Emerson Electric (EMR)
Connects industrial sensors and valves with control software, optimization tools, and automated testing.
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Emerson makes the valves, sensors, control gear and testing tools that keep factories, power plants and other industrial sites running. Its large installed base brings repeat replacement and service work, while software and automated testing are becoming more important growth engines.
Item facts: FY2025 · year ended Sep 30, 2025, from filings, earnings calls and company pages.
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Final Control
Valves and moving parts regulate or stop industrial flows. It is Emerson's largest business; across the company, $9.6 billion of promised work is waiting to be delivered, with power and liquefied-natural-gas projects important feeders for later service demand.
Competes with Valtek control valves (Flowserve) · Masoneilan control valves (Baker Hughes)
In plain English
Picture the heavy-duty plumbing of a refinery or power plant. Final Control supplies the valves that meter, isolate or quickly stop liquids and gases, plus the motors and regulators that move them safely. Operators such as BP buy this equipment when building or expanding a site. Once thousands of parts are installed, they return for replacements, maintenance and upgrades because a failed or mismatched valve can halt production. That repeat work makes the original project the start of a long customer relationship, not a one-time sale.
Control Systems & Software
The computers and software that coordinate an industrial site. Fewer large license renewals are expected to trim fiscal 2026 sales by $120 million even as contracted software business grows; renewal timing is the number to watch.
Competes with System 800xA (ABB) · SIMATIC PCS neo (Siemens)
In plain English
This is the plant's nervous system. Emerson combines controllers, safety systems and software so thousands of machines can be watched and adjusted from one place. A power producer or drug maker pays for the equipment, the engineering needed to fit it into a site, software permission and continuing help. Changing the central control system is risky and disruptive, so customers commonly return for upgrades and renewals. Some multi-year software deals count much of their sales at renewal, which can make one year's growth look weaker even when customer commitments are rising.
Enterprise Operations Platform
A developing bridge between equipment data, local factory computers and internet-based software. TotalEnergies' two-year Inmation rollout is an early test of whether Emerson can organize information the same way across many sites and pull through more software and services.
Competes with Industrial Operations X (Siemens) · CONNECT (AVEVA)
In plain English
The hard part is getting old and new industrial systems to speak to each other. This platform gathers information near the machines, organizes it, and makes it available to software used across a company. Think of a universal sorting room that accepts parcels from many doors and sends each one to the right destination. Emerson earns by selling the connecting software, applications and setup help. Partners can add their own applications, while a customer such as TotalEnergies provides the real proof: can the same setup work securely across many locations?
Sensors
Instruments measure flow, pressure, temperature, liquid level, corrosion and chemistry. A thirteen-year Equinor agreement shows the prize: equipment placed across global sites can lead to years of replacement and service work, provided accuracy and safety approvals hold.
Competes with OpreX Field Instruments (Yokogawa) · Field instrumentation (Endress+Hauser)
In plain English
Every plant needs reliable eyes and ears. Emerson's instruments sit on pipes, tanks and machinery, turning physical conditions such as heat, pressure or flow into information operators can act on. A company like Equinor buys them for a new project or replaces aging units at an existing site. The readings also feed Emerson's control software. Once a model has been tested for a dangerous setting, swapping to an unfamiliar alternative can be costly, so dependable measurements create a path to repeat orders and long-running service agreements.
Safety & Productivity
Professional pipe, electrical and cleaning equipment for tradespeople and utilities. Emerson kept the business after reviewing a sale, but roughly two-percent fiscal 2026 growth trails the rest of the company; construction, utility and European demand set the pace.
Competes with M18 FORCE LOGIC press tools (Milwaukee Tool) · 20V MAX pipe press tools (DEWALT)
In plain English
The unglamorous toolbox business is still a meaningful piece of Emerson. Plumbers, electricians, utility crews and other trades buy pipe-pressing tools, electrical equipment, joining gear and heavy-duty vacuums under names such as RIDGID and Greenlee. Distributors keep the products within reach of working crews, and Emerson earns when tools and related equipment sell through those channels. Demand follows repair work, construction and industrial activity more closely than the company's plant software does, so weak regions or end markets can slow it quickly.
Test & Measurement
NI hardware and software automate checks on chips, aircraft, vehicles and research equipment. Fiscal 2026 third-quarter sales jumped twenty-three percent from a small base; the question is how much survives when customers' product-development and chip-factory spending cycles cool.
Competes with PathWave Test Automation and PXI (Keysight) · R&S TSVP (Rohde & Schwarz)
In plain English
Before a chip, aircraft system or car component reaches customers, someone has to prove it works again and again. NI supplies modular test machines, signal-measuring instruments and LabVIEW software that automate those checks. It is like replacing a row of people with clipboards with one configurable inspection line. Customers pay for the hardware, the software that tells it what to test, and engineers who fit the setup to their process. Growth can be fast when customers launch products or expand factories, then cool when those investment cycles pause.
