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Hexagon Launches ESPRIT EDGE 2025.2 AI-Powered CAM for CNC Machine Tool Programming Featuring Advancements in Swiss Machining, AI

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Hexagon Launches ESPRIT EDGE 2025.2 AI-Powered CAM for CNC Machine Tool Programming Featuring Advancements in Swiss Machining, AI

LAS VEGAS, NV, USA, Jun 19, 2025 – Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Division today announces a major release of ESPRIT EDGE, its industry-leading computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software, addressing productivity and skills challenges with extensive user-friendly swiss machining support and the first AI services powered by Hexagon’s cloud based Nexus platform.

This new release introduces ground-breaking advancements in Swiss machining and artificial intelligence (AI), empowering manufacturers to overcome programming complexity and address the widening skills gap, enhance productivity and streamline operations to meet the evolving needs of modern, high precision production environments. 

Democratising Swiss Machining Functionality 

For the first time, ESPRIT EDGE introduces Swiss machining functionality, enabling safe, efficient and simplified programming for complex machines such as CITIZEN L-series and STAR SR-Series. An intelligent digital twin acts as a precise virtual model of the machine, enabling advanced features like superimposition, composite axis control, and automatic prepositioning to optimise performance and ensure collision-free operations. 

With tools for configuring collets, guide bushings, and tool mounting blocks, ESPRIT EGDE reduces user expertise requirements whilst making set-up faster and more consistent. Features such as automatic synchronisation, adaptive cycles and tilted plane rotation simplify programming for multi-channel operations, minimising manual coding and errors.  

Real-time simulation ensures safe and highly accurate, optimised machining, while high-quality, OEM-tailored G-code eliminates post-processor customisation.

These advanced and extremely versatile capabilities mean ESPRIT EDGE successfully addresses the challenges of Swiss machining, including complex kinematics, limited CAM support, and the imposition of steep learning curves for machinists, making it easier for shops to adopt high-precision technology. 

AI-Powered Automation Tools

Leveraging AI to transform CAM programming with two innovative tools, ESPRIT EDGE empowers manufacturers to automate repetitive tasks, reduce errors, and improve overall efficiency, enabling faster time-to-market for their products. 

Firstly, Hexagon Copilot, an AI-driven virtual assistant, provides 24/7 support for CAM programmers of all skill levels. With natural language processing, it offers tailored responses, expert guidance, and seamless integration into the software’s interface.

Secondly, ProPlanAI streamlines process planning and accelerates production. It is a self-learning automation tool that uses historical machining data to predict and optimise processes for new parts, minimising manual intervention.

Overcoming The Skills Gap with AI and Knowledge Capture 

With the skills gap impacting the manufacturing industry on a global scale, ESPRIT EDGE utilises AI-driven solutions to bridge this gap, making CAM programming accessible to users of all experience levels. 

With the focus on knowledge retention and sharing, Hexagon Copilot and ProPlanAI fully leverage institutional insight and experience, ensuring expertise remains within the organisation even as experienced employees retire or leave. 

Using these capabilities, new programmers quickly become productive by relying on intuitive AI tools, reducing the training time and resources they need to become proficient. These innovations enable manufacturers to standardise processes, reduce workflow disruptions, and maintain consistent quality across their operations. 

“With the release of ESPRIT EDGE 2025, we’re reaffirming Hexagon’s commitment to driving innovation in manufacturing,” said Chuck Mathews, General Manager Production Software at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. “By combining advanced Swiss machining capabilities with cutting-edge AI technologies, this latest version empowers manufacturers to overcome today’s challenges – from the scarcity of skilled machine operators to the intense demand for greater productivity. It’s all-in-one revolution in CAM programming, Swiss-type machining and AI automation will help manufactures stay competitive, agile and achieve new levels of efficiency.” 

ESPRIT 2000 and ESPRIT EDGE customers can upgrade to ESPRIT EDGE 2025.2 to access the latest desktop software capabilities and access ProPlanAI via Nexus. For more information, please visit https://hexagon.com/products/esprit-edge or contact your local Hexagon sales representative.

About Hexagon

Hexagon is the global leader in precision technologies at any scale. Our digital twins, robotics and AI solutions are transforming the industries that shape our reality. 

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 24,800 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.4bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

Hexagon Launches Autonomous Metrology Suite to Simplify Metrology Programming, Reporting, Monitoring

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Hexagon Launches Autonomous Metrology Suite to Simplify Metrology Programming, Reporting, Monitoring

LAS VEGAS, NV, USA, Jun 19, 2025 – Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has announced the launch of Autonomous Metrology Suite, software developed on its cloud-based Nexus platform that is designed to transform quality control across manufacturing industries worldwide. By removing all coding from coordinate measuring machine (CMM) workflows, it helps manufacturers speed up critical R&D and manufacturing processes as experienced metrologists become harder to find.

