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SCB Economic Intelligence Center (SCB – Siam Comme SCB Economic Intelligence Center (SCB – Siam Commercial Bank) expects Asia to remain one of the strongest growth regions in 2026, supported by the global electronics cycle and continued investment in AI.

ASEAN economies are expected to outperform global averages as foreign investment continues flowing into electronics and AI supply chains.

For Thailand, the opportunity lies in strengthening its role as a production, transport and services hub - but that will require faster progress in workforce skills, technology adoption and infrastructure.

The outlook is strong, but risks remain from energy prices, US trade policy and tighter financial conditions.

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📍 This week at Data Centre World Asia, Industrial 📍 This week at Data Centre World Asia, Industrial Gemba went straight to the equipment builders keeping APAC's digital infrastructure online. Featured in our upcoming series: • Bloom Energy | On-site fuel cell power with P.J. Huang • Aggreko | Interim power & temporary cooling solutions with Chandran Jayabalan • ABB | Electrification & switchgear with Travis Deutmeyer • GRUNDFOS | Primary cooling pump circuits with Chee Meng Tan • Danfoss | Thermal management & compressors with Sankar Padhmanabhan • Ecolab | Liquid cooling & industrial water treatment with Michael Obradovitch 👉 Follow along so you don't miss the releases. #DataCentreWorldAsia #DataCentreWorldAsia2026 #IndustrialAI #APAC
🔧 Most #reliability programmes monitor everything, 🔧 Most #reliability programmes monitor everything, and catch the wrong things. The ones that work may need a specific technique, on a specific asset, at a specific interval. That starts with knowing who makes your kit, and who can actually monitor it. So today we're launching two free directories for rotating-equipment teams across Asia-Pacific: 📌 52 makers across pumps, compressors and motors, filterable by equipment class and region, each with their 2026 technical updates. 📌 99 condition-monitoring service houses and analytical labs across APAC, mapped by technique and market, with 2026 cost benchmarks. Nobody paid to appear in either. Listings are editorial. Next, the field guide that ties them together lands: rotating-equipment failure modes, what catches each one, and where most programmes miss them. 🔔 Follow along for the drop! Built for the people running rotating equipment in this region, on this region's budgets👇 https://industrialgemba.com/vendor-and-oem-directory/ https://industrialgemba.com/condition-monitoring-service-houses-directory/
Groundup.ai has been named one of the NextGen Tech Groundup.ai has been named one of the NextGen Tech 30, recognising 30 of the region’s most promising growth-stage technology companies. 

Led by Granite Asia and SGX Group, this year’s cohort reflects a clear shift toward Physical AI, with more than half of the companies building AI for real-world applications. 

Groundup.ai is part of that shift, applying Agentic AI and Cognitive Maintenance to critical industrial assets across factories, infrastructure and fleets.

As CEO & Founder Leon Lim🚀 puts it: “For years, the headlines belonged to software. This list is a signal that the next chapter of AI is physical.” 

The team marked the recognition by striking the SGX gong to open the trading day yesterday, alongside Guest-of-Honour Hong Tat Chee, Minister for National Development and Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

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Samsung Electro-Mechanics is investing US$5.1 bill Samsung Electro-Mechanics is investing US$5.1 billion to expand AI chip substrate production across South Korea and Vietnam. 

The focus is on next-generation FCBGA substrates used in AI accelerators, GPUs and CPUs, as demand grows for larger and more complex components supporting AI servers and high-performance computing. 

The investment includes 4.27 trillion won for its Sejong plant and 2.51 trillion won for its Vietnam facility, strengthening its manufacturing footprint across two major Asian electronics hubs. 

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Ultrasound can hear a bearing starting to go month Ultrasound can hear a bearing starting to go months before it fails. 

By the time you can hear it yourself, you've got just days. Same failure. Wildly different warning windows, depending on which method you run. 

That interval is the whole game in #reliability, and most teams have never mapped theirs. 

On 1 October, Industrial Gemba publishes the free 2026 Rotating-Equipment Reliability Suite: the failure-mode cheat sheet (with the warning window for each method), plus two live #APAC directories: who makes the kit, and who monitors it. 

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NUS Enterprise has rebranded as NUSX and launched NUS Enterprise has rebranded as NUSX and launched Nova, a new AI-powered platform designed to accelerate research commercialisation. 

🚀 Developed in collaboration with Zima Labs, Nova can analyse patents, assess market potential, identify potential licensees and recommend commercialisation pathways. 

The launch marks a new chapter for NUSX as it strengthens its focus on transforming university research into real-world ventures and bringing innovations to market faster. 

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60% of pump failures come down to one part: the me 60% of pump failures come down to one part: the mechanical seal. Two in three teams say they'll adopt #AI #predictivemaintenance this year. About a third do. The gap isn't the algorithm. It's buying the software before deciding what to watch. On 1 October: Get the free 2026 Rotating-Equipment Reliability Suite. 👇 Follow for the drop if you run rotating equipment. #reliability #industrialAI
Singapore-based TacnIQ.ai has secured US$1.5 milli Singapore-based TacnIQ.ai has secured US$1.5 million in funding from In Group Holdings to develop AI that gives robots a sense of touch.

With more than 5,000 hours of tactile interaction data, the startup is building AI models that help machines interpret physical contact and adapt to real-world environments. The company is also collaborating with Synaptics to bring tactile AI closer to commercial applications.

“Our mission is to build AI models that deliver real-world impact today and transform how engineers design and develop hardware,” said Aashish Mehta, co-founder and CEO of TacnIQ.ai.

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Everyone is selling AI, but what happens when the Everyone is selling AI, but what happens when the hardware gives out?" 🤖⚙️
With all the hype surrounding new software and AI models, it’s easy to forget a fundamental truth: software is only as good as the physical systems running it.
 
At Automation SolutionGO!, we caught up with industry leaders on the floor and asked them a tough question: Will software or hardware die first?

Check out the video to see where the industry stands! 🎥👇
https://youtu.be/DJ9Cxc1JrSc

What’s your take, is hardware or software driving the future of automation? Drop your thoughts in the comments! 👇
Brochure pitch vs. plant floor reality. We asked t Brochure pitch vs. plant floor reality. We asked the hard questions so you don't have to. 🎥⚡️

At Automation SolutionGO! x RINC, we took @industrial.gemba directly onto the exhibition floor.

We put 14 automation and tech leaders on the spot with the raw, unfiltered questions vendors usually dodge:

@cadvision.systems | DFE-Tech | @beckhoff_automation | @seweurodrive | TME Systems | @groundup.ai | Aitech Mechatronics | @igus_asean | SANYO DENKI | @smccorporation | Sonepar | TNS Asia Pacific | JM VisTec System | @turckbanner

The gap between a glossy demo and what actually works on the factory floor is expensive. Whether you’re specifying software or hardware, these interviews are worth every second. 🛠️📊

We’re dropping the video series over the coming weeks!

That’s what Industrial Gemba is all about: real talk from the floor.

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