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Hitachi Digital Services Receives Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 North America Competitive Strategy Leadership Recognition for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Services

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This recognition highlights Hitachi Digital Services’ industrial AI leadership, strategic execution, and customer-focused innovation accelerating measurable transformation at scale.

SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Hitachi Digital Services has received the 2025 North America Competitive Strategy Leadership Recognition in the Artificial Intelligence Services Industry for its outstanding achievements in delivering production-ready AI capabilities, optimizing cloud workloads, and enabling cost-effective, scalable digital solutions for industrial enterprises. This recognition highlights Hitachi DS’s strong market position and consistent leadership in driving measurable outcomes while accelerating customer innovation in a rapidly evolving competitive landscape.

This recognition highlights Hitachi DS’s strong market position and consistent leadership in driving measurable outcomes while accelerating customer innovation in a rapidly evolving competitive landscape.
This recognition highlights Hitachi DS’s strong market position and consistent leadership in driving measurable outcomes while accelerating customer innovation in a rapidly evolving competitive landscape.

“Hitachi’s legacy runs deep in industrial sectors worldwide, with our outputs spanning software and hardware design, development, and delivery. As such, we as a technology partner hold unique insight that allows enterprises to confidently place their futures in our hands. We’ve co-created some of the most pivotal digital transformations seen in recent years. And, we’re proud to be recognized for that work by Frost & Sullivan as this acknowledgement underscores the commitment we strive for every day,” said Roger Lvin, CEO, Hitachi Digital Services.

Frost & Sullivan evaluates companies through a rigorous benchmarking process across two core dimensions: strategy effectiveness and strategy execution. Hitachi DS excelled in both, demonstrating its ability to align strategic initiatives with market demand while executing them with efficiency, consistency, speed, and scale. “Hitachi Digital Services embeds reliability and alignment from the outset, making true production-ready AI systems. Its flagship HARC for AI service, originally designed for cloud workload optimization, operationalizes AI using Gen and Agentic AI tech for reliability, observability and cost control. This enables the company to focus on production operations rather than prototype showcases,” said Nishchal Khorana, Associate Partner – Growth Opportunity Analytics at Frost & Sullivan.

Guided by a long-term growth strategy focused on integrating information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) for industrial transformation, Hitachi Digital Services has shown its ability to adapt and lead in a rapidly evolving AI services landscape. Its deep domain expertise across manufacturing, energy, mining, logistics, and transportation enables it to deliver targeted, high-impact AI solutions, from predictive maintenance and quality control to supply chain optimization and fleet monitoring.

Sustainable innovation remains central to Hitachi DS’s approach, particularly regarding AI solution delivery as illustrated by three disruptive, proprietary services: R2O2.ai, HARC for AI, and HARC Agents.

The Reliable, Responsible, Observable, and Optimal AI (R2O2.ai) framework uses Gen AI to solve the critical challenge of moving AI models through conceptualization to proof-of-concept to production, ensuring solutions are reliable, observable and fit for purpose. Hitachi Application Reliability Center (HARC) for AI runs AI applications with greater reliability, efficiency, and governance while mitigating scaling challenges such as unpredictable costs, performance degradation over time, and limited oversight of complex models.

The company’s newest release, HARC Agents is an Agentic AI platform combining HARC for AI and R202.ai with a library of AI agents and an enterprise-grade management system. The platform jumpstarts AI system development (decreasing development time by 30%) and simplifies cross-environment oversight of all AI systems—providing stronger control over governance, performance monitoring, and compliance.

“At Hitachi Digital Services, we believe AI must be reliable, responsible, and production-ready from day one. Our focus is not on prototypes but on outcomes—solutions that scale, integrate deeply with operational environments, and deliver measurable value. By combining industrial domain expertise with intelligent architecture, we’re helping enterprises move beyond experimentation to sustainable AI at scale.” said Premkumar Balasubramanian, CTO at Hitachi Digital Services

Hitachi DS’s hybrid AI approach blends off-the-shelf models with custom-built solutions tailored to client needs. Its work with organizations such as Hitachi Rail and WMATA, illustrating its ability to deliver mission-critical, high-accuracy AI systems that drive operational efficiency and business value.

