In this Insight, ARC Advisory Group includes the most recent quarterly results for major automation suppliers that publicly report their results. With this latest automation supply side-market update, ARC has increased the number and breadth of automation suppliers covered, based on a combination of publicly reported data and ARC’s own extensive research database. We have also added selected business intelligence visualizations.

Utilities and energy companies will gain great benefits via new AI and cloud-driven industrial data fabrics, where they stop playing their risk-related cards too close to their vests. In this regard, there will be important benefits for all asset-intensive industries.

We know that green hydrogen is essential to decarbonize ammonia, steel, cement, methanol, and refining. Investing in green hydrogen production, distribution, and adapting industrial processes to switch to green hydrogen will require government support.

The 2025 ARC Industry Forum Cybersecurity program provided attendees with an overview of the latest developments in the ever changing world of industrial operations and cybersecurity. This session explored user views and adoption of new strategies to improve security efficiency and effectiveness.

The 2025 ARC Industry Forum Cybersecurity program provided attendees with an overview of the latest developments in the ever changing world of industrial operations and cybersecurity. This session explored user views and adoption of new strategies to improve security efficiency and effectiveness.

Strengthening AI and cloud adoption, ensuring data quality, and leveraging automation are key to driving efficiency and innovation. Industrial organizations must assess their own digital maturity, implement strong data governance and align with energy transition goals to maintain a competitive advantage.

Sustainability and energy transition continue to be a core business issue for industrial and manufacturing end users. ARC’s Industry Leadership Forum in Orlando provided key insights from major industrial companies on how they view sustainability opportunities and challenges.

The 2025 ARC Industry Forum Cybersecurity program provided attendees with an overview of the latest developments in the ever changing world of industrial operations and cybersecurity. And they had the opportunity to directly engage with leaders who are transforming global industrial companies.

ARC’s half-day sustainability workshop at the recent ARC Forum focused on several key issues faced by end users, including benchmarking performance with industry leaders, updates on the CCUS and hydrogen markets, regulatory reporting requirements, digital product passports, and modernizing automation infrastructure.

Industrial Software-Defined Automation (ISdA): Automating industrial machinery and processes with software applications, executable on a standard hardware platform, such as an IPC.