SME and CESMII are partnering to drive smart manufacturing adoption further and faster by aligning their resources and educating the industry, helping companies boost productivity, build a strong talent pipeline, and reduce manufacturers’ carbon footprint.

The Digital Twin Consortium and CESMII - The Smart Manufacturing Institute have entered into a liaison agreement to influence the creation and development of digital twin enabling frameworks and technologies.

Infosys announced its strategic collaboration with Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (Shell), as the commercialization partner of the “Shell Inventory Optimizer” as a solution for energy customers

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has acquired all shares of Insilico Biotechnology AG, a Stuttgart, Germany-based developer and provider of bioprocess Bioprocess Digital Twin software and services.

ABB announced an investment in Montreal-based startup, BrainBox AI. Launched in 2019, BrainBox AI claims to have pioneered the use of artificial intelligence as a building technology to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions in commercial buildings.

Rockwell Automation announced that it has acquired AVATA, a services provider for supply chain management, enterprise resource planning, and enterprise performance management solutions.

Infor announced the acquisition of Lighthouse Systems, a provider of manufacturing execution system (MES) software for smart manufacturing.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation and NTT Communications Corporation announced they have signed a business partnership agreement for the joint development and provision of a shared-use OT cloud service that will support digital transformation (DX) in the manufacturing industry

Yokogawa Electric Corporation and Web Synergies (S) Pte. Ltd. announced that Yokogawa Electric has invested in Web Synergies, a Singapore-based company, to expand its global digital transformation capabilities

Emerson and AspenTech announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement to contribute Emerson’s industrial software businesses – OSI Inc. and the Geological Simulation Software business – to AspenTech to create a diversified, high-performance industrial software leader with greater scale, capabilities and technologies ( new AspenTech ).