Reconnecting Manufacturing: The Physical AI Renaissance
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Transform Connected Manufacturing with Trusted AI

The manufacturing workforce is evolving rapidly. Organizations are investing in intelligent technologies that empower frontline teams with real-time insights, improve operational visibility and enable faster, more confident decision-making.

Join HCLTech at the Connected Worker Manufacturing Summit 2026 to discover how manufacturers can combine , computer vision, digital twins and predictive intelligence to transform shop floor operations.

Visit us to explore practical use cases that help organizations:

  • Improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
  • Reduce unplanned downtime
  • Enable predictive plant maintenance
  • Increase production quality
  • Improve worker safety and productivity
  • Accelerate data-driven operational decisions

Whether you are modernizing legacy manufacturing environments or scaling AI across global plants, HCLTech helps enterprises move from connected operations to intelligent operations.

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Why Meet HCLTech?

See manufacturing intelligence in action

Manufacturers generate enormous volumes of operational data every second. The challenge is converting that information into trusted, actionable insights.

HCLTech combines engineering expertise, AI, operational technology and cloud capabilities to deliver that help organizations predict issues before they happen, optimize production continuously and empower workers with contextual intelligence.

Visit Booth #41 to see how Physical AI transforms manufacturing operations.

Featured Panel Session

11:40 AM Oct 14, 2026The path to trusted shop floor intelligence

The Path to High Trust Data That Helps Workers Make Faster, More Confident Decisions on the Shop Floor

High-quality, trusted operational data is the foundation of every successful connected manufacturing initiative.

Join HCLTech and industry leaders as they discuss how manufacturers can establish trusted data foundations that empower frontline workers with accurate, timely insights for faster operational decision-making.

Attend the session to learn how trusted industrial data enables smarter decisions, strengthens workforce confidence and supports scalable digital transformation across manufacturing operations.

HCLTech Speaker:

Manish Khare

Vice President, Manufacturing Industry 
HCLTech

Industry Panelists:

Chris Soltys

Regional Smart Manufacturing Solutions Leader – North America 
Bunge

Jon Wiess

Director of Enterprise Architecture 
Sysmex America

Visit HCLTech at Booth #41

Experience Physical AI in action

See live demonstrations of HCLTech’s Physical AI and Augmentir-powered solutions designed to improve manufacturing performance.

Featured demonstrations

  • Augmentir-powered Connected Work
  • AI-powered visual inspection 
  • Intelligent shop floor monitoring 
  • Digital twin experiences 
  • Predictive maintenance 
  • OEE optimization 
  • Real-time operational insights 

Meet our specialists to discuss how these solutions can accelerate your manufacturing transformation journey.

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Featured Solutions

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HCLTech VisionX – Vision AI solution

HCLTech VisionX – Vision AI solution

See beyond traditional machine vision

Discover how AI-powered computer vision enables:

  • Automated quality inspection 
  • Safety monitoring 
  • Process compliance 
  • Production visibility 
  • Real-time operational intelligence 
Digital Twin HCLTech Smart Twin in collaboration with NVEDIA

Digital Twin HCLTech Smart Twin in collaboration with NVEDIA

Simulate. Predict. Optimize.

Learn how digital twins create intelligent virtual representations of manufacturing assets to:

  • Monitor operations in real time 
  • Predict equipment failures 
  • Optimize production performance 
  • Improve asset utilization 
  • Reduce operational risks 
AI-powered Plant Maintenance and OEE

AI-powered Plant Maintenance and OEE

Predict problems before production stops

Explore how AI helps manufacturers:

  • Predict equipment failures 
  • Improve maintenance planning 
  • Reduce unplanned downtime 
  • Increase OEE 
  • Extend asset life 
  • Improve maintenance efficiency 
HCLTech + Augmentir driving “Connected Work”

Turning Frontline Intelligence into Operational Excellence

Explore  how Augmentir ai-native connected worker platform is transforming industrial frontline

Turn frontline intelligence into action with Agentic AI —connecting skills, work, and workforce data to drive operational execution.

AI-native from day one, and built on the industry's richest foundation of workforce intelligence, Augmentir is the unified platform for connected work and AI-powered operations.

  • Connected skills
  • Connected work
  • Workforce data-driven operations
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Meet the HCLTech Team

Connect with our manufacturing specialists throughout the event.

Manish Khare

Manish Khare

Senior VP - Process & Chemical 
HCLTech

Venkata Raj Pachuri

Venkata Raj Pachuri

Industry Principal 
HCLTech

Sukant Acharya
Sukant Acharya

Executive VP- AIoT
HCLTech

Amit Jain
Amit Jain

Senior business leader, Manufacturing 
HCLTech

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Gain Deeper Perspectives on AI-Powered Manufacturing Through Our Curated Thought Leadership

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