NEWS n MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC HAS INVESTED IN – and formed a strategic alliance with – the US nocode manufacturing platform developer, Tulip Interfaces, with the aim of overhauling digital transformation (DX) in manufacturing. Financial details of the agreement have not been released. Mitsubishi has also announced plans to accelerate its own digital transformation with the aim of improving its development and production efficiency, and strengthening its competitiveness through enhanced humanresource development and other initiatives. Its goals are to develop and deploy DX technologies in a variety of fields, thus accelerating its transformation and expanding activities related to its Serendie digital platform. Tulip Interfaces’ platform allows manufacturers to achieve real-time situational awareness, improve quality and enhance their operations continuously. Its applications combine the functions needed to build systems and services flexibly. It also facilitates rapid responses to operational changes. Tulip also has an expertise in manufacturingtargeted microservices, which split large-scale systems into small, independent services to enable flexible development and operations. Tulip points out that manufacturers today are facing the dual threats of volatile supply chains and critical labour shortages. It argues that traditional systems and paper-based workarounds often cannot respond adequately to the speed and flexibility demands of modern manufacturing, creating bottlenecks that lead to delays and stagnation. In response, manufacturers are increasingly turning to digital technologies and data. In particular, there is a growing demand for cloud-based development platforms that avoid complex programming, thus helping to reduce the effort needed to build systems manually. Tulip embeds AI into frontline operations, allowing rapid problem-solving and turning complex data into insights and actions. Through the new partnership, Mitsubishi will use Tulip’s platform to roll out scalable, AIdriven applications, marking a shift towards agile, human-centric innovation. “Tulip Interfaces’composable platform development technology will enable us to respond to the speed and flexibility demanded by manufacturing sites,”says Satoshi Takeda, Mitsubishi Electric’s chief digital officer, and president of its Digital Innovation group. “By combining the technologies that both companies possess, we aim to accelerate DX and innovation as well as strengthen our competitiveness beyond the boundaries of the manufacturing industry.” Massachusetts -based Tulip, established in 2012, has a staff of more than 300. Mitsubishi takes a stake in US no-code specialist to ‘overhaul’ manufacturing Tulip’s AI-based platform allows manufacturers to digitise processes, collect real-time data, and drive improvement, without writing any code Opt ed co m close timize your torqu ooling machine ass r e moto s e m b ly w i th o ur G W EA W Water pip ASY INS solution. leakage-free Guaranteed GHTNESS e ce. WATER TI rfa leakage free pes Plug-and-Play inter N STALLATIO emoves the need T R MACHINE COS on controlle and hig ers cated to moti is 100% dedi dmotor. ETEL for special casting aroun gh-end motion system products Our w ology. o direct drive techn provides a portfolio to meet yo ide range of linear and torque m ur needs. motors, position and ETEL Torque Motors ar HEIDENHA buted in the UK by re distri b T: 01444 2477 • AIN GB Limited sales@heidenhain.co.uk • 711 www.etel.ch
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