Inrepco

By 2029, it is predicted that 30% of factories will utilize AI-driven, virtualized, software-defined platforms for central control and operation.👉🏻

https://www.idc.com/resource-center/blog/charting-the-ai-driven-future-of-manufacturing/

To champion big ideas, promoting creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit, the National Inventors Hall of Fame welcomed its Class of 2026! 👉🏻

* Louis Argenta & Michael Morykwas (Vacuum Assisted Closure "V.A.C.®")
* Sara Blakely (SPANX® Shapewear)
* Gebisa Ejeta (Sorghum Hybrids)
* Teresa Meng (CMOS Wi-Fi)
* Feng Zhang (CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing)
* Henry Samueli (Broadband Communications)
* Donald Alstadt (Chemlok® Rubber to Metal System)
* Olive Dennis (Railroad Passenger Car Improvements)
* Frank S. Greene Jr. (Semiconductor Memory Technology)
* Maurus Logan (Ty Rap® Cable Ties)
* Reuben Trane (Lightweight Convenctor Radiator)
* George Maison, Irving Porush & Charles Thiel (Metered Dose Inhaler "MDI")

https://www.invent.org/inductees/new-class

Cheers to the creators, innovators and entrepreneurs changing the world! 👏🏻

systems were designed to govern transactions, not to operate as engines of real-time intelligence... 👉🏻

https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/industrial-products/library/connected-plants-manufacturing.html

are forcing , fostering , and breaking rigid, inefficient routines...

https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/change-management/article/55355273/disruption-is-hitting-manufacturing-from-four-directions

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If today was the last day of your life, would you be happy with what you are about to do today?

https://hbr.org/2025/09/now-is-the-time-for-courage

Neurosymbolic Artificial Intelligence (NSAI) is rewriting the growth playbook...

https://www.ey.com/en_us/insights/strategy/ey-growth-platforms-neurosymbolic-ai

Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity (“VUCA”)...

https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/change-management/article/55303454/manufacturing-purgatory-and-the-unknown-unknowns

Promoting employment and influencing manufacturers’ investment strategies...

https://www.americanmachinist.com/news/article/55296323/reshoring-report-shows-progress-and-risks-reshoring-initiative

Snitch or whistleblower?😉



https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-claude-snitch-emergent-behavior/ =_wired-article-bottom-recirc_4f0bc6b1-c888-4deb-971f-ff2a8529e3bc_roberta-similarity1

Future technology is settling into current technology, i.e. smart manufacturing is the present, not the future.

https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/article/55295201/industry-40-isnt-quite-so-sexy-anymore