Perspectives / Industrial AI: moving pilots into plant operations
Manufacturers are connecting AI to maintenance, quality and worker knowledge, while deployment teams address data, evaluation and operational responsibility.
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Perspectives / Pasqal’s commercial expansion: factories, cloud access and the path to revenue
Pasqal’s expansion links manufacturing, cloud access and customer integration, with delivery schedules and production targets shaping the path to revenue.
Perspectives / Siemens Energy’s power-equipment expansion and wind-business recovery
Siemens Energy raised its 2026 outlook as power-equipment orders grew. Factory investments, gas contracts and wind operations trace the group’s development.
Perspectives / Hexagon’s Waygate agreement and its manufacturing inspection portfolio
Hexagon’s planned Waygate purchase would add internal inspection technologies to a portfolio spanning coordinate measurement, portable scanning and production software.
Perspectives / Raspadskaya’s 2026 outlook: coal costs, cash flow and the mining base
Raspadskaya entered 2026 with a cautious market outlook. Its financial history, mine projects and production network set out the operating base behind its cost priorities.
Perspectives / Wabtec’s 2026 outlook: locomotives, acquisitions and a larger digital business
Wabtec entered 2026 with a $27 billion backlog and a broader technology portfolio. Its results, acquisitions and locomotive contracts set out the company’s operating base.
Perspectives / Cordiant’s manufacturing network under a new chief executive
Dmitry Gorbachev takes charge of Cordiant after factory restarts, product expansion and changes in production, research and workforce development.
Perspectives / AkzoNobel and Axalta Plan a Global Coatings Merger
AkzoNobel and Axalta proposed a $25 billion coatings combination. Its terms, financial backdrop and subsequent approval steps define the planned transaction.
Perspectives / Konecranes’ Indian RTG order and its electrified terminal portfolio
An Indian terminal’s 30-crane order sits alongside hybrid RTGs, battery vehicles and retrofit projects in Konecranes’ port equipment portfolio.
Perspectives / Fonterra and Lactalis: the Mainland sale and retained dairy business
Fonterra’s Mainland sale links brand transfers, farmer votes and capital returns with long-term supply agreements and investment in retained dairy operations.
Perspectives / VusionGroup and Walmart: share warrants, connected shelves and the rollout behind the figures
VusionGroup’s Walmart partnership connects store installations, software and share warrants. Dated milestones explain the rollout, financing and contract accounting.
Perspectives / Xerox and Lexmark: acquisition, integration and a broader technology portfolio
Xerox completed its $1.5 billion Lexmark acquisition in July 2025, expanding its print portfolio and setting integration targets for the combined business.
Perspectives / FLSmidth’s cement sale and the transition to mining technology and services
FLSmidth’s cement sale reshaped its portfolio. The agreement, mining investments and subsequent results trace the company’s transition to a focused supplier.
Perspectives / Inarctica builds its domestic smolt supply chain
Domestic hatcheries, marine transport and feed investment connect Inarctica’s juvenile production with its Barents Sea fish farms.
Perspectives / NTT DATA take-private: ownership, investment and global services
NTT consolidates NTT DATA ownership as its global services business combines data centres, enterprise AI, infrastructure services and workforce development.
Perspectives / Apatit’s Khibiny resource base: investment, mining and ore research
Apatit’s resource programme combines mine development, equipment investment and ore research, with dated milestones and longer-term capacity targets.
Perspectives / EVE Energy in Malaysia: factory phases, research and storage
EVE Energy’s Malaysian expansion links cylindrical-cell production with a storage-battery base, university research and local energy projects.
Perspectives / Nokia and Infinera: the acquisition and its optical-network roadmap
Nokia won unconditional EU approval for its Infinera acquisition, targeting greater optical-networking scale and more sales to major data-centre customers.
Perspectives / Sika’s construction-chemicals network: results, factories and acquisitions
Sika’s financial results and manufacturing investments span concrete admixtures, mortars, flooring and refurbishment, alongside acquisitions across regional markets.
Perspectives / Emerson’s automation portfolio: AspenTech, instruments and test systems
Emerson’s AspenTech buyout sits alongside additions in industrial measurement, factory automation and NI testing, with software updates spanning plants and labs.
Perspectives / DSV and Schenker: financing a larger logistics network
DSV’s Schenker acquisition combines logistics networks through financing, approvals and a phased integration.
Perspectives / Panasonic’s Wakayama 4680 programme: production readiness and customer alignment
Panasonic’s Wakayama programme connects 4680 preparations with customer alignment and development research.
Perspectives / Nemetschek and GoCanvas: the deal and the construction software transition
Nemetschek’s GoCanvas acquisition added mobile field software to its construction portfolio as Bluebeam moved to subscriptions and connected office and site workflows.
Perspectives / Novelis postpones its IPO amid a major rolling and recycling investment program
Novelis paused a planned sale of Hindalco-held shares as its global aluminum business expanded customer contracts and invested in rolling and recycling.
Perspectives / RusHydro’s generation and grid investment program: plants, equipment and construction
RusHydro’s investment program combines small hydropower stations, Far Eastern thermal projects, transmission lines and replacement equipment at existing plants.
Perspectives / Prysmian’s US cable network: Encore Wire, factory investment and connectivity
Prysmian’s Encore Wire acquisition added a Texas manufacturing campus to a US network spanning power cables, overhead conductors and fibre-optic connectivity.
Perspectives / GE’s three-way separation: aerospace, energy and healthcare take independent paths
GE completed its three-way separation in April 2024. The spin-offs, factory investment and healthcare acquisitions trace the independent businesses’ development.
Perspectives / Keysight’s Spirent acquisition: offers, review and testing businesses
Keysight’s Spirent offer led to a prolonged review and a split of testing businesses. Dated results and later positioning work trace the transaction and its scope.
Perspectives / Carrier’s Viessmann acquisition and the reshaping of its portfolio
Carrier acquired Viessmann Climate Solutions as commercial HVAC demand grew. Financing, four business exits and later results trace the company’s portfolio transition.
Perspectives / Embraer’s delivery recovery: aircraft mix, orders and supply constraints
Embraer increased aircraft deliveries in 2023 while missing its commercial and executive targets. Dated production, order and financial disclosures trace the recovery.
Perspectives / Synopsys and Ansys: deal terms, remedies and engineering tools
Synopsys agreed to buy Ansys in a cash-and-stock transaction, bringing semiconductor design together with engineering simulation and analysis software.
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