Frost Radar™: Industrial Connectivity Software, 2026
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Every leadership team has a strategy. Most have identified the right growth opportunities. Many have invested heavily in technology, AI, innovation, and transformation. Yet nearly 70% of strategic transformations fail to create lasting business value.
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Because the real challenge is no longer strategy, it is implementation.
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- How is aging industrial infrastructure driving inspection demand?
- Integrate automation technologies to enhance inspection accuracy.
- Align your roadmap with AI, robotics, and smart manufacturing.
- Leverage portable and 3D scanning to drive metrology growth.
- What role do digital twins play in transforming NDT systems?
- How is cybersecurity shaping the future of digital NDT platforms?
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Interview with Jerry Dolinsky
Transforming the Connected Frontline Workforce: Turning Manufacturing Knowledge into Competitive Advantage
Jerry Dolinsky
CEO | Dozuki
Interview with Martin Heinz
Driving Manufacturing Intelligence: How iTAC Is Building Scalable, Integrated MES and Digital Twin Capabilities Across Industries
Martin Heinz
CEO | iTAC Software AG
Interview with Dr. Thai Lai Pham
How Siemens Is Translating AI, Digital Twins, and Grid Intelligence into Real-world Impact to Engineer ASEAN’s Intelligent Future
Dr. Thai Lai Pham
CEO | Siemens ASEAN
Interview with Howard Heppelmann
How OpsMate AI Is Defining the Future of the Hybrid Factory Workforce While Shedding Light on the AI-native Manufacturing
Howard Heppelmann
CEO | OpsMate AI
Interview with James Zhang
How OpsMate AI Is Defining the Future of the Hybrid Factory Workforce While Shedding Light on the AI-native Manufacturing
James Zhang
CPO | OpsMate AI
Interview with Natan Linder
How Tulip is Redefining Frontline Operations through Composable AI and Human-centric Design and Discussing What It Takes to Build Smart Manufacturing
Natan Linder
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Why is the Industrial AI landscape poised for exponential growth?
Key Growth Avenues Impacting the Industrial AI Ecosystem
- How is AI transforming pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing?
- Address data infrastructure gaps to accelerate Industrial AI adoption.
- Align with Edge AI-enabled manufacturing orchestration for growth.
Growth Potential of the Industrial Hybrid AI Landscape
- Leverage Hybrid AI to reshape business processes and applications.
- Explore growth potential across mining and industrial manufacturing.
- Integrate Hybrid AI to improve application flexibility and scalability.
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The Growth Innovation Leadership Council
Frost & Sullivan welcomed more than 2,000 business leaders, policymakers, investors, academics and innovators to the 20th Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL) Summit in China, held August 4–5 at the Jing An Shangri-La in Shanghai.
Coinciding with Frost & Sullivan’s 65th anniversary, the summit featured more than 300 speakers and 150 keynote presentations and panel discussions. Topics included artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, life sciences, consumer markets and investment - highlighting the forces reshaping global competitiveness and transformational growth.
The event combined a flagship plenary programme with 10 parallel forums and the fifth edition of Frost & Sullivan’s New Investment Event, fostering collaboration across business, finance, government, academia and research.
Assess key technological developments and innovations that pave the way for the growth of industrial segments.
Frost & Sullivan: 65 Years of Advancing Industrial Growth Intelligence
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Check out our exclusive infographic that explores detailed growth oppportunities across industrial automation & process control, electronics & mesurement, machines & machinery automation, mechanical testing & inline inspection, semiconductors & advacned industrial operations, smart manufacturing, and digital industrial accelerators.
Frost & Sullivan Launches New Industry-tuned AI Brand Equity and Market Presence Advisory Service Powered by Optivara
Frost & Sullivan today announced the launch of its AI Brand Equity and Market Presence service, powered by Optivara. This service enables companies to understand how they appear across AI answer engines, how they compare to competitors, their competitive placement by funnel stage, and whether AI-generated market narratives reflect the position they have worked to build.
The service combines Optivara’s AI industry-tuned market presence platform with Frost & Sullivan’s industry expertise, analyst insights, and subject-matter expert validation. Clients receive a market presence benchmark, a competitive peer map, an AI-answer narrative review, a source diagnosis, and a detailed SWOT analysis. From that, an actionable roadmap to better control AI brand dynamics and drive demand is developed and implemented.
Advancing Workforce Readiness at Scale: Benchmarking Connected Worker Platform Leaders Advancing Frontline Productivity
Skilled labor shortages, retiring expertise, and rising shop floor complexity are making frontline execution a business-performance issue for manufacturers. Connected worker platforms are gaining relevance as enterprises look to preserve operational knowledge, reduce training friction, and improve task consistency across maintenance, assembly, inspection, quality, and field support workflows.
The value of augmented reality (AR) in manufacturing is moving beyond visual guidance. Digital and AR-enhanced work instructions, remote assistance software, and AI-enabled knowledge support are becoming connected execution capabilities that reduce dependency on scarce experts and strengthen productivity across distributed sites.
Chemical Process Automation Growth Opportunities: Software-defined Systems, Asset Reliability, and Asia-Pacific Expansion Through 2030
Chemical process automation is becoming a strategic priority for organizations seeking to improve production continuity, operational performance, and responsiveness to evolving demand, sustainability, and compliance requirements. Producers are under pressure to modernize long-life plant systems as demand increases for more flexible, scalable production across chemicals, petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, and agrochemicals.
Aankhen Receives Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Global Company of the Year for Leadership in Tariff Management Solutions and Financial Supply Chain Innovation
Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Aankhen has been awarded the 2026 Global Company of the Year in the Tariff Management Solutions industry for its outstanding achievements in innovation, strategy execution, and customer impact. This recognition highlights Aankhen’s consistent leadership in driving measurable outcomes, strengthening its market position, and delivering customer-centric innovation in an evolving, tariff-driven global economy.
Trio Mobil Receives Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition for Excellence in AI-based Industrial Safety and SIF Prevention
Advancing the next frontier of industrial safety intelligence, Trio Mobil has been distinguished with Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition in the AI-based Industrial Safety sector, underscoring its role in reshaping how organizations anticipate and mitigate serious injuries and fatalities (SIF) through data-driven safety ecosystems. The recognition reflects the company’s differentiated approach to elevating operational resilience by combining continuous exposure monitoring, AI-enabled decision support, and real-time, scalable intervention capabilities designed for complex, high-risk industrial environments.
Check out the latest news covering key industry developments and major company highlights to stay up-to-date in the industrial landscape.
- Nvidia to work with US, European humanoid robot makers in addition to China's Unitree
- UK product testing firm Intertek agrees to $14.5 billion EQT buyout
- Analog Devices in talks to buy Empower Semiconductor for $1.5 billion
- Schneider Electric to buy AI software firm Cognite for $3.1 billion
- ABB to press ahead with acquisitions after $5.5 billion Rotork deal
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The 20th Frost & Sullivan Global Growth, Innovation, and Leadership Summit and the 5th New Investment Event
Dates: 4-5 August 2026
Venue: Shanghai, China
On August 4-5, 2026, the 20th Frost & Sullivan Global Growth, Innovation and Leadership Summit and the 5th New Investment Event will have its grand opening at the Shangri La Hotel in Jing'an, Shanghai. This will also mark the 20th year milestone for Frost & Sullivan China to continue building on an international high-end communication platform for enterprises across China as well as the rest of the world.
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