dr. Maja Pantic as its first Chief AI Research Officer to spearhead the bank’s AI-driven transformation and simplification strategy. Dr. Pantic, formerly Professor of Affective & Behavioural Computing at Imperial College London and a leader … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 'Cora', AI Research, AI Transformation, appointment, AskArchie+, automation, bank-wide simplification, Chief AI Research Officer, customer satisfaction, deepfake detection, GenAI platform, generative AI, Imperial College London, ledership, Maja Pantic, Meta London, multimodal AI, NatWest, OpenAI partnership, Responsible AI, Samsung AI Research Centre, Scott Marcar, virtual assistants
(IN BRIEF) DHL Group is committing more than €500 million from 2024 to 2030 to deepen its footing in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, key hubs in its Strategy 2030 growth plan. Covering all four divisions—Express, Global Forwarding, Supply Chain … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, International Trade, Retail, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AJEX acquisition, alternative fuels, Amadou Diallo, automation, contract logistics, DHL eCommerce, DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding, DHL Group, DHL Supply Chain, digital platforms, E-Commerce, electric vehicles, Etihad Rail, global trade, Gulf Cooperation Council, Hendrik Venter, John Pearson, logistics infrastructure, net-zero ambitions, Saudi Arabia, solar energy, Strategy 2030, supply chain resilience, sustainability, United Arab Emirates
(IN BRIEF) Schneider Electric has been named the Most Sustainable Corporation in Europe by Corporate Knights, topping the inaugural Europe 50 ranking of over 600 publicly listed European companies. This recognition follows its earlier title in January 2025 as the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Industrial, Investment, Management, Media, News, Technology
Tagged automation, Awards, board diversity, carbon productivity, Clean revenue, Corporate Knights, corporate rankings, digital transformation, energy efficiency, Energy management, environmental impact, ESG, Esther Finidori, Europe 50, Global 100, leadership, Most Sustainable Corporation, Schneider Electric, STOXX EUROPE 600, sustainability, sustainability leadership, sustainability-linked investments, sustainable innovation
(IN BRIEF) Siemens and Hirano Tecseed have partnered to advance battery manufacturing processes, focusing on digitalization and the optimization of coating machines. The collaboration uses Siemens’ Simcenter™ software and digital twin technology to simulate and improve the coating process, ensuring … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged automation, battery manufacturing, battery production, coating machines, Digital Twin, digitalization, electric vehicles, energy storage, Factory Automation, Hirano Tecseed, manufacturing optimization, mechatronics, partnership, product quality, Siemens, Simcenter, simulation, sustainability, waste reduction
(IN BRIEF) OP Financial Group has expanded its partnership with Accenture to modernize Pohjola Insurance, focusing on enhancing agility, operational efficiency, and customer experience. The collaboration includes implementing a cloud-based Guidewire platform to streamline IT applications, generate operational savings, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Insurance, Investment, Ireland, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Accenture, AI-driven transformation, automation, business modernization, cloud-based solutions, customer experience, digital transformation, Finland, generative AI, Guidewire platform, insurance innovation, non-life insurance, OP Financial Group, partnership, Pohjola Insurance
(IN BRIEF) Atos has been named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Outsourced Digital Workplace Services (ODWS) 2025, marking the ninth consecutive year of recognition. This acknowledges Atos’ ability to deliver innovative, human-centric, and sustainable digital workplace solutions … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Awards, Business, France, Industrial, Management, News, Technology
Tagged AI, Atos, automation, Awards, Corporate Social Responsibility, digital transformation, digital workplace, Employee Experience, Experience Operations Center, Gartner Magic Quadrant, hybrid work, leadership, ODWS, Outsourced Digital Workplace Services, sustainable digital solutions, Technology Innovation
(IN BRIEF) Siemens’ Questa One software solution is poised to reshape the IC verification landscape, addressing the industry’s growing complexity with AI-driven verification tools. Designed to cater to next-generation 3D-ICs and chiplet-based systems, Questa One accelerates verification cycles, enhances productivity, … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged 3D IC, AI, AI-powered tools, ARM, automation, chiplet-based systems, design-for-test, DFT, electronics, IC verification, MediaTek, Microsoft, partnership, Questa One, Rambus, semiconductor design, Siemens, SOC, verification software
(IN BRIEF) Ericsson has successfully migrated Magenta Telekom’s billing operations to the cloud-native Ericsson Billing platform, marking a key milestone in the company’s ongoing transformation towards supporting 5G use cases. Deployed on Red Hat OpenShift within Magenta Telekom’s private cloud, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 5G, automation, billing solutions, Cloud transformation, cloud-native billing, Ericsson, Magenta Telekom, Magenta Telekom digital infrastructure, Operational Efficiency, partnership, Red Hat OpenShift, Systems Integration, T-Mobile Austria, technology partnership
(IN BRIEF) KMD A/S, one of Denmark’s largest IT providers and a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, is transitioning its KMD Opus platform to SAP S/4HANA Cloud through RISE with SAP on Microsoft Azure. The move aims to modernize public sector … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Denmark, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged AI in public services, automation, cloud ERP, Danish municipalities, Denmark IT infrastructure, digital transformation, ERP modernization, government finance systems, intelligent enterprise, Jan Gaardboe Jensen, KMD, Microsoft Azure, Mikkel Stavnsbo, NEC Corporation, Opus ERP, partnership, public administration software, public sector digitalization, RISE with SAP, SAP, SAP Denmark, SAP S/4HANA Cloud
(IN BRIEF) ABB has announced its intention to spin off its Robotics division as an independent company, with a targeted listing in Q2 2026. The spin-off will be executed via a dividend in-kind, allowing shareholders to receive shares in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Electronics & Machinery, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 2026 IPO, ABB, ABB Robotics, AI robotics, automation, autonomous mobile robots, discrete automation, dividend in-kind, electrification, global manufacturing, industrial robotics, intelligent automation, machine automation, Morten Wierod, Nasdaq Switzerland, operational EBITA, Peter Voser, Process Automation, Robotics spin-off, Shareholder Value, Switzerland tech industry
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has been awarded significant service contracts by SCA to enhance the performance of the Östrand pulp mill in northern Sweden. The collaboration includes replacing an economizer in the recovery boiler and deploying the SYNERGY Services concept across … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Andritz, automation, economizer replacement, equipment efficiency, Hannu Pyykönen, lifecycle management, long-term service agreements, mill productivity, Östrand pulp mill, partnership, Per Strand, process optimization, pulp and paper industry, pulp drying, recovery boiler, SCA, sustainability, Sweden, SYNERGY Services, Warkaus Works, white liquor plant
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