Xentron ties up with Holon System on NEXUS physical AI platform

The partnership comes as Japanese manufacturing and logistics sites face what the release calls a "triple hardship": chronic labor shortages and an aging workforce, a break in the transmission of skills from experienced workers, and delayed use of data from isolated automation equipment. The release also points to a split between control systems (OT) and information systems (IT) as a reason sites settle for partial optimization.

NEXUS is positioned as a data foundation that bridges that OT-IT divide. It is described as connecting diverse protocols to ease setup, defining cross-equipment control in low-code form, and automatically structuring and storing operation logs. The release says it can cut development and operation costs for data integration by up to 80%.

Holon System, founded in 1988, brings its SimLex Production Control production management system, SimLex AI for AI-based analysis of equipment status, and Factory-Zero QC quality management support system. Xentron's CEO, Kanta Naito, said real-time inventory visibility, high-precision cost management, and shop-floor DX are pressing issues for manufacturers. Holon System President Kenji Yamada said manufacturing and logistics sites still do not fully use information from equipment and people in daily improvement, and the two companies aim to build mechanisms that keep working on the shop floor.