Inductive Automation

Inductive Automation

Based in Sacramento, California, Inductive Automation is a supplier of web-based industrial automation software solutions. The Ignition SCADA platform is the company's main product line.

Inductive Automation has customers in a variety of industries including: Wastewater, Food and Beverage, Utilities, Energy, Research, Transportation, Chemical Processing, Mining, Aerospace, Transportation, Broadcasting, Printing, Plastics, Construction, Discreet Manufacturing, and Process Manufacturing in over 70 countries with over 750 independent Automation Integration Companies.

Inductive Automation introduced the SQL Database centric architecture for SCADA systems with FactorySQL and FactoryPMI in 2003. The company is a pioneer of supporting interoperability standards among SCADA vendors, and is a supporter of Open Source software and the OPC Foundation. The company was the first to implement a native Java OPC-UA stack in January 2010, making their products 100% cross platform, which is rare for commercial SCADA vendors.