Schneider Electric SE announces it has reached a preliminary, non-binding agreement with AVEVA Group PLC on the key terms and conditions of a combination of selected Schneider Electric industrial software assets and AVEVA (forming the "Enlarged AVEVA Group").

Microsoft Corp. and data center services company Rackspace Hosting Inc.

Panduit Corp., a global provider of Industrial Automation Infrastructure solutions, announced it has completed the acquisition of IntraVUE by Network Vision Inc.

Qualspec, a NDT inspection company with operations across the United States, announced that it has acquired Quantapoint Inc., a 3D Digital Facility services and technology company.

IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that it has signed an agreement with the owners of VisionWaves B.V. to purchase 100 percent of the company's shares. The purchase price will be paid in cash.

Emerson Process Management has acquired Norwegian company Yggdrasil, a provider of flow assurance and production optimization software.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that it has obtained a label-free image analysis technology from Chip-Man Technologies Oy of Finland.

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) and Intel Security announced they will collaborate to help bolster protection of critical industrial infrastructure and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

Rockwell Automation and Cisco are announcing new additions to their Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) architectures to address constantly changing security practices as operations technology (OT) and information technology (IT) are converging in indus

Hitachi, Ltd. and ABB, a leading power and automation group, signed a formal contract to establish a joint venture company for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission in Japan.