From News Desk

thyssenkrupp AG and GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, announced the commencement of a strategic alliance, designed to recallibrate the operational core of heavy industry by driving the deployment of autonomous robotics and Physical AI.

This alliance combines thyssenkrupp’s industrial and operational expertise with Hitachi’s unique end-to-end innovation stack to help accelerate digital transformation across the industry. This “Lab-to-Scale” pipeline integrates foundational breakthroughs from Hitachi America R&D, digital strategy and design from Method as well as enterprise-grade software engineering from GlobalLogic. The pipeline connects on-site data seamlessly to AI-driven autonomous control, thereby eliminating engineering bottlenecks and enhancing operational safety, while establishing a leading-edge global model for the heavy industry sector.

Moving beyond digital experimentation, the two global conglomerates are planning to co-create a suite of “Physical AI” solutions that translate complex data into measurable industrial ROI. The solutions will focus on safety, servitization, and acceleration of the global energy transition.

“thyssenkrupp is in the midst of its most significant transformation in history. By joining forces with Hitachi and GlobalLogic, we are ensuring that we are backed by the world’s most advanced digital capabilities. This alliance is a cornerstone of our strategy to lead the industrial sector into a sustainable, data-driven future,” says Miguel López, CEO, thyssenkrupp AG and thyssenkrupp Decarbon Technologies. “Decarbonising heavy industry is a race against time. The integration of advanced AI allows us to better manage the immense technical and administrative complexity of the energy transition, moving from unstructured documentation to actionable intelligence at a pace that was previously impossible.”

“The future will be defined by organisations that can seamlessly harness the power of advanced AI, edge computing, data and inference, and combine it with deep industrial expertise.” said Srini Shankar, President & CEO, GlobalLogic and CEO, Hitachi Digital Services. “Our extensive credentials in Physical AI, from servicing to industrial automation to operations intelligence, will complement thyssenkrupp’s leadership in heavy engineering to create a lasting competitive advantage.”

“Physical AI marks the next step in industrial transformation, bringing intelligence from the digital world into real-world operations. By enabling machines to sense, decide, and act autonomously, it unlocks entirely new levels of efficiency, safety and scalability,” said Nadja Håkansson, COO, thyssenkrupp Decarbon Technologies and CEO, thyssenkrupp Uhde. “For thyssenkrupp Decarbon Technologies, physical AI is not just an innovation topic, but a core driver of our future business and our ability to deliver sustainable, high-performance solutions. Our collaboration with Hitachi accelerates this path and strengthens our leadership in next-generation industrial technologies.”

“Real innovation happens at the intersection of empathy and engineering. We are bringing together brilliant minds from all involved organizations to de-risk these complex industrial transformations, ensuring that technology always serves the people on the front lines of global industry,” said Timothy Morey, Head, Method, a GlobalLogic company.