Like many large corporates Bosch, a German multinational engineering and technology company, is interested in putting AI into production to make its factories more competitive.
Through the DeepTech Alliance, a private non-profit association of leading European entrepreneurship hubs that specializes in connecting deep tech companies with large corporates, Bosch’s plant in Maklar, Hungary connected with IPercept, a Swedish startup that serves as a kind of fitness tracker for industrial machines, leveraging AI to track mechanical movements to do root cause analysis and predictive maintenance. A pilot project was launched ,and based on its success, the Maklar factory is now looking at how to apply the technology to other production lines.
Bosch’s story is just one example of how manufacturers are starting to unlock AI’s potential. The same week the DeepTech Alliance was hosting the advanced manufacturing event in Munich the World Economic Forum announced the latest additions to its Lighthouse network, a community of 172 industry leaders pioneering the use of cutting-edge technologies in manufacturing. The new cohort includes AstraZeneca’s Södertälje plant in Sweden, which has implemented 50+ advanced technology solutions, including a significant number incorporating AI or GenAI. |