Acquisitions & Partnerships Viewpoints

Siemens AG and Process Systems Enterprise (PSE) announced that they have signed a long-term collaboration agreement to bring the power of PSE's gPROMS APM technology to Siemens automation and digitalization offerings for the process industries.

IBM announced it has acquired Oniqua Holdings Pty Ltd., a supplier of Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) Inventory Optimization solutions and services focused on mining, oil & gas, transportation, utilities, manufacturing and other asset-intensive industries

SAP and Endress+Hauser will intensify their cooperation in the development of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications for the process industry.

Infosys announced a partnership with the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) to foster the continued development of top designers at Infosys and explore new ways of solving complex challenges at the intersection of design, technology and industry.

ABB and Werum IT Solutions on Shop Floor Integration are launching a solution designed to reduce engineering, validation and testing time associated with biotech production.

Software AG announced its acquisition of data analytics Scale-up, TrendMiner NV.  Founded in 2008 and based in Hasselt, Belgium, TrendMiner specializes in visual data analytics for the manufacturing and process industry and will compliment Software AG's Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 product portfolio.

Siemens’ Process Industries and Drives and Digital Factories divisions are teaming up with Bentley Systems’ Bentley Institute to establish a Process Industries Academy that will support the companies’ joint vision for cloud services and digital workflows in engineering and operations.  

PTC Inc. and Rockwell Automation, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for a strategic partnership.

Capgemini has entered into an agreement to acquire Leidos Cyber, the commercial cybersecurity arm of the FORTUNE 500 company Leidos.  

ServiceMax from GE Digital and ProntoForms Corporation announced a collaboration between the two companies to offer integrated smart mobile forms in Predix ServiceMax, GE Digital’s Field Service Management (FSM) solution.