Manufacturers across automotive, aerospace and general engineering report the same pressures: shorter product lifecycles and frequent design revisions have increased the need for high-accuracy measurement, but there are fewer skilled CMM programmers and quality data is scattered and underutilised. These issues slow new-part introduction and make it difficult to repeat good results shift after shift.

Hexagon’s Autonomous Metrology Suite tackles the problem head-on. A digital twin of every connected CMM synchronises seamlessly with its physical counterpart, so the correct inspection programme always reaches the right machine, helping to eliminate possible human error. All quality, utilisation and environmental information flows straight to a cloud dashboard, creating a continuous digital thread supporting data-driven decisions on the shop floor.

All applications in the suite share a consistent modern and intuitive web interface that guides both new and expert users through the process, helping to democratise the creation of CMM programmes and reduce the level of skills required to interact with the solution. Depending on complexity, programming could be reduced from days to hours, following which the programme deployment to one or more CMMs, execution and reporting can be fully automated from a single interface.

These efficiency gains are driven by a set of tightly integrated applications built on Hexagon’s Nexus platform, automating and streamlining the entire metrology workflow. Metrology Mentor guarantees consistent inspection methods from plant to plant, eliminating a risk that two operators measure the same part in different ways. The suite enables Hexagon’s existing Global S, Tigo and MAESTRO CMMs to join the same digital workflow, meaning existing investments continue to pay dividends, with support planned for 3rd party hardware.

  • The Metrology Mentor app automatically generates ISO- and ASME-compliant inspection programmes directly from CAD. By standardising measurement techniques through the Metrology Mentor application, the platform ensures that regardless of operator skill level, measurement programmes consistently adhere to geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) standards.
  • Metrology Reporting consolidates data from Hexagon and third-party dimensional metrology and tomography systems, providing live batch quality analytics, statistical insight and full part histories with an accessible and high productivity web-based user interface.
  • Finally, Metrology Asset Manager keeps watch over calibration status, machine operation and errors and environmental factors such as temperature, humidity and vibration, ensuring machines stay healthy and measurements remain trustworthy. It also delivers utilisation data to help users understand and improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)

Because every app shares the same intuitive interface, users can drag and drop files, follow on-screen prompts and see updates propagate instantly across the suite. The intuitive design of the shared user interface means that if users learn how to use one app, they can more easily learn how to use the whole suite.

Gary Peacock, General Manager Metrology Software at Hexagon, said: “Autonomous Metrology Suite addresses skills shortages by revolutionising measurement programming with a no-code environment and user experiences that dramatically reduce operator training time.

“With more pressure on experienced metrologists, Autonomous Metrology Suite amplifies their efforts by automating processes from programming to multiple CMM execution and reporting, removing quality control bottlenecks with consistent measurements.”

Paragon Medical, an early adopter of the technology, has been instrumental in validating the suite’s capabilities. The manufacturer started its continuous improvement journey addressing OEE visibility with Metrology Asset Manager, democratised quality data with Metrology Reporting, and is now rolling out a standardised inspection processes while accelerating new staff onboarding with Metrology Mentor.

Jeff Livingston, Senior Quality Manager, Paragon Medical, said, “Like many manufacturers, we’re under growing pressure to speed up production while managing scattered data and a shortage of skilled CMM programmers. Manual monitoring across our 17 CMMs created bottlenecks, inconsistent measurement strategies and operator training challenges. Now, with the Autonomous Metrology Suite tying it all together through a single intuitive interface, we see a clear path to unified quality and manufacturing. What used to take hours or days is done in minutes, and the impact is amplified across throughput, training and team communication.”

The Autonomous Metrology Suite is available to pilot customers in June, with full commercial availability this year that includes on-premise software to synchronise programmes, CMM digital twins and reports with Nexus, and execute CMM programmes without the explicit requirement for metrology software as PC-DMIS. Future suite developments will further simply the rapid acquisition, analysis and application of metrology data within manufacturing processes utilising the Nexus platform’s open connectivity, automation and collaboration capabilities.

Manufacturers interested in revolutionising their quality control processes are encouraged to contact their regional Hexagon representative for more information.

About Hexagon

Hexagon is the global leader in precision technologies at any scale. Our digital twins, robotics and AI solutions are transforming the industries that shape our reality.   

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 24,800 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.4bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.   

MagiCAD 2026 Released

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MagiCAD 2026 Released

TURKU, Finland, Jun 18, 2025 – MagiCAD is pleased to announce the availability of MagiCAD 2026. The new version brings another set of new and improved features for MEP designers. Fully integrated into Revit, AutoCAD, and BricsCAD, MagiCAD helps MEP designers produce quality work faster and more efficiently. The latest version of our design software is focused on delivering you smart and effective tools that address the real challenges of MEP design.

