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Hitachi, Ltd. announced that it entered into a definitive contract for the acquisition of the robotic SI business operated by an American company, JR Automation Technologies, LLC, headquartered in Holland, Michigan, from funds managed by Crestview Partners.

Threat detection and response is the hottest area in the industrial/OT cybersecurity market today. Companies recognize the visibility and early detection benefits of passive network monitoring and want these capabilities.  But many still struggle to choose a solution or even select suppliers for proof-of-concept “bake-offs.”

Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the release of FAST/TOOLS R10.04, the latest version of its real-time operations management (RTOM) and visualization software, and will release it for sale on April 18 as part of its OpreX Control and Safety System family.

Sumitomo Chemical and Zymergen announced that they have signed a multi-year partnership to bring new specialty materials to the market. This collaboration between the two companies will enable the development of new materials to meet consumer trends in high-tech industries.

Microsoft has acquired Express Logic, a leader in real time operating systems (RTOS) for IoT and edge devices powered by microcontroller units (MCUs).  Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS claims over 6.2 billion deployments.

The bi-annual ABB Customer World event was held in Houston, Texas on March 4-8, 2019.  In the two years since the prior customer event, the company has made significant acquisitions and spin-offs, simplified its organization, and developed partnerships to support its ABB Ability platform and brand.

Infor announced the availability of Infor CloudSuite CRM, a cloud-based application that includes sales, customer service, marketing analytics and reporting tools.  Part of the Infor Customer Experience suite of solutions, Infor CloudSuite CRM allows companies to manage the full customer lifecycle in one environment.

The bi-annual ABB Customer World event was held in Houston, Texas on March 4-8, 2019.  In the two years since the prior customer event, the company has made significant acquisitions and spin-offs, simplified its organization, and developed partnerships to support its ABB Ability platform and brand.

Once again, this year’s Hanover Fair lived up to its reputation as THE event to attend to see where our industry is heading. No other event or conference offers the same combination of presence of industry players and access to C-level executives.

Once again, this year’s Hanover Fair lived up to its reputation as THE event to attend to see where our industry is heading. No other event or conference offers the same combination of presence of industry players and access to C-level executives.