ARC Europe

Since 1999, ARC has established its European headquarters in Dusseldorf, Germany. ARC has several offices across Europe, located throughout Germany, Belgium, and France. ARC European analysts cover a wide range of topics including Industrie 4.0, smart machinery, sensors, automation, plant and enterprise software.

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ARC Europe Viewpoints

Jul
01
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

Taming the Agentic Swamp: Anchoring Autonomy with Industrial-Grade Data Fabric

As autonomous agents move closer to live industrial operations, enterprises must build industrial-grade data fabrics that validate, contextualize, and govern the data feeding multi-agent systems.

Jul
01
2026

Craig Resnick — Acquisition or Partnership

Schneider Electric’s Planned Acquisition of Cognite Reinforces the Data Foundation for Industrial AI

Schneider Electric’s planned acquisition of Cognite will strengthen AVEVA’s industrial intelligence platform by adding data contextualization, industrial knowledge graph, and agentic AI capabilities for asset-intensive industries.

Jul
01
2026

Emilio Posa — Technology Trends

Datacor’s Approach to Process Simulation with CHEMCAD

Datacor is positioning CHEMCAD as an integrated process simulation platform that supports first-principles modeling, flexible deployment, usability, and closer connections across manufacturing systems.

Jun
30
2026

David Humphrey — Acquisition or Partnership

Siemens and IFS Partner to Close the Loop Across the Product Lifecycle with Industrial AI

Siemens and IFS announced a strategic partnership to help manufacturers connect engineering intelligence with operational reality, increasing the value of their products and optimizing their production assets across the entire product lifecycle with Industrial AI.

Jun
30
2026

Craig Resnick — Acquisition or Partnership

thyssenkrupp and GlobalLogic Partner to Advance Physical AI in Heavy Industry

thyssenkrupp and GlobalLogic are partnering with Method and Hitachi America R&D to develop a Lab-to-Scale Physical AI pipeline for autonomous operations, safety, and decarbonization in heavy industry.

Jun
30
2026

Andy Chatha — Technology Trends

OpenMind’s Vision for Socially Intelligent Robots: Moving Beyond Automation to Human Understanding

OpenMind is extending robotics beyond task automation by focusing on social intelligence, human behavior, and hardware-agnostic robot intelligence.

Jun
30
2026

Craig Resnick — Acquisition or Partnership

Schneider Electric to Acquire Cognite to Strengthen Industrial AI Portfolio

Schneider Electric has agreed to acquire Cognite in a $3.1 billion all-cash transaction to strengthen AVEVA CONNECT and expand Industrial AI capabilities across asset-intensive operations.

Jun
29
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

GE Vernova’s SmartSignal Roadmap Targets Trust in Predictive Maintenance

GE Vernova is expanding SmartSignal with Sensor Health Monitoring, Virtual Signal Repair, and GenAI-enabled recommendations to support more trusted and scalable predictive maintenance.

Jun
29
2026

— Industry Trends

Hyderabad’s Rise as a Global Life Sciences and Pharma Hub

Hyderabad’s life sciences story has moved well beyond the familiar label of “India’s pharma capital.” Over the past three decades, the city has transformed from a domestic bulk-drug manufacturing base into one of the world’s most important life sciences ecosystems.

Jun
29
2026

Andy Chatha — Technology Trends

Humanoid Robots vs. Industrial Reality: What Actually Matters?

Automate 2026 highlighted that the future of industrial robotics is less about humanoid form factors and more about cognitive, multi-modal, and ecosystem-driven robotic systems.