Centric Announces AI-Driven Solutions for Product Concept

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CAMPBELL, CA, May 6, 2024 – Centric Software the product lifecycle management (PLM) market leader, is set to showcase its AI-driven solutions to fuel ‘real-time retail’ at NRF Asia 2024, retail’s most important event in the region.

In the face of supply chain disruptions and intense competition, brands and retailers are under immense pressure to maximize profits, respect sustainability & other compliance requirements and make consumers happy. Solutions from Centric Software empower brands and retailers to produce winning product portfolios, gain visibility to make data-driven decisions and execute, replenish and re-price in real-time with its end-to-end AI-powered solutions.

Founded in 2003, Silicon Valley based Centric Software provides an innovative product concept to launch platform for retailers, brands and manufacturers of all sizes and segments of the consumer goods industry including fashion, footwear, luxury, outdoor, consumer electronics, cosmetics & personal care and food & beverage.

Today, Centric is trusted by 18,000 brands, retailers and manufacturers worldwide, such as Pan Pacific International Holdings (PPIH), Kmart, Sephora, Samsung Fashion C&T, Swarovski, Trent Limited and Lyfen for its commitment to innovation, industry expertise, 100% go-live rates and seamless integration capabilities.

Since 2018, Centric has been incorporating AI tools in its flagship product lifecycle management (PLM) solution and AI/ML are now options in all of its solutions for faster, better decision-making, task automation and the elimination of manual work. Centric’s latest acquisition of aifora (now Centric Pricing & Inventory) further strengthens its AI capabilities, enabling retailers to predict future demand and replenishment needs and optimize pricing, fostering real-time retail capabilities.

Customers of Centric have experienced tangible ROI, including:

  • Improved margins by 4-15%
  • Reduced excess inventory by 60%
  • Reduced discounting up to 60%.
  • Sped up creation of assortment presentations by 99%
  • Reduced time to market by 40 to 60%

Centric will be at NRF Asia 2024 to present its AI-powered solutions for brands and retailers to orchestrate a competitive retail and product strategy, maximize revenues, increase agility, speed time to market, get closer to consumers and enable sustainability and compliance.

About Centric Software

Silicon Valley-based Centric Software provides an innovative product concept-to-customer platform for producers, brands and retailers of all sizes in the food & beverage industry, food service and grocery retail sectors. Centric Software works closely with customers to achieve more efficient project management and safer product development, execute a competitive retail and product strategy, increase agility, speed time to market and get closer to consumers, resulting in maximized revenues and margins.

Centric Software is a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, the world leader in 3D design software, 3D digital mock-up and PLM solutions.

For more information, visit www.centricsoftware.com.

ECM Wins 2024 Automate Innovation Awards

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NEEDHAM, MA, May 6, 2024 – US Electric motor design and software company, ECM PCB Stator Tech, was announced a winner in the 2024 Automate Innovation Awards.

ECM won the Software category for its PrintStator Motor CAD platform. The Boston-based company’s CEO, Brian Casey, will accept the award at a ceremony in Chicago, May 6.

Automate Innovation Awards and Show

Hosted by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), the Automate Innovation Awards celebrate technologies pushing boundaries in the field of industrial automation. An independent judging panel selected winners based on measurable impact in increasing system efficiencies, reducing costs, and improving design quality.

The Automate Innovation Awards coincide with Automate 2024—North America’s largest automation and robotics tradeshow, held this year in Chicago May 6-9.

At Automate 2024, ECM will host an exhibit and ECM CEO Brian Casey will attend the May 6 Automate Innovation Awards ceremony and deliver an Automate Innovation Stage presentation on PrintStator PCB Stator electric motor design May 7.

“ECM is honored to receive this Automate Innovation Awards recognition for our PrintStator Motor CAD platform. Advancing 21st century automation will require a nextgen upgrade to electric motor design and manufacturing. As SaaS, PrintStator puts that at the fingertips of any innovator in robotics, consumer electronics, conveyors – you name it,” said ECM CEO Brian Casey.

Motor as Software

As a company, ECM pairs PrintStator Motor CAD to patented PCB Stator innovation to create next generation electric machines that are smaller, quieter, and more energy and space efficient. In January 2024, ECM launched PrintStator as public software-as-a-service (SaaS) product at CES.

