Advantech Announces Collaboration with Microsoft to Showcase Industrial IoT and AI Solutions at Hannover Messe 2026

Advantech (TWSE: 2395), a global leader in IoT intelligent systems and embedded platforms, announced its collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate industrial IoT and AI-enabled manufacturing solutions. The integration will be showcased in Microsoft’s booth at Hannover Messe, taking place April 20 – 24, 2026 in Hanover, Germany. In Hall 17, Stand G06, Microsoft will demonstrate Advantech’s industrial sensing and edge infrastructure as part of its Frontier Manufacturing initiative. Together, the companies are demonstrating a practical edge-to-cloud pattern that helps manufacturers securely capture operational signals from the shop floor and turn them into actionable insights using cloud and AI services.

Anders Nielsen, Head of IIoT Partnerships of Advantech North America, noted, “As part of our Frontier collaboration with Microsoft, we are helping define how industrial AI can be deployed at scale across real-world environments. By combining Advantech’s broad edge infrastructure with Microsoft Azure’s cloud and AI capabilities, we enable manufacturers to seamlessly connect physical operations, capture real-time data, and turn it into actionable intelligence across sites. Together, we are accelerating the transition of industrial AI from pilot projects to scalable, production-ready deployments.”

Visitors to Microsoft’s booth at Hannover Messe can expect to see Advantech’s LoRaWAN industrial sensing portfolio, including current meter, water leakage, temperature and humidity, and vibration sensors connected through the WISE-6610 LoRaWAN gateway. These sensors collect operational data from industrial equipment and facilities and transmit it securely across long distances using LoRaWAN connectivity.

Advantech’s WISE-6610 gateway aggregates telemetry from distributed sensors and publishes the data through MQTT, enabling seamless integration with Microsoft Azure IoT Operations and Azure cloud services. This architecture allows manufacturers to move operational data from the factory floor to the cloud in a scalable and secure way, enabling applications such as predictive maintenance, energy monitoring, asset health monitoring, and industrial AI analytics. Advantech’s sensing and gateway solutions are designed to support both brownfield and greenfield industrial environments, enabling customers to connect both legacy equipment or deploy new digital infrastructure without disrupting existing control systems.

“Manufacturers need solutions that work across both legacy systems and new digital investments. With Advantech, we’re helping customers connect operations faster, securely collect data with LoRaWAN, and turn it into insights that drive more intelligent manufacturing,” said Dayan Rodriguez, Corporate Vice President, Manufacturing and Mobility, Microsoft.

With one of the industry’s broadest portfolios of industrial edge computing, connectivity, and IoT sensing solutions, Advantech supports customers globally in building scalable edge-to-cloud architectures that power the next generation of intelligent factories. 

Advantech invites industry partners and customers to visit Microsoft in Hall 17, Stand G06 at Hannover Messe to explore how Advantech’s industrial hardware portfolio works alongside Microsoft’s adaptive cloud and industrial AI capabilities to help manufacturers transform operational data into actionable insights.