Eurotech, a leading provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) platforms and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, announced the availability of the first code contribution for Eclipse Kapua, in collaboration with Red Hat, a leading provider of open source solutions. This open source project offers IoT developers and end users an open platform for end-to-end IoT implementations, helping them to avoid more costly, proprietary lock-in and accelerate community-driven collaboration.

Accenture to create Apps on Siemens MindSphere for Industrial Companies

Schneider Electric and Panasonic Corporation announced an integrated HVAC equipment and building management solution that brings additional HVAC control and energy efficiency solutions to commercial buildings.

GE announced its intent to purchase LM Wind Power, a Denmark-based manufacturer and supplier of rotor blades to the wind industry, for $1.65 billion (€1.5 billion). The deal in-sources wind turbine blade design and manufacturing for GE's Renewable Energy business, helping to improve its ability to increase energy output and create additional value for onshore and offshore customers. Since 2001, LM Wind Power has been owned by Doughty Hanson, a London-based private equity firm.

Emerson announced it has agreed to acquire UK-based Permasense Limited, a leading provider of non-intrusive corrosion monitoring technologies for the offshore and onshore oil production, refining, chemical, power, pipelines, metals and mining and other industries. Permasense monitoring systems use unique sensor technology, wireless data delivery and advanced analytics to continuously monitor for metal loss from corrosion or erosion in pipes, pipelines or vessels, and reliably deliver high-integrity data from even the harshest environments.

L&T Technology Services, a provider of industry digital engineering solutions, announced a Digital Engineering Transformation partnership with Microsoft Corporation to deliver Microsoft Azure Engineering Solutions for global enterprises across industries. This strategic partnership between the two companies enables enterprises around the world to leverage L&T Technology's cutting-edge IP-led Digital Engineering solutions hosted on Microsoft's Azure enterprise cloud-first, mobile-first infrastructure.

ABB and Microsoft partner to drive digital industrial transformation 
ABB and Microsoft Corp. announced a strategic partnership to help industrial customers create new value with digital solutions. Customers will benefit from the unique combination of the Microsoft Azure intelligent cloud and ABB's deep domain knowledge and extensive portfolio of industrial solutions.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. has acquired MAVERICK Technologies, a leading systems integrator, to expand domain knowledge and help deliver additional control and information solutions to customers in industries such as chemical, food and beverage, and oil and gas. The acquisition helps to strengthen Rockwell Automation's position in major process and batch applications to provide its customers with enhanced process control and information management solutions.

GE and Bosch are working together through a collaboration between the software divisions of both organizations, GE Digital and Bosch Software Innovations. The organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding where GE Digital and Bosch Software Innovations will further collaborate on solutions for the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT).

GE Power and Tepco Fuel & Power, Inc. (Tepco FP) announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding agreement to jointly develop and introduce Industrial IoT solutions throughout the utility's thermal power plant fleet, harnessing GE's secure, cloud-based Predix platform. As the first step in this agreement, Tepco FP will install GE's Asset Performance Management (APM) software in the LNG-fueled Futtsu Power Station Unit 4.