As an innovation tool, PrintStator fundamentally transforms the way electric motors are designed and manufactured. From the cloud-based interface, users can dial-in precise performance and dimensional specs to create optimized motor solutions for multiple verticals: Consumer Electronics, HVAC, E-Mobility, Medical, Robotics, Aerospace, and more.

“PrintStator offers innovators unparalleled design optimization. For example, if a global conveyor manufacturer needs a 1.05 kW electric motor that achieves 94% efficiency, conforms to an exact form factor, and complies with regional energy performance requirements PrintStator can design that,” said ECM CEO Brian Casey.

ECM’s PrintStator is also an advanced design-to-manufacture tool. As a SaaS offering, the Motor CAD platform allows companies with manufacturing capacity to advance designs immediately to production. PrintStator users without manufacturing capability can leverage the global capacity of the printed-circuit board industry to enable rapid production of optimized electric motors.

“With PrintStator, ECM aims to positively disrupt an electric motor space that hasn’t seen transformative innovation for eons. PrintStator enables any innovator in any sector to become a designer and producer of optimized electric motors for any application,” said ECM CEO Brian Casey.

Scalability and Sustainability

In addition to delivering performance and cost advantages to electrically powered industries, PrintStator offers significant benefits to energy sustainability.

Research underscores that conventional electric motor systems account for over 50% of global electricity consumption and require substantial raw materials to produce. The US and EU project that converting to next generation electric motor technology could eliminate over 100 million tons of CO2 emissions and save over $30 billion in energy costs.

PCB Stator motors designed via PrintStator are up to 70% lighter than conventional options, while achieving efficiencies in excess of 90% and requiring 80% less raw materials (namely, copper).

ECM is working with several global manufacturing companies to incorporate PrintStator, PCB Stator solutions into commercial and industrial devices compliant with Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPs).

Award Winning IP

PrintStator and ECM’s integrated PCB Stator technology have earned 12 US patents. This list has grown (and will continue to grow) based on persistent R&D and upgrades shaped by PrintStator user input worldwide.

ECM has structured PrintStator for constant product improvement via a PrintStator user-group program. Member feedback funnels into consistent updates of the Motor CAD platform to propel the global adoption and evolution of PrintStator as a disruptive technology.

ECM’s Automate Innovation Awards distinction adds to a tally of recent technology competition accolades. The company’s PCB Stator electric motor solutions and software have earned 14 award distinctions. ECM was announced a 2024 CES Innovation Awards Honoree and a winner in the 2023 Industrial Design, Engineering & Automation (IDEA) Awards for PrintStator. ECM took top honors in The 2023 SaaS Awards for PrintStator—winning four categories (including Bespoke SaaS Solution of The Year). In October, ECM won the Design World LEAP Awards’ Software category. ECM also earned an Electronic Design Power Best Award for its CAD Customizable, Unum Potentia, Electric Motor Controller that enables IE5 efficiency.

Infinite Use Cases

PrintStator has been leveraged to integrate ECM’s advanced PCB Stator electric motor technology into numerous applications. That includes collaborating with partners to design smaller, lighter, and more efficient electric motors for consumer appliances, robotics, aerospace, e-bicycles, medical tools, and haptic devices.

ECM believes the release of its advanced MotorCAD platform as SaaS will serve accelerating demand for optimized PCB Stator machines.

“The need for specialized electric motors is an overlooked technology trend. The world will require billions of specialized motors annually—in every vertical imaginable—designed to precise performance, efficiency, and size. In ECM’s view, the best way to serve that electric motor future is to offer PrintStator Motor CAD to the public as SaaS,” said ECM CEO Brian Casey.

About ECM

ECM PCB Stator Tech uses advanced Motor CAD and patented PCB Stator—printed circuit board—technology to create next generation electric motors for multiple applications. ECM’s award-winning PrintStator software powers the design, manufacture, and integration of PCB Stator motors that are lighter, quieter, and more energy and space efficient across a broad range of use cases. ECM designed motors achieve efficiencies in excess of 90% while requiring up to 70% less raw materials to produce.

ECM has collaborated with multiple organizations to create optimized motor solutions across a variety of verticals: HVAC, consumer electronics, e-mobility, fitness, medical, robotics, renewable energy, aerospace, defense, and more.

