Dressings and sauces manufacturers recognize Laminar's Process-Aware Autonomy for unlocking production capacity, safeguarding quality control, and delivering measurable productivity and sustainability gains
BOSTON, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Laminar, creator of Process-Aware Autonomy and the foundation that makes self-driving factories possible, today announced The Association for Dressings and Sauces (ADS) has named the physical AI startup the 2026 Supplier Partner of the Year in the Equipment and Service category.
The award was announced at the ADS Annual Business Forum on October 4, 2026, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Laminar was chosen by committee through a blinded process and reflects true trust by member companies earned on the production floor.
"Laminar represents what the Supplier Partner of the Year Award was created to recognize — a company that has embedded itself in the operations of our manufacturer members and delivered productivity and sustainability results that matter," said Jeannie Milewski, President, The Association for Dressings and Sauces.
Laminar was recognized for transforming the static, timer-based clean-in-place and product changeover cycles that define productivity, water use, and compliance across the dressings and sauces industry into dynamic, self-driving processes that adapt in real time to what is actually happening inside the line. Nominations are submitted by ADS manufacturer member companies for supplier members who have elevated themselves as true partners through equipment and service, ingredients, or packaging.
"Marzetti has been making food for more than a century, and we invest in technology that increases our productivity at our plants," said Paul Liedtke, Sr. Director of Manufacturing Technology at Marzetti. "There's nothing else on the market like Laminar for CIP. It gives us real visibility into our clean-in-place processes — reducing water and chemical usage while improving production uptime."
"A dressings and sauces line can run dozens of formulations, and every switch means a full clean," said Annie Lu, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Laminar. "Those cleans run to a fixed recipe, so they take longer and use more water and chemicals than the line actually needs. Winning this award, chosen by the manufacturers themselves, confirms that Process-Aware Autonomy makes every factory run as the best version of itself and achieve both sustainability and productivity simultaneously."
Laminar Process-Aware Autonomy
Laminar is a pioneer in Physical AI for process manufacturing, enabling operators to unlock more productive and sustainable production lines. The startup's Process-Aware Autonomy converts inefficient, pre-programmed automation to dynamic, self-driving processes that save time, chemicals, energy, and water — ultimately powering factories that are more agile and more resilient.
- Process-Aware Sensors: Patented, inline sensors retrofit easily into existing infrastructure and generate a unique, digital fingerprint of what's flowing inside the pipe in real-time.
- Process-Aware AI: Factory-proven, foundational ML models interpret the digital fingerprints in the context of a specific manufacturing process to determine the current process state and autonomously drive the optimal next action.
- Process-Aware Insights: Laminar's trust layer that transforms millions of historical, real-time, and predictive process measurements into explainable decisions, verified savings, and actionable opportunities so operators can confidently run the best version of their factory.
Laminar Proven at Scale
Laminar is deployed on hundreds of lines across six continents, including with seven of the ten largest global food and beverage companies — among them AB InBev, Coca-Cola, and Unilever. Across those deployments, Laminar has measured an average of 20% less chemical use, 20% less water per cycle, and cycles running 15% faster. At Unilever's Poznań facility, Laminar saved more than €100,000 annually on each of two lines.
Laminar Industry recognition
The ADS Supplier Partner of the Year Award adds to recognition from some of the industry's most demanding institutions. Laminar received the 2026 FoodTech Innovation Award and the 2026 Edison Gold Award in Manufacturing and Logistics, and was named AB InBev's 2024 Cheers Award winner for outstanding startup partnership and Unilever's 2023 Supplier Startup of the Year. Laminar is a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and is deployed in WEF Lighthouse factories, a select group recognized for leadership in advanced industrial technology.
Headquartered at Greentown Labs in Somerville, MA — North America's leading cleantech community, Laminar is a woman-founded startup backed by top-tier investors, including Greycroft, Construct Capital, 2048 Ventures, and Flybridge Capital.
