Schneider Electric India announces Open Automation Movement

Schneider Electric has launched the Open Automation Movement, a bold initiative aimed at liberalising industrial automation and making it more accessible through Open, software-defined automation. The software-driven, vendor-agnostic automation solutions from Schneider Electric enable industries to move beyond rigid, closed systems, empowering them with plug-and-play capabilities, seamless data flow, and greater operational flexibility. By embracing open automation, industries can enhance performance and agility, driving greater engineering efficiency and future-proofs operations for maximum effectiveness and innovation, marking a significant step-change in how industrial systems are designed, operated, and optimised.

This movement by Schneider Electric is a nationwide call to action, bringing together industry bodies, industry leaders, engineers, developers and other stakeholders to create greater awareness and adoption of open, software defined automation as customers strive for greater operational agility, digital transformation and sustainability acceleration in India.

Highlighting the importance of this initiative, Deepak Sharma, Zone President – Greater India, MD & CEO ...