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Emerson named Industrial IoT Company of the Year

March 2023 News

Emerson has been named the IoT Breakthrough 2023 ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ for the fifth time, an honour the company also received in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022. This year’s award recognises the power of Emerson’s industry-leading Plantweb digital ecosystem, which now includes the AspenTech suite of plant optimisation software solutions.

Leveraging decades of innovation and expertise, Emerson delivers the broadest suite of automation technology to manufacturers across all industries. Emerson and AspenTech’s leading portfolio of sensor, edge, control and software solutions – the Plantweb digital ecosystem – enables companies to optimise operations and performance of their plants and enterprise.

“Emerson is proud to be consistently recognised as an automation leader with a demonstrated commitment to innovating and providing leading solutions that help customers meet their business and sustainability goals in today’s dynamic markets,” said Ram Krishnan, chief operating officer of Emerson. “By integrating AspenTech into our industry-leading Plantweb digital ecosystem, we provide customers with the most comprehensive digital transformation portfolio in the industry, backed by deep automation expertise.”

Plantweb, including the AspenTech portfolio of asset optimisation software, enables companies to ‘See, Decide, Act and Optimise’ across their operations. Through its sensing and visualisation, predictive diagnostics and monitoring, precision control, and AI-powered analytics, Plantweb empowers companies to boost performance, improve safety and achieve sustainability targets through emissions reduction and greater energy efficiency.

“Emerson continues its decades-long streak of digital innovation and leadership across all automation categories, and the company’s breakthrough Plantweb digital ecosystem, optimised with AspenTech, represents a next-generation IIoT platform to help its customers optimise operations and meet business and sustainability goals,“ said James Johnson, managing director at IoT Breakthrough. “Emerson’s robust suite of sensors, software and control technologies are empowering organisations to ‘See, Decide, Act and Optimise’ like never before, and we are thrilled to congratulate the Emerson team for taking home our marquee ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ award in the 7th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards programme.”

IoT Breakthrough, which recognises excellence, creativity and success of IoT companies, technologies and products, received more than 4000 nominations for the 2023 competition. The awards honour the world’s best companies, leaders, technologies and products in a range of IoT categories, from industrial and enterprise, to consumer and connected home. Winners are selected by a panel of senior level professionals experienced in the IoT space, including journalists, analysts and technology executives.


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