In Accenture speak, Industry X covers its efforts to help companies change the way they make things as well as the things they make.

Along that vein its purchase of Electro 80 follows its purchases of Brazilian automation services provider Pollux, US operations consultancy Myrtle and German technology consultancy SALT Solutions.

Founded in Perth in 1987 with offices in Brisbane and Melbourne, Electro 80 provides automation, electrical, instrumentation, safety, network and industrial IT services. It also offers turnkey solutions covering the design and support of equipment, installation and commissioning through to operations support and training.

Electro 80 managing director Sergej Divkovic said combining its team's deep digital and operational technology expertise with Accenture's end-to-end capabilities would give Electro 80's employees and clients immense opportunities.

"As part of Accenture we will bring integrated solutions at scale that transform the way capital projects are planned, managed and executed," he said.

Accenture market unit lead in Australia and New Zealand Tara Brady said resources companies were increasingly looking for ways to deliver more with less and, at the same time, more sustainably.

He said digital and automation technologies would be fundamental to this.

Accenture Australia and New Zealand resources lead Glenn Heppel said by working with Electro 80 his team would be able to help resources clients better detect and address quality issues, more accurately prevent machine failure in their operations and innovate for the future.

Electro 80's more than 100 employees will be joining Accenture as part of the deal.