Frost & Sullivan commends Hitachi Digital Services for setting a high standard in competitive strategy, execution, and market responsiveness. By embedding AI across all digital transformation initiatives and pioneering intelligent architectures for the agentic AI era, the company is shaping the future of enterprise modernization.

Frost & Sullivan’s Competitive Strategy Leadership Recognition is its top honor and recognizes the market participant that exemplifies visionary innovation, market-leading performance, and unmatched customer care. This recognition honors companies in various regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analyses, and extensive secondary research to identify best practices in the industry.

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About Hitachi Digital Services
Hitachi Digital Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., is a global systems integrator powering mission-critical platforms with people and technology. We help enterprises build, integrate, and run physical and digital systems with tailored solutions in cloud, data, IoT, and ERP modernization, underpinned by advanced AI. By combining Information Technology and Operational Technology (ITxOT), we drive efficiency, innovation, and growth across industries. With over 110 years of Hitachi Group’s engineering and technology leadership, Hitachi Digital Services is powering smarter platforms for a safer, more sustainable future. For more information on Hitachi Digital Services, please visit the company’s website at www.hitachids.com.

About Hitachi, Ltd.
Through its Social Innovation Business (SIB) that brings together IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products, Hitachi contributes to a harmonized society where the environment, wellbeing, and economic growth are in balance. Hitachi operates globally in four sectors – Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries – and the Strategic SIB Business Unit for new growth businesses. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi generates value from integrating data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges. Revenues for FY2024 (ended March 31, 2025) totaled 9,783.3 billion yen, with 618 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 280,000 employees worldwide. Visit us at www.hitachi.com.

Flexsys Earns EcoVadis Platinum Rating and Validates Ambitious Science-Based Targets, Reinforcing Its Commitment to a Net-Zero, Sustainable Tire Industry

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Milestones affirm Flexsys’ leadership in sustainability, from top 1% recognition to credible near-term and net-zero emissions reduction targets, and a commitment to 100% sustainable materials by 2040.

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Flexsys, a global leader in tire additives and solutions, has announced two major milestones in its sustainability journey. The company has been awarded the Platinum medal by EcoVadis in 2025, placing it in the top 1% of more than 125,000 companies assessed worldwide across environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement.

In addition, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has officially validated Flexsys’ near-term and net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets. These include reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions 42% by 2030 from a 2022 base year, cutting Scope 3 emissions in key categories 25% by 2030 from a 2023 base year, and achieving net-zero across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 2040. Flexsys’ commitment to 100% sustainable materials by 2040 will play a central role in reducing Scope 3 emissions and positioning the company as a leader in sustainable tire additives.

“Our focus is on enabling the tire industry’s transition to a more sustainable future,” said Neil Smith, Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer. “That means not only reducing emissions across our operations and supply chain, but also advancing sustainable materials so every tire has a smaller footprint. These recognitions affirm that we’re moving in the right direction—and that we must keep pushing further.”

These milestones build on Flexsys’ broader sustainability strategy, structured around innovation, operational efficiency, and local supply for customers. From investing in renewable energy and efficiency at its global sites, to pioneering sustainable additives that extend tire performance and reduce environmental impact, Flexsys is embedding sustainability across the value chain.

The company’s full roadmap and progress can be found in its 2024 Sustainability Report.

EcoVadis provides business sustainability ratings based on environmental, social, and governance performance across 200+ purchasing categories and 175+ countries. Platinum is awarded to the top 1% of all companies assessed.

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) provides companies with a framework to set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in line with the goal of limiting global temperature rise and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change.

About Flexsys
Flexsys is a global leader in advanced material science solutions for the rubber chemicals industry. Building on decades of chemistry and engineering expertise, the company develops and manufactures high-performance vulcanization, stabilization, and protection systems that enhance the durability, safety, and sustainability of rubber products. Its portfolio includes innovations such as Crystex™ vulcanizing agents, Santoflex™ antidegradants, and Duralink™ HTS post-vulcanization stabilizers. Operating across four continents with eight manufacturing facilities and two technology centers, Flexsys continues to pioneer next-generation material solutions that drive performance and sustainability across the global tire industry.

For more information, please visit www.flexsys.com 

9 in 10 Retailers Turn to AI to Navigate Supply Chain Challenges

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Retailers are accelerating digital investments to meet rising demands and increasing fulfilment complexity, with a focus on automation across material handling and management software.

NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Retailers are planning significant investments in advanced digital solutions and warehouse automation to help address supply chain challenges and optimize fulfilment operations. A recent survey by global technology intelligence firm ABI Research found that more than 90% of retailers plan to deploy AI for both decision support and network optimization.

“Gen AI applications have slowly been applied by retailers over the last year, with most exploring system support chatbots and customer-focused support tools. More eyes are turning towards agentic AI applications, and more than 40 percent of respondents strongly agree that AI agents can help automate decision-making for tasks such as adjusting inventory levels, re-routing shipments, and triggering automatic re-orders,” said Ryan Wiggin, Senior Analyst.

In addition to software and automation investments, retailers are getting serious about cybersecurity. More than 35% of respondents plan to spend over US$50,000 on IT security within the next year, while OT security spending has shown even stronger growth in recent years due to heightened threat awareness and regulatory mandates.

“Data privacy concerns and difficulty upgrading or integrating with legacy systems are seen as the biggest challenges to improving workflows in retail companies,” said Wiggin. “Providers should ensure strong onboarding and ongoing support with a key focus on data management and security throughout.”

These findings are from ABI Research’s Supply Chain Survey 2025: Retail and Wholesale report, part of the company’s Supply Chain Management Software research service, which includes research, data, and ABI Insights.

About ABI Research

ABI Research is a global technology intelligence firm uniquely positioned at the intersection of technology solution providers and end-market companies. We serve as the bridge that seamlessly connects these two segments by providing exclusive research and expert guidance to drive successful technology implementations and deliver strategies proven to attract and retain customers.

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From Corporate Philanthropy to Global Consensus: OMODA & JAECOO Parent Company’s CSR Ride Unites the World for a Sustainable Future

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia and WUHU, China, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As a globally recognized automotive brand, OMODA & JAECOO parent company is delivering its vision of harmonious mobility between technology, humanity, and nature through consistent, tangible green actions.

Over the past three years, OMODA & JAECOO parent company’s CSR ride has evolved from a corporate philanthropic initiative into a global green cultural IP, fostering the spread of green ideas worldwide. Building on the dual-drive model of “Green Ride + Public Good” from previous editions, this year’s event deepened collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), integrating the ride into the global ecological protection network.

At the event, OMODA & JAECOO parent company announced the renewal of its three-year strategic partnership with UNICEF, committing an additional USD 6 million to support education in under-resourced regions worldwide. This initiative further strengthens the integrated “Green Mobility – Ecological Protection – Educational Equality” responsibility ecosystem.

Leaders and representatives from Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa gathered at the event. Cultural volunteers wearing traditional attire from their countries formed unique formations, creating a vivid tableau of “appreciating each beauty, sharing all beauty” in global dialogue.

At 9:30 a.m., as the starter’s gun fired and the checkered flag waved, a “green dragon” of cyclists set off along a 9-km scenic route, passing landmarks such as the Yangtze Bend and Luhua Wetland — a vivid dialogue between technology and nature.

The most striking innovation appeared at the finish ceremony. Two Argos robotic dogs assisted IUCN representatives and China Cycling Association officials in awarding medals, delighting guests with agility and reliability. As a key member of OMODA & JAECOO parent company’s ecosystem, the AI-powered robotic dogs perfectly combined technology with environmental awards, exemplifying harmony between tech and nature.

At the 2025 OMODA & JAECOO International User Summit, OMODA & JAECOO parent company successfully built a multi-dimensional global communication ecosystem. By integrating diverse user communities — including technology, cycling, outdoors, environmental protection, public welfare, and animation — the summit connected offline experiences with online platforms and China with the global stage. This approach amplified the company’s voice and actions, fostered international resonance on sustainability, and spread the “Ride Green Life” philosophy worldwide.


As the last rider of the nearly 3,000 cyclists crossed the finish line, OMODA & JAECOO parent company’s green journey had just begun. On its path to becoming a global leader in green intelligent mobility, the company will continue to move forward with technology as its vessel and responsibility as its sail toward a greener tomorrow.

In Malaysia, OMODA & JAECOO currently offers models including J7, J7 PHEV, J8, and C9, and will continue to introduce more new models that meet local market demand. Under the same group, OMODA&JAECOO has 3 sister brands in Malaysia – Chery, iCAUR and Lepas.

