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Siemens completes $10B Altair acquisition to boost industrial AI capabilities

Siemens has completed its acquisition of Altair Engineering Inc. “Adding Altair’s groundbreaking innovations to the Siemens Xcelerator platform will create the world’s most complete AI-powered design, engineering, and simulation portfolio,” said Siemens AG president & CEO Roland Busch.


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Mika Niemi and Antti Koivisto join Beamex to drive operations and sales

Calibration solutions provider Beamex Inc. has welcomed Mika Niemi and Antti Koivisto to its leadership team as operations director and senior vice-president of sales, respectively.


Firefly partners with Honeybee to deliver mobility for NASA’s Gruithuisen Dome Mission

Firefly Aerospace has contracted Blue Origin’s Honeybee Robotics to provide the lunar rover for the company’s recently awarded NASA task order to explore the Gruithuisen Domes in 2028—an area of the Moon that has never been explored, according to Firefly.


Lockheed Martin taps Google GenAI to accelerate engineering design and decision-making

Lockheed Martin and Google Public Sector announced their intent to integrate Google’s generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into its AI Factory ecosystem. Lockheed’s AI Factory leverages both open-source and proprietary AI models to provide traceability, reliability, and monitoring.


 
 
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SPIROL 2024 aluminum press-in inserts complement existing brass line

Complementing the existing brass line, SPIROL introduced a range of 2024 aluminum press-in inserts for reinforcing plastic components and providing a reusable thread within a bolted assembly. » Read more

Iconics Genesis v.11 SCADA automation and digitalization software

Iconics says its Genesis platform (v.11) supports industrial automation and digital transformation with unlimited licensing and scalability to handle any system size. » Read more

Endress+Hauser’s Dosimag, Dosimass offer IO-Link version for digitalizing filling applications

Endress+Hauser’s next generation of Dosimag and Dosimass—flowmeters for filling applications—can now be ordered with IO-Link connectivity. This new lineup promises high precision and repeatability, and short filling cycles. » Read more

Littelfuse C&K Switches PTS845 side-actuated tactile switches

Littelfuse C&K Switches’ PTS845 Series side-actuated tactile switch offers a compact footprint and versatile design options, helping engineers to free up PCB space, add functionality, or reduce the overall size of their designs. » Read more

 
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