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Adept Cloud, Adept AI, Adept Catalyst, and the next-generation SOLIDWORKS integration headline a milestone week for the engineering document management leader
BETHLEHEM, Pa., May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Synergis Software opened Adept Experience 2026, its annual customer conference, with the most significant product announcement in the company's 35-year history. At the center of the announcement is Adept Cloud — a fully managed, cloud-native SaaS engineering document management system now generally available, joining Adept, the company's award-winning on-premise platform. Synergis also introduced Adept AI, artificial intelligence capabilities built into Adept Cloud; Adept Catalyst, a governed collaboration gateway between Adept and Microsoft SharePoint; and the company's next-generation SOLIDWORKS integration.
"We made commitments to this community about where Adept was going, what was possible, what it would become. After years of investment and thousands of conversations with customers, we've arrived at this moment. Cloud-native document management, AI built into the platform, and governed collaboration across the engineering asset lifecycle — this is what the next era of Adept looks like for our customers."
— Kristen Tomasic, President, Synergis Software
Learn more about Adept Cloud and the full Adept platform at SynergisSoftware.com, or register for the June 17 Adept Cloud webinar.
Adept Cloud: Award-Winning Engineering Document Management, Without the Infrastructure
Adept Cloud brings the power of Adept — named to G2's 2026 Best Software Awards — to a fully managed, browser-based SaaS environment. No local infrastructure. No VPN. No IT tickets or weekend upgrades. Built for asset-intensive organizations where the accuracy of engineering documentation is a matter of operational safety, regulatory compliance, and project outcomes.
For existing Adept customers, the transition is seamless — existing workflows, data, and permissions carry over exactly as they are. No relearning. No disruption.
Security is the foundation, not a feature. Deployed on Amazon AWS with Single Sign-On included in every Plan, automated vulnerability scanning, and third-party penetration testing, Adept Cloud delivers enterprise-grade security that would be cost-prohibitive for most organizations to build and manage on their own.
"Engineering organizations have been managing infrastructure they never wanted to own. Adept Cloud removes that entirely. The document control, the CAD integration, the version management, the audit trail — all of it is still there. What's gone is the overhead that was consuming IT resources without adding engineering value."
— Todd Cummings, Vice President of Product Strategy, Synergis Software
Unlimited Users. No Per-Seat Costs.
Every Adept Cloud plan — Essentials, Professional, and Enterprise — includes unlimited users, from engineers at their desks to teams in the field or on the plant floor.
Learn more about Adept Cloud.
Adept AI: Intelligence Where Your Engineering Data Lives
Adept AI helps engineering organizations surface information faster, accelerate document-intensive work, and extract more value from the engineering data already living in Adept — the system of record.
Adept Catalyst: Collaborate in SharePoint with Adept Governance
Adept Catalyst is a governed collaboration gateway between Adept and Microsoft SharePoint — built for the reality that engineering work doesn't stay inside organizational boundaries. Capital projects, plant modifications, and maintenance work all involve contractors, engineering partners, and suppliers working outside your system of record. Catalyst controls what goes out from Adept and brings documents back through review, approval, and version control. External parties collaborate in SharePoint — no Adept access or VPN required. At project handover, Adept reflects what was actually built — accurately and completely. The record is always current — because governance never stopped.
"Engineering documentation failures don't announce themselves — they show up at the worst possible moment. A safety incident. A failed inspection. A costly rework after handover that nobody saw coming. Adept and Catalyst are about making sure that moment never arrives."
— Scott Lamond, Vice President of Marketing, Synergis Software
Learn more about Adept Catalyst.
Next-Generation SOLIDWORKS Integration
Adept Spring '26, the latest release of the Adept on-premise platform, includes the next-generation Adept SOLIDWORKS integration — delivering a task pane interface paired with SOLIDWORKS for search, browse, and document operations, and bidirectional property updating. The integrated visualization and markup solution gives reviewers easy access to designs without requiring a SOLIDWORKS license.
Industry Leaders Gather at Adept Experience 2026
Adept Experience 2026 brought together engineering and operations professionals from Merck & Co., Albemarle, Energy Transfer, Ruhrpumpen, Hoosier Energy, Buzzi Unicem, and others from across the Americas for two days of product sessions, customer presentations, and roadmap discussions. New York Times bestselling author Steve McClatchy delivered the Day 2 keynote, "Leading Change in the Age of AI," drawing on two decades of work with organizations including Google, Microsoft, and John Deere. The conference continues May 20–21 with two days of optional technical training.
