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Teknor Apex Joins OSS Ventures €75M Fund to Scale Industrial Software Across U.S. Manufacturing

Teknor Apex Joins OSS Ventures €75M Fund to Scale Industrial Software Across U.S. Manufacturing

Teknor Apex Joins OSS Ventures €75M Fund to Scale Industrial Software Across U.S. Manufacturing

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BOSTON, April 28, 2026

BOSTON, April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Teknor Apex Company, a global leader in material science solutions, today announced it has joined as a founding partner in OSS Ventures’ new investment fund, targeting €75M million to scale proven industrial software companies across North America and Europe.

Building Software Where It Matters: On the Manufacturing Floor

Founded in 2019 by Renan Devillieres, OSS Ventures is a venture studio building next-generation industrial software that operates at the intersection of software development and manufacturing operations. The firm’s thesis is straightforward: industrial software only drives lasting change when it’s built from the manufacturing floor up – alongside the operators, supervisors, and engineers who use it daily.

With OSS Ventures now expanding operations beyond Europe to its new office in Boston, MA, Teknor Apex will serve as the regional industrial anchor partner, becoming the first U.S. manufacturer to both invest in and operate OSS portfolio software at scale.

“This partnership reflects a shared view that the future advancements in industry will be innovated by people and technology working in tandem to create measurable impacts” said Donald Wiseman, CEO, Teknor Apex.

Teknor Apex: From Co-Builder to Co-Investor

This partnership started on the factory floor. Teknor Apex deployed three of OSS Ventures’ portfolio companies in their Rhode Island and Tennessee sites. The impact was immediate:

• Oplit allows Teknor Apex to set their plants up for success through a reduction in changeovers, improved yield, and a stronger foundation for more automated planning over time.
• Fabriq helps to strengthen a culture of continuous improvement, with problem-solving embedded at every level of the manufacturing organization.
• Mercateam supports operators, mechanics, and lab technicians in building critical skills and advancing their careers – helping Teknor Apex better invest in its most valuable resource: its people.

Teknor Apex and OSS Ventures are aligned as both core business partners and venture partners, with Teknor Apex joining as a founding partner in the €75M amplification fund alongside DECATHLON PULSE, the investment and innovation arm of global sports company DECATHLON, and Peugeot Family Group.

“As we shape our next 100 years of manufacturing, digital transformation is the sole viable path to not only short-term efficiency, but long-term competitiveness,” said Michael Roberts, CIO, Teknor Apex.

Contact: 
Faustine Ladeiro Levent, Head of Marketing
faustine@oss.ventures

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China mulls US manufacturing fund ahead of Xi-Trump summit, business leader says

China and the US are likely to secure several “very positive” outcomes but not a “grand bargain” at their presidential summit in April, according to the board chief of a major American business lobby.

James Zimmerman, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, said on Friday that “the optics [of] announcing deals” such as aircraft and soybean sales might be US President Donald Trump’s main objective for his meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing this spring.

Speaking at an event at the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney, the Beijing-based lawyer said another issue “still out there” was for China to invest in manufacturing in the United States. He added that China had shown receptiveness to such proposals but would require “protection” in return.

“Apparently there is a discussion about the possibility of Beijing setting up a fund to encourage Chinese investors to make manufacturing investment in the US, and similar to that encouraged of Japan, Taiwan and South Korea,” Zimmerman said.

“You won’t see a grand bargain worked out at the April meeting, but you may see certain deliverables that are very positive,” he said during the talk, adding that the pressure of the US midterm elections in November could contribute to Trump’s eagerness for those outcomes.

His comments came a day after China confirmed that discussions were under way about Trump’s visit.



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