Press Release Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork Program Welcomes Six Industry-Leading Companies

New product suppliers, machine builders and Solution Partner program members offer manufacturers access to best-in-class engineering expertise and product resources

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 3, 2013 - Two new product suppliers in the Americas region have joined the Rockwell Automation Encompass third-party product referencing program. In addition, two new partners have joined the OEM Partner program, and two new EMEA solution providers have been added to the Solution Partner program.

Encompass Partner companies offer added functionality that complements and improves Rockwell Automation solutions in order to help manufacturers achieve the ideal application fit. The critical components and connectivity solutions Encompass Partner companies provide help enrich the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture system. In addition, working with Rockwell Automation and its Encompass Partner companies helps make it quicker and easier for customers to locate the products that best solve their application challenges.

Members of the OEM Partner program are committed to providing high-quality, innovative machinery that uses Rockwell Automation solutions.

Solution Partners are reputable and established companies that offer widespread knowledge in design, implementation, project management and maintenance of industrial control systems.

The Rockwell Automation global PartnerNetwork framework is comprised of a collaborative team of top-grade suppliers and system integrators, including Encompass Partners and Solution Partners, who work collectively to solve manufacturing and automation challenges. The products and services provided by these leading companies enhance Rockwell Automation solutions and provide global manufacturers access to a world-class network. This helps customers streamline their supply chain, simplify project implementation, and receive the best value for their automation investment.

Encompass Partner Program

The following are additional details about the new Encompass Americas Partner program members:
  • Badger Meter products measure water, oil, chemicals and other fluids. The company's products are known for accuracy, long-lasting durability, and for providing valuable and timely measurement data. The Badger Meter Dynasonics ultrasonic flow and energy meters connected on EtherNet/IP are included in the Encompass Americas program.
  • ESC Services, Inc. is a turnkey supplier of lockout-tagout programs. Assisting companies with all aspects of safety needs in order to help achieve compliance with OSHA's 1910.147 regulation, ESC delivers lockout-tagout procedures, policies, trainings, annual audits and lockout-tagout products.

Solution Partner Program

The new members of the Solution Partner program in the EMEA region are as follows:

  • AND Automation Ltd is a control systems integration firm that offers a range of products and services, including both hardware and software, to provide integrated solutions that meet control system needs for small to large blue-chip companies.
  • Pacpro is a control systems integration company that is equipped to provide equipment sales, turnkey system integration and project management.

OEM Partner Program

New OEM Partner program members are as follows:

  • Comact Equipment Inc. is a North American leader in the design and manufacturing of sawmill technology and equipment for the lumber industry. The company offers basic conveyors through complete, automated production lines, for both the softwood and hardwood sawmill industries, as well as pellet mills equipment.
  • Dresser Rand Controls is among the largest suppliers of custom-engineered, rotating-equipment solutions for the worldwide energy infrastructure, including oil, gas, petrochemical, power generation and process industries. Their high-speed rotating equipment is also supplied to the environmental solutions markets within the energy infrastructure.

About the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork Framework

The Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork framework offers global manufacturers access to a collaborative network of companies mutually focused on developing, implementing and supporting best-in-breed solutions to achieve plantwide optimization, improve machine performance, and meet sustainability objectives.

About Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell Automation employs over 22,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.

For more information:

  • PartnerNetwork website: http://www.rockwellautomation.com/rockwellautomation/sales-partners/partnernetwork.page
  • PartnerNetwork brochure (PDF): http://literature.rockwellautomation.com/idc/groups/literature/documents/br/pn-br007_-en-p.pdf

Media contacts:
Anne Vondrak
Rockwell Automation
414.382.1236
amvondrak@ra.rockwell.com

Michelle Wright
Padilla Speer Beardsley Inc.
612.455.1788
mwright@padillaspeer.com

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