Frog Innovations Limited has partnered with US-based wireless networking company LigoWave to manufacture wireless broadband and Wi-Fi products in India. Frog Innovations, formerly Frog Cellsat Limited, is an Indian telecom equipment maker. The companies announced the deal at India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2026. They will sell the products under a joint brand, FROG LigoWave. Production is due to start in 2026 at Frog Innovations’ Noida...

TTTECH, a global group of high-tech companies, has launched TTTech Systems SE. The wholly owned subsidiary combines the group’s Aerospace and Industrial businesses. It began operations on October 1, 2026. The new company has a clear mandate. It will sharpen market focus, simplify the organisation and support long-term growth. Its target sectors are aerospace, defense, critical infrastructure and industrial machinery. The move follows TTTECH’s sale of...

Qualcomm has agreed to acquire PickNik Robotics, the company behind MoveIt - one of the most widely used open-source robotics software frameworks in the world. The deal is aimed at strengthening Qualcomm's push into physical AI and robotics, giving developers a smoother path from research to real-world deployment. Staying Open, By Design MoveIt, built on the Robot Operating System (ROS), is used globally by researchers, students,...

India has a strong chance to build its own chip ecosystem, according to Ankush Wadhera, Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) told PTI on September 27. Three forces are working in its favor: rising electronics demand, government incentives and a shift in global semiconductor supply chains. Together, they are turning a long-held ambition into a real business opportunity. Why Make Chips at...

n a decisive step towards electronics self-reliance, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has greenlit 29 major projects under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), unlocking ₹7,104 crore ($751 million) in investments to localise critical supply chains. The approvals—spanning PCBs, capacitors, lithium cells, display modules, and rare-earth magnets—position Dixon Technologies, Lohum Cleantech, and others to slash India's 70% import dependence while targeting...

Google DeepMind has formed a strategic research partnership with Agile Robots SE to integrate Gemini Robotics foundation models with the company's scalable industrial robotics platform, targeting reliable AI deployment in complex manufacturing environments. This collaboration aims to develop adaptable robots with enhanced perception, reasoning, and decision-making for high-value production settings. Enterprises stand to gain transformative automation capabilities amid demands for flexible, precise operations in...

New York-based AI and data analytics firm USEReady has built Chemille™, an AI-powered digital assistant for Fortune 500 specialty materials manufacturer Celanese, enabling engineers to navigate complex product portfolios through natural language queries. Launched in April 2025 after close collaboration between the two companies, Chemille addresses a critical pain point in materials-intensive industries: finding the right engineered material from vast, technical catalogues that typically...

Bosch Software and Digital Solutions (Bosch SDS) and NxtGen have forged a partnership to deliver India’s Sovereign Industrial AI Cloud, hosting Bosch’s Industry 4.0, digital twin, simulation and engineering platforms on NxtGen’s multi-region sovereign cloud, private cloud, edge data centres and GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) for fully India-resident, compliant AI workloads. This enables enterprises to run high-performance manufacturing intelligence, predictive maintenance and asset optimisation while adhering...

A new PwC India report projects artificial intelligence could contribute between $135.6 billion and $149.9 billion to the growth trajectory of manufacturing micro, small, and medium enterprises by 2035, provided these firms increase their share of national manufacturing gross value added from 35.4% in FY24 to 50%. This potential scales to a staggering $3.13-3.21 trillion opportunity by 2047 under Vision 2047 targets that elevate...

Infosys Knowledge Institute has published the inaugural Manufacturing Tech Index: AI Pulse, surveying 650 senior manufacturing executives worldwide on AI adoption, investments, strategy, and value during late 2025. The report documents AI's evolution from pilot projects to enterprise-wide imperatives amid rising operational complexity, workforce pressures, and innovation demands. Over 75 percent of manufacturers now integrate AI directly into enterprise strategies, marking a shift from...