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.
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Hexagon has announced an expanded integration with GelSight, building on the companies’ global partnership first announced in 2024. The new workflow connects the Hexagon Absolute Arm, GelSight Mobile Series 2 and VGMETROLOGY Essential software, giving manufacturers a single environment to capture, align and analyze dimensional and high-resolution surface inspection data.
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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.
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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 $605.8 million in July 2026.
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Hexagon has acquired the remaining 49 per cent of Wuhan ZG Automation Technology Co., Ltd (ZG Technology), bringing its ownership of the Wuhan-, China based 3D scanning specialist to 100 per cent.
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Manufacturers looking to understand where artificial intelligence is headed and how to put it to work can hear directly from some of the world’s leading technology companies at IMTS 2026 – The International Manufacturing Technology Show, Sept. 14-19 at McCormick Place in Chicago. IMTS+ Main Stage presentations from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Microsoft, and Siemens will discuss industrial AI from multiple perspectives, as well as share success stories in manufacturing applications.
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Industrial Physics, the global packaging, material, and coating test and measurement group backed by KKR-affiliated investment funds, has announced the acquisition of Vitrek, a US-based provider of electronic test and precision measurement equipment, from the Branford Castle Fund, LP, which is managed by Branford Castle Partners, LP.
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With the IMTS 2026 in Chicago and AMB 2026 in Stuttgart exhibitions fast approaching, the manufacturing world is preparing to showcase many of the technologies that are shaping the next generation of metrology and production. Visitors to both exhibitions will see the latest trends, we have been following in Metrology News, moving from concept to practical industrial application — including AI-assisted inspection, advanced robotics, machine vision, inline measurement, digital manufacturing, advanced scanning and increasingly autonomous inspection systems.
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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated and Varex Imaging Corporation have jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Teledyne will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Varex. The aggregate value for the transaction is approximately $1.1 billion, taking into account Varex’s equity awards and net debt as of April 3, 2026.
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Shelfmark, a Physical AI company providing production intelligence for continuous-flow manufacturing, has announced a $3.5 million seed round to bring greater autonomy to one of manufacturing’s most overlooked environments: the fast-moving lines that produce materials on reels, rolls and continuous webs.
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