OpenAI and Broadcom team up to develop 10 GW of AI accelerators October 14, 2025 OpenAI and Broadcom have announced a strategic, multi-year collaboration to develop and deploy 10 gigawatts of custom AI accelerators.
ABB to sell Robotics division to SoftBank for $5.4 billion October 08, 2025 ABB has signed an agreement to sell its Robotics division to Japan’s SoftBank Group for an enterprise value of USD 5.375 billion, ending its earlier plan to spin off the business into a separate listed company.
Amkor expands Arizona chip operations to $7B October 07, 2025 Amkor Technology has broken ground on its new advanced semiconductor packaging and test campus in Arizona, expanding its planned investment to USD 7 billion.
Helsing and ARX Robotics announce strategic partnership October 06, 2025 The partnership is European in scope. Both companies can tap into battle-proven systems and experience from Ukraine, where networked technologies in the land domain are already a crucial factor in combat.
Expo in Lund 2.0: Bigger, stronger, back where it all began October 02, 2025 The city of ideas, where it all started, will once again host Evertiq’s southernmost Expo. The first Evertiq Expo, then called TEC, was held in Lund in 2011 – and now, fifteen years later, the event returns to its birthplace.
Kioxia and Sandisk start operations at new Kitakami fab October 02, 2025 Kioxia and Sandisk have started operations at a new semiconductor fabrication facility in Kitakami, Japan, aimed at producing advanced flash memory for applications including artificial intelligence.
Orbotix secures €6.5M to boost AI drone systems October 02, 2025 Warsaw-based Orbotix Industries, a Polish-Romanian DefenseTech startup, has raised EUR 6.5 million to accelerate the development of autonomous drone systems supported by artificial intelligence. The funding round was led by U.S. fund Bravo Victor Venture Capital (BVVC), with participation from European investors Gustav Söhne Verwaltung and Leryon Global Holdings.
Axcelis and Veeco agree to $4.4 billion all-stock merger October 02, 2025 Axcelis Technologies and Veeco Instruments have entered into a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction that values the combined company at approximately USD 4.4 billion. The deal will create one of the largest US suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
EU member states push for stronger Chips Act 2.0 September 30, 2025 All 27 EU Member States have called for a reinforced “Chips Act 2.0” to secure Europe’s position in the global semiconductor industry, issuing a joint declaration urging stronger action to reduce vulnerabilities and strengthen technological leadership.
Repairing with purpose: Kurtz Ersa making assembly repair mainstream September 29, 2025 At Evertiq Expo Berlin 2025, Jörg Nolte, Product Manager at Kurtz Ersa, delivered a clear message: sustainable assembly repair is no longer a niche topic — it’s becoming mainstream.
Bosch Mobility to cut 13,000 jobs in Germany by 2030 September 26, 2025 Bosch says that it will cut around 13,000 jobs at its Mobility division in Germany by the end of 2030, citing weak global vehicle markets, delays in new technology adoption, and mounting cost pressures.
Tekever partners with Apex to deliver ISR drone tech to Taiwan September 26, 2025 Tekever to deploy AI-driven Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in Taiwan for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. Partnership will combine Portuguese company’s tech with Apex’s local expertise.
Polish startup ElevenLabs secures funding from Nvidia September 25, 2025 Tech giant Nvidia has announced an investment in ElevenLabs, a Polish startup developing generative AI audio technology. Founded in 2022 by Piotr Dąbkowski and Mati Staniszewski, the company specializes in text-to-speech and speech-to-text solutions.
Siemens breaks ground on €500 million technology campus September 23, 2025 Siemens AG has laid the cornerstone for its new Technology Campus in Erlangen, a flagship project under the company’s "Made for Germany" initiative aimed at strengthening Germany’s industrial competitiveness.
IHI partners with SatVu on thermal IR constellation development September 19, 2025 IHI and SatVu will work together to evaluate the utilization of SatVu’s thermal data, define the requirements for a Japanese sovereign high-resolution thermal infrared (IR) satellite constellation, and explore optimal business structures for building and operating it.
Finnish satellite company raises €45M to expand manufacturing September 16, 2025 Helsinki-based space technology company ReOrbit has closed a EUR 45 million Series A funding round to scale production of sovereign satellites and connected systems for national security.
