The sentient computer HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey remains one of cinema’s most memorable visions of artificial intelligence. HAL knew the spacecraft around it, monitored systems, interpreted events, related information to the operational world in which it was acting, and relayed information to the crew.

As experienced maintenance professionals retire, decades of knowledge can disappear with them. European master’s Thesis Award winner Louis Morias believes generative AI could help industrial companies preserve that expertise, but technology alone is not the answer.

Asia Pacific was the largest regional market in 2025.

Finding the right maintenance instruction can take a significant share of an aircraft technician’s time.

The investment is part of a wider effort to modernise Metso’s service centre network across South America.