GlobalLogic opens Physical AI Demo Zone in Europe. The Hitachi Group company unveils its first Physical AI Demo Zone at its Kraków engineering center, showcasing real-world AI deployments across robotics, digital twins, and autonomous operations built on 25+ years of embedded engineering expertise. GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group company, announces the opening of a Demo Zone focused primarily on Physical AI. Operating within the company's active engineering center in Kraków, the Demo Zone reflects GlobalLogic's strategic vision for the evolution of AI and features projects that are practical developments by GlobalLogic and Hitachi. The projects unite five interconnected Physical AI archetypes: Cognitive Assets, Digital Twin & Simulation, Autonomous Operations, Robotics & Automation, and Autonomous Infrastructure. In addition, GlobaLogic features projects from other AI focus areas: Enterprise AI and AI DLC. The new space will allow partners to see firsthand examples of technologies that help transition from AI experimentation to industrial adoption. How Physical AI is built: leveraging decades of embedded engineering. For over 25 years, GlobalLogic has been developing software for systems that interact with the physical world: embedded solutions, computer vision, digital twins, robotics, industrial automation, and intelligent control systems. These technologies form the foundation of Physical AI. Today, the company combines this expertise with modern AI platforms. This helps businesses build autonomous operational processes and create digital models, while enabling organizations to integrate AI into critical infrastructure environments and speed up data-driven decision-making across automotive, industrial, healthcare, media, and telecommunications sectors. To ensure enterprise flexibility, the Demo Zone highlights GlobalLogic's open architecture approach. By integrating its engineering frameworks with technology platforms from global leaders, GlobalLogic enables clients to implement Physical AI solutions independently of any single platform or technology vendor. "Physical AI is the result of integrating multiple disciplines: from embedded engineering and robotics to digital twins and cloud infrastructure," said Srini Shankar, President & Chief Executive Officer of GlobalLogic and CEO of Hitachi Digital Services. "It is precisely this deep engineering expertise that makes it possible to deploy AI in the physical world. The projects we've brought together in the new Demo Zone allow our clients to see in action how these technologies work together in a real-world production environment." GlobalLogic's engineering teams across Europe play a vital role in advancing Physical AI development. They build solutions across embedded engineering, mobility, industrial automation, and digital twins for global market leaders. This experience enables the company to create reliable, secure systems designed for real-world operations. "Physical AI starts with deep engineering expertise," said Yuliia Shtukaturova, Group Vice President & Head of EMEA. "GlobalLogic's teams across the EMEA region have spent years working on the technologies that form the foundation of Physical AI today. The Demo Zone in our Kraków office is another opportunity to show our partners that the future of Physical AI is being built today, driven by the work of our engineers." Featured projects and use cases. The Demo Zone features practical Physical AI use cases across sectors including manufacturing, transportation, energy, healthcare, and critical infrastructure. Featured projects include: * Gathering Data through AI vision * Digital twins and simulation environments for modeling and optimizing complex systems * Autonomous infrastructure monitoring using drones and computer vision * Robotic systems that interact with their environment * AI-powered tools for equipment maintenance, quality control, and data analytics Select demos highlight how generative AI, multi-agent systems, and synthetic data accelerate engineering development, testing, and deployment of complex physical systems. About GlobalLogic GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a leading digital engineering partner that helps the world's most forward-thinking companies design and build innovative, AI-powered products, platforms, and digital experiences. Since 2000, IT Cluster has been at the forefront of the digital revolution, now accelerating clients' transitions into tomorrow's AI-driven businesses by integrating experience design, complex engineering, AI, and data expertise. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic is a Hitachi Group Company operating under Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), which contributes to a sustainable society with a higher quality of life by driving innovation through AI and technology as the Social Innovation Business. www.GlobalLogic.com About Hitachi, Ltd. Through its Social Innovation Business (SIB) that brings together IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products, Hitachi aims to be a global leader in continuously transforming social infrastructure through digital, contributing to a harmonized society where the environment, wellbeing, and economic growth are in balance. Hitachi operates worldwide across four sectors - Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries - as well as a Strategic SIB Business Unit focused on new growth areas. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi creates value by combining data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges. Revenues for FY2025 (ended March 31, 2026) totaled 10,586.7 billion yen, with 606 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 290,000 employees worldwide. www.hitachi.com.

EMR statement following this weekend's strike action. Following this weekend's strike action, EMR has issued the following statement regarding the ongoing roll-out of Hitachi's Class 810 fleet and maintenance of the Class 222 fleet: "EMR remains committed to delivering the safe, reliable, high-performing and punctual service its customers expect, while operating a railway its colleagues can be proud to be part of. "When EMR selected Hitachi to build and maintain the new Aurora intercity trains and to maintain the outgoing fleet, Leicester Media did so based on its global reputation for engineering excellence and the proven performance of its trains across the UK rail network and internationally. That reputation is why Leicester Media remain confident that Hitachi, which has also been invited by Northern to bid for its new train fleet, will address all the performance issues that Leicester Media has consistently pressed for. "Leicester Media has agreed an integrated action plan to support this work and look forward to seeing rapid improvements, with Hitachi's Global Executive Leadership team now directly involved and bringing its expertise to bear. Despite the reliability issues, all EMR trains, including the Class 810 fleet, have been licensed by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and only entered service after successfully completing all required testing and meeting the regulator's rigorous safety standards. "Hitachi's increased focus was both necessary and welcome. We will continue to work closely with Hitachi to ensure these issues are resolved for the benefit of our colleagues and customers." EMR News 05/08/2026