This week, Hannover Messe 2025 showed how emerging technology solutions are transforming. The ever-present AI marketplace retook centre stage. During the event, Lenovo debuted market-wide AI investment research as part of its CIO Playbook 2025.
The findings follow the general deployment of Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage, an enterprise-ready AI framework with NVIDIA feature integrations to scale agentic AI. This framework enables manufacturers to distribute AI agents to increase on-site worker productivity and agility.
“Manufacturing companies are prioritizing decision-making, compliance, and employee productivity as they adopt AI to enhance operational efficiency and drive profitability,” noted Jonathan Wu, Chief Technology Officer of Smart Manufacturing, Lenovo.
Lenovo offers various tools for manufacturing clients to leverage AI at multiple workflow stages, such as LeForecast, Supply Chain Intelligence, ESG Navigator, and Robotic Inspection.
What did the Research Uncover?
The research revolves around Lenovo’s customer success with manufacturing AI solutions. It highlighted how the EMEA industry representatives plan to increase AI spending by 106% across the next 12 months.
Moreover, Lenovo found that 79% of its questioned manufacturing representatives said that AI project deployments in the past year met or exceeded expectations. The industry’s investment in AI is split, with 44% of questioned representatives equally stating investments into either Generative or interpretative AI tools.
Wu also added:
Success with AI will depend on a careful approach to integration, with system compatibility and adequate compute resources being key success factors. A historical lack of software technology investment prioritization in manufacturing is behind many firms’ integration challenges, especially with legacy systems and struggles with scaling AI initiatives across global operations.
Additionally, Lenovo showcased its AI-powered warehouse automation solution that creates real-time issue reporting. Currently, the solution is operational with Singapore-based ST Logistics, with Lenovo stating that since the integration, Logistics has increased order processing by up to 40% while also reducing energy consumption by 30% and increasing productivity by 30%.
