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Nov
19
2025

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Schneider Electric Launches SF₆-Free Primary Switchgear Technology for Future-Ready Electrical Infrastructure

Schneider Electric expands its SF₆-free portfolio with GM AirSeT, enabling primary gas-insulated switchgear applications that support decarbonization and digital grid modernization.

Nov
19
2025

Marianne D’Aquila — Company and Product News

SAICEC and Siemens: Accelerating Chip-to-Vehicle Validation with Digital Twin Technology

SAICEC is using Siemens’ PAVE360 to develop system-to-chip level digital twins that support earlier validation and faster software-defined vehicle development.

Nov
18
2025

Karthik Umachigi — Acquisition or Partnership

Why Bentley’s Cesium Acquisition Is a Turning Point for Digital Infrastructure

Bentley Systems’ acquisition of Cesium strengthens its open, scalable, and context-rich digital twin strategy, with Bentley’s iLab accelerating real-world infrastructure innovation.

Nov
17
2025

Guntupalli Mohana Krishna — Industry Trends

From Digital Twins to AI-Powered Design: Inside Bentley’s YII 2025 and the Global Shift Toward Connected Infrastructure

Bentley’s YII 2025 showcased how AI, digital twins, and open data platforms are reshaping global infrastructure design, delivery, and management.

Nov
14
2025

Chantal Polsonetti — Company and Product News

Litmus Secures Additional Investment to Accelerate Industrial AI

Litmus secured new strategic funding to accelerate its mission of delivering instantly accessible, contextualized, and AI-ready industrial data across global manufacturing.

Nov
14
2025

Chantal Polsonetti — Company and Product News

New Unified Location Tracking OPC UA Specification for Use with Physical AI

The new OPC UA Companion Specification for Identification and Locating creates a unified spatial data model to support physical AI, autonomous robots, and next-gen industrial automation.

Nov
13
2025

Chantal Polsonetti — Company and Product News

ABB Adds Ethernet-APL Connectivity to Electromagnetic Flowmeters for Hazardous Areas

ABB’s ProcessMaster electromagnetic flowmeters now feature Ethernet-APL connectivity, enabling high-speed data transmission, real-time insights, and improved process optimization.

Nov
13
2025

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

Industrial AI SPARCs with AWS: Episode 3, Digital Twins as the Engine for Physical Intelligence

This episode explores how AWS-powered digital twins are becoming the live, learning foundation for Physical Intelligence and the next wave of industrial autonomy.

Nov
13
2025

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Rockwell Automation Launches SecureOT Suite for Industrial Cybersecurity Resilience

Rockwell Automation introduced SecureOT, a cybersecurity solution suite designed to help industrial organizations protect operations, reduce risk, and simplify compliance across the full cybersecurity lifecycle.

Nov
10
2025

Chantal Polsonetti — Company and Product News

ZEDEDA Launches Full-Stack Edge Kubernetes Solution Built for AI-Driven Intelligence at the Edge

ZEDEDA launched Edge Kubernetes App Flows, a full-stack edge Kubernetes-as-a-Service that simplifies deployment, enhances zero-trust security, and scales AI workloads across distributed environments.

Nov
07
2025

— Industry Trends

Viewing the "14th FYP" to "15th FYP" from a Manufacturing Industry Chain Perspective: From Reactive Gap-Filling to Proactive Shaping

China’s shift from the 14th to 15th Five-Year Plan marks a transformation from reactive industrial resilience to proactive global leadership, emphasizing full-chain autonomy, dynamic risk response, and green manufacturing.

Nov
07
2025

Craig Resnick — Acquisition or Partnership

Hitachi Energy and Blackstone Partner to Strengthen Power Grid Services in North America

Hitachi Energy and Blackstone Energy Transition Partners announced a strategic partnership to expand service capabilities across North America, including a minority investment in Shermco and a global one-billion-dollar service expansion plan.

Nov
07
2025

David Humphrey — Industry Trends

Will Virtual PLCs Succeed Where Soft PLCs Failed?

Virtualized edge/cloud automation architectures will be the topic of a session at the ARC European Industry Forum in Barcelona on May 4-6, 2026. For now, let’s look back at the precursor to the virtual PLC and try to understand why it never really took off.

Nov
07
2025

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

From Co-Pilots to Humanoids: Mapping the Entire Industrial AI Battlefield

From engineering co-pilots to humanoid robots, Colin charts the full battlefield of the Industrial AI Wars, revealing how ARC’s Industrial AI Models Taxonomy and the Industrial Data Fabric connect every front of intelligent industry.

Nov
07
2025

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Penguin Solutions Adds Oracle Linux OS Support to Stratus ztC Endurance Fault-Tolerant Platforms

Penguin Solutions announced support for Oracle Linux OS on its Stratus ztC Endurance fault-tolerant platforms, enabling organizations to run Oracle Database applications with up to seven nines reliability and enhanced data protection.