May
01
2017
Greg Gorbach — Acquisition or Partnership

SAP and KUKA Cooperate to Design the Factory of the Future

SAP SE and KUKA AG announced they will work together around Industrial 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to promote the flexibility and automation of production processes.

Apr
28
2017
— Acquisition or Partnership

Phoenix Contact Acquires Industrial Ethernet Specialist, EtherWAN

Phoenix Contact takes over the Taiwanese company Etherwan System Inc.  The company, which is located in New-Taipei, is a manufacturer for Ethernet communication technology in automation.  The takeover enrichens the position of the Phoenix Contact Group in the area of the Industrial Inte

Apr
27
2017
— Acquisition or Partnership

ABB and IBM Partner in Industrial Artificial Intelligence Solutions

ABB and IBM announced a strategic collaboration that brings together ABB’s digital offering, ABB Ability, with IBM Watson Internet of Things cognitive capabilities to unlock new value for customers in utilities, industry and transport &

Apr
26
2017
— Acquisition or Partnership

Infor to Acquire Birst

Infor announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Birst, Inc., a pioneer of cloud-native, business intelligence (BI), analytics, and data visualization.