Connell Limited Partnership, a global manufacturer serving the automobile, appliance, mining, rail and industrial equipment industries, has completed its acquisition of SencorpWhite, a provider of automated systems for the packaging industry through its Sencorp, Ceratek and Cerapak product lines.

Hitachi Consulting has entered into an agreement with SAP to provide an integrated Enterprise Cloud for SAP for Industrial Machinery & Components (IM&C) application.

It's tough for a U.S. materials manufacturer to keep pace with foreign competition - especially when it's burdened with "tools from the stone age."

Aspen Technology Inc. has released enhancements to version 8.8 of its aspenONE Engineering software.