NVIDIA, Omron & RTX: Top Manufacturing News This Week
20 July
Omron has announced it is combining its board inspection systems with NVIDIA Omniverse and Metropolis libraries.
The collaboration links Omron's Automated Optical Inspection and 3D-CT X-ray Inspection systems with NVIDIA's simulation and AI platforms.
It aims to allow manufacturers to visualise substrate warpage caused by heat and introduce what Omron calls "skillless" inspection.
Shintaro Iwamura, Ph.D., Distinguished Technologist, Industrial Automation at Omron, told Manufacturing Digital: "We believe AI can help bridge this gap by making expert knowledge more accessible and actionable."
21 July
MISUMI Americas says that US manufacturing will be constrained by a skilled worker shortage despite significant foreign direct investment (FDI).
However, the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte project that 3.8 million workers are needed by 2033 and only around half of these roles will be filled.
"Nearly 2.8 million of those openings come from an experienced generation retiring and taking decades of hard-won knowledge with them," Dave Evans, President and CEO of MISUMI Americas, tells Manufacturing Digital.
In efforts to address this, MISUMI Americas is endorsing H.R. 9097, the American Manufacturing Revitalization Exchange Program Act, currently pending before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
21 July
GKN Aerospace and RTX’s Pratt & Whitney have signed a technology agreement to use additive manufacturing for the F135 Engine.
The F135 engine powers the F-35 Lightning II, manufactured by Lockheed Martin and deployed worldwide for combat situations and deterrence.
The manufacturing will take place at GKN Aerospace’s facility in Kongsberg, Norway and the first pilot model is expected to be complete by 2027.
20 July
Siemens has unveiled a new open robotics platform for food manufacturers.
The company has worked alongside Wymbs Engineering and HMK Automation & Drives to create a modular solution able to tackle variable materials using AI.
The technology aims to help food manufacturers with depositing, filling, icing and decorating processes.
22 July
TSMC’s site in Arizona, US will receive an incremental investment of US$100bn to build another four semiconductor fabs, bringing the site’s total investment to US$265bn.
In January 2026, the US signed a trade and investment deal with Taiwan which reduced tariffs on Taiwanese products to 15%.
More than 6,000 jobs have been created by the Arizona site so far.
Executives
Dave Evans
President & CEO
Shintaro Iwamura
Distinguished Specialist of Technology, Ph.D., Industrial Automation Company