ECM’s design partners include aerospace and defense innovator L3 Harris, global electronics manufacturer Celestica, and consumer electronics startup Nodo Film Systems.

ECM is a 2024 CES Innovation Awards Honoree and winner of four International SaaS Awards—including SaaS Solution of The Year, Best SaaS Product For CSR, Sustainability And ESG, and Best SaaS Product For Engineering Management, PLM Or CAD. ECM’s PrintStator software is also a Machine Design IDEA Awards and Design World LEAP Awards winner.

ECM maintains offices in Boston (MA), Bozeman (MT), and two locations in Europe.

For more information, visit www.pcbstator.com.

QuickLogic Releases Aurora v2.6

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SAN JOSE, CA, May 6, 2024 – QuickLogic Corp. announced the release of Aurora 2.6, the latest iteration of its comprehensive eFPGA development tool suite. Aurora 2.6 introduces significant architectural enhancements, advanced user interface features, and a streamlined Linux installation process, reinforcing QuickLogic’s commitment to innovation and user-centric development.

Aurora v2.6 Highlights

Support Windows and Linux OS Platforms: Aurora is now available on Windows 11/Windows 10 OS platforms and all of the major Linux distributions (including Centos, RedHat, and Ubuntu) via a unified Linux installation package.

eFPGA Architecture Improvement: The Aurora 2.6 suite brings an improved eFPGA architecture, delivering an average timing performance boost of 6% across various designs. In certain cases, the performance increases by as much as 15%, underscoring QuickLogic’s dedication to optimizing performance and efficiency. Detailed comparisons and benchmarks are available for review, showcasing the tangible benefits of the updates implemented in this version.

Interactive Path Analysis (IPA) Feature: A standout addition is the Interactive Path Analysis (IPA) within the new Graphical User Interface (GUI). The IPA capability allows users to analyze their design timing in a more granular way by highlighting the specific routing for critical paths in the design. This enables flexibility in influencing the timing performance of the design. The inclusion of IPA exemplifies Aurora’s evolution toward more intuitive and insightful design analysis, facilitating a faster development process for engineers.

“In launching Aurora 2.6, we are not just releasing an updated tool suite; we are providing a platform that significantly enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of eFPGA development,” said Mao Wang, product marketing director at QuickLogic.

Availability

The Aurora 2.6 Development Tool Suite is available immediately, marking a significant milestone for QuickLogic and the broader eFPGA development community. For more information, please visit QuickLogic’s website https://www.quicklogic.com/products/efpga-user-tools.

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corp. is a fabless semiconductor company that develops innovative embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, discrete FPGAs, and FPGA SoCs for a variety of industrial, aerospace and defense, edge and endpoint AI, consumer, and computing applications. Their wholly owned subsidiary, SensiML Corp., completes the end-to-end solution portfolio with AI / ML software that accelerates AI at the edge/endpoint.

For more information, visit quicklogic.com.

Magnachip Releases 40V MXT MV MOSFET

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Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. announced the release of its new 40V MXT MV MOSFET1. With this latest addition, the company now offers 13 MOSFET and IGBT products for a wide range of automotive applications (see the tables below).

(Graphic: Business Wire)

As the automotive industry adopts advanced technologies such as autonomous driving and enhanced infotainment systems, the demand for high-efficiency power solutions increases. According to Omdia, a global market research firm, the automotive power discrete market is projected to grow 14% annually from 2024 to 2027.

Magnachip entered the automotive sector in April 2022 with its first 40V MOSFET and has since broadened its product offerings by releasing 30V, -40V (P-channel MOSFET2), 60V, and 250V MOSFETs for vehicles. In September 2023, the Company introduced 650V and 1200V IGBTs for positive temperature coefficient heaters and e-compressors for automotive. In the last two years, Magnachip’s power products have been integrated into vehicles of major automotive manufacturers in the United States, Korea, Japan and China.

Leveraging its technological capabilities, Magnachip now unveils this 40V MXT MV MOSFET (AMDD040N055RH) in the Decawatt Package (DPAK). The new MOSFET offers exceptional versatility for various automotive applications, such as motor control systems or power seat modules and electric stability control systems for reverse battery protection.

Magnachip’s automotive MOSFET product family
Product VDS [V] VGS(th), typ.

