Infosys announced that it has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to become a Google Cloud Managed Service Provider (MSP).  As a qualified MSP, Infosys will help clients accelerate their digital transformation with cloud.

 Henkel is partnering in a research and development project called SYMPA, that is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF1) and the Federal Ministry Republic of Austria Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT2).

Sumitomo Chemical has acquired Emas Plastik A.S. and its affiliated companies ("the Emas Group"), a major plastic compounder group in Turkey to further advance the global development of its polypropylene (PP) compound business.

A new EU consortium of businesses and academia partners announced the three-year project ELIoT (Enhance Lighting for the Internet of Things) aimed at developing mass market Internet of Things (IoT) solutions using LiFi - Internet Travelling Over Light.

The ASSA ABLOY Group, which includes HID Global, and NXP Semiconductors, Samsung Electronics, and Bosch announced the launch of the FiRa Consortium.  The new coalition is designed to grow the Ultra-Wideband (UWB) ecosystem so new use cases for fine ranging capabilities can thrive.

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) announced that Diamond Edge Ventures, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MCHC, has invested in Fluence Analytics Inc., a startup that provides real-time analytics solutions called Automatic Continuous Online Monitoring of Polymerization.

Infor announced it is partnering with GTY Technology Holdings Inc., a provider of SaaS/cloud solutions for the public sector, to fuel digital transformation – helping government agencies significantly improve the way they engage stakeholders and manage their resources.

Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI have partnered to further extend Microsoft Azure’s capabilities in large-scale AI systems.  Through this partnership, the companies will accelerate AI and power OpenAI’s efforts to create artificial general intelligence (AGI).

AT&T Communications and Microsoft Corp. are embarking on an extensive, multiyear alliance where the two companies will apply technologies, including cloud, AI, and 5G.

Kontron S&T AG, a subsidiary of S&T AG, signed an asset deal with Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH, headquartered in Munich, Germany, to acquire the Augsburg-based Fujitsu industrial mainboard business.