Hyundai advances battery tech with $820 million Korea campus November 28, 2025 Hyundai Motor Group’s Future Mobility Battery Campus in Anseong, South Korea, spans 197,000 m² with a total floor area of 111,000 m². Completion is targeted for the end of 2026.
TQ: Future-proof electronics manufacturing Made in Germany November 25, 2025 With more than three decades of experience, the TQ Group has become important player in Germany’s electronics manufacturing landscape. Since its founding in 1994, this family-owned company has evolved into a broad-based technology provider, combining embedded modules, drive systems, robotics solutions and advanced electronics manufacturing. Despite growth and diversification, one principle has remained unchanged: treating development, manufacturing and technology integration as a unified whole.
Tokyo Electron completes Tohoku Production and Logistics Centre November 25, 2025 Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL) has completed construction of the Tohoku Production and Logistics Centre at its subsidiary, Tokyo Electron Technology Solutions, the company announced.
Foxglove raises $40 million Series B to advance Physical AI November 21, 2025 The US company will use the fresh funding to deepen its capabilities in visualization and data management, and to expand its platform to support the entire data lifecycle from initial prototype to global deployments.
X-Fab and Fraunhofer ENAS join forces to speed microtechnology to market November 19, 2025 X-Fab and the Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS) have launched a strategic collaboration aimed at accelerating the transition of microtechnology innovations from research to industrial production. The partnership uses a so-called “Lab-in-Fab” model that integrates research, development, and manufacturing processes under one framework.
DigiKey: industry in transition as AI, reshoring and supply stability reshape the market November 19, 2025 The global components market is entering a new phase — one that is neither the pandemic-driven scramble for inventory nor the more recent period of oversupply. In a conversation with Evertiq, DigiKey CEO Dave Doherty describes an industry standing at a fragile point of transition, shaped by both uncertainty and accelerating structural change.
DeepX: the future of Edge AI is low-power, on-device and closer to Europe than ever November 18, 2025 At this year’s Evertiq Expo in Warsaw, the conversation around AI hardware took a decidedly practical turn. While much of the global industry continues to debate cloud capacity and data-centre expansion, Korean AI chipmaker DeepX argues that the next wave of innovation will not come from hyperscale infrastructure — but from devices, robots and systems that run their intelligence locally.
Marelli opens new technical R&D site in Bangalore November 11, 2025 Marelli has inaugurated a new technical R&D site in Bangalore, expanding the company’s engineering capabilities in key automotive technology areas. The facility, officially opened on November 5, will host 350 employees and operates alongside Marelli’s existing technical R&D centre in the city, which opened in 2022.
NEC teams up with Siemens to boost smart factory innovation November 07, 2025 Through this agreement, the two companies will jointly develop a robot teaching automation solution that combines the “NEC Robot Task Planning” digital twin service with Siemens’s “Process Simulate” software for 3D robot simulations.
Solid-State battery demand to surge to 740 GWh by 2035 November 05, 2025 Solid-state battery (SSB) development is rapidly transitioning from research to large-scale manufacturing. According to TrendForce’s latest reports, nearly 100 companies globally have announced plans to produce solid-state batteries, with a combined capacity surpassing 100 GWh. Some of this capacity, especially semi-solid batteries, has already begun mass production and reached the GWh scale.
Infineon opens new UWB lab in Austria October 30, 2025 Infineon Technologies has established a dedicated Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Application Lab in Graz, Austria. Developed in collaboration with Silicon Austria Labs (SAL), the lab focuses on advancing UWB technology, exploring use cases, and delivering real-world applications for automotive, industrial, IoT, and consumer markets.
Chipmind secures $2.5M for its AI agents to speed chip making October 24, 2025 The Zurich-based startup has launched Chipmind Agents, optimized to empower engineering teams in semiconductor companies to speed up the path from specification to chip manufacturing.
Rigaku opens technology centre in Taiwan October 21, 2025 Rigaku Holdings Corporation has opened a new facility in Taiwan as part of its strategy to strengthen research, development, and customer support in East Asia. The Rigaku Technology Center Taiwan (RTC-TW), operated by the newly established Rigaku Technology Taiwan (RTTW), began full-scale operations in October 2025.
Neptune Robotics raises $52 million in Series B October 20, 2025 The new funds will fuel R&D, new robotic systems, AI-driven service platforms, and expansion into 20 markets worldwide, with Japan as a potential key hub.
