Tech Mahindra and DFKI Join Forces to Power Germany's Smart Factories with AI
#DFKI #GermanIndustry #SmartFactory #AIinManufacturing #TechMahindra #Industry40 #GenerativeAI"I am pleased to announce a significant milestone as we join hands with esteemed industry leaders to further enhance the value delivered to our customers. Our collaboration with the DFKI team- with special thanks to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Ruskowski- marks an important step in strengthening our collective capabilities in Manufacturing AI at Tech Mahindra.” - Manikantan N S, Senior Vice President & Global Head- Manufacturing Vertical, Tech Mahindra
November 2025 : Tech Mahindra and the Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI), the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, announced a major collaboration today to co-innovate and co-create next-generation smart factory solutions. The partnership aims to develop scalable, secure, and practical AI solutions specifically designed to redefine digital transformation for manufacturing enterprises in Germany.
The alliance brings together Tech Mahindra's global applied innovation and industry expertise with DFKI's world-class research capabilities. This synergy is intended to accelerate the development of responsible and human-centric AI solutions for the crucial manufacturing sector.
The organizations will jointly explore research and development opportunities in cutting-edge areas, including Generative AI, robotics, human-machine interaction, digital twins, semantic data models, sustainable and autonomous production systems, and agentic AI. The collaboration will also focus on building skill-based manufacturing and distributed, networked ecosystems, laying the essential groundwork for the factories of the future.
Harshul Asnani, President and Head - Europe Business, Tech Mahindra, emphasized the strategic importance of the collaboration: "As manufacturing enters an era where AI and robotics will define competitiveness, our collaboration with DFKI exemplifies our commitment to building the next generation of adaptive, AI-powered manufacturing ecosystems. Together, we aim to bridge the gap between research and real-world impact, enabling customers to unlock intelligence across their value chains while ensuring every innovation remains ethical, sustainable, and human-centred."
As a direct result of this partnership, Tech Mahindra will expand its research and development activities in Germany, enhancing its contributions to European manufacturing customers. DFKI, conversely, will integrate its AI technologies into Tech Mahindra's Manufacturing Experience Center and customer projects, ensuring that advanced research finds immediate application in industrial settings.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Ruskowski, Head of the Research Department Innovative Factory Systems, DFKI, highlighted the technological benefits: "The important cooperation between DFKI and Tech Mahindra enables production to be raised to a new level of value addition through agentic AI. Next-generation robots will become more efficient through smart software and will be able to work ever more closely with their human colleagues."
Manikantan N S, Senior Vice President & Global Head- Manufacturing Vertical, Tech Mahindra said, “I am pleased to announce a significant milestone as we join hands with esteemed industry leaders to further enhance the value delivered to our customers. Our collaboration with the DFKI team, with special thanks to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Ruskowski, marks an important step in strengthening our collective capabilities in Manufacturing AI at Tech Mahindra.”
This collaboration reflects a shared vision to advance smart, sustainable, and adaptive manufacturing, driving industries beyond mere automation and into an era of true intelligence.
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