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Orders received by the German machine tool industry fell by 5 percent in the third quarter of 2025. Domestic orders were down by 15 percent, while export orders decreased slightly by 1 percent.

New orders of metalworking machinery, measured by the U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report published by The Association For Manufacturing Technology (AMT), totaled $493.1 million in September 2025. This was a 7.2% decline from August 2025 but an 11% increase from September 2024.

Intellect, a provider of AI-powered Quality Management System (QMS) software, has announced the acquisition of Zaptic, a UK-based Connected Frontline Worker (CFW) platform that empowers manufacturing and operations teams through AI-enabled workflows.

In an era where electronics manufacturing is under relentless pressure to be faster, more efficient, and faultless, Delvitech is emerging as a notable force in the Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) sector. The Swiss deep-tech company has recently closed a $40 million Series B funding round, a development that highlights both its accelerating growth and the industry’s shift toward data-driven, continuously learning inspection systems.

Pronetiqs, developer of the SID diagnostic software suite, has added IntraVUE, the industry network-visualization solution, to its portfolio. With this acquisition, Pronetiqs extends its diagnostic intelligence from wear and tear to network performance, empowering industrial operators with a unified view of machine health and network behavior within one connected ecosystem.

SiLC Technologies (SiLC) has announced an approximately 30% expansion of its Monrovia, California headquarters, increasing its total facility size to more than 30,000 square feet and securing the option for further expansion. The added space will support advanced manufacturing operations, allowing SiLC to scale production, accelerate innovation, and reinforce its position as a trusted U.S.-based supplier of high-performance vision systems.