ARC All Viewpoint Blogs

Jul
18
2025

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Zeigo Hub by Schneider Electric: New Platform for Supply Chain Decarbonization

Schneider Electric has launched Zeigo Hub, a modular platform to help support supply chain emissions tracking and sustainability reporting at scale.

Jul
18
2025

Craig Resnick — Acquisition or Partnership

Inductive Automation Launches Ignition Technology Ecosystem Program

Inductive Automation has introduced a new program to highlight third-party technology providers whose offerings complement its Ignition software platform.

Jul
17
2025

Larry O'Brien — Acquisition or Partnership

Yokogawa Collaborates with Shell on Robotics and AI Technology for Plant Maintenance

Yokogawa and Shell partner to deploy robotics and AI-driven machine vision for autonomous plant monitoring and maintenance.

Jul
17
2025

— Industry Trends

Winning in the Industrial AI Era: Key Takeaways from ARC’s 23rd India Forum

ARC Advisory Group’s 23rd India Forum titled Winning in the Industrial AI Era on July 10-11, 2025, brought together over 300 industry leaders, innovators, and

Jul
17
2025

Larry O'Brien — Acquisition or Partnership

Honeywell Selected to Increase Fire Alarm Automation at Phoenix Airport

Honeywell to modernize Phoenix Sky Harbor’s Terminal 4 fire alarm system to boost safety, automation, and emergency response.

Jul
17
2025

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

PTC Launches Aerospace & Defense Startup Program: Free Access to Creo+, Onshape, Codebeamer+, and Arena Startup Package

The new initiative supports early and growth-stage startups with cloud-native product development tools and access to PTC’s ecosystem.

Jul
17
2025

Larry O'Brien — Acquisition or Partnership

ABB Invests in Renewable Energy Storage Specialist HESStec

ABB has invested in energy storage specialist HESStec to expand its hybrid energy storage capabilities and accelerate grid-forming, sustainable energy solutions.

Jul
15
2025

Gaven Simon — Technology Trends

May & June 2025 Energy Regulation Round Up

The May-June 2025 Energy Regulation Roundup highlights major policy shifts across Europe, Asia, and the US—ranging from relaxed EU reporting rules and UK sustainability standards to Indonesia’s green incentives and evolving US energy legislation.

Jul
14
2025

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Hitachi Launches Metaverse Platform to Streamline Nuclear Plant Operations

Hitachi’s new platform supports safer, data-driven nuclear plant construction, maintenance, and decommissioning using immersive digital twins and AI.

Jul
14
2025

Vikram Kalkat — Industry Trends

Rethinking the True Value of Manufacturing in a World of Crisis

Global crises are forcing a fundamental rethink of manufacturing’s value—from a cost center in peacetime to a pillar of national resilience and security.

Jul
13
2025

— Company and Product News

Siemens Receives Orders for Advanced Signaling and Telecommunication Technologies

Siemens Limited has received two separate orders from Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MAHA-METRO) aggregating to approximately $9 billion (approximately Rs. 773 crore).

Jul
09
2025

Patrick Arnold — Industry Best Practice

Unifying Device Integration Across the Automation Landscape

FieldComm Group is advancing unified device integration and IT/OT convergence through standardized, protocol-agnostic data models like PA-DIM, laying the foundation for intelligent, interoperable industrial operations.

Jul
07
2025

Asha Suparna — Technology Trends

Power, Cooling, and AI: How Industrials are Enabling the Next Wave

As demand for AI skyrockets, legacy industrial companies are becoming essential to powering and cooling the data centers that make it all possible.

Jul
07
2025

Vikram Kalkat — Technology Trends

Is Closed AI Holding Us Back? Why Open Source Might Win the Race

The global race between open source and closed AI models reveals deep tensions around collaboration, national security, and the future direction of artificial intelligence.

Jul
04
2025

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

PTC Releases Kepware V6.18 with Enhanced Connectivity, Security, and Configuration Tools

The latest Kepware release introduces new tools to help strengthen data integrity, streamline configuration, and support secure, scalable industrial connectivity.