Founded in 1983, Advantech is a leader in providing trusted innovative embedded and automation products and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, and global logistics support; all backed by industry-leading front and back office e-business solutions.

ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies. Their solutions improve the efficiency, productivity and quality of their customers’ operations while minimizing environmental impact.

Schneider Electric is a leading global manufacturer of equipment for electrical power distribution and for industrial control and automation. The company helps power generators distribute electricity; designs automation systems for the automobile and water treatment industries; builds electric networks and utility management systems for energy, water treatment, oil and gas, and marine applications; and manages electric power in residential, industrial, and commercial buildings.Year founded: 1836Revenue: $26.0 billion (2014)EPA: SUFeatured Subsidiaries/ Business Units:- Avantis- Wonderware

OMRON Industrial Automation functions as a partner to help innovate worldwide manufacturing.Through our expertise in sensing and control technology, we enable manufacturers to operate with greater productivity and streamlined efficiency.

Emerson is a diversified global manufacturing company that brings technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers in the industrial, commercial and consumer markets through its Process Management, Industrial Automation, Network Power, Climate Technologies, and Commercial & Residential Solutions businesses. ​Year founded: 1890Revenue: $24.5 billion (2014)NYSE: EMR

Toshiba, a world leader in high technology, is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of advanced electronic and electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, and household appliances.

Phoenix Contact Software is a leading international provider in the field of software development for automation. As leading supplier in the industry, we have been developing software technologies for the global players in automation for more than 30 years.Our core technologies IEC 61131 CONTROL, IEC 61508 SAFETY and PROFINET are being used successfully by our customers worldwide. Our products prove their quality and reliability on a daily basis in hundreds of thousands of automation systems. The range of applications comprises almost all industries.

STMicroelectronics is a world leader in providing the semiconductor solutions that make a positive contribution to people’s lives, today and into the future.Offering one of the industry’s broadest product portfolios, ST serves customers across the spectrum of electronics applications with innovative semiconductor solutions for Smart Driving and the Internet of Things. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.

Altizon empowers Industrial Digital Revolutions globally by helping enterprises use Machine Data to drive business decisions. With a global footprint of over 100 enterprise users, Altizon is a leading Industrial IoT platform provider as recognized by Gartner, Forrester, BCG, Frost & Sullivan, and others.

Beckhoff implements open automation systems based on PC Control technology. Products that can be used as separate components or integrated into a complete and seamless control system are available for all industries.

Adroit Technologies is a privately held software development company that has been developing award winning real-time software for the industrial automation markets for over 25 years. The principal activities of the company are product development, consulting and solutions development, primarily in the industrial sector. Year founded: 1989 Revenue: $11 - 100 million (2014 est.)

COPA-DATA is the technological leader for ergonomic and highly-dynamic process solutions. The company, founded in 1987, develops the software zenon for HMI/SCADA, Dynamic Production Reporting and integrated PLC systems at its headquarters in Austria. zenon is sold through its own offices in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as partners and distributors throughout the world. Customers benefit from local contact persons and local support thanks to a decentralized corporate structure. As an independent company, COPA-DATA can act quickly and flexibly, continues to set new standards in functionality and ease of use and leads the market trends. Over 135,000 installed systems in more than 90 countries provide companies in the Food & Beverage, Energy & Infrastructure, Automotive and Pharmaceutical sectors with new scope for efficient automation.

Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably.Year founded: 1911Revenue: $22.6 billion (2014)NYSE: ETN

Panasonic is a Japanese multinational electronics corporation that has grown to become one of the world's largest electronics producers. In addition to electronics, it offers non-electronic products and services. Year founded: 1918

Tibbo Systems specializes in control and monitoring software. We develop, deploy and service solutions based on AggreGate Platform. Established in 2002, Tibbo Systems takes care of developing AggreGate Platform itself, as well as all vertical market products based on it. There are many software professionals, IT infrastructure engineers, automation experts and IoT gurus in our core team. Tibbo Systems is one of the two main members of the Tibbo International company group which is a leader in hardware and software solutions for the Internet of Things, IT infrastructure management, industrial and building automation, remote monitoring and service, physical access control, and data center management.

The MathWorks, Inc. develops and supplies technical computing and model-based design software for engineers, scientists, mathematicians, and researchers. The company offers MATLAB, which is used for mathematical calculations, analyzing and visualizing data, and writing new software programs; and Simulink that is used for modeling and simulating complex systems, such as a vehicle's automatic transmission system. It also provides various tools for processing images and signals, and analyzing financial data. The company serves aerospace and defense, electronics, automotive, financial services, biotech, pharmaceutical and medical, industrial automation and machinery, semiconductors, communications, and computers and office equipment industries.The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts with additional offices in Australia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Together with about 100 group companies in Japan and overseas, Kawasaki Heavy Industries oversees the formation of a "technology corporate group."

Alleantia supports machinery manufacturers and large enterprises with the most demanding needs using Internet of Things (IoT) turnkey solutions encompassing device integration to enterprise applications, remote surveillance and control, machines data analytics. Year founded: 2011 Revenue: $1 - 10 million (2014 est.)

CONSYST is a Multinational Technology System Integration company providing engineering and technology solutions for customers in Asia, Middle East and Africa. We specialize in Engineering Design, Development, Manufacturing and Commissioning of Process Control Systems, Sustainable Technologies & Industry 4.0 Solutions. Our solutions facilitate improvement of efficiency & productivity, reduce costs and downtime Our team working under two Business Units – Control & Automation & I4.0 Solutions offer technically competing and optimized solutions. We work on turnkey projects, Retrofits and consultancy assignments providing end to end solutions at competing costs and reliable quality. CONSYST partner with its clients in providing knowledge transfer and training on latest technologies and engineering practices ensuring smooth transition. CONSYST is always determined to make a positive change through cutting edge technologies to our clients resulting in customer delights and satisfaction.