MagiCAD 2026 new features

The new version brings another set of new and improved features for every design discipline. To know more about the new features, click the following links:

Note for permanent license users

While MagiCAD 2026 license deliveries are underway, you may experience a short interruption in returning and reactivating permanent MagiCAD licenses between the time your new license has been created and taken into use. If you return your existing license during this time, it cannot be reactivated and you need to activate the new MagiCAD 2026 license. Please take this into account while you are expecting your MagiCAD 2026 license.

MagiCAD license keys are backwards compatible, so we recommend that you always use the latest license key even if you haven’t updated the software.

About MagiCAD

MagiCAD enables MEP design using Europe’s largest product model database, featuring over 1,000,000 actual products and product variants from 300 leading manufacturers across the world. Each model within the database comes complete with accurate dimensions and comprehensive technical data. MagiCAD offers localization for different country-specific standards, and it is used by contractors and designers in projects in over 80 countries across the world. For more information, visit https://www.magicad.com.

Nemetschek, Iowa State University Collaborate to Offer dTwin Technology for Innovative Housing Project

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Nemetschek, Iowa State University Collaborate to Offer dTwin Technology for Innovative Housing Project

MUNICH, Germany and AMES, IA, USA, Jun 17, 2025 – The Nemetschek Group, a leading global provider of software solutions for the AEC/O (architecture, engineering, construction, and operations) and media industries, announced its partnership with Iowa State University’s Iowa Innovative Housing Project (also known as the 3D Affordable Innovative Technologies Housing Project). The project aims to address the shortage of affordable housing in Iowa by utilizing 3D construction printing and other innovative approaches to lower construction risks, reduce material usage and waste, and ultimately deliver cost-effective, resilient, and sustainable housing options.

In the current pilot phase, the university is utilizing Nemetschek’s innovative dTwin solution to create a dynamic and interactive build environment using digital twins of each planned structure, with dashboard visualizations for monitoring and data analysis. The project’s use of dTwin will progress with the construction of a 3D-printed shed incorporating live sensors that will provide real-time data about air quality and energy consumption.

More Efficient Construction with Digital Twin Technology

From planning through construction to the operation of a building, enormous amounts of data are created by multiple stakeholders in different isolated systems. This results in major inefficiencies as well as error-prone decisions. The use of a digital twin, a digital replica of a physical asset, allows designers, engineers, and builders to see every aspect of a building. Before work begins, they can test various changes in the design through analysis, simulations, and optimizations. Once a structure is built, the virtual replica is continuously fed with real-time information from the physical object, reflecting its current state, thus bridging the gap between Design, Construction, and Operations. Unlike other solutions, dTwin is an open platform fusing various data sources that complement each other without dictating to the user any special kind of format.

“Nemetschek’s dTwin solution has changed how we approach every new home in this project. We’re able to visualize every aspect of a planned structure in one seamless view. We can monitor air quality and energy consumption and compare this with buildings constructed traditionally, giving us incredibly valuable insights. We hope to use the dTwin platform extensively across every stage — design, construction, and property management — as we work to solve rural housing issues in an affordable and sustainable way,” says Pete Evans, assistant professor of industrial design at Iowa State.

The state of Iowa is facing challenges regarding housing affordability. For every 100 low-income renter households, there are 85 units available that are affordable to them. The median household income in the state is $37,573 per year whereas the median rent in the state is $689 per month. Currently, the state is short over 13,147 low-income housing units[1].

“Put simply, the usage of dTwin allows for more efficient construction and operation. By fusing all data sources of a building in one overarching view, decision makers can efficiently track, filter, and query all relevant information and derive purpose-tailored insights. Opportunities and challenges are seen in the digital twin of a build before they can manifest in the real world,” said Dr Jimmy Abualdenien, Head of Digital Twin Product at Nemetschek Group. “The team at Iowa State has a true vision to help ease the housing crisis, and we are proud to be a part of such an important project.”

[1] https://www.builderspatch.com/housingcount/us-states/iowa.

About Nemetschek Group

The Nemetschek Group is a globally leading software provider for digital transformation in the AEC/O and media industries. Its intelligent solutions support the entire lifecycle of construction and infrastructure projects and enable creatives to design visualizations, films, and games. Customers benefit from efficient, sustainable workflows. Nemetschek pioneers technologies like AI, digital twins, and OPEN BIM to increase productivity and sustainability. Founded by Professor Georg Nemetschek in 1963, the Group has over 4,000 employees and serves 7+ million users. Listed in MDAX and TecDAX since 1999, it generated EUR 995.6 million in revenue and EUR 301.0 million EBITDA in 2024.

For more information, visit www.nemetschek.com.

