Industrial Automation Projects Report and Database 2025

This list is structured along the following dimensions:

Project details

• Project index: Unique identifier of each project
• Project name: Short name of the project
• Project description: Short description of the project
• Primary industry (ISIC classification): Industry classification (ISIC code) of the project – primary
• Secondary industry (ISIC classification): Industry classification (ISIC code) of the project – secondary
• Country: Country where the project took place in
• Region: Region where the project took place in
• Vendor name: Name of the vendor that has published the project on their website

Company details

• Services/products used: Products/services that are highlighted in the project
• Service/product ISA-95 level: ISA-95 level of the respective product on each row
• Project source: Link to the vendor website of the project
• IoT: An “x” on the row indicates that the project is considered an IoT project
• AI or ML: An “x” on the row indicates that the project is considered an AI/Machine Learning project
• Company: Name of the customer company that the project refers to
• Company description: Short description of the customer company the project refers to

Value proposition for company

• Description
• Revenue increase
• Cost reduction
• Safety enhancement
• Security enhancement
• Product quality increase
• Equipment performance increase
• Equipment availability increase
• Customer satisfaction
• Employee satisfaction
• Other

Keyword analysis

• Sustainability
• Emissions
• Scalability
• Flexibility
• Compliance

IoT infrastructure

• Cellular networks
• 5G
• LPWAN
• Wi-Fi/Ethernet
• Bluetooth
• Tethered
• Other

IoT use case classification

• Smart City
  • IoT classification
  • Mobility/Transportation
  • Environment
  • Public safety
  • City infrastructure
  • Smart city other
• Connected building
  • Building security and safety
  • User flow and wellbeing
  • HVAC/heating/cooling/electricity
  • Smart buildings other
• Smart energy/Utilities
  • Energy generation
  • Smart grid
  • Smart metering
  • Emission/Waste tracking
  • Energy/Utilities other
• Smart supply chain
  • On-site facility track & trace
  • Supply chain track & trace
  • Real-time inventory management
  • Smart supply chain other
• Smart operation
  • Asset performance optimization
  • Process automation
  • Operations planning and scheduling
  • Augmented operations and services (incl. maintenance)
  • Remote asset monitoring and control
  • Quality control and management
  • Condition-based maintenance and monitoring
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Plant/worker safety
  • Work condition monitoring
  • Smart operation other
• Connected products
  • Over-the-air updates
  • Remote asset control
  • Condition/health monitoring
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Location tracking
  • Selling asset/product as as-a-service
  • IoT data-based product usage optimization
  • Product engineering
  • Connected products other

Additional information

• Industry (ISIC classification): Industry classification (ISIC code) of the customer
• Company URL: Home website of the customer
• Country: Country of the customer
• Company is end user: An “x” on the row indicates whether the company is an end user of the solution
• Company offers solutions to end users: An “x” on the row indicates whether the company offers solutions to end users
• Year of the project (estimated): Estimated year of the project
• Project phase (estimated): Estimated phase of the project

Industrial Automation Projects Report and Database 2025 (PDF)

1. 1. Executive Summary
   2. Introduction
      1. Starting point: Manufacturers are moving to Industry 4.0 and 5.0
      2. Industrial automation and related terms are gaining in general importance
      3. The ISA-95 model distinguishes five levels of industrial automation
      4. The ISA-95 automation pyramid levels can be mapped to specific compute hardware and automation workloads
      5. How automation workloads interact
   3. About the report
      1. This reports looks at client projects from 5 industrial automation vendors
      2. About this report: Analysis of 4,236 known client projects of five industrial automation vendors
      3. About this report: Methodology
      4. About this report: Projects in scope
      5. About this report: Extra analysis present in the Excel database
      6. 5 representative projects in the Excel database: 1. Daimler* (Siemens)
      7. 5 representative projects in the Excel database: 2. BASF (Emerson)
      8. 5 representative projects in the Excel database: 3. OWS Foods (Rockwell Automation)
      9. 5 representative projects in the Excel database: 4. BMW Group (ABB)
      10. 5 representative projects in the Excel database: 5. Takeda (Schneider Electric)
   4. Industrial automation project landscape
      1. Chapter 4: Industrial automation projects landscape – Overview and key takeaways
      2. Overview: Projects by vendor
      3. Overview: Projects by year and project phase
      4. Overview: Projects by region and business offering
      5. Overview: Projects by industry
      6. Overview: Projects by manufacturing group
      7. Overview: Projects by industry and region
      8. Overview: Projects by country
      9. Overview: Projects by product ISA-95 level
      10. Overview: IoT projects
      11. Overview: AI projects
   5. Vendor comparison
      1. Chapter 5: Vendor comparison – Overview and key takeaway
      2. Vendor overview: Projects by region, industry, and ISA-95 level
      3. Vendor overview: Percentage points change in the last two years
      4. Regional vendor comparison: Overview
      5. Regional vendor comparison: By region
      6. Regional vendor comparison: By country
      7. Vendor comparison by industry served: Overview
      8. Vendor comparison by industry served: Key customers
      9. Vendor comparison by ISA-95 level: Overview
      10. Vendor comparison by product type: Overview
      11. Vendor comparison by product type: Hardware deep-dive
      12. Vendor comparison by product type: Software deep-dive
   6. ISA-95 product comparison
      1. Chapter 6: ISA-95 product comparison – Overview and key takeaway
      2. ISA-95 level comparison: Overview
      3. ISA-95 level comparison): By industry
      4. Product type comparison: Overview
      5. Product type comparison: Hardware vs. Software
      6. Product type comparison: By industry
      7. ISA-95 level and product type by vendor: Siemens
      8. ISA-95 level and product type by vendor: Emerson
      9. ISA-95 level and product type by vendor: Rockwell Automation
      10. ISA-95 level and product type by vendor: ABB
      11. ISA-95 level and product type by vendor: Schneider Electric
   7. IoT and AI comparison
      1. Chapter 7: IoT and AI comparison – Overview and key takeaway
      2. Reminder: Two types of IoT and the technical IoT setup
      3. How IoT Analytics grouped projects as IoT and AI
      4. IoT comparison: Overview
      5. IoT comparison: By industry
      6. IoT comparison: By IoT use case
      7. AI comparison: Overview
      8. AI comparison: By industry
   8. Appendix
   9. About IoT Analytics