Digital Transformation in Manufacturing – June 12, 2025

1. Korea’s Smart Factories Scale Up – South Korea targets 5 000 autonomous plants by 2027 through AI, IoT and digital-twin upgrades.
2. MIPS + Cyient Launch RISC-V Chips for Robotics – Custom silicon slashes power use and boosts real-time control for industrial robots and EV platforms.
3. MVTec & Siemens Deepen Machine-Vision Alliance – Pre-validated HALCON on SIMATIC IPCs brings plug-and-play deep-learning inspection to the shop floor.
4. ET Smart Factory Summit Maps India’s Industry 4.0 Path – Leaders say AI-powered maintenance, data traceability and smart infrastructure are key to hitting growth targets.
5. Ericsson & Supermicro Offer 5G + Edge-AI Bundles – Turnkey kits promise faster deployment of wireless edge intelligence in factories and beyond.

From Seoul to Chennai, today’s news shows how national initiatives and turnkey tech stacks are converging to de-risk smart-factory roll-outs and accelerate ROI. Which single bottleneck—skills, capital, or data readiness—do you see as the biggest barrier to scaling smart-factory initiatives in 2025?