NVIDIA to Build World’s First Industrial AI Cloud for European Manufacturers

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NVIDIA to Build World’s First Industrial AI Cloud for European Manufacturers

NVIDIA GTC Paris at VivaTech, PARIS, France, Jun 18, 2025 — NVIDIA announced it is building the world’s first industrial AI cloud for European manufacturers. This Germany-based AI factory will feature 10,000 GPUs, including through NVIDIA DGX B200 systems and NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers, and enable Europe’s industrial leaders to accelerate every manufacturing application, from design, engineering and simulation to factory digital twins and robotics.

In addition, NVIDIA announced that European manufacturers including BMW Group, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz and Schaeffler are transforming their end-to-end product lifecycles — from simulated product design and factory planning to AI-driven operations and logistics — by running NVIDIA-accelerated applications from software leaders such as Ansys, Cadence and Siemens.

“In the era of AI, every manufacturer needs two factories: one for making things, and one for creating the intelligence that powers them,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “By building Europe’s first industrial AI infrastructure, we’re enabling the region’s leading industrial companies to advance simulation-first, AI-driven manufacturing.”

Building Europe’s First Industrial AI Cloud for Manufacturers

NVIDIA is helping build an AI factory in Germany that will support industrial AI workloads for European manufacturers. The industrial AI factory will feature 10,000 GPUs, including through NVIDIA DGX B200 systems and NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers, and run NVIDIA CUDA-X™ libraries, NVIDIA RTX™ and NVIDIA Omniverse™-accelerated workloads from leading software providers such as Siemens, Ansys, Cadence and Rescale.

The AI factory will be built following the framework highlighted in the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for AI factory design and operations. As part of this blueprint, Cadence’s Reality Digital Twin Platform will be used to simulate and optimize the entire AI factory in a physically accurate virtual environment, enabling the engineering teams to build a smarter, more reliable facility.

This investment will serve as a launchpad to accelerate AI development and adoption for European manufacturers in anticipation of AI gigafactories.

Industrial Software Leaders Accelerate Products With NVIDIA Technologies

Also announced at GTC Paris, leading independent software vendors such as Ansys, Cadence and Siemens are accelerating their product portfolios using NVIDIA AI-physics technologies, NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries, NVIDIA Grace Blackwell systems and the NVIDIA Omniverse platform.

Siemens and NVIDIA announced an expansion of their partnership to accelerate the next era of industrial AI and digitalization and enable the factory of the future. The combination of Siemens’ software and industrial automation leadership with NVIDIA’s cutting-edge AI and accelerated computing is empowering organizations across sectors to optimize performance, boost productivity and meet sustainability goals through digitalization. Maserati is tapping into Siemens solutions powered by Omniverse application programming interfaces to interactively visualize airflow over car bodies and improve its manufacturing process.

Ansys announced it is integrating Omniverse into Ansys Fluent, a high-fidelity fluid simulation software, and into Ansys AVxcelerate Sensors to improve scene building and visualization for autonomous vehicle simulations. Volvo Cars ran Ansys Fluent on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, accelerating fluid simulations by 2.5x for its EX90 electric vehicle. Using just eight NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, Ansys accelerated solver speed by 2.5x compared with running the same simulation on 2,016 CPU cores and cost-equivalent hardware. Leonardo is also using Ansys Fluent on NVIDIA GPUs to accelerate designs and simulations on a range of its civil helicopters and the tiltrotors.

Cadence recently announced that it is transforming AI-accelerated simulation for multiple markets, including industrial AI, with its new Cadence Millennium M2000 Supercomputer. Millennium is combined with industry-leading design software from Cadence and NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries with the NVIDIA Blackwell platform, including NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems, to accelerate silicon, system and drug design. Toulouse, France-based Ascendance is using Cadence Fidelity computational fluid dynamics software and NVIDIA GPUs to design the future of aviation, achieving a 20x reduction in simulation runtimes.

European Leaders Reinvent Manufacturing From End to End

Schaeffler is using AI factories and adopting NVIDIA’s physical AI stack for digital factory planning, training humanlike robotic skills and scaling AI-powered automation across its 100+ manufacturing plants. By tapping into the Omniverse ecosystem using applications from Siemens, Schaeffler is creating digital twins of its facilities to enable efficient, resilient and safe production across the entire value chain.

Schaeffler also works with partners such as Microsoft Azure Industrial Cloud and Wandelbots, using the latter’s NOVA platform, which supports optimized simulation, integration and maintenance of robotic solutions, to integrate the Mega NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint. Initial use cases are already progressing toward series maturity, with a goal to accelerate deployment by reducing integration costs.

BMW Group is building digital twins of its production facilities, including through the use of NVIDIA Omniverse libraries. These plant-scale digital twins let BMW global production planning teams collaborate in real time, optimize the layout and design of complex manufacturing systems, and develop autonomous robot and vision AI applications prior to real-world deployment.