[V]

 *RDS(ON) [mΩ]
@ VGS=10V		 Qg, Typ [nC]
@ 10V		 Package AEC-Q101
Max. Typ.
AMDV030N150URH 30 1.9 15.0 11.0 8.3 PDFN33 Qualified
AMDU040N014VRH 40 3.1 1.4 1.1 71.0 PDFN56 Qualified
AMDW040N014VF 40 3.1 1.4 1.1 71.0 Sawn on Foil Qualified
AMDW1723F 40 3.0 2.0 1.6 88.3 Sawn on Foil Qualified
AMDU040N043VRH 40 3.2 4.3 3.5 23.0 PDFN56 Qualified
AMDD040N055RH 40 3.2 5.5 4.3 24.0 DPAK Qualified
AMDUA040N070RH 40 3.2 7.0 6.1 24.0 PDFN56 Dual Qualified
AMDD040P069RH -40 -1.8 6.9 6.2 91.0 DPAK Qualified
AMDW06N021F 60 2.3 2.8 2.1 243.0 Sawn on Foil Qualified
AMDD14N25CRH 250 3.0 280.0 220.0 20.0 DPAK Qualified

*RDS(on)_max: the maximum resistance of MOSFETs during on-state operation

Magnachip’s automotive IGBT product family
Product VCES IC IC, max. Package Option AEC-Q101
AMBQ40T65PHRTH 650V 40A 60A TO247 Diode co-pak Qualified
AMBQ40T120RFRTH 1200V 40A 60A TO247 Diode co-pak Qualified
AMBQ40T120RRTH 1200V 40A 60A TO247 None (Diode) Qualified

About Magnachip Semiconductor

Magnachip is a designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platform solutions for communication, Internet of Things (IoT), consumer, computing, industrial and automotive applications. The Company provides a broad range of standard products to customers worldwide. Magnachip, with more than 40 years of operating history, owns a portfolio of approximately 1,100 registered patents and pending applications, and has extensive engineering, design and manufacturing process expertise.

For more information, please visit www.magnachip.com.

1 MXT MV MOSFET (Magnachip eXtreme Trench Medium Voltage MOSFET): Magnachip’s cutting-edge product portfolio of 40~200V trench MOSFETs

2 P-channel MOSFET: A P-channel MOSFET requires the gate voltage to be lower than the source to turn on, in contrast to an N-channel MOSFET. Therefore, the drain-source voltage is generally expressed as a negative value (ex. -40V).

Vention Launches Cloud-Robotics, AI Capabilities

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Vention, the cloud robotics company, released a suite of AI-powered capabilities to its Manufacturing Automation Platform (MAP). These new capabilities, available immediately to the more than 4,000 manufacturers already using Vention, strengthen the company’s position as the only end-to-end platform to design, automate, order, deploy and operate automated equipment and robot cells in the cloud.

The Cloud Robotics Platform (CNW Group/Vention)

MachineBuilder capabilities enhanced for robot cell design

The latest version of MachineBuilder, Vention’s cloud-based 3D design software, brings forward the most comprehensive suite of enhancements over the past 36 months with more intuitive and smarter design tools.

Specific product capabilities include:

  • Streamlined design flow: Empowers teams to work faster and more confidently with hundreds of machine design templates.
  • Smarter part placement: Minimizes the effort of creating mechanical structures when designing in 3D. Powered by Vention’s AI-driven Geometric Reasoning Engine (GRE), components added to a design automatically snap to the desired orientation with minimal user input.
  • Enhanced part manipulation: Reduces the learning curve of designing in MachineBuilder with new part manipulation tools powered by contextual guidance and a more discoverable 3D manipulator.
  • Real-time design and part specifications: Increases visibility into part and design specifications with real-time updates as components are added to the bill of material. Technical specifications, 2D drawings and more are now directly available in the 3D design environment.

Robotic programming capabilities pave the way for complex cloud applications

The release of Vention’s MachineLogic new code-free programming instructions further simplifies how users program robot arms and all adjacent devices in a robotic cell. Combined with the new scene asset functionality, developers can leverage their digital twin to accelerate the deployment process. Users can now program their robot in the cloud and deploy it directly to the factory floor.

