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Jun
30
2026

Craig Resnick — Acquisition or Partnership

Schneider Electric to Acquire Cognite to Strengthen Industrial AI Portfolio

Schneider Electric has agreed to acquire Cognite in a $3.1 billion all-cash transaction to strengthen AVEVA CONNECT and expand Industrial AI capabilities across asset-intensive operations.

Jun
30
2026

David Humphrey — Acquisition or Partnership

Siemens and IFS Partner to Close the Loop Across the Product Lifecycle with Industrial AI

Siemens and IFS announced a strategic partnership to help manufacturers connect engineering intelligence with operational reality, increasing the value of their products and optimizing their production assets across the entire product lifecycle with Industrial AI.

Jun
30
2026

Craig Resnick — Acquisition or Partnership

thyssenkrupp and GlobalLogic Partner to Advance Physical AI in Heavy Industry

thyssenkrupp and GlobalLogic are partnering with Method and Hitachi America R&D to develop a Lab-to-Scale Physical AI pipeline for autonomous operations, safety, and decarbonization in heavy industry.

Jun
30
2026

Andy Chatha — Technology Trends

OpenMind’s Vision for Socially Intelligent Robots: Moving Beyond Automation to Human Understanding

OpenMind is extending robotics beyond task automation by focusing on social intelligence, human behavior, and hardware-agnostic robot intelligence.

Jun
29
2026

— Industry Trends

Hyderabad’s Rise as a Global Life Sciences and Pharma Hub

Hyderabad’s life sciences story has moved well beyond the familiar label of “India’s pharma capital.” Over the past three decades, the city has transformed from a domestic bulk-drug manufacturing base into one of the world’s most important life sciences ecosystems.

Jun
29
2026

Andy Chatha — Technology Trends

Humanoid Robots vs. Industrial Reality: What Actually Matters?

Automate 2026 highlighted that the future of industrial robotics is less about humanoid form factors and more about cognitive, multi-modal, and ecosystem-driven robotic systems.

Jun
29
2026

— Industry Trends

Downstream Oil and Gas in Assam

From historic refineries to emerging petrochemical hubs, Assam’s downstream oil and gas industry is both a legacy sector and a growing engine of industrial transformation.

Jun
29
2026

Andy Chatha — Technology Trends

Standard Bots: How AI-Native Robotics is Redefining Industrial Automation

Standard Bots’ Automate 2026 presence highlighted how AI-native design, lower deployment costs, and US-based support are making industrial robotics more accessible to a wider range of manufacturers.

Jun
29
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

GE Vernova’s SmartSignal Roadmap Targets Trust in Predictive Maintenance

GE Vernova is expanding SmartSignal with Sensor Health Monitoring, Virtual Signal Repair, and GenAI-enabled recommendations to support more trusted and scalable predictive maintenance.

Jun
26
2026

Bob Gill — Company and Product News

Rockwell Automation Receives WEF Lighthouse Recognition for Singapore Manufacturing Plant

Rockwell Automation’s Singapore facility has joined the WEF Global Lighthouse Network, reflecting its use of advanced automation, AI-driven quality control, and predictive maintenance to improve productivity and workforce enablement.

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