BMW and Siemens are also accelerating the simulation of vehicle aerodynamics while reducing energy consumption and costs. Tests on NVIDIA Grace Blackwell and CUDA-X-accelerated Simcenter Star-CCM+ software have shown a speedup of 30x for transient aerodynamics simulations of entire vehicle geometries.

Mercedes-Benz is using Omniverse to design and optimize factory assembly lines virtually, reducing downtime and improving efficiency across its factories worldwide.

Watch the NVIDIA GTC Paris keynote from Huang at VivaTech and explore GTC Paris sessions.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the world leader in accelerated computing.

Université de Moncton, Dassault Collaborate on New Project to Solve Urban Development Challenges in Canada with Virtual Twins

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Université de Moncton, Dassault Collaborate on New Project to Solve Urban Development Challenges in Canada with Virtual Twins

VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, Jun 18, 2025 — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA) and the Université de Moncton, Canada’s largest French-language university outside Québec, today announced the launch of a new project aimed to solve housing, urban densification and ecological conservation challenges in the southeastern region of New Brunswick, Canada. The partnership was signed at VivaTech 2025 in Paris.

The six-month project will develop collaborative virtual environments to model, analyze and plan sustainable urban development in the cities of Dieppe and Moncton – two of Canada’s fastest growing metropolitan areas in the last 20 years – all while establishing a protected wildlife corridor in the southeastern part of New Brunswick.

In addition to the Université de Moncton and Dassault Systèmes, the project brings together several Canadian partners: the cities of Dieppe and Moncton, the Southeast Regional Service Commission, Collège Communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick, and the New Brunswick-based businesses Black Arcs and Remsoft.

Dassault Systèmes will use its 3DEXPERIENCE platform to create, maintain and analyze a virtual twin of a zone in New Brunswick measuring approximately 386 miles² (1,000 km²). This virtual twin is enriched with territorial data on buildings, zoning, mobility, biodiversity and more, provided by the partners.

Stakeholders will use this virtual twin to share information, test and evaluate different planning scenarios, evaluate the impacts of urban densification, and make informed decisions to optimize housing planning and preserve ecological corridors that are essential to the region’s environmental wellbeing.

“Our partnership will enable the Université de Moncton to benefit from a large-scale territory virtual twin that is delivered quickly through a managed solution that reduces costs and risks. Local stakeholders will be able to simulate what-if scenarios, evaluate options and take informed decisions – all on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform – to solve complex real-life challenges and optimize quality of life in the region of New Brunswick,” said Josephine Ong, Vice President, Cities and Public Services Industry, Dassault Systèmes.

“This partnership with Dassault Systèmes positions the Université de Moncton at the forefront of digital innovation applied to urban and environmental issues. We are proud to put our expertise at the service of a project with strong regional and international impact,” said Francis LeBlanc, associate vice-rector for research and dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Université de Moncton.

This collaboration was made possible thanks to the support of Opportunities New Brunswick (ONB), which played a key role in fostering the connection between Dassault Systèmes and the Université de Moncton.

“New Brunswick is truly a hub of innovation and collaboration. This partnership demonstrates the strength of the connections between research, industry, and regional development. Together, we are creating solutions that have a real local impact and significant global potential,” said Luke Randall, minister responsible for Opportunities New Brunswick.

This project represents an important step forward for urban development in New Brunswick. By combining Dassault Systèmes’ technology with local expertise, it will help plan city growth more effectively while protecting the environment. The approach could also serve as a model for other regions in Canada and beyond.

About Université de Moncton

Founded in 1963 in New Brunswick, the Université de Moncton is the largest French-language university in Canada outside Quebec, with three campuses in Edmundston, Moncton and Shippagan. Its mission is to transmit knowledge, advance research and contribute to the development of its community, by training committed, creative people who are open to the world. The Université de Moncton also plays an important role in the development of the Acadian and francophone community, regionally, nationally and internationally. For more information, visit www.umoncton.ca.

About Opportunities New Brunswick

Opportunities New Brunswick is a Crown corporation and the lead economic development agency for the Government of New Brunswick, Canada. It seeks to attract and support opportunities to stimulate the economy and create jobs by providing support services for businesses. For more information, visit: www.onbcanada.ca.

About Dassault Systèmes

Dassault Systèmes is a catalyst for human progress. Since 1981, the company has pioneered virtual worlds to improve real life for consumers, patients and citizens. With Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform, 370,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, can collaborate, imagine and create sustainable innovations that drive meaningful impact. For more information, visit www.3ds.com.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure to Open Data Center Hub in Madrid, Spain

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Siemens Smart Infrastructure to Open Data Center Hub in Madrid, Spain

ZUG, Switzerland, Jun 18, 2025 – Siemens Smart Infrastructure is to open a data center technology hub in the Iberian region, strengthening its commitment to the development of sustainable, resilient, and efficient digital infrastructure. This development reinforces Spain’s role as a strategic digital gateway to southern Europe, amid strong sector growth. Siemens will establish a data center hub in Madrid, Spain with a support team in Aragon, to serve customers across Spain and Portugal and reinforce digital infrastructure in the region

The move comes amid an unprecedented expansion of the Spanish data center market, which is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of over 20%. Morgan Stanley estimates that the number of data centers in Europe will increase fivefold over the next decade, with Spain emerging as a key destination. Thanks to its strategic location, strong connectivity, and abundant renewable energy resources, Spain is an attractive alternative, able to offer much-needed capacity relief for overwhelmed traditional (FLAP-D) markets. In its latest Report on the State of the Data Center Sector 2024, Spain DC forecasts that Spain could attract up to €13 billion in investment over the coming years, even in its most conservative scenario. 

