AVEVA

AVEVA is a British industrial software company that builds engineering, operations and data-management software for asset-intensive industries — oil and gas, power and utilities, chemicals, mining and metals, manufacturing, marine and infrastructure. Its tools are used to design, engineer, operate and optimise large physical assets, spanning the whole lifecycle from 3D plant design and engineering data management to real-time operations control, industrial HMI/SCADA, historian and analytics, and supply-chain and value-chain optimisation. The company traces its roots to 1967, when it began as a computer-aided design business serving the process and power industries; it grew into one of the world's best-known plant-design software vendors, with products such as PDMS, E3D, Wonderware, InTouch, System Platform, PI System and, more recently, the AVEVA Connect cloud platform and AVEVA Data Hub. AVEVA has long been a UK-headquartered business, based in Cambridge, and it operated for years as a publicly listed company on the London Stock Exchange. In 2018 Schneider Electric acquired control of AVEVA and combined its own industrial software assets with it; in 2023 Schneider Electric completed a takeover that took AVEVA private, so the brand now operates as a subsidiary within Schneider Electric's industrial-automation and software portfolio. AVEVA sells primarily to large industrial enterprises and engineering contractors, positioning itself around the "digital twin" of industrial assets and the industrial internet of things, and it markets its software on a subscription and cloud-delivered basis alongside traditional perpetual licences.

AVEVA's origins lie in 1967, when a small British computer-aided design venture began supplying software to the process and power industries. Over the following decades it became one of the leading vendors of plant-design and engineering software, with its PDMS (Plant Design Management System) and later E3D products widely used by engineering contractors and owner-operators to model complex process plants in three dimensions. The company expanded through acquisitions and product development into operations software as well. Its 2014 combination with the industrial software business of Schneider Electric brought the Wonderware line — InTouch HMI, System Platform and related supervisory and manufacturing-execution products — into the group, broadening AVEVA from engineering design into real-time operations management. A further major step came with the acquisition of the OSIsoft business and its PI System, the widely deployed operations data historian, which anchored AVEVA's position in industrial data management and the industrial internet of things. AVEVA operated as a publicly listed company on the London Stock Exchange for many years. In 2018 Schneider Electric acquired a controlling stake and folded its industrial software assets into AVEVA; in 2023 Schneider Electric completed a full takeover, taking AVEVA private and making it a subsidiary within its industrial automation and software portfolio. The brand continues to serve global industrial customers, increasingly emphasising cloud-delivered software, subscription models and the industrial digital twin.

• 2023

  Schneider Electric completes a takeover of AVEVA, taking the company private.

• 2018

  Schneider Electric acquires a controlling stake in AVEVA.

• 2014

  AVEVA combines with Schneider Electric's industrial software business, adding the Wonderware product line.

• 1967

  AVEVA's predecessor computer-aided design business is founded in the United Kingdom, serving process and power industries.

Enterprise industrial software for asset-intensive industries, centred on the engineering digital twin, operations data and the industrial IoT; sold to large industrial firms and EPC contractors worldwide.

• AVEVA E3D Design

  3D plant and marine design software used by engineering contractors and owner-operators.

• AVEVA PI System

  Operations data management and historian software for industrial facilities.

• AVEVA InTouch HMI / System Platform

  Industrial HMI, SCADA and supervisory software for plant operations.

• AVEVA Connect

  Cloud platform for industrial engineering and operations software and data sharing.

• 2026.08.13

  AVEVA launches HMI (China Edition) 2026 in Wuxi[2]AVEVA剑维软件在无锡发布剑维软件HMI（中国版）2026news.e-works.net.cn

  AVEVA launched its HMI (China Edition) 2026, an HMI/SCADA platform redesigned from the ground up for China's domestic ecosystem and industrial scenarios, at a product launch event in Wuxi on August 13, 2026. The product is developed by AVEVA's China Intelligent Innovation Center and supports both Windows and Linux-based domestic operating systems.

• 2026.08.13

  AVEVA signs strategic cooperation agreements with Schneider Electric and local automation firms for HMI (China Edition) 2026[2]AVEVA剑维软件在无锡发布剑维软件HMI（中国版）2026news.e-works.net.cn

  At the product launch event, AVEVA signed strategic cooperation agreements with Lanzhou Automation, Huilian Automation, Sansheng Electromechanical and Schneider Electric to promote the application of AVEVA HMI (China Edition) 2026 in China's automation and smart manufacturing scenarios. Schneider Electric will serve as the distribution channel for the product.

• Unconfirmed

  AVEVA and Shenzhou Information sign strategic cooperation agreement[3]AVEVA与神州信息签署战略合作协议news.e-works.net.cn

  AVEVA announced that it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shenzhou Information to collaborate in digitalization in the process industries, including engineering design, predictive maintenance and industrial digitalization platforms.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2021.01.11

  AVEVA launches Teamwork industrial workforce application[4]AVEVA发布Teamwork工业员工应用finance.sina.com.cn

  AVEVA launched AVEVA Teamwork, a cloud-based application co-created with Poka to support learning, problem-solving and knowledge sharing among industrial employees.

• 2020.12.30

  AVEVA and SCG announce digital reliability platform partnership[5]AVEVA剑维软件与SCG宣布合作开发数字可靠性平台news.e-works.net.cn

  AVEVA and SCG Chemicals announced a strategic partnership to develop the Digital Reliability Platform, an asset performance management solution, and take the solution to market.

• 2020.12.02

  AVEVA announces 2020 industry leaders summit[6]AVEVA宣布举办2020行业领袖峰会news.e-works.net.cn

  AVEVA announced that it would hold the 2020 Industry Leaders Summit in Guilin on December 9, 2020, alongside an online forum for attendees.

• 2020.11.20

  AVEVA wins two Hydrocarbon Processing Awards[7]AVEVA荣获两项烃加工奖news.e-works.net.cn

  AVEVA won the Hydrocarbon Processing Awards for Best Health, Safety or Environmental Contribution and Best Instrumentation Technology.

• 2020.08.10

  AVEVA donates shipbuilding software for TS Queen Mary restoration[8]AVEVA捐赠造船软件支持TS玛丽皇后号修复news.e-works.net.cn

  AVEVA donated 3D visualization shipbuilding software valued at more than £100,000 to support the restoration of TS Queen Mary, working with Friends of TS Queen Mary and naval architects Brookes Bell.

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1. 1AVEVA official websiteaveva.com
2. 2AVEVA剑维软件在无锡发布剑维软件HMI（中国版）2026news.e-works.net.cn
3. 3AVEVA与神州信息签署战略合作协议news.e-works.net.cn
4. 4AVEVA发布Teamwork工业员工应用finance.sina.com.cn
5. 5AVEVA剑维软件与SCG宣布合作开发数字可靠性平台news.e-works.net.cn
6. 6AVEVA宣布举办2020行业领袖峰会news.e-works.net.cn
7. 7AVEVA荣获两项烃加工奖news.e-works.net.cn
8. 8AVEVA捐赠造船软件支持TS玛丽皇后号修复news.e-works.net.cn
9. 9从“在中国卖软件”到“为中国写软件”：AVEVA发布剑维软件HMI（中国版）2026163.com
10. 10AVEVA剑维软件与SCG宣布建立合作伙伴关系，共同开发“数字可靠性平台”itbear.com.cn