BYK-Gardner USA, partner of the automotive, paint and plastic industries for quality control of color, appearance and physical properties, has introduced the new color2check, a portable spectrophotometer that offers a simple and affordable start to color quality control.
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Sonibel Instruments, a Canadian AI manufacturing startup focused on real-time weld quality control, has announced the successful close of a $1.6 million oversubscribed pre-seed funding round. The investment was led by Maple VC, with participation from Champion Hill Ventures, Dorm Room Fund, and a group of strategic angel investors.
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New orders of metalworking machinery, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT), totaled $488.9 million in February 2026.
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Frontline workers remain central to production, inspection, and maintenance operations in manufacturing and industrial environments. Despite widespread digital transformation across engineering and design functions, many frontline processes still depend on paper-based instructions, fragmented data sources, and manual workflows.
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Researchers from Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab, the Technical University of Darmstadt, and ETH Zurich have introduced a novel framework that brings large language models (LLMs) into direct collaboration with the Robot Operating System (ROS). This development marks a significant step toward more intuitive, flexible, and intelligent robotic systems capable of understanding and executing natural language instructions in real-world environments.
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SiLC Technologies (SiLC) has announced the launch of Eyeonic Trace Ultra, the next generation of its Laser Line Scanner product family with 3x better accuracy.
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For the new generation of the Cayenne, Porsche is using high-voltage batteries developed and manufactured entirely in-house. In doing so, the sports car manufacturer is continuing to expand its own battery expertise in a focused manner and deepening its technological expertise in the field of electromobility while also laying the foundation for maximum performance, efficiency and quality – made in Europe.
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Transcat, Inc. has announced the acquisition of SCM Metrology and Laboratories S.A., marking a significant step in its international growth strategy. The transaction establishes Transcat’s first operational presence in Latin America.
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Hexagon AB has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Waygate Technologies, a leading provider of non-destructive testing solutions, from Baker Hughes. Waygate Technologies serves customers across aerospace, automotive, energy, and industrial manufacturing sectors globally, and brings with it a portfolio of market-leading inspection technologies that integrate naturally with Hexagon’s existing precision measurement hardware, CT analysis and visualisation software, and production quality and data management platforms.
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The recent introduction of the VISIUS multi-sensor coordinate measuring machine (CMM) by Hexagon addresses critical challenges facing European manufacturers. Designed to support high-mix, high-volume production environments, VISIUS combines precision, versatility, and ease of use in a single, affordable metrology system anyone can use.
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