“The exponential growth of the cloud and AI workloads presents a significant business opportunity but also challenges, and we are committed to helping our customers streamline their operations, execute projects efficiently, and minimize costs, all while achieving their sustainability and availability goals,” said Ciaran Flanagan, Global Head of Data Center Solutions at Siemens. “The launch of this hub in Madrid marks a key milestone on this journey.”

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global data center energy consumption reached 415 TWh in 2024 and is projected to more than double to 945 TWh by 2030. Siemens’ new Iberian hub will support this rapidly evolving sector with innovative solutions to optimize efficiency and reduce resource consumption. By combining the real and digital worlds with its design and simulation technologies, Siemens enables the sustainable transformation of data center infrastructure, creating customized solutions that meet customers’ specific needs.

Building on the successful launch of its Nordic data center hub, Siemens’ expansion to Madrid now reinforces its commitment to supporting Iberia’s goal of establishing itself as a leading digital hub in southern Europe. The move will drive regional economic growth, create skilled jobs, and advance the development of digital infrastructure aligned with the objectives of the European Green Deal.

“The inauguration of this hub underlines the importance of the data center market for Siemens, both globally and specifically for Iberia,” said Fernando Silva, CEO of Siemens Spain. “With this new infrastructure, we will multiply our network of technical experts supporting our customers in their requirement for sustainability, efficiency, and operational reliability of their data centers.”

The expert team in Madrid will provide comprehensive support for power solutions, infrastructure management, automation, digital twins, thermal optimization, fire safety, physical security, microgrids, as well as lifecycle and financial services. With an end-to-end portfolio and a strong ecosystem of partners, Siemens is well positioned to support the data center industry. By scaling capacity, driving innovation, and offering global expertise, Siemens delivers full lifecycle support to help data centers plan, build, operate, and scale effectively.

About Siemens Smart Infrastructure

Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI) is shaping the market for intelligent, adaptive infrastructure for today and the future. It addresses the pressing challenges of urbanization and climate change by connecting energy systems, buildings, and industries. SI provides customers with a comprehensive end-to-end portfolio from a single source – with products, systems, solutions, and services from the point of power generation all the way to consumption. With an increasingly digitalized ecosystem, it helps customers thrive and communities progress while contributing toward protecting the planet. To protect this journey, we foster holistic cybersecurity to ensure secure and reliable operations. Siemens Smart Infrastructure has its global headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. As of September 30, 2024, the business had around 78,500 employees worldwide. 

About Siemens AG

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare. The company’s purpose is to create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers customers to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformations, making factories more efficient, cities more livable, and transportation more sustainable. A leader in industrial AI, Siemens leverages its deep domain know-how to apply AI – including generative AI – to real-world applications, making AI accessible and impactful for customers across diverse industries. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a leading global medical technology provider pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. In fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30, 2024, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €75.9 billion and net income of €9.0 billion. As of September 30, 2024, the company employed around 312,000 people worldwide on the basis of continuing operations. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.

Czech Academy of Sciences Acquires Lithoz LCM Multi-Material Printer for Sensor-Integrated Bone Implants

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Czech Academy of Sciences Acquires Lithoz LCM Multi-Material Printer for Sensor-Integrated Bone Implants

VIENNA, Austria, and BRNO, Czech Republic, Jun 17, 2025 – The Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IPM CAS) has purchased the first Lithoz CeraFab Multi 2M30 printer in the Czech Republic. Lithoz, the global leader in high-performance ceramic 3D printing technology, has completed the installation at the renowned IPM CAS facilities, where the machine will support research within the MEBioSys project (Reg. number: CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004634). This program, co-funded by the EU and the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS), focuses on developing hierarchical structures with sensory capabilities for use in biological and engineering applications such as bone implants.

These advanced three-dimensional structures, which were previously impossible to achieve with conventional methods, will pave the way for the creation of innovative medical solutions , particularly in the field of bio-inspired sensor-integrated bone implants. Those smart ceramic medical devices will integrate piezoelectric sensor elements into the bioceramic structure , allowing for the monitoring of implants within the body without the need for further invasive procedures. Doctors will be able to assess the implant’s performance and detect potential issues in real-time, providing patients with patient-specific care.

