Accenture acquires True North Solutions, terms not disclosed

Accenture has acquired True North Solutions, a provider of industrial engineering solutions headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, to help clients produce and transport energy more safely and efficiently. True North Solutions expands Accenture’s expertise in operational technology for clients in the oil and gas and mining industries. OT is the hardware and software systems with which companies run and control physical equipment and facilities, such as pipelines, refineries, plants and mines. Accenture will help clients better connect their OT to their enterprise IT systems, for example, to optimize the output and safety of existing equipment and facilities through real-time data analytics. Accenture will also work with the True North Solutions team to engineer and commission new field operations and facilities where OT and IT are seamlessly integrated and processes are digitized from the start. True North Solutions’ services encompass engineering and commissioning, industrial automation solutions, enterprise asset management, OT cybersecurity, and digital infrastructure for industrial telecommunications. They bring a team of 95 experts in automation, instrumentation and electrical engineering to Accenture, who will join the company’s digital engineering and manufacturing service, Industry X. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.