Rockwell Automation and industrial security software provider Claroty announced a partnership to combine their security products and services into future, packaged security offerings. This partnership is designed to address known industrial security weaknesses, which are increasingly turning into actual attacks, causing producers around the globe to search for more robust solutions to help protect operations.
Schneider Electric announced the acquisition of MWPowerlab s.r.l., a software company with 3D real-time technology. This acquisition adds Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technology to Schneider Electric’s industrial software portfolio. This acquisition will enhance Schneider Electric’s solutions offerings, providing increased Immersive Simulation and Training capabilities and 3D visualization to its customers. This technology will also further enhance the Schneider Electric Enterprise Asset Performance Management platform.
L&T Technology Services (LTTS), a leading global pure-play engineering services company, and global technology leader Dell EMC announced a collaborative relationship to enable holistic, integrated Smart Building initiatives. The joint offerings are expected to drastically reduce implementation time, save up to 40% of facility energy costs and enable up to 15% of operational savings.
Weatherford and Nabors Industries Ltd. announced they have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form an alliance focused on delivering enhanced drilling solutions to the oil and gas land market in the lower 48 states of the United States.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that it will work with Microsoft Corporation, FogHorn Systems, Inc., Bayshore Networks, Inc., and Telit IoT Platforms, LLC to integrate their technology into an industrial IoT (IIoT) architecture for the delivery of new services. With this architecture, Yokogawa aims to transform its business model, expand its business scope, and help its customers run their businesses more efficiently.
Internet of Things (IoT) pioneer Echelon Corporation announced its collaboration with IBM Watson IoT to bring cognitive intelligence to its adaptive streetlight control platform, helping municipalities transform into smarter, safer and more sustainable cities. Echelon will infuse Watson IoT capabilities into its next-generation, adaptive LED lighting control solution to form a pervasive, more intelligent infrastructure that can easily integrate IoT applications to address municipal safety, environment and energy challenges.
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, announced the acquisition of Renewable Choice Energy, a company that helps commercial, industrial, and institutional organizations navigate their clean energy purchasing options. This Schneider Electric acquisition further enhances its existing position as a leading sustainability company in the growing renewables market. It helps to bolster Schneider Electric’s advisory services for power purchase agreements (PPAs), in which clients procure clean energy directly from l
GEA and Siemens AG announce a partnership to bring continuous manufacturing to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry by offering an integrated continuous tablet manufacturing line. The collaboration reportedly will deliver both production benefits, in terms of reduced project execution risk, higher quality and cost-effective manufacturing, and customer benefits in the form of seamlessly integrated technologies, expertise and support.
Laser system manufacturer TRUMPF and Siemens announced a partnership to help industrialize laser metal fusion technology and make the additive manufacturing process for metal parts an integral part of the production process. The two companies are pooling their strengths and working together to develop a software solution for the design and preparation of 3D printed metal parts. The aim is to integrate and streamline the entire powder-bed-based laser metal fusion (LMF) process for TRUMPF printing machines into Siemens NX software. The compr
Honeywell and Aereon announced they will collaborate on solutions to help industrial customers boost the safety, efficiency and reliability of their operations by leveraging Honeywell’s Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) ecosystem.
The Inspire ecosystem is a key part of Honeywell’s Connected Plant initiative that helps manufacturers leverage the IIoT to improve the safety, efficiency and reliability of operations across a single plant or several plants across an enterprise.