About ADS
Founded in 1926, the Association for Dressings & Sauces is an international trade association representing manufacturers of salad dressing, mayonnaise, and condiment sauces as well as suppliers of raw materials, packaging and equipment to the industry. Its purpose is to serve the best interests of industry members, its customers, and consumers of its products.
About Laminar
Laminar's Process Aware Autonomy is an entirely new category of Physical AI reinventing how leading process manufacturers run more productive, sustainable factories. Our patented, inline sensors measure real-time fluid conditions in every production process, informing our factory-proven, foundational Process-Aware Models that interpret process states to drive optimal decisions that maintain quality standards and reduce waste. The Laminar Insights Platform serves as our trust layer for AI decision making and delivers real-time visibility into the time, water, chemical, and energy saved across every cycle, line, and facility. Across six continents, leading manufacturers like AB InBev, Coca-Cola, and Unilever trust Laminar to run their most critical processes and realize self-driving factories. Learn more at runlaminar.com
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Laminar Wins the 2026 ADS Supplier Partner of the Year Award in the Equipment and Service Category
Brightray expands into the world's largest data center market with its first U.S. project letter of intent, targeting delivery within one year with Brightray prefabricated data center solution to support next-generation AI compute deployment
SINGAPORE, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightray Science Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, "Brightray"), a majority-owned subsidiary of BUUU Group Limited (Nasdaq: BUUU), today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Brightray Veridian Pte. Ltd., entered into a letter of intent (the "LOI") on October 6, 2026 with a U.S.-based mission critical infrastructure partner (the "Partner") for a planned 10MW AI data center project in Indiana, United States. The LOI is Brightray's first project letter of intent signed in the United States and marks an important step in its expansion into the world's largest data center market.
The project site is located in Indiana, United States. Under the LOI, the Partner intends to engage Brightray to deploy a 10MW prefabricated data center solution, with implementation subject to the parties reaching final agreement on technical specifications, commercial terms, the project schedule and definitive contract documentation. Brightray intends to act as the supplier for the prefabricated data center scope agreed by the parties, providing related design, manufacturing, integration, delivery and other agreed services. The principal cooperation arrangements under the LOI are not legally binding and do not create any obligation on either party to purchase, supply or make payment. Under the LOI, the Partner intends to issue a purchase order to Brightray by November 15, 2026. The LOI will expire 12 months after it was signed unless replaced earlier by a definitive agreement. There can be no assurance that the parties will enter into a definitive contract, that the Partner will issue a purchase order or that the project will proceed as planned.
Project Overview
The project is intended to use Brightray prefabricated data center solution, with planned power capacity of 10MW. To meet the U.S. market's pressing need for speed of delivery, Brightray intends to complete the pre-installation and integration of the data hall modules and related functional systems at the manufacturing stage, so that on-site work is concentrated on module placement, interface connections and integrated commissioning. The single-storey layout will be designed around the equipment configuration, operation and maintenance access and site conditions, providing space and facility support for the deployment of high-density AI equipment.
The project is intended to be compatible with the NVIDIA GB300 computing platform, with power distribution, cooling and data hall layout planned around the requirements of high-density AI equipment deployment. The project is planned to be designed on the basis of Tier III standards, with a target design annual power usage effectiveness ("PUE") of below 1.2, aiming to balance high-density computing capacity, operational reliability and energy efficiency.
By carrying out factory prefabrication in parallel with on-site foundation and ancillary works, Brightray plans to shorten the project delivery period to within one year. The one-year target covers the overall project schedule in the United States, including design finalization, permitting, international shipping, on-site foundation and ancillary works, installation and commissioning, and not only the delivery of the prefabricated modules. The starting point of the delivery period and the implementation schedule will be specified in the subsequent definitive contract. The final design, technical specifications and delivery arrangements of the project remain subject to factors including the parties' final agreement, site and power conditions, required approvals and equipment supply.
