Emerson has been named the ‘2026 Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ in the 10th annual IoT Breakthrough Awards. 

This is the seventh time the IoT Breakthrough Awards have named Emerson the ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year.’ 

Previously, the award program recognized Emerson for ‘Industrial Innovation of the Year’ and ‘Analytics Platform of the Year.’

With the most complete industrial IoT technology stack, Emerson helps mission-critical industries around the world – including energy, liquefied natural gas, power, life sciences, chemical, aerospace, and semiconductors, among others – operate with speed, safety, reliability, and confidence. 

“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 recognizes our investments in innovation and transformative technologies that help our customers achieve operational excellence and position them for an autonomous future.”

With its 2025 acquisition of Aspen Technology, Emerson completed its transformation into a global automation leader with a future-ready technology portfolio, including intelligent devices, secure control systems, and enterprise optimization software. 

Looking ahead, Emerson is shaping the future of automation with a new, software-defined and data-centric automation platform that enables seamless modernization, supports faster deployment of new technologies and AI-driven optimization, and provides a path toward autonomous operations.

For the past 10 years, the IoT Breakthrough Awards have recognized excellence, creativity, and success of IoT companies, technologies, and products. This year, the program attracted more than 4,000 nominations from companies around the world.