Matrikon
Matrikon is an industrial data connectivity and operations software vendor that provides OPC-based integration, data management, and operational intelligence tools for process industries and other industrial environments.
- OPC connectivity software for industrial automation systems and control devices (industrial connectivity)
- Data management and collection tools for process data and event data (data infrastructure)
- Operations and process optimization software for industrial facilities (operations management)
- Secure bridging between plant-floor systems and enterprise applications (IT/OT integration)
- Services and support for deployment and maintenance of industrial connectivity and data solutions (professional services)
More About Matrikon
Matrikon focuses on software that connects control systems, field devices, and enterprise applications using OPC standards (industrial connectivity) in Operational technology (OT) environments. Its offerings are used in sectors such as oil and gas, power generation, manufacturing, and other process industries where Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Distributed Control System (DCS), and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems generate large volumes of time-series and event data. Matrikon products are designed to move data between heterogeneous industrial equipment and higher-level systems while maintaining interoperability based on OPC specifications.
The company’s portfolio centers on OPC connectivity stacks, servers, clients, and related tooling (industrial connectivity) that allow industrial organizations to standardize data access to control systems and sensors. These components typically integrate with plant-floor systems from multiple automation vendors and expose process data to historians, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), Emergency Response Plan (ERP), and analytics platforms. Matrikon emphasizes conformance with OPC Foundation specifications, including OPC Classic and OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA), so that data exchange follows widely adopted industrial protocols.
Beyond connectivity, Matrikon provides data collection and management capabilities (data infrastructure) that structure and store process values, alarms, events, and related metadata. These capabilities support use cases such as performance monitoring, root cause investigation, and reporting. In enterprise architectures, Matrikon software often functions as a middleware or gateway layer between operational systems and higher-level business or analytics systems, supporting IT/OT integration strategies and enabling more consistent access to operational data.
Matrikon also offers tools oriented toward operations and process optimization (operations management), which can include visualization, analysis, and decision-support capabilities for engineers and operations staff. These tools are typically deployed alongside historians, asset management systems, or control systems to support incremental performance improvements, alarm management practices, or more structured use of plant data for engineering analysis.
From a marketplace taxonomy perspective, Matrikon fits into categories such as industrial connectivity (OPC servers, clients, and stacks), industrial data infrastructure (data collection and management for OT data), and IT/OT integration middleware. Its products are relevant to enterprise architects, control engineers, and data engineering teams who need to standardize access to industrial data across diverse automation assets and enterprise platforms while maintaining compliance with OPC standards and typical security and reliability requirements in industrial environments.