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Jun
23
2026

Larry O'Brien — Acquisition or Partnership

Accenture Takes a Majority Stake in Dragos, Acquires Other Providers for End-to-End OT Cyber Capabilities

Accenture’s majority stake in Dragos, along with its acquisitions of runZero and NetRise, reflects growing demand for integrated OT cybersecurity capabilities across industrial and critical infrastructure environments.

Jun
23
2026

Craig Resnick — Acquisition or Partnership

Hitachi Energy to Acquire Canduct to Expand Transformer Component Capacity in North America

Hitachi Energy has signed an agreement to acquire Canduct Group, a Canadian manufacturer of transformer insulation kits and components, to strengthen transformer supply chain capacity in North America.

Jun
23
2026

Chantal Polsonetti — Company and Product News

IO-Link Releases Machine-Readable Spec for JSON

IO-Link Community’s updated JSON Integration specification adds IO-Link Wireless support, expanded MQTT functionality, and OpenAPI/AsyncAPI descriptions for automated software generation and standardized field data access.

Jun
23
2026

Craig Resnick — Company and Product News

Rockwell Automation Launches FactoryTalk Orchestration for Production Logistics

Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Orchestration software connects automated equipment with enterprise and plant systems to help manufacturers coordinate production logistics using real-time production signals.

Jun
23
2026

Bob Gill — Podcasts/Videos

Dr. Thai Lai Pham: Leading Siemens in Southeast Asia

In this ARC Executive Interview Podcast, Dr. Thai Lai Pham discusses Siemens’ Southeast Asia strategy, including Vietnam’s industrial growth, AI-enabled automation, data center investment, and sustainability priorities.

Jun
22
2026

Colin Masson — Technology Trends

Oslo, Uncarpeted: Escaping the Desk for a Cyber-Physical Reality Check

At Cognite Impact 2026 Oslo, Cognite and its partners highlighted the role of industrial knowledge graphs, semantic data models, and human-led AI workflows in bridging operations and supply chain execution.

Jun
22
2026

Larry O'Brien — Technology Trends

Honeywell Outlines its AI-Driven Path to Autonomous Operations at the 2026 HUG Conference

Honeywell used the 2026 HUG Conference to showcase Experion Cognition and its work with Borouge, demonstrating how AI-enabled autonomous operations can improve efficiency, reliability, safety, and operator decision support.

Jun
18
2026

— Technology Trends

Open Industrial Data Fabrics are the Foundation of Scalable, Sustainable Industrial AI

Open Industrial Data Fabrics can help industrial organizations move from fragmented data environments to scalable, governed, and AI-ready operations.

Jun
17
2026

Kiran Chavan — Technology Trends

Valve Actuators Support Automation, Safety, and Digital Transformation

As industrial plants become more automated and digitally connected, valve actuators play a critical role in process control, safety systems, predictive maintenance, and operational performance.

Jun
17
2026

Rita Liu — Industry Trends

China’s Three-Year Energy-Saving and Carbon-Reduction Plan Targets Nine Major Industries

China’s latest action plan aims to accelerate energy-saving and carbon-reduction upgrades across nine major industries through binding targets, subsidies, differential electricity pricing, and phased elimination of outdated capacity.

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