Hite is committed to becoming the leader in Industry 4.0 overall solution services by providing industry users with the most competitive intelligent manufacturing products and solutions.Hite is a strong manufacturer and system integration service provider in possession of independent core technology in domestic field of industry informatization and automation. Hite follows the development strategy of "cooperating and focusing” while relying on its ever-improving high-power electronic platform, industrial automation and informatization R&D platform.Hite is dedicated to persistently developing the products and technologies of new energy, equipment automation, industry information network, energy saving and etc.

Advanticsys creates monitoring and control products and solutions that improve processes and services in areas such as energy, agriculture and environment in a global marketplace.Year founded: 2009Revenue: $1 - 10 million (2014 est.)

The pioneering spirit of company founders Erwin Bernecker and Josef Rainer, together with the vision of accomplishing something exceptional for the automation industry, still influences the company's strategy today. This conviction led to the establishment of the first international subsidiaries in 1983. Entrepreneurial courage, along with remarkable foresight, allowed B&R to prosper into an international company within the last quarter of a century. Excellent intuition regarding market developments and trends, combined with the ambition to offer high-tech solutions that benefit customers, has allowed B&R to become an industry leader in innovation and technology.Year founded: 1979

Invensys Ltd. is a multinational engineering and information technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was formed in 1999 through the merger of BTR plc and Siebe plc.

KUKA AG is a global automation company with sales revenues of around 3 billion Euro and a workforce of 12,300 worldwide. The company is one of the world’s leading suppliers of automation solutions. KUKA offers its customers tailored solutions ranging from the core Component – the robot – to cells and large-scale systems. The company is headquartered in Augsburg. KUKA operates internationally for customers from the automotive industry and general industry.

Opto 22 manufactures Controllers, I/O, solid-state relays, and software products that link electrical, mechanical, and electronic devices to networks and computers.Customers use their products to monitor, control, and get data from all the machines and devices that are essential to their business.

Founded in 1984, ACE PILLAR Co., Ltd. is a leading industrial automation company and recognized as the most valued provider in the market. With the ISO-9001 certified in 2002, ACE PILLAR is approved of its consistent and superior quality in customer service as well as Assurance of high-quality products. We are a reliable distributor of automatic Mechatronics components as well as a professional provider of technical service for the automation manufacturers and customers.

Argus provides automated control systems for horticulture, aquaculture, and related biotechnology industries. Their capabilities include facility automation and specialty monitoring and control applications to support the needs of our customers.

CIMON is the company that has high technology in industrial automation and process control market since its foundation on 1999. Also, they provide highly reliable process control system. Innovative CIMON's solution fulfills customers' needs, increases facility efficiency, and reduces costs of customers. CIMON is capable of developing hardware and software together, and it explains that they can respond quickly to customers in the market. Customer satisfaction, it is their mission.

3S-Smart Software Solutions was founded in 1994 by Dieter Hess and Manfred Werner who jointly manage the company today. The company’s core products are the IEC 61131-3 Development System CODESYS and the corresponding platform independent Runtime System CODESYS Control. Today, 3S-Smart Software Solutions employs over 100 specialists who develop and market the CODESYS product line. CODESYS is used in all sectors of the automation industry in all sorts of different applications by manufacturers of intelligent automation devices as well as end users (from the plant or machine building industry) and system integrators.

Industrial data platformThe ConnectedThinks Industrial data platform is capable of connecting to multiple industrial data sources, correlating and transforming the data into useful insights, and helping improve the efficiency of your industrial business.Edge ConnectorsThe edge-connectors suite is a middleware deployable on ARM or X86-based Industrial edge IoT gateways. It enables quick connection and rapid onboarding of various assets such as machinery, sensors, asset trackers, Bluetooth beacons, and IP Video streams as well as OT assets such as PLC, SCADA, CNC, and HMI – to name a few. It offers secure device management and remote connection. Data PlatformThe ConnectedThinks data platform is a modern technology stack, built-to-scale to ingest and process high-speed, high-density, and real-time industrial data. Its functionality could be split into 3 primary parts – the data-ingest, the data-transform-&-store, and the data-query part.The data-ingest part consists of a high-performant MQTT broker and a highly-scalable, multi-cluster Kafka messaging queue which together can ingest and process data at a very high speed.The data-transform-&-storage part is built on top of Kafka KSQLdb and Apache Spark with real-time data transformation and the ability to integrate real-time machine-learning predictions for Anomaly Detection and other Predictive Maintenance tasks. The platform offers out-of-the-box connectors to store data on almost any database, data warehouse, or even into S3-storage compatible Data Lakes with efficient storage formats like PARQUET and AVRO.The data-query part consists of multiple custom-built connectors to various SQL and pseudo-SQL databases and storages along with highly-scalable PRESTO (a.k.a prestodb)Together it forms a complete Industry 4.0 offering for data intelligence and integration. The entire offering is built with Microservices and dockerized to make it suitable for deployment on-prem, private-cloud, or Public Cloud like AWS, Azure, or Google. Data visualization & BIConnectedThinks platform offers a custom-built visualization engine, built from the ground up to serve the specific requirements of industrial operations which demand a combination of real-time diagnostic monitoring for high-speed data, a SCADA-like monitoring system with visual aids and historical data analytics with data ranging from a few weeks to couple years. It is built on top of front-end REACT-js libraries along with Authentication and fine-grain access Authorization to deliver a secure web portal that is accessible from any corner of the world. The platform is also pre-integrated with Apache Superset and offers embedded dashboards as well as quick drag-and-drop data exploration. The prestodb query engine ODBC connectors enable you to import and explore data from your existing BI solutions such as Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, etc,