Hitachi Energy has signed an agreement to acquire Canduct Group, a Canadian manufacturer of transformer insulation kits and components, to strengthen transformer supply chain capacity in North America.

Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Orchestration software connects automated equipment with enterprise and plant systems to help manufacturers coordinate production logistics using real-time production signals.

IO-Link Community’s updated JSON Integration specification adds IO-Link Wireless support, expanded MQTT functionality, and OpenAPI/AsyncAPI descriptions for automated software generation and standardized field data access.

Honeywell used the 2026 HUG Conference to showcase Experion Cognition and its work with Borouge, demonstrating how AI-enabled autonomous operations can improve efficiency, reliability, safety, and operator decision support.

At Cognite Impact 2026 Oslo, Cognite and its partners highlighted the role of industrial knowledge graphs, semantic data models, and human-led AI workflows in bridging operations and supply chain execution.

Open Industrial Data Fabrics can help industrial organizations move from fragmented data environments to scalable, governed, and AI-ready operations.

ARC Advisory Group has initiated a MarketMap research study on I/O Modules for Discrete Automation to help end users and suppliers better understand the competitive landscape for factory automation and machine control I/O systems.

In Assam, AI is proving its value in one of the toughest operating environments in India - where fields are old, infrastructure is aging, terrain is difficult, and decades of data sit in disconnected formats. In this setting, AI is not just a productivity layer. It is becoming a field-revival strategy.

Siemens announced an edge-to-cloud integration with Databricks and FFT that streams contextualized production data from Siemens Industrial Edge to the Databricks Platform for AI model training and deployment.

Octave Live OnTour Austin takes place at a consequential point in the evolution of the industrial software market. Asset-intensive organizations are under sustained pressure to improve capital project execution, asset reliability, operational resilience, safety, quality, cybersecurity, and workforce productivity. At the same time, they are being asked to make better use of data and apply AI in ways that are practical, governed, and operationally relevant.

Siemens announced that European startups can now access startup-specific industrial software collections through the Siemens for Startups Program, with support for product development, market access, and industrial collaboration.

Sarvam has quickly become one of the most talked-about names in India’s artificial intelligence ecosystem, and for good reason. The Bengaluru-based startup is building what it describes as a full-stack sovereign AI company that helps it to stand out in a crowded AI market.

China’s latest action plan aims to accelerate energy-saving and carbon-reduction upgrades across nine major industries through binding targets, subsidies, differential electricity pricing, and phased elimination of outdated capacity.

As industrial plants become more automated and digitally connected, valve actuators play a critical role in process control, safety systems, predictive maintenance, and operational performance.

Siemens announced new capabilities for the Eigen Engineering Agent that help automation engineers connect electrical design context with TIA Portal projects, reducing manual setup work and improving engineering consistency.