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Dassault Systèmes and OMRON partner to integrate IT and OT in manufacturing
Dassault Systèmes and OMRON partner to connect virtual simulation and automation, improving how production systems are designed, tested and operated.
Dassault Systèmes and OMRON announced a partnership aimed at bridging the gap between information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT). The collaboration focuses on enabling manufacturers and machine builders to design, simulate, and deploy production systems through a unified approach combining virtual and physical environments.
Addressing fragmentation in production systems
Factories often operate with separate systems for product design, automation, and production. This separation can result in longer commissioning times, increased error risks, and reduced flexibility.
The partnership seeks to address these challenges by linking 3D design and simulation in virtual environments with physical components such as robots, sensors, and production lines.
The collaboration brings together Dassault Systèmes’ 3D UNIV+RSES platform and OMRON’s Sysmac industrial automation platform. This integration allows manufacturers to design, simulate, validate, and deploy production systems within a continuous virtual environment.
At the centre of this approach is the Virtual Twin of Production Systems. This enables companies to test production lines, validate robot behaviour, and optimise logistics flows before physical implementation.
Enabling continuous feedback between virtual and physical systems
The integration of IT and OT enables a digital continuum across the production lifecycle. Production systems can be designed and tested in a virtual environment, including performance, safety, and maintenance scenarios.
Once deployed, real-time data from physical systems is fed back into the virtual model. This allows comparison between simulated and actual performance, as well as adjustments and predictive maintenance.
Pascal Daloz, CEO of Dassault Systèmes, said:
“Manufacturing is entering a new era. With OMRON, we are building living production systems, AI-driven, self-improving, and software-defined, where the virtual and physical worlds are fused into one continuous loop of learning. Our industry world models transform complexity into intelligence, making factories not just automated, but autonomous. This is how we reinvent industrial systems, from reactive to predictive, from rigid to adaptive and define the next frontier of manufacturing.”
Motohiro Yamanishi, Company President of the Industrial Automation Company (IAB) at OMRON Corporation, said:
“Our partnership with Dassault Systèmes strengthens our ability to integrate the OT and IT worlds and provide customers with a holistic solution from simulated to fully implemented, intelligent production.”
Demonstration at Hannover Messe 2026
The two companies will present their collaboration at Hannover Messe 2026. The demonstration will focus on the integration of virtual twin technology and automation systems for the design, validation, and operation of production systems.
Source:Dassault Systemes
