// M&A, Strategies, Alliances // Rockwell Automation is buying 8.4% of PTC, in an equity investment that the pair say will accelerate growth for both companies, and see much product alignment. Soracom has invested in Resin.io, leading the latest $5m round as the KDDI-owned connectivity provider push Resin.io’s edge-device container software. Assa Abloy has acquired HKC, an Irish provider of wired and wireless alarms, as well as the associated cloud monitoring systems. No price given, but HKC expects 2018 sales of €18m. Veea has acquired Virtuosys, to add the latter’s edge-network expertise to Veea’s managed applications portfolio – focused on rail and smart cities. Toyota is investing $1bn into Grab, the Southeast Asian ride-sharing that has now closed its largest…