First Phosphate Accelerates 30,000 Metre Drilling Program to Provide Final Geological Model for its Begin-Lamarche Igneous Phosphate Property

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Saguenay, Quebec – Newsfile Corp. – October 21, 2025 – First Phosphate Corp. (CSE: PHOS) (OTCQX: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) (“First Phosphate” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that it will undertake a 30,000-metre accelerated drill program at its Bégin-Lamarche property in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec, Canada, commencing this month.

The drilling program is expected to build on the Company’s initial resource estimate and to confirm the final geological model for the property. A full and comprehensive understanding of the deposit is anticipated after completion of this drill program. The Company’s initial resource estimate effective September 9, 2024 is available at https://firstphosphate.com/projects/begin-lamarche/).

“The Bégin-Lamarche property is located near existing infrastructure, skilled workforce and at only ~70 km driving distance from the deep-sea Port of Saguenay and our eventual secondary and tertiary phosphate processing facilities,” explained John Passalacqua, CEO, of First Phosphate “We have Bégin-Lamarche on an accelerated development path to support potential full vertical integration of the Company’s future lithium iron phosphate (“LFP”) cathode active material (“CAM”) operations in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Quebec.”

The campaign will encompass the entire 2.5 km long known phosphate mineralization zone at 50 m x 50 m intervals (see Figure 1 below). The drill program will begin with two drill rigs in the coming weeks and increase up to four rigs by mid-November with expected completion by April 2026. The drill program is fully funded by the Company’s recent financings, and all drill and work authorizations are in place.

The campaign will be managed by Laurentia Exploration of Jonquière, Quebec. Drilling operations will be conducted by First Nations Drilling of Mashteuiatsh, Quebec, and Forages Diafor of Rivière-Héva, Quebec.

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First Phosphate’s proposed secondary phosphate processing plant is to be located at the Port of Saguenay and very close to the Company’s intended LFP CAM material production plant in La Baie, Quebec. The Bégin-Lamarche igneous phosphate property is located next to major paved highway and at only ~70 km driving distance from both the deep-sea Port of Saguenay and La Baie, Quebec for eventual full vertical integration of mining and advanced processing of high purity igneous phosphate into LFP CAM to support the onshoring of the North American LFP battery industry.

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First Phosphate has recently produced perhaps the first ever commercial-grade LFP 18650 battery cells using North American critical minerals. Please see: https://firstphosphate.com/north-american-lfp-battery-cells.

The high-purity phosphoric acid and iron powder for these LFP 18650 battery cells was produced using rare igneous anorthosite rock extracted from the First Phosphate Bégin-Lamarche property in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.

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The scientific and technical information contained in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Gilles Laverdière, P.Geo. Mr. Laverdière is Chief Geologist of First Phosphate and a Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”).

About First Phosphate Corp

First Phosphate (CSE: PHOS) (OTCQB: FRSPF) (FSE: KD0) is a mineral development and cleantech company dedicated to building and onshoring a vertically integrated mine-to-market lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery supply chain for North America. Target markets include energy storage, data centers, robotics, mobility and defense.

First Phosphate’s flagship Bégin-Lamarche Property in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada is a North American rare igneous phosphate resource yielding high-purity phosphate with minimal impurities.

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Iridium Awarded U.S. Department of Transportation Contract for Complementary Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services Deployment and Testing

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Iridium to join forces with T-Mobile for live-site activations throughout the United States

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, and PNT satellite services, today announced it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for an award through its Complementary Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (CPNT) Action Plan Rapid Phase Award II to support a broad network deployment of Iridium® PNT services. Iridium is working with T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) to launch live-site activations across the United States, which delivers state-of-the-art, 5G network complementary timing synchronization that further strengthens their network resilience and helps to ensure customers enjoy the most reliable experience possible.

Iridium Satellite Network
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As the U.S. government’s civil lead for PNT, the U.S. Department of Transportation CPNT Action Plan is designed to evaluate mature and commercially available CPNT technologies in order to strengthen PNT resilience and enhance the safety of critical infrastructure, like 5G networks. Through this contract, T-Mobile will expand its installation of Iridium PNT receivers to 90 additional live 5G network sites in geographically diverse locations. Iridium PNT will help protect against GPS disruptions that cause downtime and compromise the data integrity and performance of 5G networks, which rely on coordinated, precise timing to deliver the necessary speed, capacity, and reliability of service to end-users.

“It is essential for the U.S. to strengthen the resilience of our 5G wireless networks and other critical infrastructure that relies on PNT,” said Dr. Michael O’Connor, executive vice president, PNT, Iridium. “Our partnership with an industry-leading company like T-Mobile underscores the proven performance of our solution and reinforces why it’s the gold standard for PNT services like timing synchronization.”

T-Mobile will also perform nominal and adverse user equipment exercises at its testing range. The indoor location, which includes the necessary wireless infrastructure, provides an ideal setting for DOT, Iridium, and T-Mobile to observe and record results.

Capable of sub-100-nanosecond accuracy—better than a millionth of a second—and secured using cryptographic techniques, Iridium PNT signals are 1,000 times stronger than GNSS systems like GPS and work inside buildings with no need for an outdoor antenna. The service is delivered by Iridium’s low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, which provides truly global weather-resilient L-band connectivity.

To learn more about Iridium PNT, visit www.iridium.com/pnt 

About Iridium Communications Inc.
Iridium® is the only mobile voice, data, and PNT satellite network that spans the entire globe. Iridium enables connections between people, organizations, and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. Together with its ecosystem of partner companies, Iridium delivers an innovative and rich portfolio of reliable solutions for markets that require truly global communications. In 2024, Iridium acquired Satelles and its positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Va., U.S.A., and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol IRDM. For more information about Iridium products, services, and partner solutions, visit www.iridium.com.

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Paxia Appoints Tom Samuel as Chief Executive Officer

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Veteran Software Executive Partners Again with Liberty Hall to Execute Strategic Plan

HERNDON, Va., Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Paxia, Inc. (“Paxia”), a leading global provider of integrated, value-enhancing onboard services and catering management software solutions serving the commercial aerospace industry, announced today the appointment of Tom Samuel to Chief Executive Officer. Paxia is a portfolio company of Liberty Hall Capital Partners (“Liberty Hall”).

Mr. Samuel is a proven aviation software industry executive with more than 25 years of experience leading commercial, operational and corporate functions for global aviation software companies. Prior to joining Paxia, he held multiple leadership positions at Comply365, another Liberty Hall portfolio company, including Chief Executive Officer, a role he held for six years, and most recently Vice Chairman. Prior to joining Comply365 in 2015, Mr. Samuel spent nearly two decades with Sabre Airline Solutions, where he held a series of senior leadership roles in the U.S. and abroad. He is a proven business transformation leader with significant experience leading teams through periods of growth, innovation and customer value creation.

Mr. Samuel succeeds Rodney Duty, who has successfully led Paxia as President and CEO for the last six years following its divestiture from gategroup. Mr. Duty will continue his long and storied tenure at Paxia, as he moves into the role of President and COO. This role will allow him to focus more on the products and services Paxia delivers to its customers.

“We are thrilled to welcome Tom Samuel to the Paxia team. His experience leading growth, strategy, innovation and operations at global software businesses will be extremely valuable as we look forward to scaling key functional areas and increasing our investment in our products and services,” said Mr. Duty, President and COO.

James Black, Partner at Liberty Hall, added, “We enjoyed our successful partnership with Tom at Comply365 and are thrilled to be working with him again to execute our strategic plan for Paxia. Tom has a demonstrated track record of building high-performing teams while leading significant growth in aviation software businesses, and we’re glad that he will be joining Rodney and the Paxia team as we seek to accelerate growth and further extend product differentiation.”

“I am extremely excited about joining Rodney and the Paxia team,” said Mr. Samuel. “They have done an incredible job creating and delivering market-leading solutions to their airline customers. I’m looking forward to collaborating with the team to further transform the aviation onboard services market, enhance our ability to deliver innovative solutions to our customers and accelerate the execution of our go-to-market growth opportunities.”

About Paxia

Paxia, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, is a premier provider of cloud-based airline catering management solutions, transforming onboard services for global airlines. With over 25 years of industry expertise, Paxia’s integrated platform, Paxia Cloud, streamlines catering operations by connecting suppliers, caterers and airline operations with a single source of truth. Its modular applications, including end-to-end service management and galley planning, optimize meal specifications, flight schedules, inventory and invoicing, reducing waste, fuel costs and operational complexities. Trusted by the world’s leading airlines, Paxia delivers data-driven insights, predictive analytics, and automation to enhance efficiency, cut costs and improve the in-flight dining experience. For more information, please visit paxiasolutions.com.

