Cost engineering is evolving beyond unit-cost analysis into a broader supply chain optimization discipline supported by people, process transformation, industrial data fabric, AI, and autonomous orchestration.

Autodesk plans to acquire MaintainX in a $3.6 billion all-cash transaction to strengthen its operations platform and connect maintenance, asset, and lifecycle data.

Octave Intelligence plc has completed its spin-off from Hexagon AB and begun trading on Nasdaq Stockholm and the Nasdaq Global Select Market in New York.

Siemens, NVIDIA, Fluence, and nVent-aligned design considerations have come together in a reference architecture for NVIDIA AI data centers, focused on power, controls, resilience, and scalable AI factory deployment.

ARC Advisory Group has initiated a new MarketMap research study on machine vision systems, benchmarking supplier capabilities, technology direction, and adoption readiness across industrial automation and quality assurance applications.

ARC Advisory Group has initiated a new MarketMap research study on proximity sensors for industrial automation, covering capacitive, inductive, and ultrasonic technologies across key industries and applications.

SeQent and Velotic renewed and expanded their partnership to support real-time alarm and event notification across Proficy Software, including current support for CIMPLICITY HMI/SCADA and planned iFIX support in 2026.

Industrial humanoid robots are moving from R&D into early industrial pilots, supported by a growing ecosystem of robotics developers, AI and compute providers, automation companies, and end users.

IBM and Red Hat have announced Project Lightwell, a $5 billion initiative combining AI capabilities and engineering resources to help enterprises secure open source software across development and production environments.

ARC Advisory Group has initiated a new MarketMap research study on HMI software, benchmarking supplier capabilities, deployment readiness, and strategic direction as HMI platforms evolve to support more connected industrial operations.

ARC Advisory Group has initiated a new MarketMap research study on photoelectric sensors, benchmarking global suppliers across product capabilities, strategic execution, and industrial automation applications.

ARC Advisory Group has initiated a new MarketMap research study on drones for process industries, benchmarking supplier capabilities, deployment maturity, and strategic positioning for industrial inspection and monitoring applications.

ARC Advisory Group has initiated a new MarketMap research study on machine safeguarding solutions, benchmarking supplier capabilities, safety technologies, and market positioning across industrial automation applications.

ZEDEDA and SORBA.ai have partnered to make SORBA.ai’s low-code AI/ML applications available through the ZEDEDA Edge Marketplace, helping industrial organizations deploy and manage AI models across distributed edge environments.

Körber’s PAS-X Neo is designed to help small and mid-sized pharmaceutical manufacturers digitalize shop floor operations with a scalable MES entry point.