Italian advanced manufacturing company ROBOZE has acquired key assets from Dimanex, a Dutch software platform that filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
The deal brings Dimanex’s platform together with ROBOZE’s existing software tools, Pandora and SlizeR, closing a persistent gap in its ecosystem: connecting physical machines directly to digital inventory management and decentralized supply chains through what the company describes as Physical AI. The integration targets industries such as maritime, defense, oil and gas, and aerospace, sectors where sourcing obsolete or low-volume components remains a chronic operational bottleneck.
“We are moving beyond standalone machines into intelligent, connected manufacturing system. This acquisition brings physical AI into production environments, where machines learn, adapt and operate as part of a global network. The result is a more resilient and efficient manufacturing system with reduced dependence on centralized hubs to deliver critical components with speed and at scale.” said, Alessio Lorusso, CEO of ROBOZE.
From Standalone Machines to an Interconnected Production Network
Central to the acquisition is ROBOZE’s aim to move beyond selling hardware and toward orchestrating an end-to-end intelligent manufacturing system. The combined platform is built around four capabilities: machines that adjust production parameters autonomously using embedded algorithms; factories that share live data across multiple sites; cloud-based coordination between digital workflows and physical output; and the conversion of physical warehouse inventories into digital libraries available for on-demand production anywhere.
“Roboze is tackling systemic challenges in the industrial base like long lead times and physical inventory constraints,” added Lorusso. “ We are connecting the physical and digital worlds of manufacturing, from the identification of a part in a warehouse, to its qualification, to its production anywhere in the world, this entire process becomes intelligent, automated and interconnected.”
Intelligent Digitization Becomes a Competitive Imperative
ROBOZE’s move to acquire Dimanex addresses a gap that the broader industry has been circling for years: the disconnect between physical machines and the digital infrastructure needed to make distributed, on-demand production actually work at scale. By embedding part qualification, digital inventory management, and production orchestration into a single AI-driven platform, ROBOZE is repositioning itself as an infrastructure layer for industries where supply chain failure carries national security implications.
Other players have been building toward the same goal through distinct strategies. Würth Additive Group launched its Digital Inventory Services (DIS) platform at AMUG 2025, evolving from a minimum viable product into a fully operational system that allows OEMs, suppliers, and service providers to manage validated part files, oversee production workflows, and ensure real-time part availability, with encrypted access controls and certified manufacturing recipes to maintain traceability across distributed runs.
More recently, NAMI partnered with Saudi Electricity Company to implement a digital spare parts inventory system backed by metal and polymer AM capabilities, targeting faster production of replacement components and lower storage costs across the energy sector.
The signal is clear: physical warehouses are giving way to digital libraries, and the companies that control the software layer connecting files to certified, locally produced parts will define the next phase of industrial supply chain resilience.
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