Acquisitions & Partnerships Viewpoints

Hargrove and Aspen Technology, Inc. announced that they will partner to deliver engineering services for a “Digital Twin” to better manage the operations and maintenance phase of a plant’s lifecycle.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it has acquired a 34% share in EKE-Electronics Ltd., a Finnish manufacturer of train information systems.

Siemens has acquired the Swedish service and software company Vizendo AB, a leading provider of virtual operator training for automotive manufacturing.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced the acquisition of NoteVault, a provider of voice-based field automation for construction management, which advances the scope of construction Digital Twins.

FDT Group announced its continued partnership with ODVA, Inc. to add FDT 3.0 support, incorporating the new FDT IIoT Server (FITS), to the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP).

Schneider Electric and AVEVA announced an expansion to their partnership to deliver new solutions for the data center market.

​​​​​​​Founding members Ansys, Dell Technologies, Lendlease and Microsoft, along with the non-profit trade association Object Management Group (OMG), announced the formation of Digital Twin Consortium. 

IBM announced new services and solutions backed by a broad ecosystem of partners to help enterprises and telecommunications companies speed their transition to edge computing in the 5G era.

Sinch AB and SAP SE announced that Sinch AB has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the SAP Digital Interconnect group, which offers cloud communications products.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced the final acquisition of all shares in Ria Blades, S.A., the business entity which owns and operates the onshore wind turbine blade production plant in Vagos, Portugal.