About Adept Experience
Adept Experience is the annual Adept customer conference, bringing together engineering and operations leaders from across the Americas to share best practices, explore new platform capabilities, and connect directly with Synergis experts and their peers.
About Synergis Software
Synergis Software is the creator of Adept, a leading engineering document management platform trusted by global organizations including Dow, Con Edison, Merck, and General Mills — and named to G2's 2026 Best Software Awards as the top-ranked engineering document management platform. For more than 35 years, Synergis has helped asset-intensive industries — including manufacturing, chemicals, utilities, oil and gas, life sciences, and mining — centralize, govern, and leverage engineering information to accelerate projects, strengthen compliance, and reduce operational risk. Adept is available both as a fully managed SaaS platform and as an on-premise solution.
For more information, visit SynergisSoftware.com.
MEDIA CONTACT
Scott Lamond
Vice President of Marketing, Synergis Software
scott.lamond@synergis.com
 
Synergis Software — engineering document management for asset-intensive industries. Now it's all within reach.
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Synergis Software Opens Adept Experience 2026 With the Largest Product Launch in Company History
Synergis Software Opens Adept Experience 2026 With the Largest Product Launch in Company History
Synergis Software Opens Adept Experience 2026 With the Largest Product Launch in Company History
Synergis Software Opens Adept Experience 2026 With the Largest Product Launch in Company History
Synergis Software Opens Adept Experience 2026 With the Largest Product Launch in Company History
BETHLEHEM, Pa., May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Synergis Software opened Adept Experience 2026, its annual customer conference, with the most significant product announcement in the company's 35-year history. At the center of the announcement is Adept Cloud — a fully managed, cloud-native SaaS engineering document management system now generally available, joining Adept, the company's award-winning on-premise platform. Synergis also introduced Adept AI, artificial intelligence capabilities built into Adept Cloud; Adept Catalyst, a governed collaboration gateway between Adept and Microsoft SharePoint; and the company's next-generation SOLIDWORKS integration.
"We made commitments to this community about where Adept was going, what was possible, what it would become. After years of investment and thousands of conversations with customers, we've arrived at this moment. Cloud-native document management, AI built into the platform, and governed collaboration across the engineering asset lifecycle — this is what the next era of Adept looks like for our customers."
— Kristen Tomasic, President, Synergis Software
Learn more about Adept Cloud and the full Adept platform at SynergisSoftware.com, or register for the June 17 Adept Cloud webinar.
Adept Cloud: Award-Winning Engineering Document Management, Without the Infrastructure
Adept Cloud brings the power of Adept — named to G2's 2026 Best Software Awards — to a fully managed, browser-based SaaS environment. No local infrastructure. No VPN. No IT tickets or weekend upgrades. Built for asset-intensive organizations where the accuracy of engineering documentation is a matter of operational safety, regulatory compliance, and project outcomes.
For existing Adept customers, the transition is seamless — existing workflows, data, and permissions carry over exactly as they are. No relearning. No disruption.
Security is the foundation, not a feature. Deployed on Amazon AWS with Single Sign-On included in every Plan, automated vulnerability scanning, and third-party penetration testing, Adept Cloud delivers enterprise-grade security that would be cost-prohibitive for most organizations to build and manage on their own.
"Engineering organizations have been managing infrastructure they never wanted to own. Adept Cloud removes that entirely. The document control, the CAD integration, the version management, the audit trail — all of it is still there. What's gone is the overhead that was consuming IT resources without adding engineering value."
— Todd Cummings, Vice President of Product Strategy, Synergis Software
Unlimited Users. No Per-Seat Costs.
Every Adept Cloud plan — Essentials, Professional, and Enterprise — includes unlimited users, from engineers at their desks to teams in the field or on the plant floor.
Learn more about Adept Cloud.
Adept AI: Intelligence Where Your Engineering Data Lives
Adept AI helps engineering organizations surface information faster, accelerate document-intensive work, and extract more value from the engineering data already living in Adept — the system of record.
Adept Catalyst: Collaborate in SharePoint with Adept Governance
Adept Catalyst is a governed collaboration gateway between Adept and Microsoft SharePoint — built for the reality that engineering work doesn't stay inside organizational boundaries. Capital projects, plant modifications, and maintenance work all involve contractors, engineering partners, and suppliers working outside your system of record. Catalyst controls what goes out from Adept and brings documents back through review, approval, and version control. External parties collaborate in SharePoint — no Adept access or VPN required. At project handover, Adept reflects what was actually built — accurately and completely. The record is always current — because governance never stopped.
