The industry is facing an urgent wake-up call: according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), a lack of AI strategy is rapidly becoming a critical threat to competitiveness. As the FAZ starkly put it in their recent article, "The Lack of an AI Strategy in Industry is Becoming a Problem". FAZ underscores a core theme, which echoed throughout Hannover Messe 2025: strategic partnerships are crucial for fast-tracking impactful AI-driven transformation across industry sectors.