Final ControlValves and moving parts regulate or stop industrial flows. It is Emerson's largest business; across the company, $9.6 billion of promised work is waiting to be delivered, with power and liquefied-natural-gas projects important feeders for later service demand.Valves and moving parts regulate or stop industrial flows. It is Emerson's largest business; across the company, $9.6 billion of promised work is waiting to be delivered, with power and liquefied-natural-gas projects important feeders for later service demand.
In plain English
Picture the heavy-duty plumbing of a refinery or power plant. Final Control supplies the valves that meter, isolate or quickly stop liquids and gases, plus the motors and regulators that move them safely. Operators such as BP buy this equipment when building or expanding a site. Once thousands of parts are installed, they return for replacements, maintenance and upgrades because a failed or mismatched valve can halt production. That repeat work makes the original project the start of a long customer relationship, not a one-time sale.
Competes with Valtek control valves (Flowserve) · Masoneilan control valves (Baker Hughes)
Control Systems & SoftwareThe computers and software that coordinate an industrial site. Fewer large license renewals are expected to trim fiscal 2026 sales by $120 million even as contracted software business grows; renewal timing is the number to watch.The computers and software that coordinate an industrial site. Fewer large license renewals are expected to trim fiscal 2026 sales by $120 million even as contracted software business grows; renewal timing is the number to watch.
In plain English
This is the plant's nervous system. Emerson combines controllers, safety systems and software so thousands of machines can be watched and adjusted from one place. A power producer or drug maker pays for the equipment, the engineering needed to fit it into a site, software permission and continuing help. Changing the central control system is risky and disruptive, so customers commonly return for upgrades and renewals. Some multi-year software deals count much of their sales at renewal, which can make one year's growth look weaker even when customer commitments are rising.
Competes with System 800xA (ABB) · SIMATIC PCS neo (Siemens)
Enterprise Operations PlatformA developing bridge between equipment data, local factory computers and internet-based software. TotalEnergies' two-year Inmation rollout is an early test of whether Emerson can organize information the same way across many sites and pull through more software and services.A developing bridge between equipment data, local factory computers and internet-based software. TotalEnergies' two-year Inmation rollout is an early test of whether Emerson can organize information the same way across many sites and pull through more software and services.
In plain English
The hard part is getting old and new industrial systems to speak to each other. This platform gathers information near the machines, organizes it, and makes it available to software used across a company. Think of a universal sorting room that accepts parcels from many doors and sends each one to the right destination. Emerson earns by selling the connecting software, applications and setup help. Partners can add their own applications, while a customer such as TotalEnergies provides the real proof: can the same setup work securely across many locations?
Competes with Industrial Operations X (Siemens) · CONNECT (AVEVA)
SensorsInstruments measure flow, pressure, temperature, liquid level, corrosion and chemistry. A thirteen-year Equinor agreement shows the prize: equipment placed across global sites can lead to years of replacement and service work, provided accuracy and safety approvals hold.Instruments measure flow, pressure, temperature, liquid level, corrosion and chemistry. A thirteen-year Equinor agreement shows the prize: equipment placed across global sites can lead to years of replacement and service work, provided accuracy and safety approvals hold.
In plain English
Every plant needs reliable eyes and ears. Emerson's instruments sit on pipes, tanks and machinery, turning physical conditions such as heat, pressure or flow into information operators can act on. A company like Equinor buys them for a new project or replaces aging units at an existing site. The readings also feed Emerson's control software. Once a model has been tested for a dangerous setting, swapping to an unfamiliar alternative can be costly, so dependable measurements create a path to repeat orders and long-running service agreements.
Competes with OpreX Field Instruments (Yokogawa) · Field instrumentation (Endress+Hauser)
Safety & ProductivityProfessional pipe, electrical and cleaning equipment for tradespeople and utilities. Emerson kept the business after reviewing a sale, but roughly two-percent fiscal 2026 growth trails the rest of the company; construction, utility and European demand set the pace.Professional pipe, electrical and cleaning equipment for tradespeople and utilities. Emerson kept the business after reviewing a sale, but roughly two-percent fiscal 2026 growth trails the rest of the company; construction, utility and European demand set the pace.
In plain English
The unglamorous toolbox business is still a meaningful piece of Emerson. Plumbers, electricians, utility crews and other trades buy pipe-pressing tools, electrical equipment, joining gear and heavy-duty vacuums under names such as RIDGID and Greenlee. Distributors keep the products within reach of working crews, and Emerson earns when tools and related equipment sell through those channels. Demand follows repair work, construction and industrial activity more closely than the company's plant software does, so weak regions or end markets can slow it quickly.
Competes with M18 FORCE LOGIC press tools (Milwaukee Tool) · 20V MAX pipe press tools (DEWALT)
Test & MeasurementNI hardware and software automate checks on chips, aircraft, vehicles and research equipment. Fiscal 2026 third-quarter sales jumped twenty-three percent from a small base; the question is how much survives when customers' product-development and chip-factory spending cycles cool.NI hardware and software automate checks on chips, aircraft, vehicles and research equipment. Fiscal 2026 third-quarter sales jumped twenty-three percent from a small base; the question is how much survives when customers' product-development and chip-factory spending cycles cool.