Entering the World's Largest Data Center Market, Capturing AI Build-Out Demand Through Delivery Capability
The United States is the world's largest data center market and a major center of global AI infrastructure investment and construction. According to JLL's 2026 Global Data Center Outlook, the Americas account for approximately 50% of global data center capacity, with the United States accounting for approximately 90% of capacity in the Americas. The scale of this market makes the United States an important market for Brightray's international expansion and provides broad scope for construction solutions that can accelerate the delivery of computing infrastructure.
Strong market demand comes with significant delivery constraints. CBRE's U.S. Real Estate Market Outlook 2026 notes that power supply and infrastructure conditions continue to affect data center construction schedules and that traditional 12-to-18-month timelines for sub-50-MW buildings no longer apply. Against this backdrop, speed of delivery has become an important consideration for customers in selecting construction solutions. By carrying out factory prefabrication in parallel with on-site works, Brightray intends to shorten the delivery period for this project to within one year; the starting point and delivery conditions will be specified in the definitive contract.
The LOI gives Brightray the opportunity to carry out its first project in the U.S. market. For Brightray, its significance lies not only in a new 10MW project opportunity, but also in bringing the prefabricated delivery model to the world's largest data center market and building local project execution and partnership experience. If the technical solution, commercial arrangements and definitive contract are finalized, the project is expected to serve as a reference for Brightray's future business expansion in the United States.
Brightray Prefabricated Data Center Solution Supports Rapid Delivery of AI Infrastructure in the United States
Mr. Bin Wang, Founder of Brightray, said, "Entering the U.S. market is an important step in Brightray's international development. The U.S. has enormous data center demand, and customers face real pressure to turn their AI investments into usable computing power as quickly as possible. Our entry point is delivery: with Brightray prefabricated data center solution, we move more of the work into the factory and run manufacturing in parallel with on-site works, with the aim of shortening the delivery period for this project to within one year."
Mr. Wang added, "We look forward to working further with our partner on the technical solution and implementation arrangements and to building delivery experience in the U.S. market through this 10MW project. Addressing the power, cooling and space requirements of next-generation AI equipment, we aim to bring the efficiency advantages of our prefabricated data center solution to the project and lay the foundation for the further expansion of our U.S. business."
About Brightray
Brightray is an AI infrastructure industrialization company and a 60%-owned subsidiary of BUUU Group Limited (Nasdaq: BUUU). Brightray accelerates data center deployment through prefabricated, modular and standardized solutions, with services spanning design, manufacturing, delivery and full lifecycle support. Its portfolio of prefabricated data center solutions, allows Brightray to match the appropriate solution to each customer's computing needs, site and building conditions, project scale and delivery schedule.
For more information, please visit www.brightraydc.com.
About BUUU Group Limited
BUUU Group Limited (Nasdaq: BUUU) has established industrialized AI data center delivery as its core growth business, operated through Brightray Science Inc., in which BUUU acquired a controlling interest in September 2026. BUUU also provides MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) solutions spanning event management and stage production to public institutions, agencies, real estate corporations and established brands.
Forward-Looking Statements
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These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of BUUU and Brightray, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: the non-binding nature of the principal cooperation arrangements under the LOI and the possibility that the parties may not enter into definitive agreements or proceed with the transaction; the possibility that the Partner may not issue a purchase order when expected or at all; the parties' ability to agree on final technical specifications, commercial terms, project scope and schedule; changes to the project's design, capacity or schedule; land and site conditions; power supply and grid connection timing; required planning, building, power and other approvals; project financing; the Partner's financial condition and ability to perform; the progress of equipment procurement, manufacturing, transportation and on-site construction; differences between actual operating conditions and design assumptions; the integration of Brightray with BUUU; competition in the data center industry and demand for AI computing infrastructure; changes in applicable laws and regulations and in trade, tariff and export control measures; and other risks described in the documents BUUU files with or furnishes to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and, except as required by applicable law, BUUU undertakes no obligation to update them. NVIDIA and GB300 are trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation. Neither BUUU nor Brightray has any agreement with NVIDIA Corporation, and references to third-party products imply no affiliation or endorsement.
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Brightray Signs Letter of Intent for Planned 10MW AI Data Center Project in the United States
