Hexagon AB, a world-leading digital reality solutions provider that utilizes sensors, software, and autonomous technology, announced on 23 February that it has launched a digital platform tailored for discrete manufacturing industries such as aerospace, automotive, electronics, consumer products, and general manufacturing. 

Named Nexus, the software allows engineering, manufacturing, and quality personnel to collaborate and share data quickly, allowing them to create better-quality products in a more efficient and sustainable manner.

This ground-breaking platform allows for innovative problem-solving across the product lifecycle and ensures secure data sharing amongst multidisciplinary teams. 

Nexus facilitates an efficient workflow that gives stakeholders a bird's eye view of the impact of their decisions, which will, in turn, result in remarkable breakthroughs and fresh insights.

"Manufacturing is changing fast. To keep up, stakeholders need agile processes that enable greater insights and efficiencies as they strive to develop and produce products more sustainably," said Hexagon President and CEO Paolo Guglielmini. 

"To meet sustainability goals, companies are challenged with optimising design, material use, production and product lifespans in an integrated fashion. The fragmented landscape of point solutions and technologies today makes it difficult to realise the full potential of what's possible. No one company or vendor has all the answers to scalable, sustainable manufacturing."

Nexus can aid manufacturers in achieving less waste, higher quality outcomes, or optimizing net-zero strategies to ensure greener manufacturing operations. 

Co-engineered with Microsoft using the latest cloud technologies, Nexus offers customers flexibility and control by connecting with any on-premises systems and cloud applications. The open platform allows users to explore a broad range of software and hardware from Hexagon and other suppliers.

Personalised interactions offer users the ability to customise workflows and technology choices, integrating what they need from Hexagon's vast manufacturing portfolio with third-party tools and technologies. These include the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) of Oqton and the Altium 365 platform from Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software company Altium.