A second research topic will pose smart adaptive aircraft wings able to optimize vibration behavior. Ideally synchronized to the trajectory of the aircraft, electrical current is sent through conductive layers, influencing the wing’s stiffness to shift resonance to a point less critical for the lifespan of turbines.

“As a result of our previous work, we recognized the need for a multi-material 3D printing solution to produce the complex structures required for our research,“ says Dr. Zdeněk Chlup, Head of Brittle Fracture Group at IPM CAS. „The CeraFab Multi 2M30’s ability to print two materials in a single layer opens up a world of possibilities, especially in the integration of piezoelectric ceramics with metals and polymers. This technology will enable us to advance our research in ways we couldn’t before.”

The powerful Lithoz CeraFab Multi 3D printer is capable of combining different materials, such as ceramic with metal or two different ceramics with varying properties, in one single functional part – and even within one single printed layer. In just one print run, entirely opposing material properties or varying porosities can be flexibly and functionally combined, including, for example, conductive and insulating properties, creating the next generation of multi-functional parts of previously unachievable detail and complexity.

The CeraFab Multi 2M30 will play a key role in advancing the MEBioSys project’s research and development efforts. With the first successful test prints already completed, the IPM team is excited to explore the full potential of multi-material 3D printing to push the boundaries of what is possible in both medical and engineering fields.

About Lithoz

Lithoz is the world and technology leader for high-performance ceramic materials and 3D printers. Founded in 2011, Lithoz is committed to breaking the boundaries of ceramic production and supporting customers in expanding the manufacturing opportunities for the ceramic industry. The company has an export share of almost 100%, almost 150 employees and 4 different sites worldwide. Since 2016, Lithoz has also been ISO 9001:2015 certified. In 2025, Lithoz secured ISO 13485 certification to qualify their quality management system to the stringent standards of the medical devices industry. For more information, visit https://www.lithoz.com

About IPM

The mission of the Institute of Physics of Materials of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IPM CAS) is to elucidate the relation between the behaviour and properties of materials and their structural and microstructural characteristics. The focus is on material research into advanced metallic, ceramic, and polymeric materials and their composites in relation to their microstructure and production technique. On this basis, it is possible to optimise both the microstructure and material properties and to design advanced materials. For more information, visit https://www.ipm.cz.

Titomic USA Opens Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Huntsville, Alabama

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Titomic USA Opens Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Huntsville, Alabama

HUNTSVILLE, AL, USA, Jun 17, 2025 – Titomic Limited (ASX: TTT), a global leader in Titomic Kinetic Fusion, a cold spray additive manufacturing technology, is proud to announce the official ribbon cutting of its new U.S. facility in Huntsville, Alabama. This milestone marks a significant expansion of Titomic’s USA operations and underscores its commitment to supporting innovation, oil and gas, defense, and aerospace industries within the United States.

Located in the heart of one of the nation’s fastest-growing advanced manufacturing hubs, the Huntsville facility will serve as Titomic’s global headquarters supporting commercial and defense initiatives. The new manufacturing, which is 59,000 square feet, will support advanced production capabilities, host live equipment demonstrations—including the TKF1000, D523, D623, and ISB systems, serve as a regional training and customer support center, and will be the only location where all of the TKFTM products are manufactured and produced.

Andy Whitt from First National Bank was instrumental in the project and assisted with the initial facility reviews to ensure the Titomic team had a facility to meet their requirements.

“I am pleased to be a part of this monumental moment for Titomic USA, Inc. Their leadership team has impressed me, and their technology is innovative, making it a perfect fit for Huntsville to continue to be a leader in technology development.” Andy Whitt, First National Bank

“The ability for the Huntsville facility to be able to produce machines and products for our customers provides us with the ability to meet a variety of requirements to support our customers. This direct control of the production of machines and components provides us with the ability to meet our customer expectations.” Dr. Patti Dare, President, Titomic USA

The ribbon-cutting ceremony, which was held on June 2nd, was well attended by distinguished guests from Government, defense, aerospace, and local partners. Following the ceremony, guests participated in live demonstrations of Titomic’s cutting-edge systems.

“This is more than just a facility opening. It’s a launchpad for the next generation of high-performance manufacturing technologies in the United States. Huntsville offers the perfect blend of industrial heritage and forward-thinking energy that aligns with Titomic’s mission to redefine what’s possible in materials science and manufacturing.” Jim Simpson, CEO and Managing Director, Titomic

Innovate Alabama has deployed over $12 million in loan guarantees and collateral support through the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s SSBCI program. Titomic, a recipient of Innovate Alabama’s LendAL initiative, joins a growing group of small businesses gaining access to capital through partnerships with private lenders. Designed to stimulate private sector lending, LendAL helps extend credit to entrepreneurs, driving growth, innovation and job creation across Alabama.

