Under a strategic partnership between Dataparc and Hitachi Systems, Hitachi Systems will integrate Dataparc’s industrial data platform into its suite of digital manufacturing solutions which will help its customers to unlock deeper operational insight and accelerate their journey toward smart manufacturing.

Schubert has expanded its ‘4You Service’ portfolio and now offers its customers measurable benefits in terms of efficiency, availability and sustainability – both in analogue and digital form.

Numerous four-legged robot dogs are inspecting different spaces across the industrial plant; facility personnel are wearing head-mounted displays which helps them to get access to detailed information about an equipment or process in real time and diverse physical assets of a system or production process at the plant can be replicated into a virtual system, get ready for the plant of the future!

GSK’s mega investment includes a new 1.2-billion-dollar investment in advanced manufacturing facilities and AI and advanced digital technologies. With this, the company aims to develop new, next-generation biopharma factories and laboratories in the USA.

A metaphor for an obvious, unresolved problem that everyone notices but no one talks about – that’s the famous elephant in the room. In the pharmaceutical industry, one specific topic immediately comes to mind: Annex 1. However, PharmaXchange at Bausch+Ströbel impressively demonstrated that this supposed “elephant” was not ignored here, but rather tamed – and viewed as an opportunity.

Merck has invested 500 million euros to develop its Semiconductor Solutions mega site in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. With this move, the company aims to strengthen its global supply chain resilience.

Under a MOU signed between Merck and Siemens, both the companies will extend their partnership in order to accelerate digital transformation in the life science industry. The MOU focuses on delivering integrated software solutions, systems and consumables that harness automation, data and AI to connect drug discovery, development, and manufacturing.

Imagine the Big Five of the pharma industry and numerous other leading pharma companies in one room – the air is buzzing with expert discussions, future visions, and technical progress. That's how Optima's Pharma Forum felt when it took place in Schwäbisch Hall at the end of September 2025.

Ecolab has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ovivo’s Electronics business. With this move, Ecolab aims to bring together Ovivo’s ultra-pure water technologies with its leading water solutions, digital technologies and global service capabilities, thus further strengthening the company’s global high-tech growth engine.

Shaheen III, an HPE-built system is now the most powerful supercomputer in the Middle East. The innovative technology will offer numerous benefits for the local population including advancing AI models for diagnosing rare diseases within the Saudi population, enhancing medical imaging and supporting autism spectrum disorder research.