Accenture has agreed to buy Industries eXcellence Group, a Rome- and Chicago-based business within Italy’s Engineering Group, in a move designed to deepen its industrial software and automation offering for manufacturers.
The consultancy says the deal will strengthen its ability to help clients modernise product design, factory operations and supply chains using software, data and artificial intelligence. IndX, a long-standing Siemens Digital Industries partner, specialises i...
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n so-called digital thread implementations that link engineering, manufacturing and automation systems across both information technology and operational technology.
Its work spans product lifecycle management, simulation, digital twins, SCADA, industrial edge computing and cloud services. The company has more than 650 employees across Italy, the US, India, Germany, other parts of Europe and Mexico.
According to Accenture, the acquisition should bolster the growth of the Accenture Siemens Business Group, which was launched last year as a dedicated practice combining industrial technology with AI-enabled engineering and manufacturing capabilities. That group was described by Accenture and Siemens at Hannover Messe in 2025 as bringing together around 7,000 professionals with manufacturing and IT experience worldwide.
The company also said it plans to establish two new Centres of Excellence for Siemens Digital Industries solutions in Italy and India after the transaction closes, according to a separate announcement highlighted by Europawire.
Tracey Countryman, Accenture’s global supply chain and engineering lead, said many manufacturers want to use software, data and AI to make engineering and plant operations more flexible and connected, but struggle to knit those systems together across products, factories and supply chains. She said combining IndX’s Siemens expertise with Accenture’s AI and industry knowledge would help address that problem more quickly.
Financial terms were not disclosed, and completion remains subject to customary closing conditions.
Source: Noah Wire Services
