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

Jun
02
2026

— Industry Best Practice

Cost Engineering and the Spaghetti Western: Technologies’ Role in Optimization

Cost engineering is evolving beyond unit-cost analysis into a broader supply chain optimization discipline supported by people, process transformation, industrial data fabric, AI, and autonomous orchestration.

Jun
01
2026

Marianne D’Aquila — Acquisition or Partnership

Autodesk to Acquire MaintainX to Expand Operations Platform

Autodesk plans to acquire MaintainX in a $3.6 billion all-cash transaction to strengthen its operations platform and connect maintenance, asset, and lifecycle data.

Jun
01
2026

Inderpreet Shoker — Financial

Octave Intelligence plc listed on Nasdaq New York

Octave Intelligence plc has completed its spin-off from Hexagon AB and begun trading on Nasdaq Stockholm and the Nasdaq Global Select Market in New York.

Jun
01
2026

David Humphrey — Acquisition or Partnership

Siemens and Partners Develop Reference Architecture Purpose-Built for NVIDIA AI Data Centers

Siemens, NVIDIA, Fluence, and nVent-aligned design considerations have come together in a reference architecture for NVIDIA AI data centers, focused on power, controls, resilience, and scalable AI factory deployment.

May
29
2026

Gaven Simon — Technology Trends

The Digital Backbone of the Warehouse: Trends Shaping the 2026 WMS Market

ARC’s WMS MarketMap will evaluate how warehouse management system providers are evolving to support automation, AI-driven execution, broader supply chain integration, and more transparent supplier benchmarking.

May
29
2026

Anju Ajaykumar — Technology Trends

ARC Initiates MarketMap Research on Machine Vision Systems

ARC Advisory Group has initiated a new MarketMap research study on machine vision systems, benchmarking supplier capabilities, technology direction, and adoption readiness across industrial automation and quality assurance applications.

May
29
2026

Craig Resnick — Acquisition or Partnership

SeQent and Velotic Expand Partnership for Real-Time Industrial Alarm Notification

SeQent and Velotic renewed and expanded their partnership to support real-time alarm and event notification across Proficy Software, including current support for CIMPLICITY HMI/SCADA and planned iFIX support in 2026.

May
29
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Company and Product News

IBM and Red Hat Commit $5 Billion to Redefine the Future of Open Source in the AI Era

IBM and Red Hat have announced Project Lightwell, a $5 billion initiative combining AI capabilities and engineering resources to help enterprises secure open source software across development and production environments.

May
29
2026

Santosh Kumar — Technology Trends

ARC Initiates MarketMap Research on Proximity Sensors for Industrial Automation

ARC Advisory Group has initiated a new MarketMap research study on proximity sensors for industrial automation, covering capacitive, inductive, and ultrasonic technologies across key industries and applications.

May
29
2026

Patrick Arnold — Technology Trends

Navigating the Ecosystem of Industrial Humanoids: Early Movers and Key Partnerships

Industrial humanoid robots are moving from R&D into early industrial pilots, supported by a growing ecosystem of robotics developers, AI and compute providers, automation companies, and end users.