Johnson Controls is an American company globally offering products and services to optimize energy and operational efficiencies of buildings, automotive batteries, electronics and interior systems for automobiles.Year founded: 1885Revenue: $42.9 billion (2014)

Oracle is a leader in enterprise software and provides hardware and services to help companies improve their processes. Best known for its focus on databases, it offers aid in areas such as managing business data, collaboration and application development, customer relationship management, and supply chain management. Year founded; 1977 Revenue: $38.2 billion (2015) NYSE: ORCL

VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that powers complex digital infrastructure. The company accelerates digital transformation by enabling unprecedented freedom and flexibility in how its customers build and evolve IT environments. Its software helps business users simply and securely access the apps and data they need, from anywhere, to do their best work. The company's software spans compute, cloud, networking and security, and digital workspace.

Anaren is a world leader in microwave/RF-based technology for the wireless infrastructure, satellite communications, medical, optics, automotive, consumer-products, and defense sectors.

Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard. MACOM has more than 65 years of application expertise with multiple design centers, Si, GaAs and InP fabrication, manufacturing, assembly and test, and operational facilities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Click here to view our facilities. In addition, MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

NovAtel designs, manufactures and sells high precision OEM Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning technology. Developed for efficient and rapid integration, our GNSS products have set the standard in quality and performance for over 20 years. State-of-the-art, lean manufacturing facilities in our North American headquarters produce the industry’s most extensive line of OEM receivers, antennas, and subsystems. All of our products are backed by a team of highly skilled customer support and design engineers. NovAtel Inc. is based in Calgary, Canada and is part of the Hexagon Group, Sweden.

Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, provides business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. Its world-leading solutions transform the way products are designed, produced, and supported. Dassault Systèmes’ collaborative solutions foster social innovation, expanding possibilities for the virtual world to improve the real world. The group brings value to over 190,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 140 countries.

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

SparkCognition is a global leader in cognitive computing analytics. A highly awarded company recognized for cutting-edge technology, SparkCognition develops AI-Powered cyber-physical software for the safety, security, and reliability of IT, OT, and the IoT. The company's technology is capable of harnessing real-time sensor data and learning from it continuously, allowing for more accurate risk mitigation and prevention policies to intervene and avert disasters. SparkCognition's cognitive software, DeepArmor, is utilized to prevent and detect Malware with a high level of accuracy and efficacy by using advanced Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

Impinj wirelessly connects billions of everyday items such as apparel, medical supplies, and automobile parts to consumer and business applications such as inventory management, patient safety, and asset Tracking. The Impinj platform uses RAIN RFID to deliver timely information about these items to the digital world, thereby enabling the Internet of ThingsImpinj, Inc. provides ultra high frequency Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions for identifying, locating, and authenticating items. The company’s products include Indy Reader Chips that include integrated radio chips and supporting SDKs; Monza Tag Chips, which deliver memory options and extended features to RFID tags; and Speedway fixed RFID readers and antennas for RFID-based information. It also provides STP Source Tagging Platform, a platform for the creation of high-performance encoding and verification systems. The company serves retail, asset management, consumer electronics, entertainment, healthcare, Internet of Things, and logistics markets.

aicas was founded to provide businesses with a flexible, more efficient approach to embedded realtime application development. Over the course of two decades, we have expanded across industries to work with customers who now rely on our technologies as an integral part of more than 20 million embedded devices. aicas’ Java realtime Virtual machine, JamaicaVM, continues to evolve into middleware and embedded Software Development Kits (eSDK) enabling customers across the globe meet their specific business goals.We help our customers to get the maximum benefit from their data. We do this by providing an open platform for data collection and software management on devices. By connecting everything everywhere anytime, we ensure the right data gets to the right place at the right time. We build safety, Robustness, and security into our products and services. Our customers own their data.

Altair is a leading provider of enterprise-class engineering software enabling innovation, reduced development times, and lower costs through the entire product lifecycle from concept design to in-service operation. Our simulation-driven approach to innovation is powered by our integrated suite of software which optimizes design performance across multiple disciplines encompassing structures, motion, fluids, thermal management, electromagnetics, system modeling and embedded systems, while also providing data analytics and true-to-life visualization and rendering.

Boost.ai stands at the forefront of enterprise-grade conversational AI. Driven to enable unparalleled interactions between people and organizations, Boost.ai harnesses cutting-edge technology to push the boundaries of AI responsibly. Its proprietary self-learning AI platform empowers businesses to automate interactions at scale, enhancing efficiency and driving positive outcomes.

NEC provides a broad range of IT products and services through software, hardware, integration, and consulting. It offers system integration, maintenance and support, outsourcing, cloud services, and equipment for government, healthcare, finance, and media markets. For telecom customers it provides network infrastructure, services, and management. NECs thick portfolio also includes system platforms with hardware, software, enterprise networks, and services. NEC does most of its business domestically.Year Founded: 1899Revenue: $26.1 billion (2013)TYO: 6701

Artesyn Embedded Technologies is a trusted, global leader in the development, design and manufacture of highly reliable power conversion and mission critical embedded computing technology solutions for communications, computing and industrial markets. Artesyn's extensive portfolio of embedded computing and power products and services helps accelerate time-to-market, and provides scalable and cost-effective solutions for its customers.

3D Systems provides advanced and comprehensive 3D digital design and fabrication solutions, including 3D printers, print materials and cloud-sourced custom-designed parts. Their comprehensive range of 3D printers is the industry’s benchmark for production-grade manufacturing in aerospace, automotive, patient specific medical device and a variety of accessories.