Specific product capabilities include:

  • Point and click robot programming: Inserts waypoints and reference frames easily into a digital twin. Enables developers to visualize the position of reference frames and waypoints in the scene using new scene widgets.
  • Extensible workflows and powerful authoring capabilities: Defines parametric reference frames and waypoints with variables and expressions.
  • Calibration Frame: Defines calibration frames in your digital twin to enable the level of precision required for your robotic application.

Instantly and securely deploy robot cells from the cloud to the factory floor

The inclusion of a new instant deployment functionality empowers robotic developers to transfer programs and machine configurations from a digital twin to a physical machine directly in the web browser. This new feature integrates with Vention’s ISO 27001 and NIST-800-171 certified MachineCloud infrastructure, expediting deployment processes and facilitating a seamless redeployment from the digital twin to the real world without disrupting production.

Enhanced user interface authoring added to the cloud robotics platform

Vention adds web development tools and workflows to its cloud-based robot programming platform, enabling advanced users to create and simulate robot applications that contain feature-rich operator interfaces. This new release confirms Vention’s commitment to providing an extensible platform that strives to meet the robotics industry’s and its practitioners’ evolving needs.

In addition, as a continuation of its commitment to the needs of its industry, Vention will publish the second edition of its State of DIY Industrial Automation Report on May 6. Following its success in 2023, the company has decided to survey their clients again to understand better the trends unveiled last year, such as the emergence of Advanced Manufacturing Teams, the importance of platforming industrial automation and the preference for self-service and self-design.

About Vention

Vention helps some of the most innovative manufacturers automate their production floors in just a few days through a democratized user experience. Vention’s manufacturing automation platform allows clients to design, automate, deploy and operate automated equipment directly from their web browsers. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with one office in Berlin, Vention’s 300 employees serve 4,000+ customers in five continents and across 25 manufacturing industries.

For more information, visit website.

Applied Software Announces ‘Keeping AEC Green’ Program

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ATLANTA, GA, May 6, 2024 – Applied Software, GRAITEC Group, a leading systems integrator in the AEC, construction, and manufacturing industries, announced it is bringing back its “Keeping AEC Green” scholarship program for a second year and is expanding to accept essay entries from high school students in Canada. Designed to encourage students to explore careers in sustainable construction, the program will award four winners this year more than $3,000 toward their future education.

The labor shortage in the built industry is estimated at more than 500,000 unfilled jobs to meet the growth in construction, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors, and industry leaders are challenged to develop a reliable pipeline of talented new job seekers. “GRAITEC and Applied Software are glad to do our part among AEC companies actively trying to solve the industry’s labor shortage and encouraging more sustainable construction practices,” said Scott McMaster executive vice president, GRAITEC North America. “The response from our 2023 effort exceeded our expectations, so we’re thrilled to expand our campaign this year to include GRAITEC Canada and help more students explore AEC career options.”

Applied Software, GRAITEC Group launched the scholarship contest in 2023 and received more than 200 entries in the inaugural contest. Three winners from PA, TX, and MA were selected last year for their detailed, well-researched essays about innovative solar power initiatives, the environmental impacts of low-density urban sprawl, and more sustainable design practices.

The contest is free to enter and participating students will develop research skills to understand a problem and why it’s important, think creatively about a solution and argue a case for it, and consider the roadblocks to getting solutions in place. Students are asked to consider topics in sustainable construction but are free to research and propose any topics and solutions they find interesting and impactful. Entries will be judged on originality, depth of research, professionalism, and creativity.

Open to students currently enrolled in any high school in the U.S and Canada, the contest will begin accepting entries on June 1, 2024, and award winners will be notified this Fall, giving students ample opportunity to research topics and develop ideas to solve problems facing their local community and today’s built environment.

Executives from Applied Software, GRAITEC Group and a panel of industry judges will evaluate each entry and award four students receiving the highest scores with scholarship donations. Two first-place winners will be selected, one in the US and one in Canada, to receive $1,000 and 1,000 Canadian dollars, respectively. The first-place winners’ high schools will also receive a $500, or CA$500, donation to their technology innovation department or similar program from Applied Software, GRAITEC Group. Judges also will select from the U.S. entries a second-place winner to receive $300, and a third-place winner to receive $250.

More details including entry guidelines and terms and conditions can be found at the contest website: https://asti.com/high-school-sustainability-essay-contest/

About Applied Software, GRAITEC Group:

Applied Software, GRAITEC Group has one mission in mind: empower construction and manufacturing professionals to digitize and industrialize their processes to build a sustainable tomorrow.

