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Plant- and Machine-Wide Communications
News Release from: Westermo Data Communications
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 24 August 2007
Companies co-operate to market products
Westermo has built up a range of detailed application notes to ease the integration of communication equipment into Rockwell systems with a series of step by step application documents.
Westermo has joined the Encompass Product Programme to build a closer working relationship with Rockwell Automation and enhance the marketability of both companies' products The agreement currently covers EMEA
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 30 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are extremely excited and proud to become a Rockwell Automation Encompass Product Partner", said Kenneth Isacsson, Sales and Marketing Director Westermo Teleindustri.
"Westermo has been very successful within the automation market, but joining the Encompass Programme enables us to provide our industrial communication solutions to a wider range of Rockwell equipment end users and system integrators.
The emergence of Ethernet as an industrial networking protocol for automation and production machine control has enabled factory floor data to be made readily available throughout the manufacturing organisation.
There are now over 20 new Westermo products referenced in the Encompass programme including a wide range of Ethernet devices designed for today's modern communication environment.
These include: Ethernet extenders, ADSL routers, Serial to Ethernet convertors, GSM/GPRS modems, Fibre to DH+ convertors, Ethernet media convertors, GPRS routers, fibre optic to RS232/422/485 convertors, wireless Ethernet (802.11b and 869Mhz) modems and PSTN/lease line modems.
The Rockwell Automation customer will benefit from greater awareness and understanding of the Westermo range of industrial data communications products and capabilities.
Westermo has built up a range of detailed application notes to ease the integration of communication equipment into Rockwell systems with a series of step by step application documents.
Westermo are currently running seminars on remote access solutions within the Rockwell 'Automation Universities' taking place across Europe.
The Automation Universities in Sweden, France and UK enable Westermo and Rockwell customers to explore communication possibilities.
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