Ansys develops Computer-Aided Engineering software across a range of disciplines including finite element analysis, structural analysis, computational fluid dynamics, explicit and implicit methods, and heat transfer. Also develops a digital twin platform using ANSYS simulation tools that is used by engineers to monitor real-time prescriptive analytics, test Predictive Maintenance to optimize asset performance and provides data to improve the physical product design. The company was founded in 1970. by John A. Swanson as Swanson Analysis Systems, Inc(SASI). In 1994 it was sold to TA Associates, who changed its name to Ansys. The company has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative and fastest -growing companies by prestigious organizations including BusinessWeek and FORTUNE magazines.

Infosys is a global leader in consulting, technology, and outsourcing and next-generation services. They help enterprises transform and thrive in a changing world through strategic consulting, operational leadership, and the co-creation of breakthrough solutions, including those in mobility, sustainability, big data, and Cloud Computing.

MachineMetrics is the authority on real-time manufacturing analytics. When we started MachineMetrics, we identified undeniable gaps in current manufacturing processes: a lack of real-time production visibility and a lack of communication between machine operators and their managers. Roughly 50% of US companies admitting to not having a systematic roadmap toward Digital Manufacturing solutions nor automation and over 90% of companies have yet to attempt to integrate solutions to date. Many companies have attempted to develop solutions for this problem but it had yet to be truly solved. We spoke with 100+ manufacturers to gather their feedback on why these solutions did not fit their needs and how it could be designed better.MachineMetrics was thus created; an IIoT manufacturing analytics and machine monitoring platform to help companies visualize where they stand now and overcome the challenges along the Digital Transformation journey to advance forward from reactivity, to proactivity, and to predictivity. Our fully automated machine monitoring solution provides visualizations of real-time manufacturing production data, instant notifications, as well as historical analytics, allowing factory workers to make faster, smarter, more confident decisions based on real-time data.We've simplified IoT for the shop floor and are empowering manufacturers to develop their roadmap toward manufacturing excellence with the easiest to use and simplest to integrate software on the market. MachineMetrics is driving manufacturing efficiency by more than 20% on average for our customers and we are proud to be developing the future of manufacturing alongside them.

Accenture is a leading professional service company, providing consulting and outsourcing services through their strategy, digital, technology and operations capabilities.

Asavie makes connectivity simple. Our mobility management and Internet of Things solutions manage, scale and secure connectivity across diverse networks. The award-winning, Asavie PassBridge connectivity management platform, enables mobile operators, OEM vendors and managed service providers to rapidly launch, scale and secure mobility and IoT smart, connected projects. Asavie partners with over 20 operators including leaders like AT&T, Telenor, Telefonica O2, Three and Vodafone and 20,000+ end-user customers in the USA and EMEA. Asavie is led by a highly experienced team, including veterans from AEP, Baltimore, Google, Openet & Vordel.Year founded: 2004

Atos provides services such as facilities management, e-commerce consulting, systems design, implementation, and integration, and managed services. It also offers data and transaction processing services, website hosting, and outsourced services for such functions as customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning.Year founded: 1988Revenue: $17.0 billion (2014)NYSE: ATOS

Materialise has been playing an active role in the field of Additive Manufacturing (also known as 3D Printing) since 1990. In addition to having the largest capacity of Additive Manufacturing equipment in Europe, we are also known for our innovative software solutions.We have used our experience and expertise to create a better and healthier world through our involvement in Additive Manufacturing for industrial and medical applications, and by providing bio-medical and clinical solutions such as medical image processing and surgical simulations. The advantages of Additive Manufacturing have been used by Materialise to develop unique solutions that make a world of difference for our many customers with their prototyping, production, and medical needs. These customers range from large companies in the automotive, consumer electronics, and consumables sectors; to famous hospitals, research institutes, and clinicians; to individual consumers interested in bringing their own unique creations to life through i.materialise or who want to purchase a celebrated .MGX design.

Ramco is a fast growing enterprise software player disrupting the market with its multi-tenanted cloud and mobile-based enterprise software in the area of HCM and Global Payroll, ERP and M&E MRO for Aviation. Part of the USD 1 billion Ramco Group, Ramco Systems focuses on Innovation and Culture to differentiate itself in the marketplace.

TEKNOPAR, founded in 1996, is one of the leading providers of automation systems and solutions in Turkey for industrial facilities, energy, mobility sectors. Through the development of its engineering and production infrastructure, the company has extended its sphere of activity to provide customers with a wide range of services and end-to-end solutions where integrated applications of mechanical, hydraulic, automation, control and information technologies have been supplied. By combining information technologies with control, automation, robotics, and operational technologies, our company develops industrial communication systems, servo-controlled motion systems, Embedded Software, industrial software and data processing platforms. This blend of expertise is further enhanced by an expansive manufacturing capability, positioning TEKNOPAR as a versatile partner in industrial innovation.

Trimble is an industrial technology company, concentrated on helping the world work, better. Our technology enables jobs to get done more precisely and accurately so you can build, construct, grow and move the things we need to live our lives and build future communities.

Our extensive out-of-the-box functionality and modern web-based, cloud-ready architecture enable you to deploy quickly and continuously enhance your PLM environment in a fraction of the time required by conventional enterprise PLM / PDM systems and at a total cost of ownership far below that of any leading competitor.

Canvas GFX was founded on the vision of making complex product design accessible to people across manufacturing organizations. We transform the way people communicate and comprehend the products they make and how they come together.Canvas GFX provides manufacturing companies with a pragmatic way to embrace Industry 4.0 and expand Digital Transformation efforts at their companies.

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.

Phunware is the pioneer of Multiscreen as a Service (MaaS) – the only fully integrated services platform that enables brands to engage, manage and monetize their anytime, anywhere users. Phunware has introduced category defining experiences that challenge the outer limits of the most advanced multiscreen devices for the world’s most respected brands.