Applied Software, GRAITEC Group is a global leading BIM provider helping architectural, engineering, construction, and manufacturing professionals to achieve their digital transformation goals. Applied, now part of the worldwide GRAITEC Group, has been an Autodesk Platinum Partner for over 30 years, also partnering with premier vendors such as Bluebeam or Panzura. With a broad range of world-class solutions, services, and training, they have been helping clients achieve a competitive advantage since 1982.

For more information, please visit www.asti.com.

Leica iCON gps 120 Launched

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HEERBRUGG, Switzerland, May 6 2024 – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced the launch of Leica iCON gps 120 — a smart antenna designed to further empower construction professionals with scalable and flexible machine control solutions.

The new Leica iCON 120 Machine Smart Antenna is integrated into the existing Leica MC1 solution platform. Thanks to its flexibility, scalability and modularity, it extends the machine control solution offering to more applications and machine types. Construction machines like compaction rollers, which usually require only sub-meter accuracy without heading, can now be equipped with a tailor-made Leica MC1 machine control solution. This allows streamlined operations and consistent workflows between heavy construction equipment that vary in application requirements. Using the Leica MC1 machine control solution enables more accurate and quicker task completion, significantly enhanced fleet efficiency, reduced waste and more environmentally friendly operations.

Unlock your potential with a solution that fits your needs

Construction customers can start with a single GNSS solution using a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) or HxGN SmartNet PPP service. Once they need to advance their systems to higher specifications, they can easily upgrade to an RTK solution with low or high accuracy by adding the communication unit Leica CR50. With a second iCON gps 120 Machine Smart Antenna, customers get a full high-accuracy dual GNSS solution with heading. The iCON gps 120 customizable solutions will suit their requirements, regardless of machine control accuracy or specifications. Moreover, the antennas can be easily switched between Leica MC1 prepared machines, thanks to the easy mounting and dismounting, such as the quick disconnect system.

“Leica Geosystems’ innovative and flexible solutions are robust enablers of digital construction workflows,” says Tommi Kauppinen, vice president, Heavy Construction, Machine Control Field Solutions at Leica Geosystems. “The iCON gps 120 Machine Smart Antenna expands the machine control technology possibilities on the construction site by offering scalable solutions to even more machines and applications.”

The Leica iCON construction portfolio offers a comprehensive range of hardware and software to fit every construction professional’s needs. With the Leica iCON portfolio, Leica Geosystems provides customers with the power of choice: They can select from various digital solutions based on their specific machine and application needs. Whether they require basic functionality or more advanced applications, the Leica iCON portfolio offers matching solutions.

For further information about the Leica iCON gps 120, please visit https://leica-geosystems.com/products/construction-tps-and-gnss/receivers/leica-icon-gps-120

About Leica Geosystems

With more than 200 years of history, Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, is the trusted supplier of premium sensors, software and services. Delivering value every day to professionals in surveying, construction, infrastructure, mining, mapping and other geospatial content-dependent industries, Leica Geosystems leads the industry with innovative solutions to empower our autonomous future.

Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions. They are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.

Hexagon’s Geosystems division provides a comprehensive portfolio of digital solutions that capture, measure, and visualize the physical world and enable data-driven transformation across industry ecosystems.

Hexagon has approximately 24,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.2bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com.

Trimble Q1 Revenue Up 2% to $953M with $57M Profit

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WESTMINSTER, CO, May 6, 2024 – Trimble Inc. announced financial results for the first quarter of 2024. Revenue for the first quarter of 2024 was $953.3M, up 2.2% compared to $932.4M for the fourth quarter of 2023. GAAP net income was $57.2M.

Comparative analysis based on Trimble’s financial results in the last 12 quarters (Result source Trimble website)

Comparative analysis based on Trimble’s financial results in the last 12 quarters (Result source Trimble website)

“We had a strong start to the year, delivering record annualized recurring revenue of $2.03 billion and record first quarter gross margin. And on April 1, we closed our agriculture joint venture with AGCO,” said Rob Painter, Trimble’s president and chief executive officer. “With our new reporting segment and organization structure in place, we have further simplified and focused the company to enable our customers to transform how they work, while creating value for our shareholders.”

A complete chart of the financial results is available here.

