The Manufacturing ISM Report On Business Indicates activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in January for the third consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth

Officially opened on February 2 by Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) and the Energy Market Authority (EMA) is the 285 MWh utility-scale Sembcorp Energy Storage System

Yokogawa Electric Corporation acquired Fluence Analytics, Inc., a US-based startup and Pioneer in Digitalizing the Monitoring of Polymerization Reaction Processes, that provides real-time analytics solutions to polymer and biopharmaceutical companies worldwide

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF)

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has made a US$10 million Series B investment* in Ideation3X (i3X), a Singapore-based venture company that is targeting the rapidly expanding integrated solid waste management (ISWM) sector in India

Siemens Mobility has received an order for 1,200 locomotives of 9,000 horsepower (HP) from Indian Railways

ABB announced it has acquired a minority stake in Swedish start-up Viking Analytics to develop the next generation of predictive asset health analytics for electrical equipment

ABB is investing in Danish start-up OKTO GRID to Advance Electrical Infrastructure Digitalization and the development of technology that will digitalize and extend the useful life of ageing electrical assets

Moxa has delivered the UC-8200 Series computer certified to the ISA/IEC 62442-4-2 security standard

Sumitomo Chemical to acquire FBSciences Holdings, Inc., a U.S. company engaged in the business of biostimulants, a group of naturally derived agricultural materials and a class of biorationals.

BASF, BMW Group, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen, and ZF jointly founded Cofinity-X to accelerate the operation and adoption of Catena-X network

Perle Systems, a subsidiary of Phoenix Contact, announced new IDS Unmanaged Industrial Ethernet Switches with Quality of Service (QoS) features.

ABB has introduced its new QCS Automation Software Maintenance (ASM) program that not only allows system evolution from older versions to the latest but also provides continuous improvements between versions

Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Trend Micro Inc. and its subsidiary VicOne Inc. have expanded their collaboration to provide security solutions for connected cars