"Engineering documentation failures don't announce themselves — they show up at the worst possible moment. A safety incident. A failed inspection. A costly rework after handover that nobody saw coming. Adept and Catalyst are about making sure that moment never arrives."
— Scott Lamond, Vice President of Marketing, Synergis Software
Learn more about Adept Catalyst.
Next-Generation SOLIDWORKS Integration
Adept Spring '26, the latest release of the Adept on-premise platform, includes the next-generation Adept SOLIDWORKS integration — delivering a task pane interface paired with SOLIDWORKS for search, browse, and document operations, and bidirectional property updating. The integrated visualization and markup solution gives reviewers easy access to designs without requiring a SOLIDWORKS license.
Industry Leaders Gather at Adept Experience 2026
Adept Experience 2026 brought together engineering and operations professionals from Merck & Co., Albemarle, Energy Transfer, Ruhrpumpen, Hoosier Energy, Buzzi Unicem, and others from across the Americas for two days of product sessions, customer presentations, and roadmap discussions. New York Times bestselling author Steve McClatchy delivered the Day 2 keynote, "Leading Change in the Age of AI," drawing on two decades of work with organizations including Google, Microsoft, and John Deere. The conference continues May 20–21 with two days of optional technical training.
About Adept Experience
Adept Experience is the annual Adept customer conference, bringing together engineering and operations leaders from across the Americas to share best practices, explore new platform capabilities, and connect directly with Synergis experts and their peers.
About Synergis Software
Synergis Software is the creator of Adept, a leading engineering document management platform trusted by global organizations including Dow, Con Edison, Merck, and General Mills — and named to G2's 2026 Best Software Awards as the top-ranked engineering document management platform. For more than 35 years, Synergis has helped asset-intensive industries — including manufacturing, chemicals, utilities, oil and gas, life sciences, and mining — centralize, govern, and leverage engineering information to accelerate projects, strengthen compliance, and reduce operational risk. Adept is available both as a fully managed SaaS platform and as an on-premise solution.
For more information, visit SynergisSoftware.com.
MEDIA CONTACT
Scott Lamond
Vice President of Marketing, Synergis Software
scott.lamond@synergis.com
 
Synergis Software — engineering document management for asset-intensive industries. Now it's all within reach.
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Synergis Software Opens Adept Experience 2026 With the Largest Product Launch in Company History
Synergis Software Opens Adept Experience 2026 With the Largest Product Launch in Company History
Synergis Software Opens Adept Experience 2026 With the Largest Product Launch in Company History
Synergis Software Opens Adept Experience 2026 With the Largest Product Launch in Company History
Synergis Software Opens Adept Experience 2026 With the Largest Product Launch in Company History
Thailand Positions Drone Technology as a Strategic Driver of High-Value Economy, Smart Agriculture, and National Security
BANGKOK, May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- GML Exhibition (Thailand) Co., Ltd. successfully hosted the official press conference for DronTech Asia 2026, announcing the upcoming third edition of ASEAN's leading drone and unmanned systems exhibition, scheduled to take place from 11–13 November 2026 at the IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center, Muang Thong Thani.
Taking place 19 May 2026, the press conference brought together prominent government agencies, industry leaders, academic experts, and national security organizations to discuss Thailand's growing role in the global drone ecosystem and the strategic importance of unmanned technologies in driving economic transformation.
Participating organizations and official supporter of DronTech Asia 2026 included the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT), Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), Department of Agriculture, Defence Technology Institute (DTI), Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), the World UAV Federation, Suranaree University of Technology, and the Thailand Disaster Response Association.
In attendance to the press conference included:
- Mr. Manu Leopairote, Chairman of GML Exhibition (Thailand) Co., Ltd.,
- Air Chief Marshal Manat Chavanaprayoon Director General, Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT)
- Ms. Yurawan Anantanomanee Professional Level Agricultural Academic Officer, Plant Pest Management Division, Department of Agriculture
- Dr. Prisan Rakwatin Assistant President (Digital Application Promotion Division) Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA)
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Suradech Tantrairat Head, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Intelligent Systems Research Unit Suranaree University of Technology
- Mr. Asawin Romprasert Honorary President, Disaster Response Association (Thailand)
DronTech Asia 2026 is expected to generate more than THB 350 million in business value through trade negotiations, technology transfer, investment opportunities, and strategic partnerships. The exhibition is projected to feature over 150 international commercial and defense drone and drone technology related companies and attract more than 5,000 professional visitors globally.
