August 12, 2026 CELUS, the AI-driven electronics design automation provider, recently announced a strategic partnership with Variscite, a leading provider in the System on Module (SoM) industry. This collaboration integrates Variscite’s leading portfolio into the CELUS Design Platform, establishing a new benchmark for how next-generation embedded systems are conceived and built. As the market leader…
August 11, 2026 One of the largest transformation projects in Siemens’ recent history is now finished. The opening of the new buildings in Module 8 marks the completion of Siemens Campus Erlangen, which consolidates all company’s locations in and around Nuremberg, Germany. The project demonstrates how a former research center can be transformed into an…
August 11, 2026 New Financing Platforms Turn NVIDIA Compute and Full-Stack AI Infrastructure Into an Investable Asset Class for Global Capital, Broadening Access to AI Factories, Enabling Long-Duration Usage-Linked Revenue While Supporting NVIDIA’s Ecosystem Growth Across Hardware Sales and Software Adoption NVIDIA announced strategic partnerships to establish independent compute financing platforms with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone,…
July 22, 2026 By Christoph Baumeister, Senior Manager Product Management Who’s allowed to do what on which machine? This question is fundamental to a safety concept that covers both Safety and Industrial Security. The functional safety of a machine must not be compromised by unauthorised access, malicious attacks or manipulation. This makes it more important…
July 22, 2026 By Jürgen Bukowski, Senior Manager, Consulting &, Services Operations How can you implement and comply with statutory requirements for machinery throughout its entire lifecycle? Machinery manufacturers and operators must address this issue now because the EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 comes into force on 20 January 2027. This also brings Industrial Security and…
July 22, 2026 By Andreas Willert, Head of Industrial Security at Pilz Austria The Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 clearly stipulates that safety can only function reliably if safety-related functions are protected against manipulation. Modern machinery is digitally networked, configured via software and adjusted during operation. Any unauthorised change – whether deliberate or accidental – can…
July 22, 2026 By Thomas Pilz, Managing Partner, Pilz GmbH & Co. KG Future-Proof Automation: One-Stop Safety and Industrial Security Networked machines exchange data and form part of complex systems. As a result, safety requirements are also becoming more stringent. It is essential that Safety & Security are considered together. Current legislation in Europe – in…
July 22, 2026 The Machinery Regulation replaces the Machinery Directive. Which requirements apply to machine manufacturers? Application of the EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 is mandatory from 20 January 2027. It came into force in all member states on 19 July 2023, twenty days after it was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Machinery Regulation (MR) contains…
July 16, 2026 By Krystie Johnston Vention is a Montreal-based startup company founded by the vision of unifying hardware and software to democratize automation. Early on in his career, CEO and founder Etienne Lacroix saw the disconnect between machines and their programs and set out to remedy it with a new approach to automation. Since…
July 15, 2026 Amii has received $1 million in Claude credits from Anthropic, as part of the AI company’s $10 million CAD investment in Canadian research institutions. The credits will be used by research and engineering teams at Amii to help bridge the gap between academic research and practical AI adoption in industry. This support comes…
July 14, 2026 With U.S. manufacturing orders, output, and productivity rising, IMTS 2026 gives manufacturers a firsthand look at the industrial AI, automation, additive, and digital technologies reshaping production. With manufacturing technology orders climbing and productivity showing its strongest gains in years, IMTS 2026 – The International Manufacturing Technology Show will give manufacturers a front-row view of…
July 9, 2026 Meta will invest more than $13 billion in Alberta, creating thousands of jobs, generating new provincial revenue and supporting reliable, affordable electricity. Meta has announced plans to build its first Canadian data centre in Alberta, representing an investment of more than $13 billion – one of the largest private-sector investments in Canadian…
July 1, 2026 Siemens launched the Eigen Engineering Agent, its purpose-built AI for automation engineering, now generally available on April 20, 2026. The Eigen Engineering Agent represents a new class of industrial AI product: one that no longer just generates suggestions but instead uses multi-step reasoning and self-correction to carry out tasks autonomously. Unlike generic…
June 24, 2026 Answers provided by James See, National Sales Director of Systems at Schneider Electric Canada, Questions developed by Krystie Johnston, Managing Editor at Kerrwil Media Ltd. The future of Canada’s artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be discussed as adoption progresses across the country. Conversations around energy, infrastructure, and the grid are making headlines,…
June 23, 2026 Physical AI — the convergence of artificial intelligence with robotics and autonomous motion systems — is reshaping how Canadian industries operate. Across sectors from healthcare to mining, AI-enabled machines are performing tasks that were once entirely dependent on human intervention. But deploying Physical AI effectively requires more than sophisticated algorithms: it demands…
June 22, 2026 Vention, the leading digital-first industrial automation platform, and FANUC America, the global leader in industrial robotics and factory automation, announced an expanded collaboration focused on simplifying industrial robot deployment through AI-powered programming, digital twin technology, and modular automation on June 22, 2026. The collaboration combines FANUC’s industrial and collaborative robot portfolio with…
