# Advantech and partners establish Edgecross Consortium

Advantech partnered with Mitsubishi Electric, Omron, NEC, IBM Japan and Oracle Japan to establish the Edgecross Consortium on November 29, 2017, for factory automation and IT collaboration.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2017-11-06
- Where: Japan
- Status: announced
- Products: Edgecross software platform
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Mitsubishi Electric](https://endata.com/companies/2378.md) (partner)
- [OMRON](https://endata.com/companies/3384.md) (partner)
- [Advantech](https://endata.com/companies/16355.md) (partner)
- [NEC](https://endata.com/companies/17906.md) (partner)
- [IBM Japan](https://endata.com/companies/17907.md) (partner)
- [Oracle Japan](https://endata.com/companies/17908.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [controlglobal.com](https://www.controlglobal.com/industry-news/news/11309460/industry-signals-and-indicators-november-2017), 2017-11-20: "Advantech reported Nov. 6 that it's partnered with Mitsubishi Electric, Omron, NEC, IBM Japan and Oracle Japan to establish the Edgecross Consortium on Nov. 29."

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