An important manufacturer named as the leading vendor in 2025

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Portugal, Portugal – Leader in key manufacturing, advanced manufacturing execution systems (MES) and recognized as a leading vendor of MES Report’s Gartner Market Guide Guide, a subsidiary of ASMPT. According to a key industry report from Gartner, “MES solutions are the foundation of digital manufacturing. The MES market is open to startups as existing vendor communities pivot into new technologies such as AI and IoT. Manufacturing strategy leaders should use this research to navigate the evolving MES market.”


Francisco Almada Lobo, Critical Manufacturing CEO. “We have been recognized three times in recent years as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for MES Report and are equally proud that this research and advisory company has named us as the leading vendor of the May Market Guide for MES.”


Gartner states that this perception is based on “inquiry volume, market presence, and ability to cover use cases and capabilities of core MES.”


Almada Lobo has been added as follows: “Our MES platform helps manufacturers improve the efficiency, productivity and agility of their production processes. However, to support the evolving requirements of customers, the systems are subject to continuous improvement when working with partners and customers who work with best practices to support the evolving requirements of customers.”


Recent enhancements to key manufacturing MES include a continuous roadmap for semiconductor production requirements such as board mapping, bass for complex products, and multi-level packaging. Low-code capabilities are expanding to enterprise integration and event processing services. Along with the platform’s DevOps center, customers, integrators and partners can also publish their own apps that leverage the data platform.


Many key recommendations conclude the report, with manufacturing strategy leaders saying that when evaluating vendors, they need to consider more than just production requirements. For example, when assessing vendors and projects, Gartner suggests that potential MES users fully understand the provision of low code or APIs as a way to enhance their systems through a separate approach.


Low-code capabilities are an important differentiator of the MES platform and an important manufacturing belief that it allows for easy adaptation of workflows and interfaces to meet the specific needs of the customer. This approach is an important part of Critical Manufacturing’s Industry 4.0 solution, allowing for faster updates, changes, and the addition of new features without large capital expenditures


A further market recommendation in the Gartner 2025 Market Guide for MES is to evaluate vendors of vertical solutions if potential users prefer a standard approach to MES and want to reduce the need for customization. In a critical manufacturing opinion, vertical solutions provide a prominent distinction of the specific attributes of the platform for MES, particularly individual industries such as semiconductors, electronics, medical devices, and industrial equipment. Functioning as a true industrial 4.0 hub, this advanced MES solution provides manufacturers in these tough sectors with a dedicated platform for successful digital transformation.

Important manufacturing information

Critical Manufacturing, a leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant and a subsidiary of ASMPT, offers the most modern, flexible and configurable manufacturing-enabled execution systems (MES). Critical manufacturing MES helps manufacturers stay ahead of strict product traceability and compliance requirements, reducing risk with inherent closed-loop quality, seamlessly integrates with enterprise systems and factory automation, and provides deep intelligence and visibility in global production operations.


As a result, our customers are ready for Industry 4.0. They can compete effectively and profitably, anytime, anywhere, by easily adapting operations to changes in demand, opportunities, or requirements.

About ASMPT

ASMPT is a leading global supplier of hardware and software solutions for the manufacture of semiconductors and electronics. Headquartered in Singapore, ASMPT products cover the semiconductor assembly and packaging, as well as the SMT (Surface Mount Technology) industry. This can range from wafer deposition to a variety of solutions for organizing, assembling and packaging delicate electronic components. ASMPT helps us provide cost-effective industry-based solutions that improve productivity, reliability and quality with our ongoing investment in R&D.


ASMPT is one of the components of the Hang Seng Composite Midcap index, under the Hang Seng Composite Size Indexes, under the Hang Seng Composite Information Technology Indix Index.