“Innovate Alabama is excited to partner with Titomic and bring their technology to the Huntsville market. We believe their capabilities can make a meaningful impact on our community and support ongoing partner programs.” Charlie Pond, Innovate Alabama

The Huntsville facility is a cornerstone of Titomic’s global strategy to support allied defense operations with high-performance materials solutions. With active partnerships underway with large defense primes and government agencies, this site will produce critical components such as titanium pressure vessels, domes, launcher coatings, and space-grade shielding. These applications support not only next-generation warfighting systems but also the Department of Defense’s broader goals of supply chain resilience, rapid sustainment, and operational readiness.

The opening of the Huntsville facility positions Titomic to better serve its growing U.S. customer base and advance strategic partnerships in key sectors such as defense, space, oil & gas, and mining.

About Titomic

Titomic Limited (ASX: TTT) is a publicly listed Australian company at the forefront of industrial-scale metal additive manufacturing. Leveraging its proprietary Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) technology, Titomic delivers advanced integrated solutions for OEM production, coatings, repairs, and R&D across global sectors including but not limited to Aerospace, Defense, Shipbuilding, Oil & Gas, Mining, and Automotive. TKF™ enables high performance cold spray additive manufacturing without melting metal powders, making it ideal for manufacturing parts, applying wear and corrosion resistant coatings, radiation protection, and performing structural repairs on-site or in-situ. With its headquarters in Melbourne, Titomic supports its global customer base through regional operations in the USA and Europe, offering comprehensive sales, service, and technical support for its cold spray additive manufacturing technologies. Titomic’s innovative approach provides significant competitive advantages throughout the entire product value chain. For more information, visit www.titomic.com.

Renishaw Launches Equator-X 500 Dual-Method Gauge for Shop Floor Inspection

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Renishaw Launches Equator-X 500 Dual-Method Gauge for Shop Floor Inspection

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UK, Jun 17, 2025 – Renishaw, a world leader in measuring and manufacturing systems, is pleased to announce the launch of its latest pioneering solution for shop floor process control, the Equator–X 500 dual-method system. This innovative product brings unique capabilities to manufacturers around the world, enabling them to select the optimum inspection method, Absolute or Compare, for their process challenge, effectively deploying two systems in one.

The Equator–X system has been designed to address the challenges for shop floors where product variety and frequent design changes require measurement systems that are able to provide speed, flexibility and ease of use to keep pace with machining capabilities. Key benefits include increased throughput and inspection capacity; fully traceable in-process verification of parts on the shop floor, continuous validation of the production process; and the flexibility to select the optimal measurement method for each application with a single device.

Speed and flexibility

The optional Absolute or Compare measurement modes address the demands of fast-paced manufacturing environments with different requirements.

In Absolute mode, the Equator–X system measures parts at scanning speeds of up to 250 mm/s, significantly improving the inspection capacity and throughput for manufacturers of small to medium batch sizes and high part variety. This mode is particularly useful for first-off verification next to the machine or even at-line 100% inspection.

In Compare mode, the Equator–X system delivers an ultra-high scanning speed of up to 500 mm/s and is ideal for inspecting large batches of the same component when cycle time is a priority. It also provides a high-speed measurement option where varying thermal environments present a challenge.

Innovative technology and versatile software platform

The Equator–X 500 gauge is a hexapod structure with independent drive and metrology frames. High-speed motion is achieved without compromising metrology thanks to design features such as carbon fibre metrology struts, linear motor drives and the industry standard SP25M scanning probe.

The system can be deployed as a standalone shop floor device or integrated within a fully automated cell, offering unrivalled flexibility to adapt to evolving demands and variable shop floor conditions.

The standard software platform for the new Equator–X 500 system features an intuitive and feature rich operator interface coupled with Renishaw’s latest MODUS™ IM metrology software applications. This comprehensive suite of software tools delivers outstanding convenience and robust performance for programming, reporting and operation, simplifying complex tasks and enhancing user experience.

For further information about the new Equator–X system, visit www.renishaw.com/equator-x.

About Renishaw

Renishaw is a world leading supplier of measuring systems and manufacturing systems. Its products give high accuracy and precision, gathering data to provide customers and end users with traceability and confidence in what they’re making. This technology also helps its customers to innovate their products and processes.

It is a global business with over 5,000 employees located in the 36 countries where it has wholly owned subsidiary operations. The majority of R&D work takes place in the UK, with the largest manufacturing sites located in the UK, Ireland and India.

For the year ended June 2024 Renishaw recorded sales of £691.3 million of which 95% was due to exports. The company’s largest markets are China, USA, Japan and Germany.

Renishaw is guided by its purpose: Transforming Tomorrow Together. This means working with its customers to make the products, create the materials, and develop the therapies that are going to be needed for the future.

Further information at www.renishaw.com.

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