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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Critical Manufacturing MES: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/critical-manufacturing-mes/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/critical-manufacturing-mes/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/critical-manufacturing-mes.md",
  "title": "Critical Manufacturing MES: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "Critical Manufacturing MES is on the AI manufacturing operations software map. We record 3 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated Oct. 20, 2026.",
  "period": "July 29, 2025 to Oct. 20, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
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    "slug": "critical-manufacturing-mes",
    "name": "Critical Manufacturing MES",
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    "site": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/",
    "summary": "\"Critical Manufacturing, part of ASMPT, provides an MES-powered Industrial Operations Platform for manufacturers operating complex production environments, including semiconductor, electronics, medical devices and industrial equipment manufacturing.\" Plant and manufacturing engineering teams run execution, traceability and quality on it. The AI today: a catalog of purpose-built AI agents that answer production questions and build dashboards and pages on the MES data model, plus MES and Analytics Copilots.",
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    "categories": [
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    ],
    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
    "off_map": null,
    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "MES and operations management"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
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  "launches": [],
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  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "\"Critical Manufacturing, part of ASMPT, provides an MES-powered Industrial Operations Platform for manufacturers operating complex production environments, including semiconductor, electronics, medical devices and industrial equipment manufacturing.\" Plant and manufacturing engineering teams run execution, traceability and quality on it. The AI today: a catalog of purpose-built AI agents that answer production questions and build dashboards and pages on the MES data model, plus MES and Analytics Copilots.",
    "source": {
      "name": "criticalmanufacturing.com",
      "url": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/press-releases/critical-manufacturing-expands-industrial-operations-platform-with-purpose-built-ai-agents/"
    },
    "from": "record"
  },
  "maps": [
    {
      "map": "manufacturing-operations-software",
      "title": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-critical-manufacturing-mes",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Critical Manufacturing MES",
      "site": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/",
      "category": "MES and operations management",
      "what": "\"Critical Manufacturing, part of ASMPT, provides an MES-powered Industrial Operations Platform for manufacturers operating complex production environments, including semiconductor, electronics, medical devices and industrial equipment manufacturing.\" Plant and manufacturing engineering teams run execution, traceability and quality on it. The AI today: a catalog of purpose-built AI agents that answer production questions and build dashboards and pages on the MES data model, plus MES and Analytics Copilots.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "criticalmanufacturing.com",
        "url": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/press-releases/critical-manufacturing-expands-industrial-operations-platform-with-purpose-built-ai-agents/"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Named agent",
          "Assistant",
          "Production analytics",
          "Visual inspection"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Part of ASMPT, a company listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange (HKEX: 0522))",
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      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "criticalmanufacturing.com",
          "url": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/press-releases/critical-manufacturing-expands-industrial-operations-platform-with-purpose-built-ai-agents/"
        },
        {
          "name": "criticalmanufacturing.com",
          "url": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/ai-agents-for-mes/"
        },
        {
          "name": "criticalmanufacturing.com",
          "url": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/press-releases/critical-manufacturing-to-demonstrate-mes-powered-industrial-operations-platform-for-ai-driven-manufacturing-at-hannover-messe-2026/"
        },
        {
          "name": "criticalmanufacturing.com",
          "url": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/press-releases/critical-manufacturing-acquires-convanit/"
        },
        {
          "name": "silicon-saxony.de",
          "url": "https://silicon-saxony.de/en/critical-manufacturing-what-it-takes-to-implement-ai-in-manufacturing/"
        }
      ],
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/critical-manufacturing-mes/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-10-20",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Version 12.0 adds a catalog of purpose-built AI agents",
      "summary": "The Industrial Operations Platform version 12.0 introduces AI agents that answer questions and build dashboards and user interface pages on the platform's Canonical Data Model, and customers can add their own agents.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-critical-manufacturing-mes"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/press-releases/critical-manufacturing-expands-industrial-operations-platform-with-purpose-built-ai-agents/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/critical-manufacturing-mes/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-03-19",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "AI Copilots shown inside the MES at Hannover Messe",
      "summary": "Critical Manufacturing said visitors would see AI Copilots within the MES that answer questions about manufacturing data in natural language and generate charts, dashboards and insights.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-critical-manufacturing-mes"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/press-releases/critical-manufacturing-to-demonstrate-mes-powered-industrial-operations-platform-for-ai-driven-manufacturing-at-hannover-messe-2026/"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-3",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/critical-manufacturing-mes/#event-3",
      "on": "2025-07-29",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Critical Manufacturing acquires Convanit for AI image analysis",
      "summary": "Critical Manufacturing bought Convanit, an AI specialist in image-based analytics for high-tech manufacturing. Its c-Alice engine lets manufacturers build and deploy custom visual inspection AI models without data science skills.",
      "kind": "Acquisition",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-critical-manufacturing-mes"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.criticalmanufacturing.com/press-releases/critical-manufacturing-acquires-convanit/"
      }
    }
  ]
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