About Liberty Hall Capital Partners

Liberty Hall Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in businesses serving the global aerospace and defense industry. Liberty Hall’s principals have a 25-plus year history of working together and have led the investment of $3.0 billion in equity capital in over 30 businesses serving multiple segments of the aerospace and defense industry, including the investment of $1.2 billion in equity capital in over 20 acquisitions since the formation of Liberty Hall. Liberty Hall was founded in July 2011 as the first, and remains the only, private equity firm focused solely on investments in middle market businesses serving the aerospace and defense industry. Liberty Hall executes a proven and repeatable investment strategy designed to transform middle market businesses into larger, more capable and diverse strategic assets. For more information, please visit libertyhallcapital.com.

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Altair Unlocks Next-Level HPC, AI, and Quantum Performance with Altair® HPCWorks® 2026

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Enhancements to the industry-leading high-performance computing and cloud platform elevate next-generation computing

TROY, Mich., Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, today announced significant upgrades to the Altair® HPCWorks® high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud platform. The release of Altair HPCWorks 2026 enables faster discovery with new features and improvements including enhanced GPU integration and utilization, expanded AI and machine learning tools and support, and extended reporting so users can understand, tune, and optimize their HPC environments.

Altair announced significant upgrades to the Altair HPCWorks, enabling faster discovery with new features and improvements.
Altair announced significant upgrades to the Altair HPCWorks, enabling faster discovery with new features and improvements.

“The technology landscape is rapidly evolving, and we’re tailoring Altair solutions to support the latest AI, machine learning, data analytics, EDA, and even quantum workloads,” said Sam Mahalingam, chief technology officer, Altair. “Now as part of Siemens, we can push the technology even further, with the industry-leading Altair HPCWorks platform as the foundation of intelligent, data-driven computing.”

Powerful AI and GPU Integration

Altair HPCWorks solutions are designed with AI workloads in mind, with broad support for GPUs and an updated Kubernetes connector. Altair HPCWorks 2026 includes new features such as Jupyter Notebook integration for AI and machine learning model training. Because GPU-accelerated computing is essential for data-intensive activities, Altair tools are tailored to efficiently support GPU discovery and optimization. Altair HPCWorks supports NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel accelerators and gives IT administrators fast GPU integration and extended reporting.

Paving the Road to Agentic HPC

The advent of smart AI tools makes it easier for users to get fast results without needing deep IT or scheduling expertise. Agentic HPC uses AI to automate tasks and get answers faster, using intelligent scheduling and memory selection to optimize workloads. Altair HPCWorks takes advantage of AI-assisted functionality, including new AI-powered memory resource prediction to streamline job submission and optimize resource utilization. Integration with platforms like Altair® RapidMiner® allows users to create custom AI models trained for individual workloads.

Hybrid Classical and Quantum Computing 

The quantum frontier promises to dramatically speed up processing and bring technological development to a new level. While quantum computing still faces significant hurdles, it’s already being used alongside classical HPC; both technologies excel at different types of challenges, and hybrid classical-quantum workflows show promise for science, engineering, and financial applications. The 2026 Altair HPCWorks release makes it possible to efficiently run novel hybrid quantum-classical workflows that can detect complex, changing patterns such as fraudulent credit card transactions.

Additional Highlights

New features and upgrades to the Altair HPCWorks product suite include expanded reports, cluster dashboard enhancements, and tighter integration within Altair HPCWorks and with additional Altair solver and data analytics solutions. Windows users get a new desktop client for easy access to HPC tools, and IT administrators can use a streaming API to compose automations that respond to cloud changes in real time, among other capabilities. Altair HPCWorks 2026 also includes security, performance, and functionality improvements.

To learn more about Altair HPCWorks 2026 and see the full list of enhancements, visit https://altair.com/hpcworks-2026.

About Altair

Altair is a global leader in computational intelligence that provides software and cloud solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and AI. Altair is part of Siemens Digital Industries Software. To learn more, please visit altair.com or sw.siemens.com.

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