# 42Q: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/42q/
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "42Q: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/42q/, updated 2026-11-11

> 42Q is on the AI manufacturing operations software map. No dated launches recorded yet.

42Q is a cloud MES from Sanmina: "a full featured, cloud-based MES solution." Electronics, medical, automotive and industrial plants buy it for shop order tracking, genealogy and multi-plant visibility. Arthur is its AI agent: operators and managers ask questions in plain language, in many languages and by voice, and Arthur reads live MES data and plant documents through MCP. Source: [42-q.com](https://www.42-q.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [42-q.com](https://www.42-q.com/)
- Category: MES and operations management
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI manufacturing operations software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-42q)

42Q is a cloud MES from Sanmina: "a full featured, cloud-based MES solution." Electronics, medical, automotive and industrial plants buy it for shop order tracking, genealogy and multi-plant visibility. Arthur is its AI agent: operators and managers ask questions in plain language, in many languages and by voice, and Arthur reads live MES data and plant documents through MCP. Source: [42-q.com](https://www.42-q.com/).

- Category: MES and operations management
- Price: not published; sales-led
- AI capabilities: Assistant, Production execution, Production analytics and MCP or agent API
- Scale: Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (A Sanmina business; Sanmina is a public company.)

Sources: [42-q.com](https://www.42-q.com/), [42-q.com](https://www.42-q.com/mes-products/arthur-ai-agent/), [mkt.42-q.com](https://mkt.42-q.com/hannovermesse2026-42q-mes), [42-q.com](https://www.42-q.com/blog/news/how-42q-is-shaping-the-next-era-of-manufacturing/) and [sanmina.com](https://www.sanmina.com/solutions-contract-manufacturing-design/42q-mes/).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

No dated launches recorded yet.

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology