AI for Industry Is Europe’s Hope to Salvage Manufacturing Edge (1)

No two potato harvests are the same, yet each of the 100 million Pringles cans that leaves the Kellanova plant in Kutno in central Poland has to have the crunch and flavor that consumers expect. The process of ensuring that consistency is increasingly guided by artificial intelligence.

Sensors, lasers and cameras feed data on everything from humidity to protein content into software from Siemens AG, which continuously adjusts the recipe for changing raw materials before quality problems can slow production or lead to waste. It’s an example of the promise of industrial AI, a branch of the technology where Europe still has a ...