About Trimble

Trimble is an industrial technology company transforming the way the world works by delivering solutions that enable their customers to thrive. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics connect the digital and physical worlds to improve productivity, quality, safety, transparency and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble is transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation.

For more information about Trimble, visit www.trimble.com.

Omron Automation Partners with Neura Robotics

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Omron Automation and Neura Robotics GmbH announced their strategic partnership aimed at revolutionizing manufacturing efficiency through advanced AI-driven cognitive automation technologies.

Omron and NEURA Robotics partner to unveil new cognitive robot and seamless integration of automation technologies at Automate 2024

The Omron iCR, derived from NEURA Robotics‘ MAiRA line, leverages integrated sensors and AI technologies to address the needs of industrial customers for flexibility, productivity, and efficiency. These robots boast an optional integrated 3D vision sensor, intuitive user-friendly interface, and NEURA’s advanced safety architecture for improved performance and safety.

The potential of the new robot will be showcased at Automate through a 3D bin-picking demonstration. This demo will provide an insight into how AI-enabled, cognitive automation can enhance and redefine the efficiency and flexibility of manufacturing processes. It will also showcase the impressive integration of Omron‘s all-in-one Sysmac control platform, highlighting its ability to streamline complex operations.

Omron and NEURA Robotics invite all attendees at Automate to engage with their technologies, share insights, and discuss the future potential of automation in their manufacturing environments.

About Omron Automation Americas

Omron Automation Americas is a division of Omron, an industrial automation leader that creates, sells, and services fully integrated automation solutions including sensing, control, safety, vision, motion, robotics, and more. Established in 1933, Omron’s team of more than 30,000 employees helps businesses solve problems with creativity in more than 110 countries around the world.

Learn more at https://automation.omron.com/.

About NEURA Robotics

NEURA Robotics was founded in 2019 by David Reger in Metzingen, southern Germany, with the goal of bridging important innovation gaps in robotics and establishing the age of cognitive robots. Like a smartphone manufacturer, NEURA Robotics combines all components and sensors as well as artificial intelligence in one device and offers partners a platform for the joint development of apps for a wide range of specialist areas. The resulting and steadily growing NEURAverse offers unmatched flexibility and cost efficiency in automation and attracts many international market leaders. NEURA’s cognitive robots can see, hear, and have a sense of touch; they act completely autonomously and learn from experience.

Learn more at https://neura-robotics.com/.

RobotShop Launches Robotics Integration Services

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RobotShop Inc. has announced the launch of its comprehensive Robotics Integration Services, set to transform the landscape of industry automation by providing the next level of robotics solutions, servicing, integration and support.

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As the #1 source for everything robotics, RobotShop has channeled two decades of expertise into crafting a new program designed specifically to meet the evolving needs of industries worldwide. The Robotics Integration Service will be integrated into the RobotShop marketplace, launched in 2020, offering a single doorway for customers seeking comprehensive robotics solutions. This new initiative is designed to cater to businesses across various sectors, providing robotics solutions, servicing, integration and support that ensure customers incorporate robotics easily and effectively into their businesses and operations.

Coleman Benson, a long-term employee, engineer, and robotics expert, will take the reins of this initiative. He started at RobotShop in 2007 and has touched nearly every technical aspect of the company, from technical support to product discovery and design to managing the R&D projects of the Lynxmotion unit.

Understanding the unique needs of different robotics industries, RobotShop’s Robotics Integration Program offers specialized services ranging from guided product selection support to training, installation and servicing. The program aims to equip businesses with sophisticated, yet user-friendly robotic systems that streamline processes and reduce operational costs.

RobotShop is committed to fostering a collaborative environment where global talent can contribute to the advancement of robotics integration. The program is open to potential partners and contract workers worldwide, encouraging a diverse range of perspectives and expertise.

About RobotShop Inc.

RobotShop, the world’s leading source of robotic technology, has been an established industry leader for over 20 years. With a clear purpose of fostering a world full of robots that positively impact our lives, RobotShop embraces the limitless potential of robotics to inspire innovation, solve complex problems, and create novel opportunities for humanity. Serving as your go-to source for everything robotics, RobotShop offers various robot parts, robots and other products in sectors including education, hobbyists, consumer home use, professional, and industrial.

For more information about RobotShop, visit www.robotshop.com.