Acquisitions & Partnerships Viewpoints

Sumitomo Chemical and Zymergen announced that they have signed a multi-year partnership to bring new specialty materials to the market. This collaboration between the two companies will enable the development of new materials to meet consumer trends in high-tech industries.

Microsoft has acquired Express Logic, a leader in real time operating systems (RTOS) for IoT and edge devices powered by microcontroller units (MCUs).  Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS claims over 6.2 billion deployments.

Emerson has acquired Bioproduction Group (Bio-G), a supplier of simulation, modeling, and scheduling software for biomanufacturing.

Chevron Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Anadarko in a stock and cash transaction valued at $33 billion, or $65 per share.

The Carlyle Group and Schneider Electric SE announced the extension of their partnership to develop new infrastructure projects as well as a new joint venture, named AlphaStruxure.

Emerson announced it has acquired KnowledgeNet (KNet) software from Tunisia-based Integration Objects.  KNet’s analytics application software accelerates digital transformation initiatives for process and hybrid industries.

J.D. Power has signed an agreement with Uptake Technologies, an industrial AI and IoT software provider, to develop new analytics products for the automotive industry, as well as for the utilities and telecommunications sector.

SAP SE and Qualtrics International Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which SAP SE intends to acquire Qualtrics, a pioneer of the experience management (XM) software category.

AVEVA announced an addition to its Asset Performance Management (APM) portfolio with the acquisition of the software assets of MaxGrip, subject to approval from MaxGrip’s shareholders.  MaxGrip, an AVEVA partner since 2017, provides software designed to help manufacturers optimize asset performance with Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) solutions.

“The harvest” explained the engineer.  “It’s our busiest time of year.  Everyone is buried dealing with glitches in the ERP system when deploying spare parts or doing root-cause analysis on warranty claims. No one in IT will agree to system testing during the harvest.”