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Cognitive Production Systems at LIT Factory Symposium 2026

Linz, April 2026. On April 16, 2026, researchers from Pro2Future GmbH’s Cognitive Production Systems area presented three posters at the LIT Factory Symposium 2026. The presentations highlighted the breadth of applied research currently underway at Pro2Future, from plastic pipe manufacturing to twin screw extruder modeling and centrifugal dryer performance. Poster Presentations Corrugated Pipe Production – …

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Research Stay in Zurich: Ouijdane Guiza at the University of Zurich

Since February 2026, our Area Manager Ouijdane Guiza has been based at the University of Zurich for a six-month research stay. Agentic AI for Software Evolution Ouijdane is working with Prof. Harald Gall and the SEAL group (Software Evolution and Architecture Lab), one of Europe’s leading research teams in software engineering. Her research focuses on …

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MUST Visbility at Intertool 2026: Machining visibility demonstrated live in Wels

Wels, April 2026. From April 21 to 24, 2026, MUST Visibility, a spin-off of Pro2Future GmbH, participated in Intertool in Wels. One of the leading fairs for industrial manufacturing in the German-speaking region. Over four days, the team presented their technology to an expert audience and held in-depth conversations with representatives from the manufacturing industry. …

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AERIALL: Trustworthy RAG Framework for Explainable LLM Applications in Industry

With the increasing adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs) in industry, ensuring trust, transparency and data sovereignty has become critical. Within the TrustInLLM project, Area Analytics introduces AERIALL, a robust RAG-based framework designed for trustworthy AI applications. AERIALL: Bringing Trust to Industrial LLM ApplicationsAERIALL is a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) framework powered by a locally hosted …

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AI4Steel: Pro²Future at the ESTEP “AI4Steel” Conference in Leoben

Leoben, Austria — April 2026. Belgin Mutlu, Area Manager of Area Analytics, and Thomas Kristan, PhD Student in Area Analytics, represented Pro²Future at the ESTEP “AI4Steel” Conference, held on 15–16 April 2026 at Live Congress Leoben, Austria. The two-day event, organized by the ESTEP Focus Group Smart Factory, brought together researchers, technology providers, and steel …

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Invitation to the 4th Pro²Future Scientific Symposium

On Monday, May 4, 2026, Pro²Future will host its 4th Scientific Symposium. This year’s event, themed “Cognitive and Sustainable Products and Production Systems of the Future,” focuses on the vital breakthroughs at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and industrial sustainability. Join us to hear from two top-tier speakers demonstrating how AI and sustainability merge in …

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Doctoral Defense Successfully Completed: Congratulations to Josef Suschnigg

We are pleased to share that Josef Suschnigg, Area Analytics Researcher at Pro²Future, successfully completed his doctoral defense on November 28, 2025. His dissertation, “Visual Analytics for Data-Driven Decision Support in Industrial Applications,” was carried out as part of his research activities at Pro²Future and developed in collaboration with our industry partners AVL List GmbH …

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WunderKInd Upper Austria: Pro²Future Actively Shapes the Industrial AI Future

LINZ. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the key to the competitiveness of Upper Austria as a business location. At the official launch of the “WunderKInd” campaign by Governor Mag. Thomas Stelzer on April 8, 2026, at the Linz Landhaus, the Pro²Future team demonstrated how applied research makes the leap into industrial practice. The Pro2Future GmbH competence …

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University Course Cognitive Industry Engineering – AI Competence for the Manufacturing Industry

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the manufacturing industry. Companies that strategically deploy AI, machine learning and cognitive systems gain measurable competitive advantages – in quality assurance, process optimization and automation. The University Course Cognitive Industry Engineering, offered in cooperation with TU Graz Life Long Learning, delivers exactly this competence: scientifically grounded, practice-oriented and directly aligned …

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