North American companies ordered 8,940 robots valued at $622 million in the second quarter of 2026, according to new data released by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). Compared to the second quarter of 2025, this represents a 4.3% increase in units ordered and a 21.3% increase in revenue.
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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 $672.7 million in June 2026.
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Onto Innovation has announced the successful closing of its previously announced acquisition of a 27% minority equity stake in Rigaku Holdings Corporation from Atom Investment, L.P., an affiliate of Carlyle, for approximately US$720 million.
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Callista Private Equity GmbH has announced the acquisition of Industrial Metrology Solutions LLC (ZeroTouch) from the Sandvik Group by Callista Asset Management 35 GmbH.
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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation have entered into a definitive agreement on a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the automation and advancement of manufacturing equipment and manual operations in the manufacturing industry.
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HBK has announce that it has signed an agreement with Astor Place Holdings to acquire Sentech, a USA based premium sensor business.
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Verisurf Software, Inc., a leading provider of Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) quality control, celebrates its first anniversary as a member of Sandvik. Since joining Sandvik in June 2025, Verisurf has expanded its innovation roadmap, strengthened its global reach, and accelerated the delivery of advanced digital manufacturing and quality assurance technologies.
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As digital transformation accelerates across manufacturing, the conversation is shifting beyond simply capturing measurement data to ensuring that information flows seamlessly across the entire product lifecycle. Metrology is becoming an increasingly connected discipline
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Meshy, a company building foundation models for AI-powered 3D generation, has announced it has raised nearly $400 million in a Series B round at a $1.5 billion valuation. It is the largest funding round to date for a company built specifically for AI 3D.
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A landmark investment to build next-generation industrial and manufacturing capabilities for future aerospace production has officially opened at the UK’s University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).
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