ICEYE launches ISR Cell to advance tactical space-based intelligence September 15, 2025 Unlike traditional satellite intelligence, which is optimized for strategic or operational decisions over hours or days, the ISR Cell is engineered to bring satellite intelligence to tactical timescales, delivering critical intelligence in minutes.
NXP to relocate German headquarters in Hamburg September 09, 2025 NXP Semiconductors says it plans to relocate its German headquarters from Hamburg-Lokstedt to a new site in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. The move, scheduled for early 2031, will mark the company’s departure from its current location after more than 100 years.
ASML invests €1.3B in Mistral AI, forms strategic partnership September 09, 2025 Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML and Paris-based Mistral AI have entered into a long-term strategic partnership aimed at integrating artificial intelligence into ASML’s product portfolio and operations.
Marcin Mierzejewski on thermal management Solutions for SiC September 09, 2025 SiC and GaN semiconductors are becoming increasingly critical for the development of modern power electronics systems. As Marcin Mierzejewski (KERAFOL Keramische Folien GmbH & Co. KG) points out in an interview with Evertiq, leveraging these technologies gives engineers new opportunities – enabling component miniaturization, meeting growing demands for higher computing power, and addressing the challenges associated with rising power densities.
Tata Electronics partners with Merck to boost India’s chip capabilities September 08, 2025 Merck will offer its full suite of products and services, including high-purity electronic materials, advanced gas and chemical delivery systems, turnkey fab infrastructure services, and its Material Intelligence solutions powered by AI, for Tata Electronics’ fab in Gujarat.
Nokia opens new R&D and manufacturing campus in Oulu September 08, 2025 Nokia has inaugurated a new research and manufacturing campus in Oulu, Finland, dedicated to developing next-generation networks designed for artificial intelligence.
GreyOrange partners with Google Cloud on warehouse AI September 04, 2025 Unlike traditional solutions that struggle to scale beyond a few hundred units, GreyMatter DeepNav will effortlessly handle significantly larger robot operations with ease and precision.
LTTS teams up with SiMa.ai to accelerate AI-led innovation September 03, 2025 Under this agreement, SiMa.ai will deliver industry-leading AI hardware and software solutions by leveraging L&T Technology Services’ core engineering capabilities and human capital investments across areas such as mobility, healthcare, industrial automation and robotics.
Honeywell, Stereolabs develop solution for supply chain logistics September 03, 2025 The collaboration will combine Stereolabs’ stereoscopic cameras, which use a vision-based AI perception system to measure the dimensions of products with Honeywell’s SwiftDecoder software — which captures barcode data and other written information — in one innovative mobile solution.
Ranovus invests $100M to expand semiconductor facility in Ottawa September 02, 2025 Canada-based Ranovus is a developer of high-capacity miniaturized optical interconnects, a type of semiconductor that enables faster data transfer between chips using light instead of traditional electrical signals.
Destinus acquires Daedalean for $225M to expand AI capabilities September 01, 2025 The AI solutions developed by Daedalean will enhance human operators’ effectiveness and support decision-making in managing flight systems and drone swarms.
Poland in the race for the Baltic AI GigaFactory August 29, 2025 Poland, together with Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, has submitted an Expression of Interest to the European Commission for the creation of the Baltic AI GigaFactory – a project valued at around 3 billion euros and designed to become the region’s largest high-performance computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence. According to Poland’s Ministry of Digital Affairs, the proposal was formally lodged in June 2025 as part of the EU’s InvestAI initiative. Now these countries must wait for a decision.
QCi awarded TFLN photonic chip contract by US’s NIST August 18, 2025 Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi) has been awarded a contract by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), part of the US Department of Commerce, for the design and fabrication of thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
Mujin partners with integrators to expand adoption of its robotics OS August 18, 2025 With MujinOS in their toolkit, robotics system integrators are empowered to address high-mix production needs, solve unstructured logistics challenges, and reduce time-to-value for their customers.
Indian startup Xovian raises $2.5 million to build RF satellites August 13, 2025 With this funding, the Bengaluru-based spacetech company plans to launch its first indigenous multi-frequency RF sensor in space, expand its engineering capacity, and scale towards delivering sovereign RF intelligence.
A logical correction: Understanding Europe’s EMS decline August 12, 2025 At Evertiq Expo Berlin 2025, industry analyst Dieter Weiss from in4ma took the stage to dissect what many have labelled a “crisis” in Europe’s EMS industry. He argued that the 14% market decline in 2024 was not an unexpected collapse, but the inevitable result of years of artificial growth.