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The global operational stock of industrial robots surged 9% to a record 5 million units in 2025. This was driven by an 11% jump in annual installations: Factories worldwide installed more than 600,000 new units over the year.

Exaktera has brought together the expertise of specialty technology innovators under one global brand to create a single-source partner for reliable industrial machine vision components. Exaktera unites niche market leaders including Advanced Illumination, autoVimation, LUMIMAX, ProPhotonix, VisioCablePro and Z-LASER, putting LED lighting, lasers, optical measurement systems and protective camera enclosures in one portfolio.

Renishaw has reported record revenue and a significant improvement in profitability for its financial year ended 30 June 2026, with accelerating demand from semiconductor, aerospace and defence customers helping drive growth across all three of its newly defined business segments.

FARO CREAFORM, a global provider of 3D scanning and portable CMM solutions, has announced a multi-year technology partnership with La Roche-Posay Racing Team, the French team competing in the 38th and 39th America’s Cup campaigns.

Marposs and TITANS of CNC have announced a new partnership, marked by the signing of their agreement at IMTS 2026 in Chicago. The collaboration brings together Marposs’ expertise in precision measurement, monitoring, and process control with TITANS of CNC’s strong presence in manufacturing education and digital media.

Lyte, a physical AI perception company, has announced a $165 million Series C financing led by Maverick Silicon. The round values Lyte at $1.6 billion post-money.

New orders of metalworking machinery, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT), totaled $605.8 million in July 2026.