Emerson has been named the ‘2026 Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ in the 10th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards. With its 2025 acquisition of Aspen Technology, Emerson completed its transformation into a global automation leader with a future-ready technology portfolio spanning intelligent devices, secure control systems and enterprise optimisation software.
“Emerson’s software-defined automation portfolio is focused on growth drivers tied to some of the world’s most pressing challenges: digital transformation, electrification, energy security and near-shoring,” said Lal Karsanbhai, president and chief executive officer of Emerson. “This award recognises our investments in innovation and transformative technologies that help our customers achieve operational excellence and position them for an autonomous future.”
This is the seventh time the IoT Breakthrough Awards have named Emerson the ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year.’ Previously, the awards programme recognised Emerson for ‘Industrial Innovation of the Year’ and ‘Analytics Platform of the Year.’* For the past 10 years, the IoT Breakthrough Awards have recognised excellence, creativity and success of IoT companies, technologies and products. This year, the programme attracted more than 4,000 nominations from companies around the world.
“Emerson is one of just a few companies that has been recognised year after year because of its innovation, technology leadership and vision in helping the world’s most essential industries digitally transform their operations to meet their future needs,” said Steve Johansson, managing director at Tech Breakthrough.
*See: Industrial internet of things (IIoT) Innovation recognised. (Jan 2025); Industrial IoT company of the year. (Jan 2024); Breaking through with IoT for five years!(Jan 2023); Leading in IIoT.(Jan 2022)
