Wonderware was a brand of industrial software now owned by Aveva and rebranded under the AVEVA name. Wonderware was part of Invensys plc, and Invensys plc was acquired in January 2014 by Schneider Electric. Invensys plc."Software"
Invensys.com. Retrieved 10 June 2013. was formed in 1999 by the merger of

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and

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"Siebe and BTR unveil plans for pounds 9.4bn merger".
''The Independent'' (London). 24 November 1998. Retrieved 5 March 2013. and Wonderware was acquired by Siebe plc in 1998.
''The New York Times''. 25 February 1998. Retrieved 5 March 2013. The Wonderware software now under the AVEVA name is used in various industries, including: Automotive Assembly, Facilities Management, Food and Beverage, CPG, Mining and Metals, Power, Oil and Gas, Chemicals, Energy, Water and Wastewater.

Distribution

Over the decades Wonderware built up a network of distributing partners including a group of individually owned partners doing business under the Wonderware name. This network, including those Wonderware named partners, now sell and support AVEVA products. The Wonderware brand and name now only exists as a distribution name for AVEVA.

History

Wonderware was co-founded by

Dennis Morin Dennis R. Morin (February 25, 1946 – December 31, 2012) was an American technology entrepreneur and programmer, based in Irvine, California. He co-founded the software firm Wonderware. Early life Morin was born in Saco, Maine, a New Engla ...

and Phil Huber. Both were former employees of another local startup located in Irvine, California. Wonderware was sold to British-based SIEBE in 1998 for nearly 400 million dollars. By that time, all the founding members had left the company. Co-Founder Phil Huber remains active in startups. Morin died on the last day of 2012. Wonderware became part of Paris-based Schneider-Electric in 2014. Wonderware was formed as a partnership in 1987 and incorporated in California in 1988 as Wonderware Software Development Corporation. The company reincorporated in Delaware in 1993. At the time, there were other software companies making programs to automate production processes, but Wonderware was the first to introduce a program designed to be used with the

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"British Firm to Pay $375 Million for Wonderware".
''Los Angeles Times''. 25 February 1998. Retrieved 5 March 2013.

Mergers and acquisitions

The original Wonderware Corporation was acquired by

in 1998. In 1999,

merged with

to form Invensys plc; in January 2014,

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acquired Invensys plc; then in March 2018, AVEVA merged with Schneider Electric Software.

References

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