Data-Center Cooling Expansion: CorefloX started operations at a new 33,094 sq ft liquid-cooling manufacturing and testing site in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, targeting up to 1,800 coolant distribution units and 3,600 liquid-cooled load banks annually. Industrial Automation in Quality: Prometeon commissioned an automated tyre inspection system with Rockwell Automation and Tekna to classify tyre anomalies during final QC. Applied AI for Industry: A UConn policy brief urges Connecticut to invest up to $150M to build an “application layer” AI economy for defense, advanced manufacturing, insurance and bioscience. Robotics Sensing Scale-Up: Tacta opened a Singapore manufacturing and engineering base to scale tactile sensors for its Skill Capture robotic automation, starting with glove production and moving into sensor manufacturing with A*STAR IME. Space Manufacturing Push: SES began building a 16,000 sq m satellite engineering and manufacturing facility in Luxembourg, aiming for opening in 2028 to support payload development and assembly/integration/testing. Global Automation Trend: The world’s industrial robot fleet hit 5.079 million units in 2025, with 603,000 new robots installed and China leading deployments. Solar Supply Chain Watch: Chinese solar cell prices fell for a third straight week, a move that could affect India’s module pricing and localization plans. Energy Conversion Manufacturing: Power Electronics broke ground on a 210,000 sq m Houston campus for energy-conversion systems with 40 GW production capacity.