Germany-based, RIIICO has developed a digital twin (creation) platform, specifically designed for manufacturing companies to generate digital layouts of their factory floors. These are then used to create new factory layouts e.g. lines, workstations, as well as tooling (to help efficiently/ cost-effectively/ with-minimal-downtime e.g. “transition a plant from IC to EV production”). Original footage is garnered from a handheld, wearable or push-cart LiDAR scanner & meshed together (accounting for any errors during the scanning process) with a clever AI (which among other) is trained to automatically recognize objects such as “this a robot, cage, ceiling…or hole in the ground” & make ensuing recommendations - a claimed USP vs competitors e.g. Navvis (DE) (€90m), Leica Geosystems...

Founded in 1999 by Dirk Ockhuizen (CEO) & headquartered in the Netherlands, Fortes Energy Systems specializes in collective heat & cold networks for residential, utility & industrial use. Among others, its solution enables the low-energy production of domestic hot water (DHW). Some of the projects carried out by the firm include De Zalmhaven residential tower in Rotterdam, the Cooltower in Rotterdam, Strijp-S residential & business complex in Eindhoven, Le Toison d’Or residential & retail complex in Brussels, De Makroon residential complex in Amsterdam & Efteling Loonsche Land holiday park. The company has 68 employees & is represented in Benelux, Germany, the UK & Denmark. Post acquisition by BRD Thermea (a subsidiaryx` of De Dietrich Remaha)...