Murata and QuantumScape enter into joint development deal October 14, 2025 Murata and QuantumScape have entered into a joint development agreement aimed at high-volume production of ceramic separators for QuantumScape’s solid-state batteries.
RealSense spins out from Intel, secures $50 million October 10, 2025 AI-powered computer vision company RealSense has hit two major milestones: its spinout from Intel, fueled with a USD 50 million Series A funding round, and a strategic collaboration with Nvidia to accelerate the adoption of physical AI across humanoids and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
Chipsconnect pushes collaboration to fix EMS–OEM inefficiencies October 03, 2025 Chipsconnect founder Fahir Veladzic used the Evertiq Expo Berlin stage to showcase how peer-to-peer trading and shared digital tools can help OEM and EMS companies cut inefficiencies and unlock new opportunities.
Space Forge Inc., United Semiconductors advance in-space chipmaking October 03, 2025 The partnership establishes a collaborative foundation for developing commercially viable in-space semiconductor manufacturing capabilities, combining Space Forge Inc.’s microgravity-enabled materials deposition processes with United Semiconductors’ expertise in ternary III-V semiconductor crystal growth and wafer processing.
Global robot demand in factories doubles over a decade September 30, 2025 Global demand for industrial robots has more than doubled in the past ten years, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). The latest World Robotics 2025 report shows that 542,000 new robots were installed in factories during 2024, marking the fourth consecutive year with installations above 500,000 units.
NASA’s Astrobee robots advance through strategic partnership September 29, 2025 NASA launched the Astrobee mission to the space station in 2018. Since then, the free-flying robots have marked multiple first-in-space milestones for robots working alongside astronauts to accomplish spacecraft monitoring, alert simulations and more.
ABS partners with Persona AI to bring humanoid robots to shipyards September 26, 2025 Under the MOU, ABS and Persona AI will collaborate on a series of joint development projects, collecting data to support classification during ship construction.
Sonair raises $6M to accelerate rollout of ADAR sensor September 22, 2025 The sensor uses sound waves in air to give robots a precise, real-time 3D view of their surroundings, helping them operate safely in shared spaces.
Dyna secures $120 million to advance robotic foundation models September 22, 2025 The new capital will be used by the US company to expand its research and engineering team and accelerate the development of its next-generation foundation model as the company works to deliver high performance general-purpose robots in commercial environments
Scanfil and Stäubli Robotics form strategic partnership September 19, 2025 EMS provider Scanfil has entered into a strategic partnership with Stäubli. Leveraging its manufacturing expertise, Scanfil will produce controllers designed for Stäubli’s 4-axis robots at its Suzhou factory.
Matthews expands investment in Freespace with ASRS purchase September 19, 2025 Matthews’ NEXUS WES software will orchestrate inbound and outbound workflows, inventory management, and sequencing tasks through seamless integration with the Freespace hardware — delivering real-time insights, control and efficiency from a single dashboard.
Nothing raises $200M Series C to fund AI-driven hardware platform September 18, 2025 Consumer electronics company Nothing has secured USD 200 million in a Series C funding round at a valuation of USD 1.3 billion, the company's CEO Carl Pei announced in a community update.
Blattner teams up with Built to improve safety in solar construction September 15, 2025 This partnership builds on a track record of successful collaboration between the two American companies, leveraging Blattner’s experience in renewable energy construction and Built Robotics’s automation technology.
GlobalLogic, Ericsson deploy private 5G network at Hitachi Rail factory September 12, 2025 The new infrastructure is the digital backbone of the Hagerstown plant in Maryland, US, enhancing efficiency, safety and innovation capabilities in rail manufacturing.
LTSCT, IISc to develop centre for semiconductor research in India September 05, 2025 The national 2D innovation hub, said to be the first of its kind in India, will focus on next-generation semiconductor innovation, beyond silicon chip technologies.
Panasonic invests €320M, reopens heat pump factory in Czech Republic September 04, 2025 The fully upgraded and expanded giga factory in Pilsen, Czech Republic, will be capable of producing up to 1.4 million indoor and outdoor heat pump units per year from 2030 onwards, for supply throughout Europe.
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.
Serve Robotics acquires Vayu to enhance last-mile delivery September 03, 2025 By combining Serve’s autonomy stack and real‑world sidewalk dataset with Vayu Robotics’ expertise in AI foundation models and its scalable simulation-powered data engine, Serve is positioned to train more capable models through the fusion of real and simulated data.