AVEVA and Cognizant announced that the two companies have expanded their research and development (R&D) partnership to develop software for industrial applications ranging from water and energy to food and infrastructure.

According to the announcement from Ingersoll Rand: "Ingersoll Rand will separate its Industrial segment (Ingersoll Rand Industrial) by way of a spin-off to Ingersoll Rand’s shareholders and then combine it with Gardner Denver, creating a leader in mission-critical flow creation and industrial technologies (IndustrialCo).

Microsoft announced an expanded partnership with Dell Technologies to provide customers with native, supported, and certified VMware solutions on Microsoft Azure.

Emerson has acquired Bioproduction Group (Bio-G), a leader in simulation, modeling, and scheduling software for biomanufacturing.

Emerson, in partnership with Metrol, has launched the Intelligent Multistage Completion Network – an integrated upper and lower completions downhole solution that communicates wirelessly with instruments at the reservoir sandface, the physical interface between the formation and the wellbore.

Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Universal mCloud Corp. announces the signing of a letter of intent to acquire Fulcrum Automation Technologies.  In parallel, Fulcrum has entered into a letter of intent to acquire Autopro Automation Consultants Ltd., resulting in a three-party transaction.

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.

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.

Emerson has acquired Bioproduction Group (Bio-G), a supplier of simulation, modeling, and scheduling software for biomanufacturing.