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Oishii is expanding R&D in plant factories and developing robots for cultivation, indicating technological advancement.
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NTT East is conducting a demonstration experiment combining aquaponics with fish and ginseng cultivation, showcasing AI-driven indoor farming technology.
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ALP opens OMEGA 1 Bangna smart warehouse spanning 260,000 sq m with Zero CAPEX model
Ally Logistic Property (Thailand), or ALP, has launched OMEGA 1 Bangna, a new smart warehouse project on a total area of more than 260,000 square metres in the Bangna-EEC economic corridor, accommodating more than 160,000 pallet positions. Chali Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of ALP, said the project develops the We Invest, You Operate concept through an Infrastructure-as-a-Service business model, under which ALP invests in and manages the building, automation hardware, software and maintenance, while tenants pay for services based on actual usage. This allows operators to access automation without bearing upfront investment, or Zero CAPEX, for racking systems, robotic cranes and automation infrastructure. The project installs a 40-metre-high automated storage and retrieval system, or AS/RS, along with high-speed cranes, which the company says work three times faster than forklifts and manual labour and raise operational efficiency by up to 35% compared with conventional warehouses. It also uses the ALPOS operating system to connect warehouse management, robots and automation on a single data platform, and is designed to LEED Gold standards. ALP is backed by partners and financial institutions in Thailand and abroad, including CapitaLand Investment Limited, Pruksa Holding, Cathay Life Insurance and Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund. In 2022, ALP co-invested in the CapitaLand SEA Logistics Fund, which has total equity of 400 million Singapore dollars. Over the past 10 years, ALP and its partners have invested a cumulative total of more than 2 billion US dollars. In the first half of 2026, the company managed more than 20 warehouses across Asia, with a combined area of more than 1.3 million square metres. It aims over the long term to develop 48 smart warehouses in eight countries, lifting managed area to 8 million square metres with total investment of more than 8 billion US dollars. OMEGA 1 Bangna is now open for operators to inquire and apply to lease space, and ALP plans to expand the model to other strategic locations in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
BD Deploys Vmax 160 Pharmacy Robot at Fairview Health Services
Becton, Dickinson and Company has deployed its next-generation pharmacy automation robot, BD Vmax 160, at Fairview Health Services, marking the first U.S. health system to adopt the system. Fairview, which fills an average of 20,000 prescriptions per week across 25 outpatient pharmacies and mail-order services in Minnesota, is building on an existing collaboration with BD that includes the BD Parata Max 2 high-speed vial filling robot and the BD Incada Connected Care Platform. The Vmax 160 is designed for centralized fulfillment environments, featuring the BD EasyLoad system for overnight inventory replenishment with a reported three-second loading time per tote and 99.8% accuracy, automated labeling that supports requirements across all 50 states, cold-chain support for medications stored between 2°C and 8°C, and smart expiry detection that blocks expired products from being dispensed. Following the announcement, BDX stock gained 2.8% at yesterday's close, though shares have lost 5.8% year to date against the industry's 5% growth, with the S&P 500 up 11.1% over the same period. BDX currently has a market capitalization of $49 billion. Separately, BD said the STANCE trial of GalaFLEX LITE Scaffold surpassed 50% of its maximum planned enrollment with 274 patients treated across 33 U.S. sites, and it completed enrollment of 477 patients across 32 U.S. and European sites in the PREVENT trial evaluating Phasix Mesh for incisional hernia prevention.
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Hangcha Group plans to issue 2.259 billion yuan convertible bonds to expand into forklift robotics
After market close on September 15, Hangcha Group announced plans to issue convertible corporate bonds to unspecified investors, raising no more than 2.259 billion yuan with a term of six years. After deducting issuance expenses, the proceeds will be directed to a forklift robot smart factory project, a new energy forklift expansion project, a forklift robot and logistics robot research and development project, and replenishing working capital, with planned allocations of 759 million yuan, 705 million yuan, 225 million yuan, and 570 million yuan respectively. The total investment in the forklift robot smart factory project is 872 million yuan. The matter has been approved by the company's board of directors and still requires submission to the shareholders' meeting for review. This marks another major commitment by Hangcha Group to intelligent development following its 2025 acquisition of Zhejiang Guozi Robotics Technology Company. In the first half of 2026, the company's revenue from intelligent logistics integration and robotics-related business reached 796 million yuan, up 30.81 percent year on year, while cumulative new orders for Hangcha Guozi Intelligent reached 892 million yuan, up 29.26 percent year on year.