In plain English
Before a chip, aircraft system or car component reaches customers, someone has to prove it works again and again. NI supplies modular test machines, signal-measuring instruments and LabVIEW software that automate those checks. It is like replacing a row of people with clipboards with one configurable inspection line. Customers pay for the hardware, the software that tells it what to test, and engineers who fit the setup to their process. Growth can be fast when customers launch products or expand factories, then cool when those investment cycles pause.
Competes with PathWave Test Automation and PXI (Keysight) · R&S TSVP (Rohde & Schwarz)
Named in filings, launches and programs
- DeltaV Automation PlatformPlatformRuns process plants and safety systems, with newer releases extending control closer to equipment and into the broader operations platform.
- Ovation Automation PlatformPlatformControls power generation and water facilities; fiscal 2026 third-quarter sales rose as power investment accelerated.
- AspenTech industrial softwareBrandWholly owned since March 2025, adding industrial optimization, data organization and electric-grid management software.
- Rosemount and Micro Motion measurement familiesBrandPressure, temperature, chemistry and flow instruments that form a core part of the Sensors business.
- Fisher and ASCO final-control familiesBrandControl valves, electrically operated valves, regulators and moving parts sold inside Final Control.
- RIDGID, Greenlee, Klauke and ProTeam professional toolsBrandTrade tools, electrical equipment and wet-and-dry vacuums sold through Safety & Productivity.
- Glue StudioProduct · RampingNewly acquired software helps customers create testing plans with artificial intelligence; its standalone economics remain undisclosed.
- Equinor 13-year measurement frame agreementCustomer programInstruments, chemistry-measuring technology and ongoing service across Equinor's global assets, with options to extend.
- TotalEnergies Inmation rolloutCustomer program · RampingA two-year effort to organize and connect industrial data across TotalEnergies sites worldwide.
- Oncor OSI ADMS expansionCustomer programA multi-year expansion of software that helps Oncor manage the Texas electricity network.
- BP-operated Shah Deniz CompressionCustomer program · AnnouncedAn integrated control, safety, fire-and-gas and power-management package for BP's Shah Deniz compression project.
- Entergy and Woodside power/LNG programsCustomer programOvation control work for five Entergy facilities plus automation content for Woodside's Louisiana liquefied-natural-gas project.
- Undisclosed U.S. life-sciences three-site DeltaV programCustomer programDeltaV systems for three Indianapolis sites making weight-management drugs; Emerson did not name the customer.
- Louisiana Green Fuels automation programCustomer program · AnnouncedSelected automation work for a planned Louisiana facility that would turn plant matter into fuel and store its carbon emissions.
DeltaV Automation PlatformPlatform
Runs process plants and safety systems, with newer releases extending control closer to equipment and into the broader operations platform.
Ovation Automation PlatformPlatform
Controls power generation and water facilities; fiscal 2026 third-quarter sales rose as power investment accelerated.
AspenTech industrial softwareBrand
Wholly owned since March 2025, adding industrial optimization, data organization and electric-grid management software.
Rosemount and Micro Motion measurement familiesBrand
Pressure, temperature, chemistry and flow instruments that form a core part of the Sensors business.
Fisher and ASCO final-control familiesBrand
Control valves, electrically operated valves, regulators and moving parts sold inside Final Control.
RIDGID, Greenlee, Klauke and ProTeam professional toolsBrand
Trade tools, electrical equipment and wet-and-dry vacuums sold through Safety & Productivity.
Glue StudioProduct · Ramping
Newly acquired software helps customers create testing plans with artificial intelligence; its standalone economics remain undisclosed.
Equinor 13-year measurement frame agreementCustomer program
Instruments, chemistry-measuring technology and ongoing service across Equinor's global assets, with options to extend.
TotalEnergies Inmation rolloutCustomer program · Ramping
A two-year effort to organize and connect industrial data across TotalEnergies sites worldwide.
Oncor OSI ADMS expansionCustomer program
A multi-year expansion of software that helps Oncor manage the Texas electricity network.
BP-operated Shah Deniz CompressionCustomer program · Announced
An integrated control, safety, fire-and-gas and power-management package for BP's Shah Deniz compression project.
Entergy and Woodside power/LNG programsCustomer program
Ovation control work for five Entergy facilities plus automation content for Woodside's Louisiana liquefied-natural-gas project.
Undisclosed U.S. life-sciences three-site DeltaV programCustomer program
DeltaV systems for three Indianapolis sites making weight-management drugs; Emerson did not name the customer.
Louisiana Green Fuels automation programCustomer program · Announced
Selected automation work for a planned Louisiana facility that would turn plant matter into fuel and store its carbon emissions.