In a step to meet India's electrification needs across industry, infrastructure and buildings, Siemens signed an agreement to acquire New Delhi-based C&S Electric. 

Claroty announced the integration of its Continuous Threat Detection (CTD) solution with Siemens Mobility Data Capture Unit (DCU) Increases Cybersecurity for OT and IT Networks.

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., announced its intent to acquire the business of privately held Waterline Data, Inc.

Verizon has teamed up with Honeywell to help utilities speed up and simplify the deployment of new communication-enabled, intelligent sensors and controls for the smart electric grid to Enable Utilities to More Quickly Deploy LTE Smart Meters.

A few months after the release of Thales’ Cyberthreat Handbook, detailing the major groups of hackers and identifying the power generation industry as one of the most at risk, Thales and GE Steam Power are establishing a collaboration to deliver a suite of power plant cybersecurity solutions to power plant operators.

The Internet of Things Community and the IEEE IoT Initiative announced a series of collaborative activities to help accelerate the digital transformation of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and to speed the development of IoT for broader adoption across enterprise and industrial sectors.

SAP SE announced that it has joined the World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership community, which is determined to create a cleaner ocean by 2030.

Danfoss announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Eaton’s Hydraulics business for a cash purchase price of 3.3 billion USD (approximately 3.0 billion EUR). 

Volkswagen Group of America, and Aeris, a technology supplier for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the formation of Ventic LLC, a joint venture that is the result of a long-term commitment between Volkswagen and Aeris in the development and operations of connected vehicle platform technologies.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) announced that it will acquire a German Carbon Fiber Prepreg Manufacturer, c-m-p GmbH through its subsidiary, Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Material.