CM Acquires Convanit to Advance AI Image Analysis in Intelligent Manufacturing

Convanit's flagship solution, "c-Alice," is a powerful image classification engine designed for complex industrial environments. This solution enables manufacturers to quickly build and deploy custom visual detection AI models without requiring professional programming or data science skills. Originally time-consuming and dependent on manual checks, the process can now be completed faster and more accurately, with built-in quality assurance.

CM CEO Francisco Almada Lobo said: "Manufacturers are facing increasingly daunting challenges, including the need to improve quality, accelerate delivery times, and achieve end-to-end traceability. However, visual data remains one of the most underutilized resources in the production line. By integrating Convanit's advanced AI image analysis technology into our platform, we are revolutionizing the way customers turn non-structured image data into actionable, connected intelligence. This acquisition is a key milestone in achieving our vision for truly data-driven, Industry 4.0 manufacturing."

By integrating c-Alice into CM's data platform, manufacturers will be able to:

- Seamlessly receive, categorize, and analyze image data, coordinated with real-time production process data

- Automatically detect defects and trigger real-time anomaly alerts at various stages of production

- Connect image insights directly to MES workflows, tracing records, and quality reports

- Deploy scalable AI models with low latency, enabling continuous online detection and optimization

Convanit's intuitive interface is designed for quality engineers and process experts, who do not require advanced programming skills. This accessibility accelerates the adoption of AI in production teams, empowering "citizen data scientists" to drive model development and optimization.

Convanit co-founder Michael Meinel said: "Our initial goal with c-Alice was to make visual AI simple, flexible, and high-performance for manufacturing. Joining CM will bring our vision to the global stage and integrate it into the current market's strongest MES ecosystem."

This acquisition further solidifies CM's commitment to innovation in high-precision industries such as semiconductors, electronics, medical devices, and industrial equipment, which require extremely high levels of traceability, quality, and responsiveness.