Mr. Manu Leopairote, Chairman of GML Exhibition (Thailand) Co., Ltd., emphasized during the press event that drones are no longer emerging technologies but have become critical infrastructure supporting agriculture, logistics, digital industries, and national security.
He highlighted that the Asia-Pacific region is currently the world's fastest-growing drone market, driven by AI integration, automation systems, precision agriculture, and defense modernization. Thailand, positioned at the center of ASEAN, has a unique opportunity to accelerate its own drone technology ecosystem and strengthen regional competitiveness.
"Thailand is at a critical turning point. We are simultaneously an agricultural and industrial nation progressing steadily toward a digital economy, and drones serve as the vital bridge connecting these three dimensions. Whether it is increasing agricultural yields, surveying infrastructure, transporting cargo to remote areas, or conducting border surveillance, drones are becoming strategic tools for which Thailand must urgently develop its own domestic capabilities," said Mr. Manu.
Key Session Highlights from the Press Conference
Thailand's National Drone Roadmap and Smart Airspace Development
Representatives from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) outlined ongoing regulatory reforms designed to accelerate Thailand's drone industry development. CAAT shared updates on revised regulations permitting larger drones exceeding 25 kilograms and announced progress on the country's upcoming National Drone Master Plan, which will serve as a roadmap for commercial drones, smart airspace systems, and future Urban Air Mobility initiatives.
CAAT also noted that Thailand has already surpassed 60,000 registered drone operators, reflecting rapid industry growth nationwide.
Drone Technology Driving Smart Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture highlighted the rapid growth of agricultural drone adoption and Thailand's push to modernize farming through drone technology, operator training, and sustainable agriculture initiatives. Officials also reaffirmed the government's target to train 5,000 certified agricultural drone operators nationwide by 2027.
AI, Data Platforms, and Thailand's Emerging Drone Economy
Executives from DEPA discussed how AI integration and drone data platforms are driving new high-value digital industries in Thailand. The agency also showcased its "One Tambon, One Digital (Drone Community)" initiative, supporting drone adoption through subsidies, pilot training, and nationwide service center development.
Future Air Mobility and Advanced Drone Innovation
Researchers from Suranaree University of Technology presented advanced Thai drone innovations, including hybrid UAV systems designed for vertical take-off and long-endurance missions. The session highlighted Thailand's growing capability to commercialize locally developed drone technologies.
Drones in Disaster Response and National Security
The Thailand Disaster Response Association shared real-world applications of drones in disaster response, search-and-rescue operations, and border surveillance. Speakers emphasized the growing role of drones as strategic tools for national security and emergency management.
DronTech Asia 2026 to Showcase ASEAN's Expanding Drone Ecosystem
DronTech Asia 2026 will serve as a major regional platform connecting governments, technology developers, investors, operators, academic institutions, and industry end users across ASEAN's rapidly growing drone ecosystem. Already big name players in the commercial and defense sectors have confirmed their participation including NAcDrone Enterprise Co., Ltd., , Systonics Co., Ltd., DJI Enterprise by SIS, Grepow DBA Tattu Battery, Thai Sky Vision, 13 Store Co., Ltd., ICreative Systems Co.,Ltd, T-MOTOR and many more. Beyond the large-scale international exhibition, the event will feature international conferences, technical seminars, live drone demonstrations, business matching sessions, and investment networking opportunities. Key highlights will include showcases on smart agriculture, AI-powered drone technologies, Future Air Mobility, eVTOL systems, as well as security, surveillance, and defense applications.
The 3rd edition of DronTech Asia 2026 will take place from 11–13 November 2026 at Challenger Hall, IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center, Muang Thong Thani, Thailand. Organized by GML Exhibition (Thailand) Co., Ltd., the event is expected to bring together more than 150 exhibiting brands and over 5,000 professional participants from across the region. More information is available at www.drontechasia.com.
For exhibiting opportunities for commercial drone companies.
For exhibiting opportunities for defense drone companies.
For Media Inquiries contact:
Yaowalak Chuvichien (Elle)
Senior Event Manager
yaowalak@asiandefense.com
GML Exhibition (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.
For Sales & Sponsorship Opportunities contact:
Ms. Natcha Lim
Sales Manager
Natcha@asiandefense.com
GML Exhibition (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.
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CAAT, DEPA, Department of Agriculture, GISTDA, DTI and Industry Leaders Unite at DronTech Asia 2026 Press Conference
CAAT, DEPA, Department of Agriculture, GISTDA, DTI and Industry Leaders Unite at DronTech Asia 2026 Press Conference
